Ai Wei-wei was born in Beijing, China. He is an artist and activist who has created work in nearly every medium possible. His provocative and subversive dimension of his…
Author: Alicia Carter
Before beginning her work as the Marketing & Communications Coordinator at Thanda, Alicia was a Healthy Youth Advisor for the U.S. Peace Corps in South Africa's neighboring country, Lesotho. In 2014, she graduated from the University of Denver in Colorado, USA with a degree in International Health and Development. She is passionate about photography and story-telling that is inspired by people, culture, and the human reality in our incredibly vast universe. You can see more of her work at www.aliciamcarter.com
Creating Hero Books
When we create Hero Books in class it gives us a deeper look at the meaning of the word, ‘hero.’ In doing so we learn to see ourselves and…
Marie Curie – The First Lady of Science
Marie Curie is a hero to us. She was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland and was part of a group of scientists whose work ushered in the Atomic…
Wool Collages
Following their school holidays, the high school students returned to create yarn collages as a way of discussing their holidays. They weaved wool through a cardboard disk, then picked colours…