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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 soundtelegraph.com.au TELEGRAPH 11 APRIL, 2019 Chris Oughton, Director KIC ADVERTORIAL KIC ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Air Liquide WA Pty Ltd | Bayer Crop Science Pty Ltd | BMT Mercury Technology | BOC Ltd | Crushing Services International | DBP (WA) Degremont/ Suez | EcoLab Pty Ltd | Freo Group| Kwinana Cogen - Engie | Kwinana Windo Co | Lanskey Construction | Macrofertil | NewGen Power | Nufarm Australia | Perth Energy | Phoenix Energy Sowwwlenis Australia | Sims Metal Management | Summit Fertilisers | Toxfree Kwinana | Water Corporation KIC Community Update Fostering positive relationships between industry, community and Government ADVERTORIAL #18STG.4034204-1.5 KIC Youth Art Awards 2019 VISUAL ART STUDENT SCHOOL NAME OF ARTWORK Winner Jemma Kleeman Kolbe Catholic College Wondering of youth Runner Up Brooke Lightfoot Tranby College Flesh Highly Commended Emma Purkis Safety Bay Senior High School Flowers and foliage Highly Commended Chantelle Carr Tranby College Drowning DIGITAL MEDIA STUDENT SCHOOL NAME OF ARTWORK Winner Alyssara Ducie Tranby College The accident Runner Up Bernadette Soriano Safety Bay Senior High School Faded Highly Commended Kineida McCoy Warnbro Community High School Celebrity portraits WOODWORK & METALWORK STUDENT SCHOOL NAME OF ARTWORK Winner Daniel Rutherford South Coast Baptist College The metallic scorpion Runner Up Curtis Martin Kolbe Catholic College Firepit Highly Commended Yara Roaen Peter Carnley Anglican Community School Laminated fruit bowl FABRIC, FASHION, ACCESSORIES STUDENT SCHOOL NAME OF ARTWORK Winner Kristy Read-Shaw Peter Carnley Anglican Community School Steampunk costume Runner Up Petra Koch Kolbe Catholic College Paper bead necklace Highly Commended Alana Mossman Tranby College Peter Rabbit baby dress KIC PRESIDENTS AWARD STUDENT SCHOOL NAME OF ARTWORK Winner Magdalena Niedziela Safety Bay Senior High School Finding my path Runner Up Keely Jones South Coast Baptist College Behind a mask Highly Commended Jacob Keenor Safety Bay Senior High School Overpass Kwinana employees Cooking for a Cause! K K BP is fighting food waste in the West with OzHarvest Well the Kwinana Industries Council Youth Art Awards was on again in this its 22nd year, and what a great success it was! Partnered by Tianqi Lithium and sponsored by Coogee, it was again held in the Gary Holland Centre, in Rockingham. The KIC Youth Art Awards showcased the pieces produced by the local youths in our region. KIC has a partnership with 18 high schools from the Rockingham, Kwinana and Cockburn region, and students from 11 of them provided their best pieces for the annual competition. There were around 110 students who entered their art pieces across four categories – Visual art, Digital, Woodwork & Metalwork, and Fabric, fashion and accessories. This year we used the Awards event to show case local talent to the max. Let’s call it a version of ‘local content’. Judging was carried out by two local artists, Gillian Peebles and Beth Law, and by Lisa Bowden, a representative of the State’s School Curriculum and Standards Authority. Hanging of the artwork was carried out by Lori Skinner and members of Rockingham Regional Art. The two student co-hosts for the evening were Hayley Withnell and Ena Mickle, both school captains from Rockingham Senior High – and they did a mighty fine job might I say! There were two interludes included in the ceremony. The first was the Emmanual Catholic College rock band. They performed three numbers and easily got the audience’s feet tapping and heads nodding to the beat. I suspect many of the 200 people present would have wanted to ‘hit the dance floor’. A little later we were treated to a performance of three pieces by the Tranby College Dance Academy. Several of us lamented the passage of time as we remembered back to when we could still ‘bend like that’. Both performances were exceptional, a credit to the individual performers and to the schools that support them. Now, back to the display arts side of things. We’ve published the category prize winners for you to see, and maybe you’ll see some names you recognise. Category winners received prizes of $300, with the runners-up receiving $200. Plus there were lots of ‘highly commended’ category certificates presented. From my perspective, over the years I’ve seen the standard of art submitted for judging getting better and better, and this year was no exception. KIC’s President Albert Romano (Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers) said “Selection of the winners this year was especially difficult so much so an additional award was recommended. A sincere congratulations to the winners of these awards and all students who contributed”. The event was partnered by Tianqi Lithium. Located in the industrial area, this is the company that will soon be the world’s largest producer of lithium hydroxide, an essential ingredient in rechargeable batteries. Tianqi’s General Manager Phil Thick said “Our company’s long-term commitment means that we are keen to support local programs like the Annual Art Awards. This year’s entries highlighted the topics and issues important, or of concern, to young people in the Kwinana- Rockingham area, showing their maturity and intelligence. As a future employer, Tianqi is looking for people with these attributes”. A piece of artwork was selected by David Abbott of Abbott’solutely Timber in Medina. David is the sponsor for the Woodwork category for the Award for Woodwork. In the past David has employed a category winner in his business as a woodworking apprentice. The KIC Youth Art Awards is just one of the ways industry works to encourage the young people in our community to become the best they can be. KIC’s President, Albert Romano presenting the winner of the Digital Media category, Alyssara Ducie, from Tranby College. BP proudly fuels OzHarvest, the leading food rescue organisation in Australia, to save 21 million meals worth of food from the bin ever year to feed vulnerable Aussies. In WA, fuel donations enable OzHarvest to get surplus food from 330 food donors to more than 90 local charitable agencies. OzHarvest WA launched in 2014, and in just over three years the team and their five food rescue vehicles have successfully redistributed more than 1 million tonnes of quality surplus food. Next time you’re out on the road, look out for the charity’s distinct yellow vans which are helping get food to those who need it! BP’s Ultimate Partnership with OzHarvest extends well beyond fuel. Off the road, BP donates leftover food from 120 retail stations around Australia and supports the organisation’s education programme Nourish, which provides hospitality training for at risk youth. In addition, the partnership gives employees lots of opportunities to volunteer– from riding along in a van to collect food to creating nourishing meals in an OzHarvest kitchen. In fact, last year, BP team members from WA, including our Kwinana Refinery, transformed surplus food into 800 tasty meals for those in need as part of the charity’s Cooking for a Cause initiative. Most recently, BP has awarded its first Advancing Low Carbon accreditation in Australia to its community partnership with OzHarvest. The accreditation was in recognition of the 8,517 tonnes of food recused in 2018, which in turn, saved 5,300 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent from being released into the atmosphere. This multi-faceted partnership highlights BP’s commitment to driving positive outcomes for the communities in which we operate.
