Green School's Creative Arts Curriculum is very much influenced by our
geographical location, and the very rich cultural and artistic features that
abound in celebrations and festivals, and as a part of every day customary
life on the Island of Gods.
There are certain common strands which run through every age group at Green
School, with their level of sophistication growing as students mature.
In the Visual Arts and Crafts
Drawing and
Painting - developing the use of paints and inks from natural materials
on the site;
Paper Making
and Decorating - developing the preparation of paper from natural
vegetation on site, and manufacturing it into useful products (cards,
wrapping paper, etc.);
Batik -
developing the use of natural dyes from vegetation on site;
Puppetry -
puppet making in the traditions of Bali;
Ceramics -
developing the use of clay that we find on site; firing work in a bamboo
sawdust-fired kiln.
In the Performing Arts
The Art of
Story Telling;
Improvisations;
Mime;
Creative
play making and acting;
Movement and
Dance;
Puppetry;
Performance
skills.
In Music
The development of the sense of rhythm through percussion;
A range of percussion development from simple drumming to gamelan and
marimba;
Singing and choral work linked to percussion;
Movement and Dance.
Others
Culinary
arts
Yoga
Whenever the opportunity arises to link together strands of the Creative
Arts Curriculum, this is taken - particularly when it comes to being able to
celebrate through exhibitions and performance.
We believe that when students are provided with opportunities for
performance (no matter how simple that is in early stages), a certain level
of confidence develops as students mature into young adults.
Take a look at
the video below
which features
local drumming
expert, Gusti
Putu Sudibia,
teaching the
essential
elements of
rhythm on a
Djembe (African
drum) to
children in
Grades 1-4.
Others