“A beginning is only the start of a journey to another beginning.” Anon: Colours, Melody and Harmony. . .

The Art Exhibition evoked so much passion and wonderment as a community, and if anything I was incredibly proud of my young artists! Today was amazing and made the journey of our exhibition worth every drop of paint, colour, time, thought and effort. I didn't mention in the previous posting that there were silent auctions for particular art pieces from each class and the funds were going towards those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Leading up to the event, we had been discussing this with the children and sharing videos of the devastation. There was also a school assembly where a world vision advocate attended and spoke to the children about the cause and his role at world vision.
This was a 'topic' that was very new to some of these children and we have chosen to continue this dialogue over the next few weeks. They have been very intrigued and concerned learning of the unfortunate circumstances the people of Haiyan have had to endure. Although knowing that they have contributed something towards helping through the Art Exhibition, no matter big or small goes a long way.

Art entails a beautiful way of interpreting the world we live in, to be able to see this through the eyes of young children is creativity in simplicity.