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7 September 2003
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Engadine
sisters in Columban art show
Engadine sisters in Columban art show
Laura Lennon, left, and sisters Nadia and Sophia Bertah, all students at St John Bosco’s in Engadine, were chosen for the Columban Mission art exhibition
By Marilyn Rodrigues
Palm Sunday provided the inspiration for Nadia Bertah from St John Bosco’s Primary School, Engadine, in her entry in the St Columban’s Mission Society nationwide art awards program for budding artists.
Students in Catholic primary and secondary schools were invited to submit works of two-dimensional art that expressed a link between their faith and life.
In all, 280 schools entered the program, more than 100 of them from NSW, with over 12,000 art works submitted.
The most outstanding 75, including the 27 national and state winners, were exhibited at the Australian Catholic University Nation-al Gallery in Melbourne
They included Nadia’s painting, Waving Palms on Palm Sunday, which was the national prize winner in the under-seven section.
Nadia’s sister, Sophia, was also represented in the exhibition with her Jesus speaking to the children.
So was another girl from the Engadine school, year five student Laura Lennon, who was a state winner with her work, The Face of Jesus.
The national prize winner (and equal first) in the 15 years and over section was Jae-Hee Youm, who is a student at Kincoppal- Rose Bay School, for her work entitled 3rd May 2003.
Jae-Hee appropriated elements of Goya’s work, 3rd May, 1808, painted in 1814, to convey the cruelty and suffering of war. She used this as a framework to highlight similar contemporary issues that arose from the recent war in Iraq.
Another Kincoppal entry, Detention, an intaglio print by Juliet Gauchat, was chosen for the exhibition.
National runner-up in the 12-14 years section was Bethany Walker, of Brigid-ine College, St Ives, for her painting of Adam in Eve in a vibrant garden brimming with detail, The Beginning.
The other state winner from NSW was Jisoo Yoon with Noah’s Ark in the 8-9 years section.
Mercy Sr Rosemary Crumlin, one of the judges, said that she thought it was a “splendid initiative of the Columban Mission to encourage students right around Australia to reflect about their religion and religious stories”.
“I thought it was an extraordinarily interesting exhibition of the way young people see religion at different stages in life, from the little kids whose vision is fresh and clear, sometimes funny, and sometimes moving,” she said.
“It is a very important thing for young people to get the chance to say what they want to say about their understanding of religion, of Jesus Christ, in their lives and it’s equally important that adult people get the opportunity to listen to what young people are saying through their art.”
Other NSW students represented in the exhibition were Grace Hall, John Paul College, Coffs Harbour; Dominique Banados, Domremy College, Five Dock; Courtney Zappala, St Francis Xavier School, Lurnea; Madeleine Mil-azzo, St John Vianney’s School, Greenacre; Sarah Allan, St Cecilia’s Catholic School, Wyong; Madison Vine, St Cecilia’s Catholic School, Wyong; James Hanna, St Mary’s School, Georges Hall; Bryce Wellard, Our Lady Star of the Sea, Terrigal; Blake Hartin, St Edward’s School, Tamworth South; and Conor O’Brien, St Francis Xavier’s School, Arncliffe.