Noosa District State High School Year 12 Social and Community Studies students are completing their final assessment item for the year that showcases important adolescent issues.
The students are exploring the concept of art as activism and are creating models and conceptual installations that bring to light societal issues important for themselves and their peers.
Topics the students have chosen to research and explore include racism and the Black Lives Matter movement; LGTBQIA rights and equality; mental health issues including depression, low self-esteem, suicide, eating disorders and anxiety; climate change and the environment.
Year 12 student Amber Cameron said she enjoyed working on an art piece that could help her friends and peers realise how commonplace their struggles with depression are and that they are not alone.
“I think when people in the school community see our art pieces it could start some very important conversations, and hopefully, people are then brave enough to ask for help,” Amber said.
The Year 12 students’ work will be on display in the school library next term.
