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Doha
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) in Education City successfully concluded the 2019 edition of its summer art and design programme for children and high school students. The classes started on June 29 and ran until early August.
The classes were open to children aged four years and above, and ranged from fashion design, interior design, app design, video game design and t-shirt design to painting, printmaking, collage making, fashion illustration and robots.
The summer programme had 210 students, and out of them 155 were Qataris.
In the ‘Design and Print your own t-shirt’ course, students aged from eight to 12 years designed and printed their own t-shirts. In the ‘Introduction to pottery’ class for students aged 15 years and above, the participants explored basic pottery processes and techniques, while in the ‘Animation and Music Making’ class for students aged 10-13 years, student made their own short story and worked with music to create a final short stop motion animation video using props made from paper, play-doh and different 3D objects.
In the ‘Fashion Illustration’ class for ages 10-14 years, students worked with a variety of media and techniques to create fashion illustrations with different fashion fabrics. They were also introduced to diverse fashion drawings and fashion illustrators.
“The summer programme is always a surprising delight,” said Yang Soon Ju, a fashion instructor, VCUarts Qatar alumna and faculty member of the university’s fashion design programme. “It is very interesting to meet diverse students who are very motivated. Their creative energy and interest in art and design inspire me continue sharing what I know about art and fashion design,” she added.
“It is a very exciting way to meet some prospective students who join VCUarts Qatar later,” she explained. “I believe that growth of popularity in summer program classes is a good sign of success, which is an outcome of whole team efforts, including hard-working assistants.”
VCUarts Qatar offers a wide range of community classes throughout the year for people of all ages and abilities.
Doha
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) in Education City successfully concluded the 2019 edition of its summer art and design programme for children and high school students. The classes started on June 29 and ran until early August.
The classes were open to children aged four years and above, and ranged from fashion design, interior design, app design, video game design and t-shirt design to painting, printmaking, collage making, fashion illustration and robots.
The summer programme had 210 students, and out of them 155 were Qataris.
In the ‘Design and Print your own t-shirt’ course, students aged from eight to 12 years designed and printed their own t-shirts. In the ‘Introduction to pottery’ class for students aged 15 years and above, the participants explored basic pottery processes and techniques, while in the ‘Animation and Music Making’ class for students aged 10-13 years, student made their own short story and worked with music to create a final short stop motion animation video using props made from paper, play-doh and different 3D objects.
In the ‘Fashion Illustration’ class for ages 10-14 years, students worked with a variety of media and techniques to create fashion illustrations with different fashion fabrics. They were also introduced to diverse fashion drawings and fashion illustrators.
“The summer programme is always a surprising delight,” said Yang Soon Ju, a fashion instructor, VCUarts Qatar alumna and faculty member of the university’s fashion design programme. “It is very interesting to meet diverse students who are very motivated. Their creative energy and interest in art and design inspire me continue sharing what I know about art and fashion design,” she added.
“It is a very exciting way to meet some prospective students who join VCUarts Qatar later,” she explained. “I believe that growth of popularity in summer program classes is a good sign of success, which is an outcome of whole team efforts, including hard-working assistants.”
VCUarts Qatar offers a wide range of community classes throughout the year for people of all ages and abilities.
