This year UNESCO International Arts Education week was celebrated
between Monday 25th and
Sunday 31st of May, 2015.This year’s theme is: Arts Education for Sustainable Development.
This is the fourth edition; children from around the world explored
topics such as: biodiversity, climate change, cultural diversity, poverty
reduction, gender equality, health promotion, sustainable lifestyles, peace,
and water sustainable urban development.
To mark the week, BBHS Mission
organised an Art exhibition which has been on since Thursday 28th of
May and ended on Monday 8th of June, 2015.
On Tuesday 26th of
May, the Art teacher of BBHS Mission, Prince Olusegun Adeniyi was
invited on OGTV’s programme, NEW DAWN/OTUN OJO to provide the Nigerian populace with rich arts education
content during the celebration. Olusegun
Michael, Adeniyi is an award-winning Arts Educator. He was
nominated for the Global Teachers Prize in 2014; also in 2014, he was awarded
the Eminent Award for Innovative Teaching by the BBHS Old Boys Association (the
Eminent, 1979-84 set), awarded Distinguished Merit Award by the Nigerian
Conservation Foundation where he was member of jury for its 2014 Art contest
for Lagos state secondary school students; he got the Most Outstanding Teacher
award of the 2012/2013 Academic Session at the Baptist Boys High School
Mission; in 2013, he was TNJ Africa 40 Under Forty Achievement Awards honouree;
and in 2010, he was awarded the Most Innovative and Dedicated Staff award of
2009/2010 Session, at Anu Olu Int’l
College, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Here again at the celebration
of the UNESCO International Arts Education week, Mr Adeniyi organised
an Art exhibition to showcase his students art works which ranges from
paintings to photographs and crafts. The core of his mission as an art educator is to provide a platform
for every child to experience the beauty and the rewarding experience
of engaging in the art. It does not matter if the experience ends just
as a hobby, a career, or simply as an appreciative observer. He is
committed to the cause of inspiring and championing the next generation of
artists, art lovers and creative future leaders. His goal has always been
to increase young ones’ motivation, awareness and understanding of
the arts.
Part of the attractions at the
exhibition in BBHS Mission, Abeokuta was the Recycled Collage balls produced by
the boys from the Nigeria’s last election political posters. These posters are
now considered waste because the elections are gone, but here at the BBHS’s Art
studio, they have been turned into a beautiful art works. There were also
paintings on the exhibition produced by the boys. There is also in display a
100 x 60 inches huge portraiture of President Buhari.
Other
interesting parts of the exhibition are the photographs on the showcase.
Photograph is a work of art that we have used to preserve the most valued
possession of BBHS; its history. Imagine if the picture of the likes of Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo, Dimeji Bankole, Gbenga Daniel and a host of others were
hanged on the school walls for the current boys to view, definitely it will
have a profound positive impact on them.
Photographs
are priceless treasures, worthier than a rare diamond, which are to be
cherished and preserved, because they tell our stories far beyond any verbal
tale could accomplish. Every picture on exhibit tells a story, the stories of
how far we have gone, our accomplishments, and landmarks achieved for the next
generation of BBHS boys and beyond to see and draw inspirations from. The
pictures captured where we are coming from, where we are and help us to project
a beautiful future.
The
president of OBA, Prof. Adenekan was at the exhibition and many other dignitaries.
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