2026 IPSHA NSW/ACT Virtual Art Show

We are proud to be taking part in this year’s 2026 IPSHA NSW/ACT Virtual Art Show, which features works from 36 independent primary schools, including our own Junior School students, created over the past 12 months.  These include collaborative works by our Year 2, Year 3 (2025) and Year 6 students, as well as individual artworks. This year our school’s artworks were also selected as the banner works for two categories - Portraiture and Sculpture/3D works - which is a special honour. The ‘Art Hunt’ encourages viewers to search for details through the online gallery and the ‘rare 2026 gold coin’ that is listed in the hunt is a ceramic artwork by Samantha A (Year 2).

To access the show, please use the following:

IPSHA Virtual Art Show
Password: IPSHAart2026!

In his Welcome, IPSHA NSW/ACT President, Mr Joe El-Khoury writes, “Together, these works capture the richness of our diverse learning environments and demonstrate how creativity can be inspired through different teaching approaches, cultures, experiences and styles…Thank you to our talented students for sharing their artistic voices, to the dedicated teachers who inspire and encourage creative exploration every day, and to our member schools for championing the arts as an essential part of learning.”

Congratulations to those students whose artworks were chosen to represent our College in the Virtual Art Show. We are very proud of the Junior Art Program here at Thomas Hassall and the dedication that students put into developing a broad range of creative and expressive skills.

Yr 6 Icons Exhibition: Our Fathers

Today we celebrated our fathers at the Father’s Day Breakfast, with a display of Year 6 artworks in the PEC foyer.  Year 6 students created portraits of their dads, firstly with photography, then digitally editing the photos to posterise them.  Students used watercolour paints to hand-colour the prints, inspired by the bright colours used by Pop artist, Andy Warhol, in his portraits of celebrities in the 60s and 70s.  They then created an elaborate, embossed silver frame, with textures of light and shade revealing symbols of their dads’ work, interests, hobbies and beliefs, in the tradition of the icons of the Byzantine Empire.   We think these precious artworks are a fitting way to honour our fathers and all the love, care, strength and protection they give to their children.

“I want the audience to feel how hard working my dad is.”
– Vienna

“I hope people notice my dad’s smile.”
– Emilia

“I want the viewer to know and feel how loving, a great teacher and caring, kind person my dad is.”
– Alessandro

“When you look at this artwork, I want you to think about your dad and feel happy, warm and loving, because I really love mine.”
– Margaret

“In this artwork, I hope you realise the deep connection between my dad and I, and understand how much our relationship means to me.”
– Leo

“I hope people notice that parents always feel a lot of feelings, represented by the noisy frame. Happy Father’s Day!”
– Jason

Mrs Ann McDermott
Junior School Specialist Teacher (Visual Arts)