Clever senior skateboard art

Bridie Willmette, Brodie Lucciannio, Maddi Abbott and Jess Maiden have customised skateboard decks for an exhibition.

Claudia Baxter

SKATEBOARD decks feature as improvised canvases in an exhibition by Rosewood State High School senior art students.

The talented group of students designed and painted 20 artworks on decks, which now hang in the Ipswich Art Gallery.

Titled Deck the Walls, the exhibition will remain on show until next Wednesday.

Councillor David Pahlke said students had dedicated the past two months to designing their artworks.

Arts, Community and Cultural Services chairman Charlie Pisasale said the show sampled youth and pop cultures.

"You don't have to look too far to see how popular skateboards are with young people; it's wonderful to see students using them to creatively engage with the arts," Cr Pisasale said.

Rosewood State High principal Lyn Culverhouse said she was proud the students were representing the school in the wider arts community.

The gallery opens daily from 10am to 5pm in d'Arcy Doyle Pl.

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