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Art Speaks Volumes

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Dec 122011
 

What a great afternoon!!

Earlier this week we got a lovely visit from our friend Li Li Tan who popped in with presents for the kids which will be filling their Xmas stockings Xmas morning.

She also promised a return visit to do some more art work with the kids and today (Sunday 11th) she did just that.

Li Li got here with help from her friend Greg Kennedy, who kindly donated some potted plants and garden ornaments to help decorate the children’s newly built “Villa”. Many thanks for that Greg.

Unfortunately Greg had prior commitments that prevented him staying long.

Then it was time to get those paint brushes to work. Li Li had come armed with new brushes and paint and it was decided to give the outdoor shower blocks a makeover.

LiLi has her own organisation called ArtSpeak and gives much her time to working with underprivileged children helping to give them that wonderful gift of self expression through art.

Having worked with Li Li before, on previous murals, it didn’t take long to get the children going and everyone had a whole lot of fun.

The fun got a little crazy near the end as Li Li allowed the kids to splash paint all over her , decorating her T-shirt. And the kids ran screaming as she turned Zombie style with paint smeared up her arms.

This was shortly after the completion of a splash paint workover of one end of the building. This vibrant, joint effort, work of art I have taken the liberty of naming ” Happyday” a name given to the day as a whole by young Zak.

Thanks for a great afternoon Li Li , we all love you.

Check out the great video clips and photos below.

Paint For Mural Projects

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Nov 242011
 
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One of our most popular activities here at Stratton House is Mural painting. We have a large concrete wall around our grounds made up of many “panels”. Slowly but surely the grounds get brighter as the children explore their artistic sides.

Kitchen Art From Pooh and Friends

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Oct 182011
 

On Monday we had a visit from Art student, Pooh, who recently did some mural work on our “office” in the garden.

This time he turned up with 3 friends and when it seemed like it was going to rain the decision was made to do some more in the kitchen.

It was great to be able to give these art students the chance to practice and we are all very pleased with the artistic additions to our kitchen space.

Pooh has indicated a wish to come and do more on future weekends with more garden mural work planned where all the children here will get involved and help out to.

Thanks a lot to all the guys who took part.

Pooh and Yue Add A New Mural

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Sep 042011
 

This afternoon we were visited by two Students from Thaivichitsilp College of Art and Technology. Pooh and his friend Yue were keen to  practise their skills and add to our colourful Mural works.

An additional plus to this visit is that Pooh and Yue are interested in coming on a regular basis to hold art workshops for the kids and practice their teaching ability.

This fits perfectly with the Foundations ideals, not only helping the children resident here but in turn giving that opportunity to gain much needed experience to  Thai students from the wider community.

Saturday Work- Prep For More Murals

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Sep 032011
 

This mornings work hour involved washing walls in readiness for a planned mural painting session tomorrow afternoon.

Weather willing we will be getting a visit from a couple of  Thai Art students from  Thaivichitsilp  Art and Technology College, Chiang Mai who are keen to practice there skills here for the children.

 

Stratton Art House

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Aug 222011
 

The inspiration of Art continues here at Stratton House and is not restricted to the children alone as I have been drawn to add to the kitchen Murals myself.

The best part of doing this is that it has then inspired the children to do even more , coming up with their own designs on the wall opposite.

If you like Art, keep watching as there is much more wall space still left to fill and 10 children who are loving developing their artistic skills.

If you’d like a closer look, why not pay us a visit….donations appreciated :)

Work Done, Weekend Chill

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Aug 212011
 

After chores are done the weekends are chill out time for the kids. As usual Tai spent extra time studying but also found time for play and practising his guitar skills.

I also managed to catch Gu working on the Saxophone.

Stratton House really is a great place to live with all the art and music mixed in with the sounds of laughter and happy children at play.

With the rain on and off again Saturday saw the board games coming out again.

Art Speak

 Foundation Blog, Lead  1 Response »
Jul 202011
 

I’m sure everyone understands that it is always a concern as to how much exposure to give to other organisations looking for your support when we are still struggling to cover our own costs. But this is one I have no hesitation in plugging as we ourselves, here at Stratton House, have been lucky enough to benefit from the generous soul of Li Li Tan, sharing her talent and inspiring our children.

More Mural Progess.

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Jul 202011
 

On Saturday, after work hour was done Zak decided that it was time to do some more work on his mural work. Can’t wait to see how it progresses.

Local Needs From Local People—Appeal

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Jul 122011
 

Sorry, having a “Little Britain” day!

With the land purchase and inflation raging our budget is on a tight leash right now. We would like to call again, on any of you who actually live in Chiang Mai or close to, to find it in your hearts to help out if you can.

Our recent appeal for foodstuffs has had little response so far. We continue to hope:)

If not food stuff then here are a few other things we could do with right now to ensure that we can keep our craft and art exercises going.

Wool …..odds and ends and any colour is fine.

Outdoor Emulsion paint….again part tins and any colour is fine…lets keep these murals going, its great for the children’s skills and confidence building.

Varnish or sealer to protect their great work from the rain.

Quality growing soil…we are always looking at expanding our veg plots…..most garden centres do bags of good soil from just 25 baht.

If you can help with any of these items please get in touch using the contact form below.

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