IB Visual arts students explore mediums and materials from around the world, including cardboard. For these Grade 8 students, the process of exploring masks has provided a journey as creative as their final creations.
For students taking Visual arts in the IB programme, the DP Art Exhibition is the final pinnacle of their process. SJS News chatted with Grade 12 student Cecie Kot to understand the process and what the project means to her.
This Grade 8 service initiative brought together students from JK to Grade 7 to create artwork for a cause. Find out how parents and guardians can now be a part of the initiative too.
Meet our new Artist in Residence! Dana Belcourt is a multidisciplinary mixed Cree/Métis artist from Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). With experience in a wide range of mediums, Dana will be sharing their expertise with SJS students across the rest of the year.
Over the past week, the Junior School library turned into a writing workshop with the younger students working with our first PYP Writer-in-Residence, award-winning author and illustrator, Darren Lebeuf.
As she supports our IB DP artists with their final preparations ahead of their exhibition on March 5, we sat down with our Senior School art teacher Ms. Mehrer to hear her journey from rural BC to global exploration as an artist and educator and how she has been shaped by the diverse cultures she has encountered along the way.