New artwork from Qatar and Columbia!
We have just received a package containing some wonderful artwork from Qatar and the Philadelphia College for the Deaf in Bogota, Columbia. The artwork is now in the Gallery More from Ghana to be added soon. Watch this space!
International Service development worker, Anna Jonota, visited the collage in February and introduced the students to the Same Difference project.
Head teacher, Patti Jones and art teacher, Esperanza Alfonso write:
“As an educational institute, it has been a pleasure for us to learn about your postcards project and to exchange the work of our students at the Philadelphia College for the Deaf with those at the Seashell Trust in Manchester.
We heard about the project through Anna Janota, who gave us written, verbal and visual information about it. We are making the most of her trip to England by sending the postcards that we have been working on over the last few months, with her.
It will be a wonderful experience to receive postcards from England to exhibit, using acetate so that both sides can be seen. We thank you for this opportunity. To be able to exchange life experiences through art and education is enriching and motivating”
Same Difference volunteer and participant work together during the Global Arts Week at the Royal School for the Deaf and Communication Disorders, August 2008: Richard Simpson
Same Difference is an exciting International Service project devised by award-winning artist, Ross Georgeson.
The project aims to use art and creativity workshops to boost the confidence and self-esteem of children living with HIV/AIDS, conflict, disability and extreme poverty in each of International Service’s programme countries. The idea is to make a series of collaborative art exhibitions of children’s work, culminating in a large touring exhibition in the UK bringing development awareness messages to the public.
If you are interested in hosting the Same Difference exhibition please contact Barry Perks: barry@internationalservice.org.uk
The exhibition is very flexible and can configured to fit almost any available space! More details...
The project has the endorsement of Kirsten O'Brian, presenter of the CBBC SMart children's art programme and Norman Cook, aka Fat Boy Slim (patron of Coaching for Hope, a Skillshare International project). Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim) with children and Same Difference art in Mali, 2006: Andy Aitchison |
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International Service greatly values its strategic relationship with the UK Department for International Development.
LATEST NEWS!
The Same Difference exhibition is taking a short break. Watch this space for future venues!
Can you find your artwork in the Galleries? 2009, 2008,
2007
Children looking at the Same Difference exhibition at the White Rose Shopping Centre, Leeds: Shabana
NEWS ARCHIVE
Same Difference children’s arts project makes its Welsh debut in Aberystwyth. More...
Global Arts Week a huge success! More...
400 children take part in a Global Week in Leeds
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Same Difference artwork from the Children's Art School, Borisov, Belarus
Same Difference at the British Council 2007 Annual Conference for Schools. More...
Ross returns from Palestine. More...
