Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number
A Colorful Experience Begins Here
Your Custom Text Here
Your Custom Text Here
Images of Kevin Macpherson teaching art classes to children in China
Videos of Art Ambassador's Travels and Adventures
Being early November, Art Ambassador proposed a morning of kite-building for the children. Elaborate barriletes seemed too complicated, so the traditional diamond shape kite called a cometa was chosen. Several dozen children from the village showed up that morning and eagerly crowded around the visiting artists. With donated supplies, and amusing gestures, the artists demonstrated how they might festoon their kite, all the time encouraging free choices by the young kite builders. Their kites were stunning! The use of colors, patterns, lines, and images was impressive. Even more, their absolute lack of inhibition was inspiring. Every child opened their imaginations and proudly created a masterpiece.
Art Ambassador Board members, Kevin and Wanda Macpherson, Jack Vogler, Ruth Heffron and Joel Heger traveled to San Martín Chiquito in the Guatemalan highlands with Xela Aid again in 2015. While there, they taught art classes to the children and helped with local building projects.
Also during this trip, our scholarship recipients, Walter and Lorenzo, worked with us on the painting of a mural measuring eight feet tall by sixty-four feet long depicting the evolution of the mysterious Popol Vuh (Having to do with Mayan beliefs about the dawn of life and the glory of Gods and king). The mural can be seen in Xela AID’s new June Russel-Glennon Clinic.
Here are some photos from the trip.
