Our Year 7 students have captured their personal values and understanding of citizenship in a collection of powerful, wearable artworks.

What makes a hero? Is it courage? Kindness? Leadership? The ability to make a positive difference in the lives of others?

Throughout Term 1, our Year 7 Visual Arts students explored these questions through the creation of their own 'Super Citizen Capes' — vibrant wearable artworks inspired by acclaimed Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding and his exploration of identity, belonging, resilience and heroism.

Beginning with the investigation of symbols found in everyday life, students reflected on the personal values they believed contributed positively to their communities. 

Kindness, fairness, inclusion, environmental responsibility, courage and leadership became the foundation for a series of bold visual identities, transformed into painted fabric capes bursting with colour, symbolism and imagination.

Drawing inspiration from Golding’s contemporary cape artworks, students explored how artists communicate powerful social messages through visual language. 

Through painted imagery, decorative techniques and mixed-media embellishments, students created wearable artworks that celebrated both individuality and community connection.

More than simply an art project, ‘Super Citizen Capes’ invited students to think deeply about citizenship — exploring what it meant to contribute positively to their school, local community and wider world. 

By combining Visual Arts with Civics and Citizenship learning, students discovered how creativity can become a powerful platform for expressing ideas about identity, responsibility and belonging.

The result is a spectacular collection of capes that asks us all an important question: what kind of hero do you want to be?