Arts for Cambodian Children & Teens at Champey

Wednesday, July 12 is  a 50% Donor Match Day beginning at 9:00am New York time

Paintings from our student art  exhibition in June 

June 1 marked the beginning of  our first student exhibition at the prestigious Raffles Hotel Le Royal  in Phnom Penh. This exhibit is a a real breakthrough for our students, giving them an opportunity to showcase their talent  in a  public exhibition. The exhibit was well received, so much so, that Raffles has invited us to leave several of the paintings on display even though this particular show had ended and our  new  student exhibit  of ink drawings began on July 1.  These paintings, painted in traditional Cambodian style , were  completed over a period of several months and as you can see,  displays the considerable skills of  some of our senior students. 

Our young artists  have been with us  for years, dedicating themselves to the task of becoming true artists.  The six paintings that you see in this  project update depict traditional Cambodian childrens' games. 

The generous support of our donors over these many years provides free access to the arts for disadvantaged children and youth. Drawing, painting, music and dance lessons are offered year round and allows our students  to discover and develop their talents. 

We are deeply grateful to you, our donors,  all for your support and we hope that you will continue help these young artists continue on their journey.

Barbara & Mark Rosasco  

It was a  busy spring as art students at Champey Academy prepared for a summer exhibition series at the Raffles Hotel in Phnom Penh. The  ongoing exhibition will take place from June 1 through August 31, featuring 3 separate shows: paintings depicting traditional Cambodian children’s games in June, detailed ink drawings  in July  and pencil drawings featuring various themes in August.  The students at Champey Academy are  now putting finishing touches on  highly detailed ink drawings in preparation for the July  exhibit.  

In 2016, after seeing an exhibition of detailed ink drawings  at the Royal University of Fine Arts, Mark learned that one of our art teachers, who had studied at the Royal University,  knew this technique and could teach  it to our students.

After completing a period of instruction,  the first  project, which  began  late in 2016,  was for students to use this technique to  detailed drawings of the name- sake flower for the school, “ Champey” a flower  known in the western world as Plumeria.

Since May, after learning of the opportunity for a student exhibition at the prestigious Raffles Hotel in Phnom Penh, our students have been hard at work creating  new drawings, show casing their considerable talent.  You can see a sample of their work  here in these slides and more on the Kasumisou Foundation website link below.

The exhibit at the Raffles hotel is the first “ break through” opportunity for our students and Champey Academy to publicly showcase their work outside of Champey Academy and  to provide some  income to students and also to provide urgently needed funding to help Champey classes to continue. 

Your continued support of Champey helps these talented students to continue to develop their talent and we are deeply grateful  to you for your support

Barbara & Mark Rosasco

Links:

• See 10 of student drawings
• Champey Academy - art in action !