Keystone Magazine Learning the Keystone Way 2015-2016 EN | Page 19

Meanwhile, Victoria’s classmate Emily Lei used
drops of culture to color her work. Identifying
strongly with her home, history and culture –
China – she dredged the contents of used-teabags
to stain the sketch of a wall in her production.
Sometimes memories of home are roused by
events elsewhere – in others’ homes. Leo Sheng’s
depiction of the Paris terror attacks of late 2015 is
his way of showing solidarity with the world, and
hoping for peace.
While his classmate, Sophia Wang hopes
for something quite similar here in her
own hometown of Beijing. Using mul-
tiple prints of Beijing night skyline, she
hoped to demonstrate a darker side to
the city. Inspired for photographer Tim
Booth and his work, A Show of Hands,
Sophia put photographs of her hands
around the prints to represent human
struggle, pain and greed, which she says,
“reflects me as a Beijing resident who
cares about the city.”
Through prints – mono-printing, block-
printing, lino-printing – painting, collage
making and other techniques, students
from grade 10 have opened small win-
dows to their souls. Ms. Small is pleased
that the students have “developed their
communication skills in a number of dif-
ferent ways. They have developed skills
in visual communication through their
artwork, written reflections and more.”
Expressing in many forms, with clarity
and confidence, is one of the first steps
to exploring, seeking and understanding
one’s own identity. And learning about
oneself continuously solidifies the foun-
dation to learning.
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