On Friday, May 11th, the long awaited exposition of the drawings by the children of the ABEAC opened at the St. John’s International School in Belgium, as the final stage of our Art-exchange Project.
After the drawing workshops at the ABEAC and after the success of the exposition of works by the Belgian children at the ICBIE in Salvador, Pietro and Marcella, as ambassadors of the ICBIE, took the drawings of the Brazilian children to Belgium for the showing.
The opening took place amidst general excitement, with the art teacher Marianne Behaeghele, the children from three classes of the elementary school who participated in the project, the principal of the elementary school Johanna Bambridge, several other teachers and a few parents. Pietro, Marcella and Ivanildo were introduced and received with great curiosity by the children, who showed their interest by asking pertinent and interesting questions regarding the ICBIE’s work in Salvador.
The day passed pleasurably and the event ended with the hopes that this project may be only the first among many other future ones and it is clear that the road is open for an ongoing collaboration between the St. John’s International School of Waterloo, Belgium and the ICBIE in Salvador. As representatives of the ICBIE, it is a pleasure to thank once again Silvia (the young girl who devised the project), the children and the teachers at St. John’s for the enthusiastic participation, and the Billingsley family, who not only was essential in organizing and realizing the exposition, but who also hosted Pietro, Marcella and Ivanildo for the entire weekend, during which time, naturally, we were able to sample the local beer and other gastronomic delights!
