Trinityhouse High School showed a beguiled audience that a generation of Van Gogh’s run free to paint as they wish at the school.
On 12 October the school held its annual art awards and exhibition and invited parents and children of the school. The hall was packed, not only with an enthused audience but with art that seemed to speak for itself.
The art teacher at the school, Sandra Bald said she was extremely proud of the level of work that was exhibited at this year’s event. “Each year the artwork showcased seems to get better,” she said.
As one walked through the hall, making their way past the many creative art pieces, you saw the excitement each artist had seeing their conceptualised imagery come to life for all see. One art piece that appeared to really capture the audience was the work done by Kayley Petersen. One of her pieces was titled, Umbono – Seeing From The Inside Out.
Bald explained that the concepts all the artists came up with were phenomenal.
“The children challenge each other and the matric class constantly sets a high standard of art for the other grades to follow,” she expressed, adding that the work displayed took a year to put together.
Two alumni of the school and guest speakers at the awards, Ssanyu Sematimba and Maliyamungu Muhanole shared sentiments of pure admiration of all the work they saw. They said that art had changed through the generations and this evening was a testament of that.
“The art here today displayed a sense of empathy and understanding of other races outside of their own,” said Muhanole.
Sematimba concluded that the subject matter showed that their thought process of society and the world was not limited to their small bubble within the confines of their school.
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