Academy Achievers

"Sue Henderson was awarded a University of Tasmania Medal for excellence in academic achievement. University Medals are won on the basis of outstanding study results throughout undergraduate study. Sue completed the undergraduate degree and this year gained the Bachelor of Contemporary Arts with First Class Honours. For 2007 Sue has been given an Australian Postgraduate Award to begin the Master of Fine Arts.

Wening Cheah, a third year Bachelor of Contemporary Arts student from Malaysia has won the inaugural Sprinta Print Environmental Award. This prestigious award valued at $ 9,500 gives Wening the opportunity to make 150 signed and numbered prints as well as other printed products using the state-of-the art Sprinta Print press. All of Wening’s prints are taken from her nature series of richly coloured and patterned drawings and paintings.

Carmel is one of the first recipients of the prestigious Jim Bacon Foundation Scholarship awarded to Honours or postgraduate students in fine arts. "I originally started my tertiary studies in another degree, but going to art school was something that had always been in the back of my mind. When the school of visual and performing arts moved to new facilities at Inveresk, I thought the opportunity to study at such a great place in my home city was too good to overlook, so I bit the bullet! The highlight of my study would be graduating with first class honours. It was not something I would ever have expected, and for me, is a real indicator of how much the degree challenged me to work hard at improving my arts practice.