Artworks

St Aloysius College music teacher, Craig Evans and his son Joshua, travelled to Buenos Aires in April 2004, where they spent six months at St Ethnea School. The Argentinean Mosaic was purchased by Craig during his time in Buenos Aires, while he was working in the barrios communities.

Barrio Mitre, a community built on a city rubbish dump, had been there for fifteen years. It was here that a Jesuit priest named Rodrigo established the Ava Tava Project, where every Saturday an artist offered art classes for the children. He introduced them to Benito Quinquela Martin, an Argentinean artist with a social conscience who believed in social equality.

Craig was taken to a room to see an artwork that the children had completed. From a cupboard was brought a large plastic roll – a mosaic created by the children of the barrios, based on the work of Benito Quinelquela Martin and made from discarded material. Real beauty amongst the trash.

Thanks to fundraising by the St Aloysius College community, Craig was able to purchase this piece of art, which can now be seen in the Redden Centre Undercroft.

By Carol Grantham
St Aloysius College Archivist, 2026