Leo Lefort

 HS/ IB Visual Arts  

With the general aim of preparing students to confront an increasingly complicated visual environment worldwide, and be challenged by them, I have taught visual arts since 1995.

After graduating with a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from the Université de Haute Bretagne, Rennes, France, I started teaching silk-screening at the University’s print making studio for two years, while completing my Bachelor Degree. In 2000, the School of Fine Arts & Design, Addis Ababa University offered me the position of lecturer of Art Theory & Aesthetics for three years. I then spent two years affiliated with the Institute of Ethiopian Studies working on a film project documenting the Ethiopian contemporary art scene. Since 2008, I am teaching visual arts at the International Community School, trying my best to enhance their capacity to produce art works and experiment with different media. I try to take care of the ABCs of art, but as there is always the X, the unknown, I try to allow for that too, keeping the program elastic and resilient, allowing for innovation.

Please visit the Visual Arts course pages here to learn more about the Visual Arts courses I teach at ICS Addis.