Carla’s Art Ed.

🇬🇧 Step into the world of our incredible art department, led by the one and only Carla Medeiros! Hailing from Portugal, her creative journey is a true masterpiece in itself. Miss Medeiros isn’t just an art teacher—she’s a global art powerhouse, with a post-graduate degree in Design of Communication from the University of Lisbon and a Master’s of Education from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. With certifications in Art, Special, and Elementary Education, she’s equipped to guide every student on their artistic path. Her 26-year career has taken her across four countries—Portugal, Italy, the USA, and France—collecting a world of experience and inspiration. At @ibsofprovence , Miss Medeiros is at the helm of the Art Department while guiding students in mastering the IGCSE* Art & Design curriculum and the IB** students in successfully completing the Visual Arts Diploma Program. Her mission? To create a vibrant, safe space where every student can explore, experiment, and find their unique voice through art. Miss Medeiros believes that art is more than just creation; it’s a powerful tool for fostering higher order thinking skills, problem-solving, and many other #studiohabitsofmind and #21centuryskills while collaborating and building a sense of community. She’s here to help you tap into your artistic power! *International General Certificate of Secondary Education (Cambridge University) | Grades 9/10 **International Baccalaureate (Oxford University) | Grades 11/12 #ibs_arts, #arteducation, #ib, #igcse #art #artanddesign #visualarts #leadership #collaboration #projectzero #harvard

Work in progress: surrealistic sculptures by Pre-International Baccalaureate Year 1 (PIB1) or 9th grade students @ibsofprovence : it’s all about the process as we practice earth clay sculpting and acrylic painting techniques! #surrealism #sculpture #highschool #art #ibs_art

Our Pre-International Baccalaureate 1 (9th grade) students International Bilingual School of Provence (IBS) successfully completed a drawing unit inspired by art while learning about and . What a fun way to develop while expanding our knowledge of !

Our Pre-International Baccalaureate 1 (9th grade) students @ibsofprovence successfully completed a drawing unit inspired by @petsrockworld art while learning about #popart and #popculture . What a fun way to develop #realisticdrawing while expanding our knowledge of #arthistory !

Revisiting my blog page and getting ready to publish again soon! 😊✨

The Power of Storytelling Each one of us has a unique path that brings us to where we are today. The stories I was told by my family, the stories I tell my children, and the storytelling instructional strategies that I use in my art lessons reflect the desire to add something beautiful and useful to the world.

I LOVE our Art Show!!! Thanks to the work of our super art department (four teachers) and the support of administrators and staff at the International Bilingual School of Provence (IBS), we are able to showcase about a hundred pieces of art created by students from 6th to 11th grade, including fashion and costume design, graphic design, comic book design, street art, museum/installation curator models, journaling, illustration, painting, sculpture, architecture, photography and thematic portfolios! It has sparked wonderful conversations around art techniques and media, art history, activism, self-expression, just to name a few. What makes me smile even more is seeing the students proudly talking about their work to friends, teachers and family members. Like Romero Britto once said, “Art is too important not to share.” 😊

Returning to school today after our spring break could not have been any sweeter. An art teacher from Berlin, Germany came to observe my class as part of the , an European professional-development program that enables teachers to learn from each other across borders. Her presence in the classroom was so wonderful! She even brought me some German chocolates as a token of gratitude! 😊❤️

Today I found an oil pastel painting that I created in 1994, the year I started my studies at the University of Lisbon (I let you do the math…). It was curious to realize that the painting I’m currently working on has a similar central element: a blue contorted torso or trunk. Both pieces are self-portraits, illustrating two different states of mind. One depicts a geometric, almost defeated creature struggling between a dualistic view of the world (angel/demon, right/wrong) and one that is organically untwisting, releasing old ways of thinking and living life, expanding. The surroundings are now warmer, safer, holistic, and interpreted with the heart. What a discovery!!! 💙

Sometimes, all you need is to reconnect your heart to who you truly are for life to unfold itself with grace and simplicity… I find that only in gratitude I am happy because I don’t desire anything else to fulfill me. I came here today to thank you for being part of this journey through your presence, words of encouragement and wisdom. My work as an art teacher has been developing in a direction I never dreamed of. I will have to come back later to tell you all about it. In the meantime, be well, be happy, be you. 🥰

I really don’t know how to express it better than painting my soul out… Left my homeland (again) with an achy heart but the eyes full of blue and green. After rewatching vacation reels .stranger.in.paradise (personal account), I took a few hours today to create this painting, starting with the canvas covered in the color of ‘saudade’ (purple). Nothing compares to experiencing in person, but this is what I can do for now: see it from the inside out.