Bernice is Leaving

Congratulations to TBSSS student Bree Cribbin!

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”4596″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Congratulations to Tuesday and Wednesday evening student Bree Cribbin who was recently awarded an Outstanding Achievement award from TAFE NSW, sponsored by Port Hacking Potters. Bree exhibited her work in November 2018 in an exhibition entitled With Space as her final body of work for her Diploma in Ceramics at Gymea TAFE (some examples below). Artist Statement This installation is a response to a personal experience of trauma and how an ineffable space is created when we feel disconnected. I use clay to…

The Student – Tom Bass

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”4614″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When Sydney University commissioned The Student from Tom Bass in 1953, it became the university’s earliest modernist public artwork. Since then, students and visitors have been greeted by the cubist-style, figurative sculpture as they enter the university’s main gates off Parramatta Road. It stands in the sun, positioned amongst trees, lawns and tennis courts. Current Sydney Uni students may recently have noticed the work has been relocated to a new site on the university’s Botany Lawn. This is a temporary arrangement pending its…