ART LINKS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AFRICAN KIDS

THIS EVOCATION OF BOBO DIOULASSO ADORNED THE WORKSHOP WALL

Children made it at a center the sculptresses founded:

For this photo and those taken in Africa / zoom

La Soupape Ailée ("The Flying Safety Valve)

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The artists

Teens, since 2024 

The teachers

• Sanogo Boureima, called I.B., directs the workshop. Each week he sends photos of the progress made:

Among his works exhibited at the museum devoted to "outsiders' art," the Halle Saint-Pierre. 

• Moukoro Kassoum, called Ladji, learned art at the center as a child. He is now a professional sculptor:  

 

Making puppets: 

For the performance with music, kids and mothers, please click.

•  Safiatou Ballo, griot, for dance:

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Association memberships and an annual exhibit of the children's works, which are exchanged for tax-deductible contributions, finance the center. 

The exhibits take place at the Secours populaire

6 passage Ramey, 18th

 

Benefactors contribute 30€. They choose a work, receive a calendar that kids' drawings illustrate and a few months later,  a report with recent photos of the children.

The children illustrate local proverbs for the 2026 calendar. 

Donations and dues are the only resources.

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The center that Blandine and Malika founded 

over 20 years ago

is good for the children and teachers,

and enriches the people who discover their joyful art.

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