Goa Children's Art to Aid Tsunami Survivors
Students Aged 5-14 Invited To Participate, Paintings Will Be Shown in New York
PORVORIM, Jan. 25: Schoolchildren from Goa who were deeply moved by the recent tsunami disaster are invited to join a painting session to be held at the Bal Bhavan, Panaji, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Sunday, January 30. A similar session was held at the Dona Leonor Rangel-Ribeiro High School, ACDIL, Alto Porvorim, on January 23.
The painting sessions are being sponsored by SARAR International, a nonprofit organization based in New York; SARAR is planning to exhibit a selection of children's drawings from Goa, to help raise funds for the relief and rehabilitation effort.
Dr. Lyra Srinivasan, the founder of SARAR International who is currently on a brief visit to our state, believes that the children of Goa could make an invaluable contribution to this humanitarian effort through their drawings of different aspects of the tragedy.
Parents who would like their children to be involved are asked to bring them to Bal Bhavan well before 10 a.m. on Sunday, January 30. Participants should be between 5 and 14 years old; parents and art teachers will be permitted to provide advice and encouragement. Children who show up will be provided with paper but should bring their own drawing materials including paints and brushes. Children who turn in completed paintings will sign them, and will be awarded a colourful certificate of participation. All the paintings will be taken back to New York where a panel of artists will choose the best to be displayed at the exhibit.
Dr. Srinivasan, a native of Porvorim now settled in the United States, has had a long association with social causes in Goa and other parts of the world, working in close partnership with her sisters, the late Dr. Camila da Costa of Porvorim, and the late Leonor Rangel-Ribeiro of Miramar, founder of ACDIL.
The activities are being coordinated by noted Mapusa artist Rajendra Usapkar, mobile no. 9822 878 219. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please contact him for further information.
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