{"id":4298,"date":"2017-03-28T07:55:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T15:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2017-03-28T07:55:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T15:55:42","slug":"painting-projects-in-the-ghana-art-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchalifekids.org\/painting-projects-in-the-ghana-art-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting Projects in the Ghana Art Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each weekend the Touch A Life kids gather in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/arthealing\/connorcreative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor Creative Art Center<\/a> for art classes and art healing sessions. Kwame, our Art Center Director, teaches classical painting techniques and traditional West African art styles. This month, some of our older students learned about creating shadows with color.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8915.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8915-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"0Z2A8915\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"0Z2A8920\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8927.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8927-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"0Z2A8927\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4302 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8939-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"0Z2A8939\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a later session, Doris and Benjamin A. demonstrated their skills to the group as they finished up their village scene paintings. They carefully signed each piece and gave them to our team to bring back to the United States. Some of the artwork will be available at the Touch A Life Art Auction this fall in Dallas!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8374-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"0Z2A8374\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8383-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"0Z2A8383\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8396.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0Z2A8396-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"0Z2A8396\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can sponsor a Touch A Life child&#8217;s Art Healing programming for just $30 a month! Read more about becoming an Art Sponsor at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/art-sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">touchalifekids.org\/art-sponsorship<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each weekend the Touch A Life kids gather in Connor Creative Art Center for art classes and art healing sessions. Kwame, our Art Center Director, teaches classical painting techniques and traditional West African art styles. 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