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High School Musical Jr. Production! Fun for the whole family! On Friday, Nov. 17th at 5:30pm and November 18th at 2:30pm (matinee) and 5:30pm (evening) our student performers will take to the stage! Come join in the musical action and fun! High School Musical Jr. is the iconic show based on the Disney Channel hit movie seen by millions. Our production features several talented AISL middle and high school performers! Tickets will be available for sale at the Front, Primary and Secondary offices starting on Tues. Nov. 7th and are 50 Kwacha. The performance runs for 75 minutes. So... Everyone! Let's come together and have some fun! The students studied the life and expressive art style of artist Romare Bearden (1911-1988). His artwork interpreted and reflected his experiences as an African American whose family migrated from the south to north. Inspired by Bearden the students created collage portraits of people they are inspired by, “My Life in a Time of Covid” collages, and “Rooms in Boxes.
The grade 12 DP Visual Arts students recently displayed their artworks in the Palm Pavilion. Parents, teachers and friends attended an opening reception where the students showcased the wonderful work they did during the course. Click through the slideshow below or follow this link to view the slideshow showcasing their artwork. Congrats to the AISL DP Visual Arts class of 2022! Well done!
A beautiful new tree graces the reading loft of the secondary library. This was a gift to the library from four of our Grade 11 Visual Arts students: Natasha, Victor, Jerry, and Christopher. These four students spent countless hours after school and during unstructured time working on the design, creation, and installation of this piece. All of the art work in the secondary library was made by our visual arts students- from the ceiling tiles created by this year's Grade 9 Visual Arts students to the Girl With the Hoop Earring painting, a Zambian take on Vermeer's classic Girl With the Pearl Earring piece. Our space has been literally co-created by our students. We look forward to when we can have parents passing through once again to enjoy our beautiful space, but for now, we are sharing some pictures of the new tree along with the story of how it was made here. Please congratulate Victor, Natasha, Jerry, and Christopher on this wonderful accomplishment that is such a gift to our school.
Photos by T. Maguire
The grade 10 art class researched plastic pollution and worked with plastic waste this semester. They installed plastic flowers, mushrooms, birds etc in the tree outside the art room to create a site specific installation. This highlights the incursion of plastic into our natural environment.
They also created sculptures and displayed them outside the art room, K7. ​Ms Nevers, Secondary art teacher Our Grade 11 DP Visual Arts students went on an actual (not a virtual!) field trip this past Friday to Chaminuka Lodge. Chaminuka is located near the international airport and offers the largest private collection of African art in Zambia. This was the perfect venue for a field trip because the lodge is open to the air and many of the art pieces are sculptures set throughout the beautiful grounds. Some students were gathering information for their Comparative Studies, one of the major assessments for DP Visual Arts, and others were researching specific Zambian artists for Visual Arts Extended Essays. The field trip presented an outstanding opportunity to learn about Zambian art, and there are even pieces in the collection by two of our AISL Visual Arts teachers: Ms. Laurey Nevers (Secondary School Visual Arts) and Mr. Mwamba Mulangala (Primary School Visual Arts). Chaminuka also has an incredible collection of traditional art that we were able to explore. We are all grateful to the Chaminuka staff for warmly welcoming our students for this wonderful learning opportunity. If you have not been to Chaminuka, it is well worth a trip!
Photos T. Maguire This past Friday we filled every available space for our 50-person max HS Coffee House. Students and teachers gathered on the deck of the Palm Pavilion under the brilliantly clear stars and enjoyed thirteen performances. The acts included song, instrumental pieces, dance, a TED Talk, juggling, and poetry. As usual, our students created such a safe and supportive atmosphere that at the end of the scheduled performances, a couple students summoned the courage to step up to the mic and share. Our HS Student Council did a fantastic job of organizing the event, which includes promoting, set-up, emceeing, and clean-up.
This HS Coffee House was a bittersweet one for our seniors, as it was their last before graduation. We would like to recognize some of our seniors by name:
Mr. Illingworth, our Band Director, and Ms. Maguire, our Secondary School Librarian, will be moving on at the end of this year and have loved supporting and helping to grow the creative arts culture at AISL. They are confident that it has become such an ingrained part of AISL that the students will carry it forward! Photos by T.Maguire & S. Seiler
​The DP Visual Arts students in Ms. Nevers' class have finished their course, which culminated with an Exhibition that they showcased in the AISL Tiyende Pamodzi Theatre Gallery for a small group of parents last Thursday. It has certainly been challenging for the students as they missed studio time in the art room due to campus closures during the pandemic. They have overcome these obstacles and created spectacular artwork. Please take some time to view their wonderful artworks, shared here below, and to read their explanations of their art.
Our next high school coffee house will be held on Friday 9 April from 19:00-20:00 on the deck of the Palm Pavilion. Students in grades 9-12 will have the opportunity to share many forms of creative expression in a safe, supportive manner. Our most recent high school coffee house, held November of last semester, was a huge success and we were all thrilled to be sharing a live experience amidst the pandemic. To ensure everyone's health and safety during this event, we will once again follow these protocols: 1. Temperature screening and hand-sanitizing upon entering campus (as usual) 2. Maximum capacity limited to 50 high school students based on a first-come, first-served Google Doc students access via the Student Portal (priority goes to students who are also performing) 3. Socially distant seating 4. All audience members AND performers will wear masks properly for the entire event Sometimes young adults need a gentle nudge to be an IB risk-taker and share at an event such as this. If you feel that this applies to your son or daughter, please consider encouraging him or her to perform. In the past, students have shared in many ways: poetry, prose, improvisation, music, song, juggling, stand-up comedy, and dance (to name a few!). Every time a student has mustered the courage to share at coffee house, they have been glad they did and have grown from the experience. The High School Student Council is coordinating this event with support from Secondary School Librarian Ms. Terry Maguire. Should you have any questions, please reach out: tmaguire@aislusaka.org. |
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