{"id":113863,"date":"2020-04-26T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T15:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fraterinternacional.org\/?p=113863"},"modified":"2020-04-26T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T15:50:00","slug":"art-education-in-the-shelters-work-of-love-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fraterinternacional.org\/en\/art-education-in-the-shelters-work-of-love-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Education in the Shelters: A Work of Love for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Painting, music, handicrafts and other artistic expressions are encouraged among the Venezuelan refugees in the shelters.<\/h3>\n

Venezuelan refugees have found support for not only physical needs \u2013 such as lodging and food – but also for emotional and intellectual ones, thanks to the art education project \u201cThe Common Good\u201d and other artistic activities carried out in shelters in the State of Roraima, which are maintained by the\u00a0United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and managed by the\u00a0Fraternity \u2013 International Humanitarian Federation (FIHF)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On April 15th, as we celebrate the World Day of Art, we will explore this project which uses all the human artistic potential to transform disposable objects and white walls into art and life.<\/p>\n

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Art Education Project \u201cThe Common Good\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In the indigenous shelter Pintol\u00e2ndia, the children of the E\u2019\u00f1epa tribe participated in a beginners workshop for music with percussion instruments.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur intention was to provide a moment of dynamic welcome, where working with sound and rhythm could help children. It is one of the possible educational intervention strategies to deal with the gap that traumatic situations such as forced immigration can generate,\u201d explains one of the facilitators of the workshop, the missionary of the\u00a0Fraternity \u2013 International Humanitarian Federation (FIHF)<\/strong>, Sister Maria, also a coordinator of the project.<\/p>\n

\"Arte-Educa\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a>

Singing lesson with indigenous children Warao and E\u2019\u00f1epa<\/p><\/div>\n

Before the classes, songs are intoned in the languages of the indigenous tribes that live in the shelter \u2013 Warao and E\u2019\u00f1epa \u2013 as well as in Portuguese and Spanish.<\/p>\n

The artistic workshops, besides serving as recreation for those involved, reinforce the internalization of values that support resilience and bring hope in face of possible traumas coming from immigrating from a country in crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt assists in the expression of anguish-generating emotions, as well as promoting its redefinition,\u201d explains Sister Maria.<\/p>\n

Free and thematic drawings, watercolor and poster paint, the design of mandalas, murals, carpentry with artistic finishes and theater are some of the other activities developed daily in the shelters.<\/p>\n

\"Arte-Educa\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a><\/p>\n

Building with Art<\/strong><\/h3>\n

But it is not only the project, The Common Good, that promotes art. In the Tancredo Neves Shelter, the missionaries began a renovation in the room to be used for the handicraft, sewing, and art workshops.<\/p>\n

The elderly with experience in painting and young people thirsty to learn and express, unite in the creation of what will be a space destined for creativity.<\/p>\n\n\t\t