As it is Friday and I will be moving onto next weeks readings for my IOs class this will be my final post on Rwandan art. I just wanted to do a little follow up on the previous post. I found an article from the Peace Review interviewing Odile Gakire Katese, Arts Director at the … Continue reading One Last Post on Rwanda I Promise
Category: Advocacy and Agency
A Fine Line: Rwandan Genocide through the art of Foreigners and the Healing Process
Over the last week I have tried to find as many sources regarding Rwandan art as I could. What became apparent was the lack of information and exposure of art in Rwanda. In fact the only real website that I came across was that of Ivuka Arts Kigali. After reading through an article in the … Continue reading A Fine Line: Rwandan Genocide through the art of Foreigners and the Healing Process
Art and Culture
This probably should have been my first post, but I have been doing a little shifting around of blog spaces which has led me to transplant some old blogs onto this new site. The whole point of this blog is to explore the intersection of the arts and culture. For those of us not immersed … Continue reading Art and Culture
Marginalized Communities and the Arts
One particularly interesting study conducted Ephrat Huss, who teaches art therapy and art-based research at the University of Israel. In this study women of the recently settled Bedouin tribe created art in order to express the feelings of isolation and discontent they feel about their new lifestyle. The process of creating this art allowed these … Continue reading Marginalized Communities and the Arts
Dreaming Eyes of Wonder 