yew chung international school of beijing - artist in residence programme
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Yew Chung International School of Beijing
Artist in Residence Programme
Vision & Mission
• The Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Programme nurtures each student’s artistic expression and creativity, inspiring them to develop inquisitive minds. Through the process of research and art making, students deepen their appreciation for life, and discover their potential to preserve the environment and advance humanity.
Inspiration | Collaboration | Creation
• The AIR Programme at Yew Chung International School explores the unique concept of working artists creating in a school setting. Yew Chung actively pursues relationships with artists who are experienced in their specialized fields.
Inspiration
• These artists inspire and collaborate with students and staff from early childhood to secondary education. They share work process, materials, methods, and plans to help the community understand the practice of an artist. Students enjoy learning through projects that integrate classroom curriculum with new art techniques and media.
Collaboration & Creation • Besides projects in classrooms, artists work alongside
students to create artworks that both encourage learning and invigorate the school environment. Paintings, murals, illustrations, sculptures, comics, films, and performances are created throughout the school year, on holidays and breaks. These works celebrate the voyage from initial inspiration, to collaboration, to creation.
A set design created by students
The Artists
Emily Elridge• Based in Hong Kong since 2005, American born artist Emily
Elridge is active in the Hong Kong and international art scenes. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including Art Asia Pacific, Asia Tatler, WestEast Magazine, HK Magazine, WGSN, and South China Morning Post.
Natalie Tse• Natalie Tse holds a BFA in Illustration from Savannah
College of Art and Design and has since been involved in children’s illustration projects using both traditional and digital media and has been an art instructor for children in New York.
Haruka Ostley
• Haruka Ostley was born in Japan and graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with B.F.A in painting. She then moved to NYC, where she trained at Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Currently she works as a freelance performer/artist living in Hong Kong.
Gabe Ostley• After graduating from
Savannah College of Art & Design, Gabe moved to New York City. He also created an international selling poster with Mantis Design and co-created a digital comic: ‘The Hammer’ which won a publishing contract from DC Comics and is now featured on the Comixology and Sony PSP sites. In 2011 & 2012, his graphic novels ‘Hero Action Persons’, 'Snatcher Bodies' and 'My Date With Medusa' were published by Devil's Due Digital.
Esther Chow• Native to Hong Kong, Esther graduated from the School of
the Art Institute in Chicago in the US with a Fine Arts degree concentrating on painting and drawing. She has exhibited in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Prague.
Sara Barati
• Sara received a Bachelor’s in Studio Art from Missouri Western State University and holds a Masters of Arts in Teaching from the University of Central Missouri. Previously, she has taught Design, Drawing and Intermediate Drawing, Painting, and Fibers at Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mark Montgomery
• Mark received a full scholarship to Savannah College of Art and Design where he majored in Sequential Art and minored in Painting. He graduated with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts, Cum Laude in 2006. His love of drawing expanded to include sculpture, graphic design, painting and many other disciplines.
Elizabeth Briel• Elizabeth Briel has a Bachelor’s of Fine Art Degree from the
University of Minnesota and has previously as an artist worked in Liverpool, Tuscany in Italy and New York. She has taught art in Korea, Cambodia and Hong Kong and has also illustrated a children’s book and founded an art gallery in Hong Kong.
Tamie Nakamura• Tamie Nakamura holds a Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design
from the Tsing Hua University of Art and Design, Beijing. She has a teaching certificate in Kimono, Yuzen and has taught Japanese Art in Beijing and Mauritius.
Thank you!
• To find out more about YCIS Beijing, please contact:
• (+86 10) 8585 3731
• www.ycis-bj.com