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• Gina Fish

  

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  January 12, 2011 4:15 AM PST

  I can't wait for the kids to start doing Valentines! :) A great art project for January - Sandmans! cause there isn't any snow in Nong Khai :D
• KitKat G

  

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  January 12, 2011 7:32 AM PST

  @ Ginafish, great idea about the "Sandmans" and I can't wait to see their Valentines! Sand Castles would be another art drawing/coloring/cut paper project! :) (I know the sand castles are a stretch, but maybe not for Thailand!) :) 5555
• Simon Cervantes

  

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  January 12, 2011 8:23 AM PST

  Oh! I wasn't aware of this thread. Anyway here are the photos of the 1st art class of 2011 posted on my page last week...

  @synox said: 1st Art Class of 2011 with Vania, Tara, James and I. The students made some origami hats and cards for Children's Day... Here are some snapshots...

• Simon Cervantes

  

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  January 13, 2011 5:41 AM PST

  Vania, Tash and I facilitated the art class today and our theme for this week was musical instruments made from recycled materials. Some of them made "maracas" or rumba shakers while others did rain makers. Vania and her maracas Kids making some maracas painting reduce.reuse.recycle Em decorating his rain maker Happy Kid! Tash helping the kids maracas girls...
• Michelle Milburn

  

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  January 13, 2011 7:24 AM PST

  So colourful! Next week I'll have to help out with the art class.
• KitKat G

  

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  January 15, 2011 4:45 AM PST

  What a fun art class. :) Happy faces with their very creative musical instruments. :) Thanks for the photos!
• David Peel

  

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  January 15, 2011 7:11 PM PST

  Art class is cool. a great way for the amazingly creative Thai kids to relax around volunteers. Keep up the good work.
• Simon Cervantes

  

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  January 20, 2011 9:42 AM PST

  My final art class with Vania... we asked the kids to make a mobile with any animals, shapes or anything that they desire. A kid asked me to draw a dragon (to my surprise) fortunately he liked it! Thanks also to Michelle and Pi May for the help.
• Michelle Milburn

  

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  January 27, 2011 4:11 AM PST

  Now that Vania and Simon are gone, I've taken over the art class with Teacher Julia's help! With the Chinese Year of the Rabbit approaching on February 3rd, we made posters and two varieties of origami rabbits: I gave the kids star stickers and they went a little crazy. The chubby origami bunnies blow up like balloons! Kind of creepy Robo-Bunny, who somehow ended up squished. What you can't see in this photo is that the boys aren't even looking at me--they're looking at James's laptop, playing a game! Teacher James, why would you steal my students?! There were still several Mulan lantern templates in the art box, left over from Christmas. I thought they would fit today's theme, but most of the kids weren't interested because they'd already made them before. With my helper here, I made the lanterns to flesh out our Chinese New Year display. The final display! Most of the really good origami bunnies were taken home, but we still had a few to hang in the classroom. Now, what to do for next week...?
• MING .

  

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  January 27, 2011 5:29 AM PST

  Look like fun. Love it, It made me want to make one too!
  There are so many different types of art. Making the kids think out side the box, no copy. Let them create it out from their mind. I'm sure you will find out what to do for next week. :)
• KitKat G

  

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  January 27, 2011 5:51 AM PST

  The New Year origami decorations look amazing. Origami is a great project for every age. Its a very good finger/eye coordination exercise. :)
  In the last photo, is that the air conditioning unit donated? Yea!! :D
• Ize

  

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  February 15, 2011 4:41 PM PST

  love all of the pictures, keep them coming :)
• Hao Ni

  

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  June 4, 2012 4:39 PM PDT

  Hey guys, my name is Hao, an artist currently based in Chicago. I am really interested in the art program at Isara, or any other project that requires artistic skills. Can someone please shed light on some information on the arts please? such as current projects, opened positions, or anything else i can help with and be a part of! Thank you guys so much!