MARCH NEWSLETTER: THE MARCH EDITION OF THE CHILDREN ART CLUB, AN UNEQUAL ART ENGAGEMENT FOR THE NIGERIAN CHILD

The Children Art Club in Abeokuta is moving forward with increase in participation, a creative outlet where the kids come together every third Saturdays of the month to express unhindered their artistic talents and learn new skills. In the words of Pablo Picasso, “Every child is an artist; the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up”.

The children are our most precious resources; when we fail to recognize these kids’ talents, they recede and diminished. We cannot allow their God’s given talents to go to waste. With the right guidance and stimulating environment, the children can be helped to discover and harness their inner creative genius. And such we have provided every time the Children Art Club is held at the Cultural and Musical Heritage Centre, OLUMO ROCK, Ikija, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. The March edition was held on March 21 while the next edition holds on 18th April, 1015.
The Children Art Club remains FREE for the Nigerian children to participate with free entrance to Olumo Rock, Free Art supplies for artistic engagements and no fee paid for the quality of the creative instructions and art education received.

Recognizing student’s achievement is the key to encouraging motivation and engagement. That’s what propels us to introduce varieties of international Art contest to the children at the last edition of the Children Art Club in March. The children created diverse works of Art on the following themes; Peace, friendship, nature etc. using art media such as coloured pencils, water colour, crayon, collage, and acrylic.
It is amazing the level of creativity and ingenuity displayed by the children from the art works they created under the period of two hours. In today’s world, the children will need to be inventive, resourceful and imaginative. And the best way to foster that creativity is through Art education. Sincerely, any artistic endeavor engaged with the children should be fully supported and encouraged. Our mission is to provide the children with the opportunity to learn and develop their creative potentials for both personal and social-economic benefits.

The CHILDREN ART CLUB was established to provide an outlet for enriching creative activities for the kids with aim of promoting Art Education at the grassroots; to unlock talents, encourage aspirations and nurture creativity. More so, it is a creative platform for every child irrespective of their status and social background to help them harness, maximize and express unhindered their God’s given potentials in a serene environment that inspire creativity.

The CHILDREN ART CLUB is endorsed by InSEA (www.insea.org), powered by the TEACHING VISUAL ART, and TEACHING VISUAL ART will like to collaborate and partner with other organization to create an artistic engagement and resources to aid talent development for the Nigerian children.
The next edition of the CHILDREN ART CLUB comes up on Saturday 18th day of April, 2015. Registration will commence by 9am; the Art session starts by 10am and will end at noon at the usual venue, the Cultural and Musical Heritage Centre, OLUMO ROCK, Ikija, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
We will like to appreciate the president of Olumo Art Movement, Mr. Kola Anidugbe for providing us the space we use for the art engagement; and many thanks to our facilitators, Mr. Yinka Olagoke, Segun Shorungbe and Prince Olusegun Adeniyi. We also recognize the kind gesture of Olori Oyenike Adeniyi for the branded shirts for the facilitators.

You too can be part of it; volunteer, participate, sponsor or partner with the TEACHING VISUAL ART to bring continued Art resources for the advancement of Art practice, theory and appreciation in the. Nigeria. More information is provided at: www.teachingvisualart.blogspot.com. Anyone interested in supporting this project, should please contact: teachingvisualart@gmail.com

CHILDREN ART CLUB, FEBRUARY 2015 EDITION

The February edition of the CHILDREN ART CLUB was a success. The CHILDREN ART CLUB is endorsed by InSEA (www.insea.org), powered by the TEACHING VISUAL ART with support from Olumo Art Movement.

The February edition was held on Saturday 21st February at the usual venue, the Cultural and Musical Heritage Centre, OLUMO ROCK, Ikija, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Registration started by 9am; the Art session commenced by 10am and ended around 1pm. The CHILDREN ART CLUB is stipulated to hold every 3rd Saturdays of the month. The next edition comes up on Saturday 21st day of March 2015.

The CHILDREN ART CLUB was established to make ART EDUCATION and ART PRACTICE accessible and affordable (absolutely free) for the Nigerian children irrespective of their social background, status or religion affiliation. It is meant to improve and expand access to Art education in such that the children of our nation will receive a broad and balanced education. The essence is to create a springboard to help the children on their voyage of discovery and self-expression. 

The CHILDREN ART CLUB is an outlet for self-expression, started in January 2015 to unlock talents, encourage aspirations, and nurture creativity. It is a creative platform for every child to help them harness, maximize and express unhindered their God's given potentials in a serene environment that inspire creativity. The CHILDREN ART CLUB platform is to grant the talented children the access to the best, most-stimulating and most-rewarding artistic engagements that includes;

          Creative expression through drawing, mosaic, collage, painting, sculpture, wearable art, graffiti, and many more.

          Teaching and learning of art techniques under the guidance of a working artists and art educators.

          Share art ideas with their peers.

          Hands-on workshops with diverse studio artists and art educators.

          Building portfolio and Participating in national and international Art contests.

          Showcase their talents and skills through Art Exhibitions.

          Virtual documentation of the children's Art works and media exposure.

It is a platform where we can reach each child through art as a therapy, empowerment and personal talent development. At the February edition, the children were made to create wearable arts with white t-shirts. It was fun and the children enjoyed the remarkable moment of creating art on ready-to-wear shirts. The facilitators include Alhaji Adeleye, Mr. Kehinde H., and Prince Olusegun Adeniyi with a visiting artist, Lanre Tejuoso. We had the presence of the following special guests; Mr. Segun Coker, the president of the School of Virtue (SOV); Mr. Seyi Oladimeji (SLAD), the Director of programmes, OGTV; and the Public Faces Magazine team lead by Miss Bola Solate. Public Faces Magazine is to give media support to the project. We appreciate them all. We will also like to say thank you to the president of Olumo Art Movement, Mr. Kola Anidugbe.

You too can be part of it; volunteer, participate, sponsor or partner with the TEACHING VISUAL ART to bring continued Art resources for the advancement of Art practice, theory and appreciation in the nation of ours, Nigeria.

If you'd like to help a child realizes his/her creative side, then this is the project for you.

If you are interested in supporting this project, please contact: teachingvisualart@gmail.com,  +2348030874474, and  +2348024069722 for further information.

The next edition of the CHILDREN ART CLUB comes up on Saturday 21st day of March 2015.

SEE more images of the February edition here:

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If you will like to view images of our feature on Trip Learn, OGTV, here is a link:

https://www.facebook.com/olucolourful/media_set?set=a.10153228288031159&type=1

Watch previous episodes clips here:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxlQCedv4axDzfq5FhACjZg  

Catch up with our updates at;

www.teachingvisualart.blogspot.com

Children Art Club at the 9th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest

On February 7, 2015, five kids from the Children Art Club in Abeokuta attended the 2015 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest in Lagos. This is to fulfill our promise to enter the children from our programme for national and international Art competitions.

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