Art for Gorillas

Category: Art of Conservation (AoC) | Date: Jul 14 2008 | By: Julie

Art of Conservation’s three-month courses are coming to an end - a time of bittersweetness for Valerie, Eric, Fahad and me. Did we cover all that we intended to in such a short period? Did we move too quickly or at a nice pace in order for lessons to seep in? There are endless things we wish to introduce and encourage with each individual that discerning an appropriate time to stop teaching can be difficult to find. But on the other hand, we know we will soon begin working with another group of students and we’ve done our best to provide stimulus and courage to our current group of students. But we’ll still miss the people we’ve come to know.

T-Shirt painting and preparing invitations for next week’s art show is what we want to achieve today.
First…T-Shirts with a Virunga Forest animal painted on the front.

Simeon wears the T-Shirt he painted which has a forest elephant face!

Six students at a time paint their own design on a shirt using textile paints. They’ll have to wait until the art show to receive their shirt.

This young boy uses his golden monkey picture from a previous lesson for his T-Shirt design.

Eric assists a student with her design of a gorilla and name.

Here, a sneak peek of what’s to come…. the ART SHOW.

Julie

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