By Michelle McCosker

The 2023 Scarborough Art Show was once again a resounding success!

Thank you to the beautiful 2515 community for supporting the show, celebrating its 25th year. The parent community of our little school between the mountains and the sea once again came together to present a wonderful showcase of local artists, professional, semi-established and emerging, to a very receptive and steady crowd of people. This year we were very excited to ambitiously take on 60 new exhibiting artists, and needless to say our art store-room was full to the brim with gorgeous artwork. Our curators certainly earned their stripes running in and out of the store-room, fetching new artworks as things sold off the walls! 

New to the show this year was our outdoor area dedicated to kids activities. A big thanks to our P&C for organising this as it allowed parents and visitors to peruse the art and craft show (without the fear of their children knocking over a valuable artwork in our gallery) and enjoy our other offerings of music, coffee, tea, cake and personalised handmade bracelets.

This year was a record breaking year for the Scarborough Artshow, raising much-needed funds for the kids. We are hoping the proceeds of this year's show will go towards maintaining our Art Literacy program, in-class teacher support, playground upgrades and there is a whisper of excitement amongst the parents in support of a music program or the introduction of permaculture education and facility.

Thank you again to everyone who has supported our show. This especially includes our participating and very patient artists, without whom the show would not exist. Thank you. 

A HUGE thank you to our main organising parent, Fraggle and his family, who oversaw the preparations and running of the event – he did a fantastic job. Thanks also in particular to parents Michelle, Narelle, Sam N, Melissa, Amanda and their parent teams for all their hard work, dedication and enthusiasm.