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Homes, Part II

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Cory Scozzari

Next update on the projects etc. Today is the second day here since Hilary left, I am getting back into the routine of things, it is strange to be the only foreigner here. The idea of home is one that[]

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Diwali and Surrounding Days

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Cory Scozzari

I had the chance to spend the Indian holiday of Diwali visiting with some Indian friends and their family in a village called Alagappa Samuthiram (translating loosely into the king of the ocean because of a large lake that never[]

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The Bag Project

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Betsy

We are partnering with Mother Theresa’s Technical School in Kedar, Tamil Nadu, to bring you a series of eclectic Indian satchels. Crafted by the talented women and girls at Maladi and Siguyraj’s tailoring school, the bags themselves are an attempt[]

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Handprint Mural

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Sarah Fisher

Students work together to create a mural painting without any paint brushes.  The animal painting design is completely composed of the student’s hand prints. 

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Art Competition

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Sarah Fisher

Children from the Vicravandi Boarding Home participate in an art completion.  The topic of the art competition was “how would you change the world to make it a better place?”  The winner of the completion was a 15 year old[]

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Recycled Art by Sarah Fisher

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Betsy

Students turned trash into treasure. The vases were made from empty soda bottles and scrap fabrics from tailors which would have been thrown away. The students learn how to take advantage of their resources to create beautiful objects that they can use[]

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Agricultural Art by Sarah Fisher

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Betsy

Children take advantage of their natural resources by collect leaves from nature for an art project.  After gluing googly eyes to the leaf, students project their imaginations onto the leaf to paint a face.

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Paper Making by Sarah Fisher

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Betsy

Students learn how to turn old newspaper into new, useable paper. The process is to simply mix water with old newspaper in a blender, flatten the mix over a screen, and then leave it one day to dry in the sun.

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Art Exhibition by Sarah Fisher

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Betsy

Art expands outside of classroom and into the community with the student’s art exhibition.  Parents and people from the community become engaged to see what projects the children have created.  Likewise, the children feel proud of their beautiful artwork.

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