Over the past nine years MGA has celebrated the work of emerging photomedia artists with the annual TOPshots award and exhibition. TOPshots showcases artwork produced by students studying the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects of Art, Media and Studio Arts. Each of these subjects has a different focus within the broader course of arts education offered to Victorian secondary school students, making the TOPshots exhibition an exciting overview of different creative trajectories.
The artworks displayed in this exhibition offer little more than a glimpse of the year-long course of study each of these young artists has undertaken. It would be remiss not to mention the laborious nature of each of these subjects and the hours spent testing, refining and creating final folio pieces and documenting creative processes in visual diaries.
MGA is proud to have the opportunity to acknowledge the excellence of young photomedia artists in our community, and welcome our visitors to take inspiration from the creative potential that TOPshots 2017 represents.
2016-17 TOPshots finalists:
Klari AGAR Swinburne Senior Secondary College
Talia CRISANTE Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak
Beau CRUZ Caulfield Grammar School, Caulfield Campus
Alessi D’ANDREA Melbourne Girls Grammar School
Rhiannon GAMBLE Norwood Secondary College
Lacey GILBERT Luther College
Emily JOYCE Methodist Ladies’ College
Amy LALANNE Monbulk College
Lexie McLEOD Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School
Gabriel MENZIES Vermont Secondary College
Audrey MICHAEL Mentone Girls’ Grammar School
Isabella MURRAY-GOOLD St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Maria NGUYEN Our Lady of Mercy College
Sophie PEASLEY Toorak College
Jessica PHILLIPS Kingswood College
Ain RAADIK Luther College
Anneliese RAFTIS Sacré Coeur
Renee RIOTTO Mater Christi College
Emily RODEN Wheelers Hill Secondary College
Ruby RYAN Methodist Ladies’ College
Joshua STARICK Monbulk College
Award winners:
Winner TOPshot award:
Beau Cruz
Winner Honourable Mentions:
Alessi D'Andrea
Amy Lalanne
Jessica Phillips
