Art Weekend Fun!
On the weekend of the 8th and 9th of September art, paint, creativity and fun was abounding for the art students of Global Leadership Academy.
Every term the students and their art teacher, Lize-Marie Smit, come together to experiment with new techniques and to enjoy different styles of art from around the world.The theme for this weekend was colour and emotion. Students were encouraged to move away from their desire to work neatly and perfectly ‘within the box’, and rather to ‘loose control’ as they paint and experiment.The highlight of the weekend happened on Saturday morning when the art students were presented with the works of Jackson Pollock, given paintbrushes and one big canvas. With music and paint all over the place, the atmosphere was explosive. One or two students were even seen rolling around on the canvas.Monday morning the students of Global Leadership Academy gathered around the big artwork and started discussing and asking how such an abstract work can be called art. To this question, modern artists would answer: “It is the fact the artwork provoked the question that made the moment an artwork.”
In that case, if art can be captured in a memory, then this perfect weekend was nothing less than masterpiece.
Photo above left: Lehanie Scheepers and Bronwyn Harris
Photos below from left to right: Willemien Du Preez, Annica Erasmus, Kara Luiters and Lehanie Scheepers
Photo below right: GLA art students!
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