This is an annual grant given to a current student, ideally enrolling in the Advanced Diploma. Janet Law, a former student at The Learning Connexion, was in her first year of the Advanced Diploma programme when she passed away in November 2010. Creativity made a huge difference in Janet’s life. Janet’s friends and family wanted to honour her by supporting a scholarship which would offer another st
udent the opportunity to engage with The Learning Connexion. The aim of the Janet Law Scholarship, which is administered by the Janet Law Charitable Trust, is to provide funding for an art student at The Learning Connexion. The Janet Law Scholarship is an annual grant given to a current student, ideally enrolling in the Advanced Diploma. Janet started her tertiary education as a dental student, then changed to and graduated as an accountant. However, in earlier years she had a connection and passion for artistic expression. It was only later in life that she managed to make the time to attend classes at The Learning Connexion and, from that, a suppressed part of her personality was able to emerge and grow. The focus of Janet’s artwork dealt with themes of cultural identity.
“My journey requires me to explore the world of Chinese history and culture; uncovering stories and poems behind symbols and ideologies that is the vast Chinese belief and tradition."
“While it is a part of my makeup and ethnic identity, I am unable to truly understand or regain something that I never had. For me it is a self-discovery in learning about my own family and part of that is to know the ‘Chinese’ in them. But each generation changes and will grow from where they are. Any information I acquire is not another piece in the puzzle, nor a light at the end of the tunnel, but a profound emotional feeling for me."
“It is a feeling of less self-conflict and more acceptance, of being less of a shadow and more human, a feeling of more strength, more understanding and being freed… and that is my story.”
