Arts and design
Ira van der Merwe Art
Nadat sy in 2002 haar eerste kwalifikasie in Kunsopvoeding aan die Universiteit van Pretoria behaal het, het Ira ’n beroep in kunsonderwys nagevolg en in 2012 haar honneursgraad in Kunsgeskiedenis aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika verwerf. Sy het ’n paar jaar as kunsonderwyser by Willow Ridge High deurgebring en sedertdien elke moontlike geleentheid opgeraap om hetsy as vrywilliger of werkgewer, te leer, te help en te fasiliteer.
Die meeste van haar avonture en stories het hul oorsprong daarin dat sy half-Nederlands is en getroud is met ’n ingenieur-cum-akademikus wat al in meer as een land gewerk het. Sy trotseer die uitdagings van die ekspatlewe dapper met ’n sin vir humor en ’n positiewe houding.
South African-born artist Ira van der Merwe is a woman with many stories to tell. The embodiment of creativity and education, she lives to learn, encourage, repurpose and create.
After obtaining her first qualification from the University of Pretoria in 2002 in Arts Education, Ira pursued a career in teaching art and subsequently obtained an Honours degree in Art History from the University of South Africa in 2012. Her years as resident art teacher at Willowridge High firmly cemented her call to educate and she has since sought out every opportunity to teach, assist and facilitate, be it as volunteer or employee.
Most of her adventures and stories are the result of being half-Dutch and being wife to a traveling engineer-cum-academic. The challenges of ex-pat living are, however, bravely faced with a dash of humour and a can-do-attitude.
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