14 August
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During the summer camp for the J.J. Robinson Trust (http://www.jjrtrust.com) I met many young, talented and eager artists. Two of the girls, Kerry and Kelliann Baptiste live close to our workshop and I offered them to come to my place and learn more craft during their summer holidays. In August Grenada was celebrating for the first time the Grenada Chocolate Fest (http://chocolate.truebluebay.com/) and part of that fest was a themed art exhibition and a craft bazaar. When I told the two young girls about the art exhibition they were keen and enthusiastic and full of ideas of what could be done. My husband has aRead More →

10 July
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When my good friend Jean Robinson from the J.J. Robinson Trust asked me if you would give some paper mache classes during the summer camp, I did not hesitate to accept. Please go to http://www.jjrtrust.com to find out more about the incredible work the trust does in Grenada. All the kids get support from the trust without the support they would not be able to go to school. Most of the kids do not have enough money to buy anything to do craft, not even paper, crayons and scissors. However when I learned that I would have between 50 and 60 kids, ages 9 toRead More →