jOURnal Art Magazine

While I led this project, this magazine was primarily designed and laid out by students of SMAN1C, a high school in Indonesia. 

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My first week as a Fulbright ETA in East Java, Indonesia was a blur of hot weather, spicy food, photos, and Bahasa Indonesia. Amidst the whirlwind, what struck me most were the classrooms I would be teaching in. Each classroom was uniquely themed and had beautifully painted walls which reflected the personalities of the students within; one was painted with a deep sea theme, another with a space theme, etc.. 

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Impelled by the skill used to paint the classroom walls, I was certain that there must be many students with artistic talents at my school and wanted to find a way to celebrate and showcase their talents beyond just the classroom walls, so I set out to create a student art magazine. I spent the first 5 months of my grant meeting weekly with a small group of students to teach them Adobe InDesign, the program we would be using to design and layout the art journal.

 

Despite being called back to the US due to COVID19, because of the unwavering commitment of these individuals, the magazine was finished and printed in its entirety just days before I left Indonesia.