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A Child's Eye Action Group (Yayasan Mata Anak)
President Guruh Sukarno Putra
****PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BY JAKARTA STREET CHILDREN****
*****PAMERAK FOTO ANAK JALANAN*****
NOVEMBER 17 - 23, 1999
GALERI NASIONAL INDONESIA,
Jl. Merdeka Timur 14
Opp. Gambir Station
EXHIBITION OPENING BY GURUH SUKARNO PUTRA
NOVEMBER 17, 1999
TIME: 1930 wib
PRESS CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 16, 1999
TIME TO BE CONFIRMED
A Child's Eye,
Gedung Sucaco, Jl. Kebon Sirih Kav.71, Lt 4,
Jakarta 10340
Tel 021 310 3713 Fax 3190 1620
HP 0818 80 56 81 (Jonathan Perugia)
*****A Child's Eye Action Group*****
A Child's Eye Action Group (Yayasan Mata Anak) is non-profit organization
founded in 1999 by Mr. Guruh Sukarno Putra and Ms. Choki Rezia, dedicated to
supporting children's arts initiatives in Indonesia and around the world.
*****OUR MISSION*****
ACE's mission is to raise awareness of children's social welfare issues and
promote funding of children's welfare initiatives, by enabling children to
express themselves through the creative arts, and providing forums for the
display and sale of their work.
ACE inner city photography workshops train young people to use cameras to
express their feelings about their lives. This not only creates unique and
vivid social documentary , but it empowers children who are marginalised and
whose voices are often ignored.
*****The Jakarta Exhibition*****
The first project of the Action Group is a three-month series of photography
workshops run in co-operation with Atma Jaya University and five local
children's organisations.
These workshops have given thirty-five street children in Jakarta the chance
to express themselves using photography.
It has been devised and supervised by Jonathan Perugia, a British
photographer based in Jakarta.
These photographs, taken on pocket cameras in the children's own
environment, powerfully illustrate the breadth and intensity of these young
people's experiences.
The Jakarta exhibition is an exciting forum for national and international
groups, governmental and non-governmental organizations working with
children, local creative people, and children themselves to come together to
discuss and address the children's welfare issues raised by the photographs.
This will take place at the opening night and at a series of educational and
discussion events running throughout the exhibition.
Fifty percent of the proceeds from picture sales will be shared amongst the
participating children's groups to support further arts-based projects
within each organization. The balance will be dedicated to new ACE
photography workshops and children's arts projects.
A Child's Eye will continue to empower disenfranchised children by giving
them the chance to make their voices heard.
In listening to these voices we not only gain a deeper understanding of the
world we share, but also take the first step towards building a richer and
more caring future for all our children.
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