The upcoming Fringe production was recently featured in the Edmonton Examiner. To read the full article and learn more about the project click here.
Tickets for Theo in the Spotlight: A Concert for Haiti are finally on sale! Our friends are ArtStart have been working hard preparing for their Fringe debut. We hope to see you there!
Performances are held in the Strathcona Community League located 10139–87 Avenue.
To purchase tickets call the Fringe Theatre Box Office at 780-409-1910 or go online
From July 5 to August 31 the Paint Spot will display commissioned paintings and papier maché from the talented children of the Art Creation Foundation for Children in Jacmel, Haiti. There are over 60 works of art to enjoy, some of which will also be included in the Fringe production.
A big thank-you to Kim and
The sun came out today enough for the sun to be finished and to take some team photos.
Thank you very much to Art Creation Foundation for Children for our extraordinary experience in Jacmel. We loved working with you … and we look forward to a long friendship!
Today it rained – so we stayed inside and the girls tried to teach us a bit of Kreyol:
Lapli tonbe jodia (Today it is raining)
Kouman ou ye? (How are you?)
And we learned more about geography with the making of maps.
We interviewed some of the children … and they all want to be professional artists when they grow up! Here are some of the reasons why we are optimistic for them! Enjoy their works!
Today we were also lucky enough to join the children for a traditional Haitian meal of cornmeal and beans (very good)! Thank you!
Today we were very lucky to have the chance to interview, Georges Metellus, Executive Director of the Art Creation Foundation for Children.
He told us about the history for the ACFFC, the activities of the Foundation – and its hopes for the future.
Today, there are 73 children and youth involved in the ACFFC. The children range
We had a bit more to learn about making a papier mache mold. One of the teachers, Gerard Dumé, helped repair our beautiful sun mold that cracked over the weekend. We look forward to seeing the kids make and paint some suns soon.
Twelve of the ACFFC participants eagerly agreed to document their next two days for us using disposable cameras.
Just a quick note to say we have run into a computer problem. We will try to post soon!
Today we visited downtown Jacmel where, we understand, the earthquake was felt most in the city. While we are still absorbing what we saw — our initial impressions are that of the vibrancy of activity against the destruction.
The Haitian flag is beautiful in its detail. These photos of works in progress and in completion show the talent at the Art Creation Foundation for Children. Bruno, Charles, Jephti and Sony are some of the artists featured here.
We have learned that there are four ways for us to travel in Jacmel: taxi (but there is only one in the city), tap tap (bus), hitch-hiking (kind of) and — by moto!
Today, we made our own way to the Art Creation Foundation and we enjoyed two of the four. While walking to the main street to hail a moto, we were picked up by three very nice people from an Italian charitable organization. They drove us to downtown and from there we took a moto.
It was so much fun that we re-created the trip in these photos outside our hotel. The moto driver thought we were the funniest (and so did we).
Tomorrow (Sunday) will be a day off so, for our last project today, we prepared molds to make papier maché birds and suns on Monday. Tara tried to make a mold of a bird — but it just wasn’t up to standards … We also included a photo of a bird getting its colours, and a nest of completed birds. What do you think that bird is trying to say?
Some of the younger artists were asked to paint something that makes them happy. Many abstract, colourful pictures came from this project as well as some tap taps (public transportation) and amazing Haitian landscapes. When they yell “soleil” it is time to put the paintings out in the sun to dry.
We had a wonderful day at the Art Creation Foundation for Children. We met all the kids—all 73 of them! Our activities included prepping the canvas, practicing our rapping skills (using the roller as a mic), having a fashion show (the kids found the clothes we brought), and starting to make Haitian flags. As you will see by some of the photos, making a Haitian flag takes tremendous skill and concentration. We look forward to tomorrow. A bientôt!
We are happy to report we have arrived in Jacmel safely and everything is OK, including our hotel. Driving from Port-au-Prince this morning we noticed the buildings left standing were tagged with either an “X” or an “OK”, indicating they are safe to occupy. There was a lot to absorb from our two hour drive though Port-au-Prince. But we are OK.
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