may 2016
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art swirls around Quilchena for 40th anniversary By Christopher Sun
Inspired by visiting some of Vancouver’s Biennale art projects, Richmond’s Quilchena Elementary school students have created their own permanently-installed public art to celebrate the school’s 40th anniversary. The word ‘biennale’ is an Italian word meaning every other year and is commonly used to describe a largescale art exhibition. Students from Grades 3 to 7 participated in Vancouver Biennale’s Big Ideas in-
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school program, which provided the school a financial grant and an artist to help them explore and create their own art pieces. “Identity, place and time was the overarching theme,” explained principal Janet Powell. “The kids started out by investigating their own families; how over time their own families came to Richmond. We then turned it to the school as we are celebrating our 40th anniversary
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this year.” After learning and sharing their findings about their families, students were asked what Quilchena Elementary school and its school nickname (the Cyclones) means to them. Their next assignment was to come up with images, sentences or phrases to show what they want a visitor to their school to know about
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