Yesterday was a very special day on many fronts.
Nafisa was invited to spend some time with a lovely class of Kindergarten school children and talk to them about what it's like to be an Artist, where she is from and how she knows what to paint. They also loved hearing about Africa and Sudan, where Nafisa is orignally from.
This very eager bunch have been learning about Australian Artist Fred Williams and this term visited the National Art Gallery to see the current Fred Williams Exhibition.
The children invited Nafisa to their class so that they could proudly present their artwork projects - their interpretations of their favourite Fred Williams paintings and gain some 'expert' tips from a Real Live Artist, as in their words... "all the ones we learn about are dead" (Please remember this in their words and they are only 5yrs old). So it was very "cool" to talk to Nafisa who received the very high 10 Stars and Twinkling Eyes rating for her amazing and beautiful artwork.
Although Nafisa was a little nervous in the beginning, she put all that aside to share some great tips and was really impressed with this talented little bunch. Nafisa has been invited back to spend some more time with the children next term as their new art project is going to be on Nafisa's work and their interpretation of her paintings!
Lots of fun was had by all!
The MEPP team
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