Peter Cleverley
Kakanui artist Peter Cleverley says he is looking forward
to working with pupils at Weston School as part of the Artists
in Schools programme.
The programme, now in its second year, means professional
artists in dance, drama, music and visual arts can work with
primary and secondary school pupils.
This year, 44 schools have been selected, including 12 in the
South Island.
The others in Otago were North East Valley Normal School,
Waihola District School and Dunedin North Intermediate.
Weston School principal Nicky Ryan was thrilled the school
had been selected for the 10-week programme, which starts on
June 22, saying it was "very special".
Mr Cleverley, who divides his time between lecturing at the
Otago Polytechnic School of Art in Dunedin and painting in
his studio, told the children at a special assembly recently
he was "just so fortunate" to be able to work with them.
Working in a free classroom, which would be used as a studio,
they would be making art of both two and three-dimensions,
which would be used to fit out the interior of the school's
new administration block.
He was grateful for Otago Polytechnic, both the
administration department and the art school, for getting him
paid research time off to do the project.
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