ART LINKS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND KIDS IN AFRICA

THIS EVOCATION OF BOBO DIOULASSO ADORNED THE WORKSHOP WALL

Children had 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

• At first they were mainly little boys...

• ...then girls came too.  

• Teenagers, since 2024 (boys so far)

The teachers

•  Safiatou Ballo, griot, uses tradition for dance

• 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, music and kids and mothers, please click.

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Malika and Blandine finance the association by an annual exhibit of the children's paintings and sculptures, which are exchanged for tax-deductible contributions:

The exhibits take place at the Secours populaire

6 passage Ramey, 18th

 

Those donations and annual dues (15€) are the association's only resources.

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The association has brought a creation 

that Blandine and Malika invented and sponsor

and that enriches those who discover it.

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