Getting Creative on Arts Day!

11/20/2019

From drawing pet portraits to learning about stage combat, our Grade 7-9 students had a great time at our annual Arts Day! Instead of a typical day of classes, students participated in a variety of art activities and listened to two incredible guest speakers.

Our day was filled with 14 different workshops that were all vastly different from each other. While some students took a Zumba class, others were learning how to DJ and write songs. A very popular workshop choice was a zombie makeup session. Students learned how to make fake wounds and zombify themselves using simple ingredients such as oatmeal and glue! We also welcomed Greenwood alumni Gabrielle Johnson ‘14, who is the owner of The Make Station. She hosted a workshop on polaroid emulsion and it was a huge hit!

The full list of workshops can be found below.

We also welcomed two guest speakers: Erika Neilsen and Karina Rotenstein. Erika is a well-known cellist as well as an educator in positive mental health. She has also played with famous musicians such as Kanye West. Karina is a filmmaker who has been involved in the production of many documentaries including an Oscar nominee titled Edith and Eddie. She has watched well over 60,000 films in her lifetime and for 10 years got paid to watch 8 movies a day for 200 days of the year - that’s over 16,000 films!

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