Budding artists come up for air

ARTS students at Cranbourne Secondary College have lent a helping hand to the school’s media department by decorating their radio studio.
Students take over the airwaves during lunchtime and perform a radio program they prepare during class on their station 95.9 3CSC FM.
Media teacher and radio station manager George Massouris said all students had the opportunity to use the station, which has been operating at the school for about one year. Students are able to transmit locally at about a three kilometre radius.
“Once they get their own little playlist going they love it,” he said.
Mr Massouris said the arts students did a great job decorating the studio.
Senior arts teacher Jan McAleese said her students had also been busy designing backgrounds for their work.
“They designed and also had to paint the environment that they are hanging their paintings on.”
Ms McAleese said their work was celebrated last Tuesday night at a showcase of the arts and media departments.
The school’s principal was so impressed by the work of Year 11 student Omna Zerom that they purchased one of his paintings.
Media students showed movies they had produced on the same night at the 20th Cranbourne Film Festival.