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Arts & Culture: Kierstyn Werth

from Antigua & Barbuda | THE CITIZEN

from Antigua & Barbuda | THE CITIZEN , page 68

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Born and bred in Antigua, Kierstyn Werth was born into a creative family to an architect father an interior designer mother. Inspired and encouraged by her art teacher at school, she has been painting as long as she can remember. After studying in California Kierstyn took the leap to the other side of the world to become a primary school art teacher in Cambodia where she was lucky to meet a melting pot of friends from all corners of the globe. This year, in light of the events unfolding in the USA and worldwide, she and her friends decided to organise and hold the first Juneteenth Fundraiser social in Cambodia which gave attendees a brief history of Juneteenth through dance, poetry, and the spoken word. As well as raising awareness, Kierstyn donated 40% of the proceeds of selling prints of her Juneteenth works to The Bail Project and the Community Action Justice Fund (CAJF). The muses for the eight pieces of art she created for Juneteenth were her Antiguan friends, although she also garnered inspiration from her beloved twin islands, giving her a small degree of home comfort which current events had denied her and so many others. Her creative juices in full flow, she is currently working on a new piece for the series. Having already published an illustrated book last year about gender inequality entitled “Unimpressed girls (and the things that bug them)“, Kierstyn is currently working on her first children’s book which she hopes to finish and illustrate by the end of this year.

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