August 3rd. was a memorable day for the
"Growing Young SVG Artists" 2016 visual arts program. It was the final day of the 3 week program organized by Youlou Arts Foundation. All the children, from all 4 locations, gathered at the Kingstown, Methodist Church Hall to have an exhibition of their work.
Great was the excitement!
Each location was given an eight foot long table on which to display the children's work. On display were hand made accordion books and some with stick bindings. These books were made to record illustrated interviews, which was a was a warm up exercise to get the children thinking about themselves. Also on display were decorated charts of various body measurements. There were self portraits on display some placed in small wooden frames, decorated with beautiful mini tiles, hand made paper beads, beach pebbles and beads. Beautiful hand made jewelry were on every table. The self portraits were a "hit". These were made during the last week of the program, the culmination of weeks of thinking "It's All About Me", this year's theme. They were encouraged to put a great deal of thought and effort into this final project.
During the exhibition each location was given 15 minutes to sing an empowering song and recite poems they had written. The Spring Village location was the first to perform, they stormed the stage and sang " We Are The World" It was amazing to see and hear! It brought joy to my soul!
Donors because of your financial support we were able to present a successful visual arts program to the children of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We acknowledge the necessity and importance of your financial support. It has allowed us the opportunity to continue and grow this important program. We thank you for your donations.
