By Heidi Trautmann

You should have seen the joy in the faces of the children, parents and grandparents alike when the art works done during the winter months were on display at the venue of EMAA – European Mediterranean Art Association – in Nicosia. See here the link to EMAA’s site…..

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For me it is always a great pleasure to witness these events because education in art is in my eyes one of the most important tools in human education as it develops our senses and the earlier  education and training starts the better. For many years now EMAA offers courses in winter and summer with trained teachers and artists in various disciplines not only for children but also for adults. To train hand and eyes, to learn to transpose the image onto paper, to develop imagination and individual expression, but also to communicate with others and collaborate in a group. The teachers who have taken on this task have for many years given their time and personal involvement to one of EMAA’s principal aims which is furthering art education and alongside with it values of humanity.

Osman Keten as president of EMAA and Mehmet Harmancı, Mayor of Nicosia and supporter, spoke out in the same sense to the guests and families and they thanked the teachers of the course Ozan Özgenler and Sinem Ertaner both teachers in the true sense of the word and who are admired and loved by their young students and parents alike.  I overheard words of appreciation by parents and spoke to a grandmother who said, come rain or sunshine, my grandson would not miss a single lesson.

This is how it should be.

 PS: Just received the announcement for the new courses, starting on March 10....