“This is Where I Live” project begins in Hebden Bridge

Riverside Junior School, Hebden Bridge, was the first venue for the England-Palestine Children’s Art Project. The theme is “This is Where I Live” and we have been lucky to get some evocative pictures from children living in Refugee Camps in the West Bank and in Gaza. We showed the Hebden Bridge children images of homes across the world and then focused on Aida Camp, giving a glimpse of life there. We studied the children’s art work from the Refugee Camps and Gaza, to understand the images. The first session ended with a reading of a story book for children written and illustrated by the children of Lajee Cultural Centre in Aida Camp. In the second session, art production started in earnest. Some boys wanted to see more of the Aida murals, Handala and Banksy’s work, so a little group looked at this. One more session should produce some fabulous pictures of life in Yorkshire to display alongside the work of Palestinian children in the Art Space in the Piece Hall, Halifax.

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