This is a collection of rustic experiences that I’ve documented visually through my journey as a traveling art facilitator to Uganda, Africa. I worked with three multi-faith schools – Semai Kankungulu School and Hadassah Primary School at Mbale village and Jonathan Netanyahu Memorial School in Putti village.
Muddy roads, dense greenery, open air classrooms, cheeky children who pinch pencils and crayons for drawing and writing … all figured in my mixed bag of adventures. Conversations with locals, midday meals, bricked houses, local markets and wildlife safaris complete the bigger picture of how parts of Africa appear in my own visual memory.
These images were taken over a span of a fortnight; I worked with over 220 children from different age groups covering a range of activities like pattern making, drawing from observation, painting and textures, which will be a part of a contextual storybook based on coffee-farming in this region.
More Info: Art workshops in collaboration with The Walking School Bus, (A Vancouver based NGO) in Uganda, Africa
Year: 2016
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Aaron Friedland [Director of Simbi Foundation]
