Look out- here come the artists!
Our School of Art in Missions is now officially underway. The school started on Tuesday, April 1st, with a total of eleven students- seven from Argentina, two from Mexico, one from Brazil and one from Chile.
It is the biggest art school we have had thus far at our base- and ten of the eleven students are girls!
The school covers a variety of artistic topics, with practical hands-on classes in Theatre, Clown, Graffiti, Circus, Visual Arts (Painting and Sculpture), Tango, Choreography and many other exciting mediums.
Students will also take part in a number of theory classes, learning about the character of a Christian artist, teamwork, and developing projects that focus on God’s dreams for their lives.
The students learning professional techniques in artistic makeup application.
Taking part in creative intercession for the United Arab Emirates.
The most important focus of the school is not the development of artists and their artistic talent but rather having an encounter with our God who is a personal and creative God and to master tools in order to help others have an encounter with Him as well through the use of the redeemed arts.
The students have been very privileged to receive teachings from professional artists- the first two weeks focused on theatre and the classes were taught by Maija Doveika (a professional actress from Latvia) and Fernando Ortiz (a professional actor Chile).
During their week of "Clown", the students are learning to make balloon animals.
We know that God is working in the students’ hearts just as much as He is helping them to discover their artistic talent and we are confident that He will continue to do so in the next four months of the school.