By Heidi Trautmann
The guests on September 14,
as they approach the entrance to the Atatürk Cultural Centre, utter a cry of
surprise because of the many candles that are arranged on the steps. There is
something to celebrate, not only the great work the children did for this
exhibition but that from now on there will be two: Bahar and Alessandro,
freshly married, they are now partners and they will work together for the
arts, for children and adults. They will
teach them to become happy and self-confident, to become aware of themselves
and of their surroundings, of their buddies, families and people in the street,
of nature , of good and bad and all the things that are so often disturbing.
The Ministers of Education,
Kemal Dürüst, spoke some wise words with respect to the importance of art
education, and the kids came forward to listen to him and to hold hands with
Bahar; it was a joyous crowd that pushed through the open doors. The first impression we gained was of bright
colours, big paintings in pure colours, blue and red and bright green. Self-portraits
and birthday parties, parties where things are shared, such as cup cakes. Right
in the corner two fantastic carton sculptures representing the married couple
Bahar and Alessandro. In your mind you can see the children enjoy the work in
the Artterapi Studio and how they use big brushes and their whole body to
paint. Yes, it takes the whole body, brain, heart and sometimes feet, to make
art.
It was a good season
2014-2015 for the Artterapi Art Centre in Kyrenia, they tried to do much more
than painting, the kids did theatre, wrote the play, made their costumes and
the entire stage set. The well-known actress Hatice Tezcan came for the
occasion to teach them speaking and moving. Birthday parties and Games. The
adult group had a very good exhibition at the Public Library, you find my
review on the internet on my website. And finally, Italian dinners were
announced on all Fridays for three months in a row. We had the pleasure to be
guests on one Friday and while Alessandro did the cooking, Bahar gave us some pâté
to taste.
You see, Artterapi in the
true sense of the word.
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