Shuren Elementary School in Tainan, which has a focus on artistic education, has transformed its lavatories into art galleries. In a space of around 10 ping, nearly 100 paintings are hung on the walls. Some children run to the toilet when a recess begins purely to admire the toilet paintings.
Shuren Elementary School is located in a remote rural area and has arts education as one of its features. The schoolchildren all learn about printmaking. Prints and their applications can be seen everywhere in the school, including the lavatories.
School principal Liu Yu-cheng says the bricks in the lavatories have turned old and decayed. Originally the school thought about replacing them with new ones, but teacher Wu Hung-tsang raised the idea of beautifying the walls with students’ paintings. In addition to 77 prints made by the school’s own students, student works on the theme of orchids from other junior high schools are also on show. Presently, nearly 100 works are on display. Unexpectedly, Wu says, after the lavatories were turned into art galleries, students would rush to the toilets immediately after being given a recess, just to admire their own artworks.
Photo: Wang Han-ping, Liberty Times
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When the break bell rings, many students really do run to the toilets. While some of them are actually using the toilets, others are pointing at their own works. When asked if their prints are exhibited in the toilet, they unhesitatingly point at their own works and say, “There it is.”
Wu says that because lavatories are the kind of place where teachers and students go every day, more so than anywhere else, if art works can be seen when people are in the toilets, it can nurture their sense of beauty.
Although there are already nearly 100 prints in the lavatories, having found that there is still some room on the toilet doors and ceilings, Liu and Wu plan to put paintings there as well so that they can be seen when people raise their heads.
Photo: Hung Jui-chin, Liberty Times
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(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
台南美感教育重點學校樹人國小,公廁化身藝廊,約十坪空間掛滿近百幅畫作。有些學童一下課就去廁所,只為了賞畫。
偏鄉小校樹人國小以藝術教育為發展特色,學童都學版畫,校園處處可見版畫創作應用,連公廁也不例外。
校長劉裕承表示,公廁磁磚老舊泛黃,原有意換新,吳鴻滄老師想到用學生的畫作進行牆面美化,除了校內學生七十七幅版畫作品,還有其他國中小學生以蘭花為主題的畫作,目前已有近百幅。沒想到廁所變身畫廊之後,有些學生一下課就衝去廁所去看自己畫作展出。
果真,下課鐘聲一響,不少學童衝進廁所,有些是去上廁所,有些卻是站在畫作前指指點點。被問到有作品在廁所展出嗎,學童毫不遲疑地手指向自己的畫作喊「在那裡。」
吳鴻滄說,當初是想到廁所是師生每天必去的地方,比其他空間的利用頻率還高,每天上廁所時也可以看見畫作,也是一種美感的薰陶。
目前廁所內雖已有近百幅畫作,劉裕承與吳鴻滄看著廁所門板以及屋頂牆面還有空間,打算貼上更多的畫作,連抬頭都能看見。
(自由時報台南報導)
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