About Me
I am Alison Grima a qualified Art teacher who has been teaching art for the past 13 years in various church schools such as Mater Boni Consilii primary School, St. I have attended various specialised art courses amongst which a Fine Art Printmaking course at the School of Art, Valletta in which I obtained a post-graduate Diploma, an Art History Intensive Course at the Freie Universitat,
Berlin and master classes in Expanded Drawing at Akademie Der Kunste, Salzburg. Throughout the years I participated in the following collective art exhibitions:
• Polarities collective art exhibition (2001)
• Looking Ahead collective art exhibition (2002)
• Out of Print collective art exhibition (2007)
• Exhibition by the Teachers of Art (2015)
I also participated in the following art study visits:
• Rome & Florence (1999)
• Madrid, Toledo & Avila (2000)
• Naples (2001)
• Dublin (2003)
• Berlin (2004)
About the lessons
My goal is to pass on my love of art and creativity to my students. I first and foremost want my students to enjoy the process of creating art, experiment with different techniques and media as well as learn the elements and principles of art. I want the student to feel confident in what they do, this is why classes are kept small so that each child gets individual attention. I also put a lot of emphasis on the history of art. Learning about various artists both local and foreign is an integral part of the lessons. Observing and discussing well known artists works and techniques and finally using what they learn as inspiration or as a stepping stone for their own work.