Now in her second year studying fine arts at Cornell University, USA, alumna Ona’s online “In Conversation With” session with Woldingham’s Head of Art, Miss Campbell, was both informative and inspirational for the art scholars who gathered to hear from her at lunchtime on Thursday 9 November. 

As well as describing the course, Ona showed examples of her work in the media of painting, photography and print, explaining that Cornell “really promotes a broad range of learning of different techniques.” Ona also shared work from the Woldingham portfolio that helped secure her place at Cornell.  Although not back at Woldingham in person, Ona was clearly delighted to see the school’s art studio once again. She shared how grateful she was for how Woldingham had nurtured her creativity and described what a good foundation her art studies at school had proved to be, saying: “It’s been really nice to take what Woldingham gave me and use it in different forms”.

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In conversation with Ona Sanomi