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Artist Jenny Soep Guest Teaches Eighth Grade Studio Class
This week, eighth graders in Ms. Wulfman’s studio class enjoyed a special guest, artist and illustrator Jenny Soep. Ms. Wulfman shared the following about the artist and her students’ experience.
Eighth-grade artists hunger to create work that has a real-world impact. It’s why St. Luke’s eighth grade studio students are currently exploring how they might use art to affect or provide value to a person, group, or community. They are preparing their next painting project, “A Project that Matters.”
To help inspire our students, we invited artist Jenny Soep to be a guest in their class.
Originally from Scotland and now based in Stockholm, artist Jenny Soep is most widely known for illustrating live music and other events. Her practice has evolved significantly in response to COVID-19. Most recently, she created live 'COVID-safe' portraits that show separate people huddled together, drawn on the inside of vacant store windows. This practice evolved out of a previous project with the Red Cross, where Jenny drew live portraits of immigrants to connect and communicate beyond linguistic and cultural barriers.
Jenny's partnership offers our students an exceptional opportunity to develop concepts of what they can accomplish with a brush and some paint. Jenny will remain available for support, collaboration and feedback, as students progress through their projects.
You can view the class session with Jenny here.
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Eighth-grade artists hunger to create work that has a real-world impact. It’s why St. Luke’s eighth grade studio students are currently exploring how they might use art to affect or provide value to a person, group, or community. They are preparing their next painting project, “A Project that Matters.”
To help inspire our students, we invited artist Jenny Soep to be a guest in their class.
Originally from Scotland and now based in Stockholm, artist Jenny Soep is most widely known for illustrating live music and other events. Her practice has evolved significantly in response to COVID-19. Most recently, she created live 'COVID-safe' portraits that show separate people huddled together, drawn on the inside of vacant store windows. This practice evolved out of a previous project with the Red Cross, where Jenny drew live portraits of immigrants to connect and communicate beyond linguistic and cultural barriers.
Jenny's partnership offers our students an exceptional opportunity to develop concepts of what they can accomplish with a brush and some paint. Jenny will remain available for support, collaboration and feedback, as students progress through their projects.
You can view the class session with Jenny here.
St. Luke’s School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving over 40 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Leading with Humanity curriculum builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.
