Year 11 Artists and Photographers have been creating personal and informed responses under controlled conditions.
The Year 11 GCSE Art and Photography exams are 10 hours long and usually spread over two school days. On Wednesday 30 January our students started their controlled test, during which they create a personal outcome, based on the research and investigation they have been doing over the last two months. Their theme has been “Fragmented” and we have been highly impressed with the range of creative responses. Furthermore we have been impressed with our students’ resilience in the face of pressure. Not only is this a test of stamina and creative problem solving, but this year we have met the challenge of the school closure due to poor air quality, which happened exactly halfway through their exam. The students will resume their exam during next week. Here are some images of our 32 young creatives hard at work in the new art studios, alongside some of their work in progress, including Ashwin Sachdev’s appropriately timed photographic response to the increasing pollution.
Our artist of the week at St Andrews International School Bangkok this week is Year 11 photographer Gunn Shreshthaputra. His current work uses strong colour and digital manipulation to create a quality of fragmented reality. Here is a selection of studies from his exam work in progress.
At St Andrews Bangkok, we believe that every child has the potential to discover and develop a unique musical voice. Our Instrumental Programme offers students an extraordinary opportunity to explore and master a range of musical instruments, fostering a lifelong love for music and enhancing their cognitive and creative development.
St Andrews International School Bangkok students had remarkable success in the Virtual Young Musician 2024 competition, held by Nord Anglia Education Global Campus.
We had the honour of hosting Ms Hilary Easton at St Andrews International School Bangkok for an exciting week of dance workshops. A New York native, artistic director of her own contemporary dance company Hilary Easton + Company, and a distinguished Dance Composition specialist at Juilliard, Hilary certainly came in with a wealth of experience and knowledge to share.
