Thursday 29 March 2012

A very special event

After the terrible earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan  Mr Kuroda, a famous artist from Japan, wanted to do something special to bring the children from Christchurch and Japan some happiness.

Last September Mr Kuroda came to Halswell School and worked with a a small group of children on pieces of artwork. Mr Kuroda drew a different bird for each child and then the children coloured it in.  Mr Kuroda took the artwork back to Japan and a group of children from the area hit by the earthquake coloured in the backgroud of the picture. This was such a wonderful experience for the children.

Today Mr Kuroda came back with the finished art work. The art pieces looked amazing.
What very lucky children to have this experience and to now have a piece of art work to keep and also a special link to another children in Japan who have shared similar experiences
This link will show you more about Mr Kuroda.  Switch Magazine - Mr Kuroda
Thank you Mr Kuroda, we really appreciate all you have done.




Art with Mr Kuroda on PhotoPeach Mr Kuroda also had a surprise visitor for us. A very famous Okinawa instrument singer, Ms.Misako Kojya, who is a professional singer, hosting her own concerts in Japan and performing on TV, performed a concert for us. Beautiful music :)

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