S.T.E.A.M Workshops:
Fusing Visual Art and Electronics
A series of projects with secondary students exploring interdisciplinary learning through the Visual Arts, Design, Fashion and Science by creating a simple electronic circuit and applying it to a sculpture or piece of wearable art. Participants received an electronics kit with a power source and battery holder, light source and conductive wire or thread.
School photos: St Augustine’s College, two projects with Year 7 Visual Arts students making wearable circuits and S.T.E.A.M Night Light.
bsssc artist in residence
Nadine collaborated with Head of Department Renae Place to create a Visual Arts unit that combined art and science by cultivating a sense of wonder and curiosity for the natural world. Students in years 7-8 honed their observation skills by drawing en plein air and familiarising themselves with the native plants in their local area. The unit included experimentation with drawing and painting techniques, clay and plastic sculpture.
Curiosity Brisbane 2021:
Queensland Schools Challenge
Curiosity Brisbane saw a selection of Queensland Schools paired with a Maker to realise their creative vision. Artist Nadine Schmoll collaborated with Leichhardt State School to connect with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) for the project. The brief was to create a gunya (Aboriginal dwelling) and thereby imagine an alternative vision of Australia if European settlers had embraced the local knowledge and worked together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples upon their arrival.
Students were set a design challenge, created a prototype and built the structure, as well as using Minecraft to picture the landscape.
They also filmed and interviewed school community members about their vision for a better future.
Flower rangoli (welcome mat)
Across the 12 days of the Out of the Box Festival, artist Nadine Schmoll collaborated with over 7000 children to create a rangoli to welcome visitors to the South Bank cultural forecourt.
Participants reused paper cups, cutting and painting them into flowers before planting them in the installation.
Ecosciences Precinct Artist in Residence
During her residency at the Department of Environment and Science (Ecosciences Precinct), Nadine collaborated with local primary school Dutton Park State School and soil and water scientists to deliver a series of art and science based workshops.
Workshops spanned chromatography, testing the soil pH, insects and french knitting using tshirt yarn and a performative artwork using edible soil.
The residency culminated in a largescale installation of the french knitting, hand dyed in reference to the hydrangea, whose colours are determined by the soil pH.
Churchie Artist in Residence
This Artist in Residency program with Anglican Church Grammar School focused on sustainability and involved students from prep to year six.
Students collected plastic waste materials for incorporation into three projects - a series of murals made using bottlecaps, a theatre set and a hanging installation using plastic bottles and heat shrinking techniques.
