preparing for a career in the visual arts
Posted: November 4, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, art education, Bern, Berne, education, Europe, fine arts, International Baccalaureate, International School, ISBerne, K-12, K12, private school, Swiss school, Switzerland Leave a commentThe International Baccalaureate Diploma programme at ISBerne requires students to pursue a well-rounded education, including a significant art project in their senior year. For students who plan a career in a creative field, this also provides a good preparation for a university fine arts curriculum.
The ISBerne social media project hits 10,000 page views!
Posted: March 6, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, art education, Bern, Berne, education, education blog, elementary school, high school, International Baccalaureate, iPhone panorama photo, ISBerne, K-12, K12, music, music education, parents, pre-K, social media, sports, students, Swiss school, Switzerland Leave a comment
The ISberne blog has logged over 10,000 page views since just a few weeks before Thanksgiving of 2012, and has had visitors from 87 countries around the world. We want to thank you for your support and submissions. If you haven’t already, we hope that you’ll sign up as a follower, and we welcome editorials from the ISBerne community: parents, students, and faculty. Our archive of posts details many of the programs at our school: art, music, International Baccalaureate, pre-K curriculum, sports, and community service to name just a few, so we encourage you to take a look at our entire selection of content.
And please consider sharing it with your extended community. Each post brings our message to a larger audience and gives students the recognition they deserve. Like Ossian Perret, Grade 11, whose student-produced video for Billion Rising has had nearly 1900 views! ISBerne is excited to know that thousands of people are learning more about our special school and community.
Check out the site visitor map in the right-hand column to see where the views came from.
The ISBerne Photography Club
Posted: November 28, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art education, Bern, Berne, ISBerne, K-12, K12, photo club, photography, students, Switzerland, teachers 2 CommentsIn this interview, we learn about the new ISBerne Photography Club. Club members have already produced a number of impressive photos for their biweekly photo competitions. In each competition, members submit photos in a certain theme such as portraits, shadows, or light trails. The winners are picked by the group and showcased in a new display space in the staircase in Building C.
The club is also working on a project to submit student photography for the school’s website and, next week, the group will be heading into the old town. This will be a wonderful opportunity to take advantage of studying photography in a spectacular location like Berne, a UNESCO World Heritage City. The club meets biweekly on Mondays during lunch in room C18. Membership is open.
The ISBerne Art Program
Posted: November 14, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art education, Bern, Berne, ISBerne, students, Switzerland, teachers 1 Comment
Swiss artist, Paul Klee, was quoted as saying, “”Kunst gibt nicht das Sichtbare wieder, sondern macht sichtbar” or in English, “Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.”
In this post, we interview ISBerne Secondary School Art Teacher, Mr Tom Sunthornwat, and watch his students work in the newly outfitted Art studio. 11th and 12th Grade students at ISBerne have the opportunity to choose IB Art, requiring them to spend 2 years preparing for a solo art show for the examination.
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