Art

The 2010 Animation Prize Day for Year 10 took place on the 25 June and represented the culmination of a full year’s collaborative work between Art, English, Music, Geography and ICT.  This year the theme of the films was, “Belfast: a City for Everyone” focussing on issues of ethnic diversity.  The winning entries were judged by the Head of Education at Northern Ireland Screen, Mr Bernard McCluskey (see www.northernirelandscreen.com.uk) and artist and designer Mrs Eileen Creen. 

The film that won overall was ‘Our Belfast’ which contrasted the real Belfast with the media headlines normally used to portray the city.  The winning team members were Carla Dunlop, Rose Lynch, Madeleine Magee, Caolan McBay Doherty and Laura McCartney.
Other winning films included: ‘Untitled’ for Best Story, ‘Big Nose’ for Best Soundtrack and ‘Owls and Sparrows’ for Best Design.  ‘Under the Rainbow’ also received special commendation as a powerful piece of work. 
Well done to all the Year 10s who really worked hard to produce these films, not only during the week of filming but also in their English, Art and Music classes.
 Click on the image below to view the entries

“Three Aquinas students are awarded Special Merit Prizes in the 2010 Texaco Children’s Art Competition”
Congratulation to Claire Brown (Queens University) Claire Le Velly (Ladybirds) and Bryony Watters (Galloping Horse) all three students from year 11 GCSE Art & Design will go to Dublin Castle on Wednesday 26th May to take part in the awards ceremony. Congratulations to all the winners, this work will then go on tour around Ireland and will arrive in Belfast later in the year. click on the images below to view larger.

Joni Gallagher from Year 11F met the Belfast Lord Mayor Naomi Long today at the launch of the “Stealing is Wrong” poster campaign which has been set up in conjunction with the Belfast City Centre Management, PSNI and Belfast Camber of Commerce. The Lord Mayor helped launch the poster campaign today at Castle court shopping Centre. This poster was produced in response to a competition that was advertised in the City Safe Magazine that was produced by Belfast City Centre Management. Lord Mayor Naomi Long congratulated Joni in her hard work and commented on her creative flair in producing such an eye-catching poster which effectively highlights such a serious issue that affects many shops and businesses in the Belfast area. Click on the image below to find out more.

On Friday 4th December four students currently studying A2 Level Art and Design at Aquinas were providing the Interval entertainment at the Waterfront Hall on the night which saw the union of the five Education and Library Boards across Northern Ireland through Culture and Creativity. Click on the image below to see photographs and find out more.

Aquinas student beats 250 entries to win Belfast City Centre Management “Stealing is Wrong” Poster Competition

Click on the image to find out more.

The Fine Art work by two Year 14 students has been selected by the panel of judges and both where awarded ‘Special Merit Prizes’. The work by Emma McCaugherty (The Teapot plus Reflection) and Katie McCullagh (Old Man Praying) will now go on tour around Ireland . Click on the link below and follow the exhibition as it visits many venues over the next 12 months.

The talented artists from years 8,9,10 took part in the celebration of the Cultural Olympiad, Going for Gold - Art competition. Click on the image below to find out more and view the entries.

The talented artists from years 8,9,10 took part in the celebration of the Cultural Olympiad, Going for Gold - Art competition. Click on the image below to read about their success.

A-Level Art and Design students have taken part in the West Coast Cooler, Belfast Fashion Week.Click on the image below to find out more and view photographs of the garments.

Congratulations to everyone in Year 8 who entered the Art competition to design the front and back covers for the “Welcome to Aquinas” booklet

The winning entries have now been chosen

The front cover will include designs by:

Meidhbin Browne

Christopher Madden McKee

Sarah White

Katherine Nevin

back cover by:

Sara Lisa Raju

Click on the images above to view the covers.

Congratulations to AS level Art and Design student

Grainne McGrath

who was awarded a “Highly Commended” certificate in the

FRED J. MALCOLM  2008 Awards for Jewellery Design.

Both Grainne and Miss Gilmore attended the awards afternoon on Thursday 15th May.

2nd place (9-12yr group)     Anna Murray – Year 9
2nd place (9-12yr group)     Anna Murray – Year 9
3rd place (9-12yr group)     Sile Martin – Year 8
1st place (13-15yr group)    Michael Mullaly – Year 9
3rd place (13-15yr group)    Michael Molloy – Year 9
4th place (13-15yr group)    Michael Quinn – Year 9

Click on the image below to read about Emma Martin’s entry to the Belfast City Council Road Safety Competition.

Did you miss your chance to see the sell out show? Well take a look behind the scenes to see how the set was created.

 Just follow the yellow brick road to Oz.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
The following Year 8 pupils’ designs were selected for the cover of the
YEAR 8 WELCOME BOOKLET
 
ROISIN GUTHRIE
BARRIE LYNCH
PATRICIA MAGEE
EMMA MARTIN
CAOIMHE McCARTHY
CLAIRE McCRUDDEN
ANNA MURRAY
SARA TILLY
BRYONY WATERS

Click image to view full size cover.

Meadhbh Caldwell and teacher Ms Gilmore were invited to attend the Fred J Malcolms jewellery awards ceremony on Wednesday 18^th April. At the ceremony Meadhbh got highly commended for her jewellery designs. Below are some images from the ceremony. Click on the image for larger version.

Three Aquinas pupils collected their awards at the Presentation Luncheon in Equality House on Wednesday 28th March 2007. Click on the image below to learn more.

BELFAST CITY COUNCIL ROAD SAFETY COMPETITION
Orla Fitzpatrick - 2nd Prize in Class C
Cliodhna Quinn & Shannon Clarke - Highly Commended in Class C
Cassie Moane, Roisin Tinneny & Blathnaid Ni Smaolaigh - Highly Commended Class D

These pupils, together with their parents are invited to attend the award ceremony at BELFAST CITY HALL on Monday 5th March.The evening will commence with refreshments @ 7pm and the presentation of awards @ 7.30pm. All winning and Highly Commended posters will be on display.

Lion’s International Peace Poster Design competition

Congratulations to the following pupils who participated in the 2006-2007 Lion’s International Peace Poster Design competition. The competition was sponsored by the Lion’s Club who awarded certificates to Hannah Smyth,Helen Morgan, Sarah Smart and Patrick Nevin. Gabriella Norney was awarded 2^nd place in the Aquinas entries and Sarah O’Neill was awarded third place. Bryony Waters won the local competition and has been awarded a beautiful plaque.Well Done Everyone! Click on image to view the winning entry.

In March last year, the school applied for inclusion on a DV Pilot run by C2k.  We were successful and to facilitate us in our work, we received an eMac Computer, DV Camera and keyboardThe project, called Environment Matters was launched in Year 9 Geography classes in May where we discussed local and global environmental issues such as climate change, rainforest deforestation, pollution, recycling and litter.  At the same time, the ICT Department taught the pupils the skills of video editing.  Later, around June time, the Year 9s were divided into groups (based on the Art classes) of four or five.  This allowed the English Department to begin creative writing tasks where each group had to produce a story based around an environmental theme.

These tasks were finished by September and now the Art and Design Department was able to bring the stories to life by constructing sets and plasticine models which was facilitated by the school in having two ‘collapsed timetable’ days.

To learn more  and view the winning films click below