A visit from Fulbright University to People, Victory and Life after the War
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March 2021
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Year 12 International Baccalaureate (IB) Visual Arts students at Renaissance visited artist Hoang NamViet’s studio to learn more about contemporary Vietnamese art. Through NAF’s educational partnerships with Renaissance and the EMASI schools, students are given unique opportunities to visit celebrated artists and explore the art world.
Hoang Nam Viet gave the Year 12 students a private tour of his studio and shared his art practice, techniques, and life experiences as a full-time artist. Hoang Nam Viet draws inspiration from everyday life, using paint in a freestyle technique that makes oil look like watercolor Hoang Nam Viet opened up about his views on art and how to approach large-scale works, and gave the students a live portrait drawing demonstration.
Students walked away with more inspiration, knowledge, and, most of all, fun. Students from the class gave their teacher many comments on the studio visit, and their words were shared with NAF.
Jeong Won from the class commented, “It was fascinating to be able to interact with an artist that uses the same art medium as we do in school. Truly intriguing to understand that in order to become an artist, it takes time and effort and we really don’t need to rush anything just like how the artist we have met has been going through his own circumstances for more than 10 years.”
Annie added, “It was an eye-opening experience where I got to learn many things about how it is to be an artist out in the real world, to run a business and your own studio, and other technical skills such as how to use oil paint looking like it is watercolor or chalk, and also how to choose your colour palette.”