The Scarborough Art Show has been a highlight of the Northern Illawarra events calendar for more than 20 years, attracting visitors and artists from the local region and across the state.
Traditionally held on the beautiful grounds of Scarborough Public School in October, and organised entirely by Scarborough P&C volunteers, the Art Show acts as our vital and sole fundraising activity.
Fundraising profits from the Art Show have been used by the school’s P&C to provide generations of Scarborough PS students with unique learning and extra-curricular experiences.
In 2020 the P&C funded an ambitious whole-school Art Education program, established and driven by acclaimed local artist, educator and parent Gabrielle Adamik.
It is rare for public school students in NSW to receive such extensive Art Education and so the P&C have been delighted to be able to offer the kids this wonderful opportunity.
The universal positivity and enthusiasm from the students for this program has proved the high value of creative art in education and our student work will be on display at Thirroul Library later this month.
Social distancing restrictions during the Covid-19 outbreak have, unfortunately, meant we could not run our Art Show in 2020 and generate the funds needed to ensure the future of our ground-breaking Art Education program.
So the P&C has come up with a solution it hopes will save the day…
LIMITED EDITION ORIGINAL ARTWORK TEA TOWELS!
Along with our very own Scarborough student artists, local artists Tanya Stubbles, Frank Nowlan, Alannah Dreise, Anthea Stead, Ash Leslie, Fraggle and Karen Yello have all kindly donated one special image of their original artwork to our 2020 fundraising initiative.
These beautiful images will be printed on high quality, certified organic cotton tea towels, with 10 different limited edition designs available.
These unique tea towels will be available from mid- November, ready for you to bring a little bit of the Scarborough Art Show spirit into your home, or the homes of those you love, in time for Christmas! All profits from this initiative will be used by the Scarborough P&C to support the future of the School’s Art Education program – literally saving our Art Education one Tea Towel at a time!
Buy your towel online today at https://scarboroughart2020.wixsite.com/teatowels or find them to take home in person in local shops and cafes in Woonona, Bulli, Austinmer, Coledale, Stanwell Park and Helensburgh! You can follow the project on Facebook and Instagram.
