St. Vincent Teaching Art to Children

Yes, summer is around the corner and we are busy finalizing plans for the annual children's art program. Needless to say we are fired up for this year's program. It will mark 15 years Youlou Arts Foundation has been organizing this program. 

 We are truly amazed at the stamina of the organizers and the generosity of our kind and loyal donors and supporters.Your donations have carried us through all these many years. Please believe me when I say we are truly grateful. It has not been an easy feat! 

The 2015 program is titled "Discovering the Botanical Gardens, SVG's Jewel". For the third consecutive year we will focus on the St.Vincent Botanical Gardens, which is celebrating it's 250th anniversary. We have planned a "performance piece" which will be designed and created by the children. It will take the form of a radio program where each child will be given a chance to share their thoughts about the garden.

 Among the other exciting projects for this year's program are screen printing on T-shirts. This will be introduced by Mr. Dillroy Tesheira. He has been a teacher in the program at the Georgetown location, for at least 7 years.

Ms. Jennifer Polshek will give the children some extra attention with their poetry writing. She is a poet from the US and is very keen on teaching children the art of poetry writing.

Camille Musser will be making art books with special focus on making creative covers using banana fibres, drawing and painting.There will also be a landscaping opportunity for the children in the Georgetown location.  

The program kicks off with the Teachers' Training Workshop on July 13th to July 17th.The children's program starts July 20th and ends August 7th. Three full weeks of art making activities.

We want to continue making the children happy and excited about making art. Donors, with your continued support we will continue our commitment to providing an art education to primary school children in St. Vincent.

Thank you again for your support.