Roman and I have conducted the I AM project with different international school communities throughout the world. Now we are presenting it in a rural Australian school where the majority of students come from poor socio-economic backgrounds and over a third are of Aboriginal descent. Will the outcomes be different from previous projects in international settings, or is there a universality to children’s artistic expression, regardless of where they come from and their life experiences?
We enter into the spirit of the project with our long held belief, that all children are artists and have their own story to tell. Facilitating their expression is our aim, but we don’t assume that every child will participate, and the reason is simple. For us to work with any group of adults or children, the bottom line is a mutual feeling of Respect. However Respect is born of Trust. When Trust has been…
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