Hello everybody!
My name is Hedy Sissely Cordero Barrios, I am from Uruguay, South America, a small country with a big heart!.
I am an artist and art teacher; I did my baccalaureate in engineering and architecture, then went for Philosophy, ending up at the art school. I did Art History, but my speciality is Fine Arts, with a University Degree, studying at Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, ENBA, UDELAR, Universidad de la República, from 1988 to 1997. My Thesis was about education in the art field. After finishing my studies, I started to do art shows and exhibitions, but always connected with art education. I taught the National Curriculum of my country in all levels, the British programs, IGCSI, and A level Art and Design for Cambridge University, at the British Schools of Montevideo. I also taught Spanish for IB students.
Designing some educational and relational art projects was also a wonderful challenge for me: La Aldea, Kindergarten Educational and Recreational Project, Gratitude Stones: Relational Art Project.2010-2011 (work in process) and “Art and Play”, which is published in Uruguay. I am a fan of Ludopedagogy and play-oriented approaches to teaching and learning!
My experience at Lancers International School, LIS, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, from July 2015 to May 2017 was amazing. I was very happy also challenged working in such an outstanding environment, working as PYP Art Teacher, with Nursery and Kinder level the first year, in this fantastic India. We had many students from different countries, giving us the opportunity to share our knowledge and understanding in an open-minded environment. Besides the giant opportunity of learning about Mindfulness and Yoga, right from the font!
I was living in Dresden, Germany, from 2017 to 2022. There I continued exploring and learning, sharing knowledge and life experience with my students and colleagues. Keeping up the enthusiasm of teaching and learning, exploring Europe, its old culture and mysteries.
In 2022, I came back to the South, to Brazil, where I live, create and work. Being an Art Teacher at St. Nicholas School is my professional adventure, which keeps me enthusiastic and motivated to change the world.
I share Luis Camnitzer´'s words: “I am an artist, and, one way or another, everything I do is art… I wish that artists would consider themselves also as educators, and educators also as artists. Otherwise, artists are reduced to working on self-therapy, and educators continue working as trainers and transmitters of information”.
I hope to hear from you very soon!
May the Light be with you,
Ms Hedy Sissely Cordero Barrios.
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