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RUAMRUDEE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
PROGRAMME 2012-13
SEASON OF EVENTS
ART, MUSIC & THEATRE
MARGO ANTON
ARTIST
“I have embraced mosaics
as my artistic medium for its
marriage of sculpting and
painting, light reflective
qualities, and interesting play
of positive and negative
space. Mosaicking is an
ancient art form, and I try to
draw a sense of the eternal
into my work, producing
works that have a union of
classical and modern
elements. My works,
whether realistic, abstract, or
decorative, are usually
inspired by the natural world.
The mosaics I create usually
start with an idea that
becomes concrete through
the drawing of a cartoon, a
simple line drawing that
forms the basis of the
mosaic. The drawing is never
too detailed, allowing the
mosaic materials themselves
to influence the final
outcome. The materials I use
are the finest mosaic
materials I can find: 24k gold
tile, Italian glass, handcrafted
Venetian millefiori, stained
glass, mirror, dichroic glass,
Italian marble, unglazed
porcelain.”
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MARGO ANTON
ARTIST
January 2012
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SHERRI D SUTTON
STAND-UP COMEDIAN
& THEATRE
PRACTITIONER
August 2012
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DESTA HAILE
SINGER & THEATRE
PRACTITIONER
August 2012
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MATTHEW GODFREY
ACTOR & THEATRE
PRACTITIONER
August 2012
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ANNE WU
COMPOSER/
MUSICIAN
February 2012
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MARGO ANTON
Margo Anton started her journey to mosaics with journeys elsewhere. Seeing the
artworks and history of Europe led her to pursue a major in Classics; an archaeological
dig in 1996 saw her digging towards a mosaic in a Roman villa. In 2002 after a very short
lived foray into acrylics painting, in which she discovered a desire to create, but not with
paint, she began to research the modern methods of mosaic making. Margo produced
her first mosaic in early 2003. She is a self-taught artist. Margo started her company,
Minerva Mosaics, in the spring of 2004.
ANNE WU
Originating from the UK, Anne graduated with a BSc Honors in Music from City University
with piano studies at the London Guildhall School of Music. She has taught Music and
Musical Theatre for over 12 years internationally and in the UK . Under her artiste name of
Anne Wu, she has composed for Weinstein Films, the International Labour Organisation
and for performing arts festivals and theatre projects in the international school
community. She is an IB Diploma Music Examiner and a Member Practitioner for
International Schools Theatre Association, ISTA for whom she delivers Specialist Music
workshops and works as an Ensemble Leader with Middle and High School students. To
date, Anne’s work has taken her around the world to the USA, Asia and Europe , where
she has recently co-written a chart topping debut album with Polish star, Pola. Anne has
enjoyed teaching students from different cultures and musical abilities, from students who
were 'tone deaf' to the young Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis.
SHERRI D SUTTON
Being the first in her family to receive a college degree, Sherri spent a few years as a
social worker for abused children before she moved to Atlanta to pursue acting and
directing full-time. She worked with numerous theatre companies but owes a great deal
to Frank Wittow at the Academy Theatre and John Stephens with Theatre Gael. It was
there that Sherri explored playwriting, real-ensemble acting and directing.
Seven years ago Sherri became the artistic director for the Atlanta International School
where she built an outstanding theatre program. She gained first hand knowledge of
world theatre where she learned and taught the conventions of Bunraku, Commedia,
Peking Opera, Elizabethan, Restoration, Greek, Vaudeville, Musicals and Improv, just to
name a few. Sherri is a highly respected teacher of the rigorous International
Baccalaureate Diploma. Under her direction, Sherri's students have consistently received
some of the highest scores obtainable.
But Sherri has started a new chapter in her career and returned to her first love, stand-up
comedy, and has relocated to the comedy capital of the world, New York City. Sherri has
performed numerous times at CAROLINE'S, the IMPROV and the Duplex, and also was
Boston Comedy Club's 2003 grand finale winner.
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MATTHEW GODFREY
I have been working as a professional actor since I was ten years old, starting on the TV
show "You Can't Do That on Television." As I grew up and studied the craft at the
National Theatre School of Canada and the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia, my acting
career expanded into dance, improvisation, dinner theatre, street performing, main
stage, television and film. I am a firm believer that the art of performing can elevate
one's life experience, enhance one's inner and outer core, increase self-esteem and
expand compassion and empathy of the human condition. This adventure is my greatest
joy and can only be surpassed by seeing students' joyful faces as they explore, discover
and create in ways they had never thought of before.
Now located in Los Angeles, I have expanded my career into producing, directing and
post-production. These entertainment industry experiences have provided me with an
entirely new way of looking at the craft I teach, and helps me approach the students with a
fresh and contemporary outlook while integrating multiple academic and theatrical
disciplines, dramatically, technically, musically, culturally, historically and thematically.
My job as a teacher is to instill and foster a creative ability empowering the students to
make the connections that no one has seen before. I am sneaky. I take students through
the back door of performance techniques and styles while removing preconceived ideas
that thwart and stalemate full participation and creativity. We play, discover and will never
forget. And, they will all learn the Russian curtain call step dance.
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DESTA HAILE
I am half English and half Eritrean. I work as a singer, songwriter, teacher and marketing
assistant. Born in Bangkok, I have lived in Barbados, Jordan, The Ivory Coast, France,
England, Belgium, Brazil and the Philippines. While studying education and social
sciences I fell into professional music. Writing original songs and doing backing vocals for
artists like Grammy-nominee Zap Mama, Canadian Grammy winner Michael Buble, and
Turkish popstar Hadise has kept me travelling a lot to New Zealand, Australia, Tunisia,
Russia, the US, the UK, Norway, and many other countries. My backing vocal discography
includes French icon Mylene Farmer, Belgo-Italian singer Lara Fabian, and Congolese
rapper Baloji. Composing songs and writing lyrics are two of my favorite things, and I have
released four albums in the past couple of years, solo and with my funk-soul group The
Elements.
I have been with ISTA since 2004 and each festival has been an incredible experience,
multicultural and creative, whether in Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Munich, London, Istanbul,
Geneva or Manila. I try to pass on my lessons learned as a professional vocalist, teacher
and as international intern at Augusto Boal Theatre of the Oppressed over the short,
intense periods of each festival. I love to travel and learn languages, share music and
ideas. I aim to inspire students, encouraging them to find what they enjoy doing and
pursue it. I fell that ISTA brings out the best in every participant, with each challenging,
energy-packed event!
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