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Thursday 21 February 2019

Roslyn Schwengle: “I didn’t choose the art life, art life chose me”

The Perspective of an Aruban Art Student in The Netherlands

MAASTRICHT — Creativity is not only the production of new things, determination and courage. In
but it can be art set into motion! With this in mind, we are debuting a 2018 she obtained the impossible,
special series called the Creative Islander “Artist Edition”. and successfully got accepted in
to a “HBO” institution with a MAVO
Over the upcoming months the Creative Islander will feature students, diploma at the age of 17. Even
young professionals and/or creative workers whom are active in the though a young woman, she want-
Cultural and Creative scene in Aruba and/or abroad. The first Cre- ed to see what her art was worth
ative Islander “Artist Edition” will spot the light on Roslyn Schwengle, after making her portfolio and giv-
an Aruban art student in Groningen, The Netherlands. Learn more ing a 100% of her efforts. Not only
about Roslyn, and her passion for art and culture. Let’s dig deep into did she get accepted beating the
her perspective of creating a Cultural and Creative Industries in Aru- odd of being young, to her surprise
ba. If you are a student and would like to study arts in The Nether- she got accepted as exceptional
lands, take note of some valuable tips to take going forward. talent. “This was a major opportuni-
ty that doesn’t come around often
Roslyn Schwengle is a 20-year-old vibrant, talented and artistic young and within a week I had to make
woman, currently studying Fine Arts in the multicultural city of Gron- the biggest decision of my life and
ingen. Her hobbies include swimming, biking, playing video games leave everything I know to go into
and obviously working on her artwork. Currently, she is practicing illus- the unknown”.
trations, photography and meditational drawings out of many other outlook for life and a burning desire
mediums. We asked Roslyn where her interest in the arts came from, to follow her dreams, in 2015 Roslyn Continued on Page 14
and she stated that as a child, she was always interested in art and started Rietveld Academy of Fine
“luckily in 2013 on Dia di Himno y Bandera, Rietveld Academy on Arts and Design Aruba (AFADA).
Aruba had an open day and I remembered saying with tears in my
eyes; art is something I want to do for the rest of my life”. With a new Even though struggling to finish a
course in high school she enrolled
with deep conviction that art
would become her future. Taking
the leap of faith, she assembled an
impressive portfolio as a multidis-
ciplinary artist and in 2017 she got
accepted in Hanze Hogeschool in
the Netherlands and achieved her
first milestone being abroad; her
propaedeutic degree. She is now
a second-year student at Acade-
my Minerva and is still learning new
things every day.

Why did you choose to study what
you are studying?
In the words of Roslyn; “I didn’t
choose the art life; the art life chose
me”. Her accomplishments so far
are remarkable and show great