On National Teacher Day, meet the 2024-25 Kenan Fellows
Art pour grandir - english
1. ART : a powerful tool to build oneself Constellation Art to make children grow and relate to each other
2. Due to the numerous works of art-therapy, art is often spontaneously understood as a way to express or overcome traumas. ART : powerful tool to build oneself? At Constellation many children suffered from traumas and express them in their paintings – soldier-child, casualties of massacres in Rwanda, children sexually abused, children who attended the violent death of their father – or they refer to the injuries and painful moments occurred in their daily lives.
3. Massacre in Kiringa. DRC (soldier-child ) My father’s body, Venezuela (violent death) Overcoming traumas
4. My brother left to Argentina. (He went to look for a job) Injustice, Venezuela (He was stolen his bicycle) Expressing painful moments
5. This approach is not the core action of Constellation. For us, artistic creation is primarily a tool for self-development which stands on 4 pilars : It gives children the possiblity to grow up and build themselves . CREATING BEING VALUED STARTING UP PROJECTS KNOWING & RESPECTING OTHERS
6. Creating Through the artistic expression, we realize that we are able to do things by ourself , without copying or replicating others’ work, we learn and experience freedom , we discover what beauty is.
7. 4 essential basis : It is necessary to learn how to carefully observe the environment and to seek for understanding what is observed. It is also necessary to know about colors and to manage few technics. India. Relaxing, dancing, breathing : essential activities to favor creation Favoring creation by : Feeling good and feeling free Not feeling judged ; not being afraid of doing wrong. Having a friendly circle which encourages you and favors initiatives . Being accompanied by artists helps a lot!
8. Stalin Guanoquiza, 5 y.o Ecuador Sonia Barboza,10 y.o Argentina Manolo Machado,12 y.o Ecuador Freedom : no pen, a full page, using colors.
9. Basic rules : grammar! - Some knowledge about colors. - Managing color-mix principles. Philippe Ouattara , Burkina-Faso Patcol, 14 y.o Peru Being accompanied by artists helps a lot ! A child can only build self confidence if he paints beautifully and progresses.
10. John Augustin, India Mali Children Art Center group, India Painting and drawing nature : To developp observation skills and to discover
11. Edwin Richar, 10 y.o, Bolivia Favoring creativity, pleasure and imagination. There are no standards.
14. Using paintings and paper good quality means valuing children’s work and talent. Peru , CanoArte Group Venezuela San José de la Urbina Group. T hey recycle elections posters Ecuador, Killa Group Argentina, Salta Group Favoring initiatives : using the materials that are available and paying attention to the quality of the end product.
15. Using kamishibaï tecnics - ancient japanese theater- to act a play about birth Grover Cabezas Mamani, 10 y.o Bolivia. Cusiq’a yachasun Group Favoring initiatives : favoring artistic expression in all forms - theater, song, mime, dance, etc.- to help growing better.
16. Prevent the children from transfering or copying as these technics don’t teach them anything and break their self-confidence. Copying can only be a « crutch » or part of a learning process when studying the grammar of art. Tell the children to remember what they observed ; tell them to not copy. Learning and doing by oneself
17. Grover – Bolivia, Ñanta Group Christian Chabel – Benin, Gamesu Group Progressing from coloring to painting : LEARNING PROCESS
19. Rom á n - Mexico Encouraging the child to value beauty
20. Laurent, 11 y.o - Madagascar, Mamabe Group Valuing beauty : sometimes it is a color, sometimes it is a line or a part of a drawing or a detail of a painting… Detail
21. Being Valued Through the artistic expression, We are valued in what we are and in what we do, we are proud of what we do, we build self-confidence when discovering we are capable of creating. We change our self-image , we are aware of our body and we learn to respect and esteem it. We become aware of our culture , customs and environment.
22. Yuritsa- Ecuador, Killa group Edgar Guam án - Ecuador, Pacha Callari group Andrès Riascos, 9 y.o – Ecuador, Pacha Callari group Being recognized. Being valued in what we are and what we do. Changing the image we have of ourselves.
23. Speak about sexuality, pedophilia, drugs Peru, CanoArte group Edwin Gabriel Peru, CanoArte group Changing the image we have of ourselves Becoming aware of our body and learning to respect it.
24. Estelle – Burkina-Faso , Tchéné group “ I am someone, I have a story, I am proud of it, I tell it to the others.” Cartoon on the theme " I talk about me " Liking our story. Finding our identity. Daring to speak about myself : who am I ?
25. « Pan de guagua » to honor the deaths day Learning colors through the Berber signs. Peru, Amaru group Finding our identity. Liking our country, with its culture and symbols.
26. Ceremony of Egugun masks at the funerals of a relative in Yoruba ‘s culture in Benin. Nicaraguan legend. Melania Cardoza, 17 y.o. Nicaragua, Sacuanjoche group. Nicaraguan legend Daniel Cardoza, 10 y.o. Nicaragua, Sacuanjoche group Chabel, 12 y.o. Bénin, Gamesu group Liking our country, culture, tales, and legends .
27. Eulalio Chavez, 10 y.o- Peru, Amaru group Kelvin Malave, 11 y.o- Nicaragua, Sacuanjoche group Understanding that we can love ourselves, even if we work on the market.
28. Rachid Moustapha, 12 y.o- Benin, Gamesu group Maessour – Benin, Kajola group Painting our workplace is easier when speaking about our rights.
29. Stick Tello, 13 y.o- Peru, CanoArte group Changing the image the others have of us. The mother of this boy working on the street recognized that he had changed and she accepted that he resumed with school
30. Etel Cardozo, 16 y.o- Argentina, Salta group People around us discover that we can do very beautiful things, even when we are handicaped.
31. During an exhibition in Riobamba, Ecuador, the children discovered that Indians were capable of making beautiful paintings. At an exhibition in Iquitos, Peru, people of the city discovered that the children working on the street were capable of making beautiful paintings. Ecuador , Killa group People around us change their view and opinion
32. City of Riobamba in Ecuador : wall painting made by the Killa group on a city public building Being valued in our city
33. Starting Up Projects Through the artistic expression, We undertake, we experiment, we dare, we take initiatives . We make projects and we can believe in the future , in a better future.
34. " They published my card. They like what I do . I am not going to prostitute myself, I can have a job." Nathaly, 11 years - Venezuela " For me, Constellation is a way to free the best which is in each of us , the children who participate in workshops but also the painters and the people who help. ". Ingrid Gomez, Constellation coordinator in Venezuela. " I did not think I could realize these drawings one day . They surprise me ! " Néhémie - Mali " What I most appreciate in Constellation is to see in the working children of Coche a transformation of their way to seeing and assuming their lives. The evolution and the freedom of their lines show how important the progress has been over the past 2 years ". Ingrid Gomez, Venezuela. " They were passive in their lives; they became active “ Maritza Montero, in charge in Venezuela. " When children paint, they give shape and color to their life and give it a new look and a new meaning. " Aziz Rhazali, in charge of a Constellation group in Morocco Nathaly - Venezuela Realizing that we make beautiful paintings … and that others like them !
35. The cartoon presents Huiguito, young shoeshine boy who wants to study and dreams to have a job. Vladimir, 11 y.o- Bolivia, Silq’Ispa group An energy to believe in the future
36. Knowing & Respecting Others Workshops and paintings favor exchanges : The exchanges within a group: We learn to work in community . We learn to respect others’ material . We learn to express ourselves in the discussions within our group and in the reflexions on a theme before we paint it. The exchanges with the other groups: By discovering other groups’ work, we benefit from their knowledge to progress and we open up to their cultures and vision, which are different from ours.
37. Fresco by the Tchéné group in Burkina-Faso Exchanges within a group : learning to work in group Making a fresco is a good way to learn how to dare expressing oneself in a group and to respect others’ material.
38. Nicaragua, Sacuanjoche group Daring to express oneself in group. Learning to respect others’ paintings and others’ material.
39. They talk together about rights and duties Modeste Bayala – Burkina-faso, Emergence group Painting is an opportunity to share between the children. A dialogue settles before, during and after painting.
40. Burkina-Faso , Emergence group Argentina, Pintores Tastileños group Exchanges with the other groups through the journey of paintings , the "Comet" messages and the newspaper. The children in Argentina have just received paintings made by the children of Nepal, Madagascar, Yakutia and Mali. The child in Burkina discovering the newspaper featuring paintings realized by the children in the other groups worldwide.
41. Malize, 13 y.o– Madagascar, Mamabé group Bidhya – Nepal, Surya group Marocco, Titrite group The world through others’ artworks. The theme of Birth
42. Marocco, Titrite group Thierry Mungere - RD/Congo Wangeve group Jimmy - Peru, CanoArte group Becoming aware of our environment. Respecting others.
43. Edgar Guaman – Ecuador, Pacha Callari group Pramila Karki – Nepal, Surya group The children become aware of what takes place in other countries.
44. Sarahi Espinoza,7 y.o– Ecuador, Killa group Javier Ayala – Ecuador, Killa group Huguisha Don Kevin – Burundi, Bucisi group Most importantly children want to share their joy. Theme : « I sing all day long »
