Murals bring learners’ artwork to life

NEW murals at Altena Primary School in Strand have brought the drawings of the school’s learners to life.

- SIBULELE KASA

Mieke Hall, the lecturer at the Visual Arts Department at Stellenbosch University, recently created the four murals together with the teachers, parents, pupils, and volunteers as part of her PhD research.

“I worked with learners in different classes through art lessons where they drew the school’s values. I chose to start with their drawings because I did not want to impose my own ideas of what should be on their walls,” she said.

The murals face each other in a courtyard in the foundation phase block, between Grade 1 to 4 classrooms.