Visual Arts
About the subject
In this subject you will get an introduction to the visual arts many creative corners and nooks. We will explore mediums such as drawing, painting, a bit of performance, sculpturing, installation art, graphical prints in different mediums and we will dive into the history of art and its importance for the art that is created today. We will also look into what power art can have in activistic and political subjects.
Besides the technical and historical aspect there will be a good amount of time spent on developing and training our creativity through imaginative workshops. Because art is not just a perfect brushstroke on a beautiful painting. It is also about weird minds with an urge to create.
The classes will be a mix of groupworks, joined conversation, individual assignments and there can on occasion be a collaboration with the other aesthetic subjects.
Your teacher
Anna Østergaard Laursen
Anna has a chefs education from 2014 and has since then used her gastronomical skills in her own small business where she planned and executed specially designed eating experiences for businesses and art exhibitions. She also worked with installation artworks containing edible elements and often performance - and a lot of other things.
Behind her she has a short education in classical drawing and is studying to become a nature guide on the side of working as a højskole teacher.
All of the abilities are often mixed when nature is both edible, a place to eat and an eternal inspiration for artworks. Both as a medium and as a motive.
Anna has worked as a højskolelærer since 2018 and has in this time taught a broad variety of gastronomical, nature, creative and cultural subjects.
In her private life, Anna is very occupied by nature both as a place of immersion and presence but also to go on long hikes. Besides that she spends good amounts of time reading, pickling and fermenting, baking sourdough bread and eating it with a good cheese, creative works and taking care of her bond to her family and friends. She loves cats and very large puzzles.
