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CREATIVITY IS

CONTAGIOUS,

PASS IT ON

– ALBERT EINSTEIN

Text and images by Nicole Zerwick

ayna De Wet has lived in Cornwall December holidays. It's clear that Dayna is in her
Hill Estate for 15 years with her element in her bright and beautiful studio space,
family. A former pupil at Cornwall among happy students working on projects and
Hill College, Dayna studied surrounded by colourful watercolours and clay
Drama followed by Teaching ornaments made on previous days. Dayna is not
Dat the University of Pretoria. In prescriptive at all; she inspires students and then
2016 she worked in New York for a year before gives them the freedom to make whatever they feel
returning to South Africa and teaching part-time, with the medium provided. Looking at the results -
as well as offering art and drama classes in school and the big smiles, of course - I think her approach
holidays. Currently a grade 3 teacher at Reddford is a success.
House Blue Hills, she has written and produced
two major school productions in her time at the Dayna has plans for future workshops over the
school. As a teacher of art and drama, Dayna school holidays, mid-term breaks and perhaps
appreciates the value of art as a means to express even an Easter workshop decorating eggs. If they
one’s self and so she recently came upon the idea are those white sugar-coated chocolate eggs,
to start offering art workshops from her home then I am signing up immediately! Look out for
studio in Cornwall Hill. future art workshops to be advertised in the
Cornwall View magazine or on the Cornwall Hill
I visited her inaugural workshop held early in the Facebook page.

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