MELVILLE Senior High School teamed up with artist Haylee Fieldes to design and install an indigenous-inspired mural at Stockland Bull Creek Shopping Centre.
The artwork draws heavily on the Nyoongar seasonal calendar and features local raven, galah and ibis bird species painted in Fieldes’ iconic, realistic style.
The project is part of a year-long artist-in-residence program at Melville Senior High School funded by the Federal and State Governments.
Visual art teacher Alison Blackwell said large-scale projects like the mural provided opportunities to learn about community, collaboration and art skills and processes.
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Ms Blackwell and fellow teaching artist Jenna Antoniolli, in partnership with Ms Fieldes, designed a program to develop students’ painting skills and Stockland Bull Creek provided the canvas to showcase their achievement.
The community mural is located on the loading bay wall on the south street side of the shopping centre.