dóttir photography

I have nine years experience teaching Visual Art and Design to primary and high school students at a diverse range of schools including St George’s Grammar School, St Cyprian’s School, The Children’s Art Centre and Tableview High School. I am currently working as a Creative Arts teacher at Fish Hoek High School.

I have lectured Photography and Visual Literacy at the Stellenbosch Academy for Design and Photography. I also have facilitated a number of photography related workshops aimed at university students, designers and crafters at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town Craft and Design Institute as well as Iziko National Museums.

I believe Arts education is a vital part of student’s cognitive, social, emotional, and cultural development. Engaging in arts education has the power to heal and renew a student’s emotional state. Where there are no words, the Arts can articulate and question difficult or uncomfortable issues.

What currently excites me about teaching Visual Art is creating positive and social change through the art making process where critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving or thinking upside down, wonder, independence, responsibility and accountability are activated. I believe creativity can turn problems into opportunities and empower youth to become imaginative and socially conscious citizens of the future.