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# Meet our IB Art Students

 Mar/03/2020

![IB art](https://blog.kes.ns.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/IB%20art.jpg?width=396&name=IB%20art.jpg) 

 

Please join us for our **Annual IB Art Exhibition Opening Night Reception on Thursday, April 2, 2020**. Each week until our big day, I will feature select IB Art students and their work so you can enjoy a sneak peak of their favourite pieces.![ib art3](https://blog.kes.ns.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/ib%20art3.jpeg?width=300&name=ib%20art3.jpeg)

 

**Madison "Maddy" Magee **has attended KES for two years and is from Toronto, Ontario.

*I have chosen this sculpture as my favourite because it helped me decide the theme for my work. Plus, it was the first time that I had worked on a clay sculpture. My theme of the sculpture is the objectivity of women's bodies. I have carried this theme throughout my IB artwork using different media.*

Future plans: I plan to study Political Science at Carlton University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**![IB art2](https://blog.kes.ns.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/IB%20art2.jpeg?width=300&name=IB%20art2.jpeg)Victor Moreno Del Valle **hasattended KES for two years and is from Madrid, Spain.

*I have chosen this chalk pastel drawing as one of my favourites because I enjoy drawing the human anatomy and I also like working with chalk pastels. I wanted to do this drawing in black and white to emphasis the tonal quality and the form of the torso using high contrast lights.*

Future Plans: I plan to study Business at Dalhousie University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**![ib art 4](https://blog.kes.ns.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/ib%20art%204.jpg?width=300&name=ib%20art%204.jpg)Madison “Madi” Taijaard **has attended KES for six year (a lifer) and is from Fall River, Nova Scotia.

*I have chosen this painting because of the technique that I used, and it is the painting that I am most proud. I feel the message is very positive of being wild and free. This was the first time that I experimented with the palette knife which was used for the texture. I also had planned to use monochromatic colours to emphasize the figure and the movement.*

Future plans: I plan to study for a Bachelor of Arts, Science and Health at Saint Francis University.

 

**Sandy Stewart**

**Visual Art: Grades 8, 9 and 10**

**IB Visual Arts: Grade 11 and 12**

**IB Examiner, IB Workshop Leader Cat.1,2 and 3**

**KES Yearbook Advisor**

*Find out more about the International Baccalaureate Programme at KES by downloading our IB Guidebook.*

 

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