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     LOCALFriday 24 July 2015

In its 6th Year on the Island;

 RBC Royal Bank’s Art Rules Aruba, Master Edition, Is in Full Swing!

ORANJESTAD - Aruba’s           etveld Art Academy.
#1 Arts program, Art Rules     Art Rules Aruba has provid-
Aruba, is back for another     ed arts education for over
2 weeks. Having opened         600 kids since its beginnings
on July 20th 2015, Art Rules   in 2010, with the help of

Aruba is “the” platform for    RBC bank and other gen-        are truly excited that their  recruited a team of Mas-      mances on Russell Sim-
artistic Aruban teens, ex-     erous local businesses. Art    vision for an Educational     ter Educators from abroad,    mons’ Def Poetry Jam.
ploring and developing         Rules Aruba made it pos-       Arts platform is growing      coming here to teach local    Another well-known and
their artistic talents during  sible to invest in youth de-   and they are excited to       students, some famous in      highly experienced edu-
the summer vacation. The       velopment, and also moti-      have been able to offer Art   their respective field, such  cator is DJ teacher Young
art workshops, in 7 Art Dis-   vated and supported hun-       Rules Aruba here, and for     as Creative Writing Teach-    Guru. Known as one of the
ciplines including; Creative   dreds of Aruban teens, in      the past two years also on    er Lemon Andersen, who        worlds’ most famous audio
Writing, Creative Media,       their pursuit of excellence.   the neighboring island of     is an Emmy Award winner       engineers and record Pro-
Dance, Theater, Music &        Art Rules Aruba has cur-       Curaçao where “Art Rules      and New York Times 2010       ducers, Young Guru is the
Performance, DJ and Culi-      rently more that 50 alumni’s   Curaçao,” has just con-       writer Playwright, Director,  #1 engineer and DJ for rap
nary Arts, are unfolding on    studying arts abroad.          cluded last week.             Poet and Performer. He is     mogul Jay Z and producer
Wilhelminastraat at the Ri-    Founders Ira and Ayra Kip      This year’s “Master Edition”  also known for his perfor-    of Beyonce. YG is an ex-
                                                                                                                          pert in sound and the cre-
                                                                                                                          ation of music, which he
                                                                                                                          will share with his students
                                                                                                                          on the island. Also extend-
                                                                                                                          ing the program globally in
                                                                                                                          this Master Edition is South
                                                                                                                          African Theater practitio-
                                                                                                                          ner, activist and perform-
                                                                                                                          er, Thokozani Ndaba. Miss
                                                                                                                          Ndaba is a former Ford
                                                                                                                          Foundation Fellowship re-
                                                                                                                          cipient, who completed
                                                                                                                          her Masters Degree at New
                                                                                                                          York’s NYU’s Steinhardt Ed-
                                                                                                                          ucational Theatre.

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