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Art Show at Community Lodge

Category: Art of Conservation (AoC), Community Based Tourism | Date: Oct 31 2008 | By: Julie

THANKS, my dear friends, for your recent comments and donations! Mary B, Silvia & Sara, and Paula - so happy to hear from you all. Mary G., Sara G., and DM - how nice it is of you for donating to Art for Gorillas. Valerie, Eric, Vince, and I appreciate each of you taking the time to reach out to us with your encouragement and support. Love to you all.

Positive energy continues for my team and I during these busy days - both in the office as well as showing our student’s work in a series of art shows to groups of tourists visiting the Northern Province of Rwanda. What fun we had meeting these wonderful visitors!

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I enjoy the opportunity to speak with groups of visitors at a lodge nestled in the foothills of the volcanoes.

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Valerie, Eric, Vince, and I park the truck at the bottom of the ‘hills’ and begin hauling the art and displays up to the lodge. Our trek makes it all the more interesting and fun.

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A view from the community lodge - not so bad - especially after a day of trekking and visiting the mountain gorillas! Life can’t get much better than this!

Occasionally I get frustrated about the limited availability of art supplies in Rwanda but then I’m reminded of my friend and artist Steve Gerberich and I stop feeling sorry for myself. Click here for Steve’s Gerb - O - Matic website and you’ll see what one can do with found objects! And while you’re at it, please tell Steve to jump on the next plane to help Valerie, Eric, Vince, and me. He would unquestionably be a HUGE hit with the kids in our classes! Thanks!

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2 Responses to “Art Show at Community Lodge”

admin, on 31 Oct 2008

Hi Julie, what a wonderful post. Thank you. I regret not sending you some stuff with Peter who is now in Goma covering the conflict for BBC he spent a day in Rwanda. I’ll try to send you some art materials. What in particular do you need? I’m going to put you in contact with some colleagues of mine in Kigali too - Rwanda Film Festival people and the Scholastic junior press corp.

Julie, on 02 Nov 2008

Hi Masumi, I would appreciate getting in touch with your contacts in Kigali - thanks for offering. I try to plan trips to Nairobi or Kampala where art materials are more readily available, but I can’t seem to find time to do it! Watercolor sets, watercolor paper, and canvas are a few items that we always need. Speak with you again soon Masumi. Thanks for your comment.
Julie

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