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Alpamayo in the IB T
he Senior Class, almost in its entirety, lived the experience of the International Baccalaureate Diploma’s exams in the month of November. Our students participated as candidates in the modalities of Diploma and Courses in the program that has a duration of two years. As a result of this intense experience that allows them to develop a high aptitude for university life, 21 students achieved certification in the entire program while 28 certified in the areas of English NS, Visual Arts NM, Literature NS, Business and Management and History NS. We must emphasize that the this particular class reached an average of 30 points which surpassed the average score of the schools in the IB world. With the Diploma awarded by the International Baccalaureate Organization, our students have the opportunity to enter as preference to the best universities of Peru and abroad, as well as validate subjects in the first year. As is in the case of Renzo Arbulu and Enzo Antezana who entered PUCP to study Architecture and Civil Engineering, respectively. Jose Miguel Andújar who, in addition to entering the University of Lima to study Industrial Engineering, reached a validated 26 credits for a total of 7 subjects. The order of merit for our IB Diploma students: José Miguel Andújar, Bruno Vargas, Diego Linares, Fabrizio Castagnino, Mariano Escudero, Juan Diego Miranda, Rodolfo Chang, Iván Vallenas, Alonso Díaz, Juan Pablo Nöel, Carlos Vidal, Guillermo Moreno, Ignacio Castro-Mendívil, Ismael Pardo-Figueroa, Joaquín Meneses, Enzo Antezana, Ricardo Guillen, Cristopher Cortés, Sebastián Arnillas, Renzo Arbulú.
Nobuaki Nakashima
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n a lecture given by Nobuaki Nakashima, he explained how his abstract paintings take form through his artistic practice. In September, we were pleased to have a conference given by this Japanese visual artist who currently resides in Lima. He came to share his artistic journey and processes with our visual art students of IB. He said “For me to paint is like a greeting to myself and a greeting to everybody who listens to their hearts by listening to a painting”. Based on his own experience in abstract painting, he explained his inspiration and motivation to do his artwork. According to Nakashima, there are two types of paintings, repre-
sentational and abstract. However, when staring at an abstract painting sometimes we struggle to understand what is in front of us. He spoke about how in abstract painting we do not need to understand it, rather feel it by listening to a song or a sound. Definitely all art is created within a certain context and comes as a result of some feelings, thoughts, or everyday situations. A great deal of what we see on the canvas reflects the environment in which the art was created. As Nakashima pointed out, for him “to paint is just like a practice of finding and knowing the world of unknown in ordinary life”.