St. Vincent Teaching Art to Children

Hello Donors so far the start of the year has been hectic! Youlou Arts Foundation is striving to carry out plans, which were made at the end of 2024.We are sticking to stick to the plan.

The Secondary School Art Competition has been launched. Our goal is to get more students to participate this year. At the end of May we will know how many students participated.

On Saturday, March15, the annual women's art show was launched at the Youlou Art Centre This year the title of the show was "Home". In December of 2024 the Rock Retreat, a non profit, in Gibraltar, reached out to us and asked to be a part of our "Home" show. We decided on having an installation of 'Zines", little unbound books in which women wrote, drew and painted their thoughts about what home meant to them. The zines were then hung from the ceiling. A soundscape was added to the installation. Women were asked to record their thoughts about "Home". This was played throughtout the evening of the opening reception. It made for a very rich and exciting experience. Putting this together required some work but we were able to pull it off. The show is a success and will be up in the Centre until the end of August.

At the moment we are getting ready for another big event slated for Saturday, April 5, the volcano festival which is titled "Ash And Resilience - Highlighting The Beauty Born From Volcanic Power".

We thank you for your support! Without your donations we would not be able to fulfil our plans.

 Nurturing and encouraging the arts is critical. It is the driving force which keeps us sane and human.

In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a developing country, the arts are in sore need of attention. 

The struggle to sustain the arts there, is enormous. Through the persistence and focused attention of Youlou Arts Foundation, children of the nation are getting a visual arts education.  

For over twenty years the organization has focused on nurturing and encouraging the arts. The first programme titled "Growing Young SVG Artists" was offered in one location in 2001.  Today the programme is offered in five locations. 

  This year we launched two new initiatives for Secondary School Students. The first was an island wide art competition. Five students were awarded cash prizes. The second initiative is the offering of "Life" drawing classes to students from the Community College.  

  A  huge amounts of energy, time and money is invested, to accomplish the mission. It is a constant challenge, yet vital to vital to accomplish our mission.   

We rely on donors like you to help support and sustain our mission. 

 We are making an special appeal to you donors, this Giving Tuesday for your support to our project. We are counting on your generousity to help continue and grow our project.

Help us # Move A Million.