{"id":293,"date":"2014-01-20T07:28:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T11:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2018-01-29T11:54:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:54:04","slug":"creative-mind-series-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofyarmouthartgallery.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"January 26, 2014 – Creative minds series returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends of the AGNS are pleased to open the 2014 Creative Minds series\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0 The Plight of the Child Soldier\u2014Innocence Lost, presented by\u00a0Linda Marie Coakley, on Sunday January 26 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

This fall, Coakley worked with elementary students in grades 5 and 6 from Yarmouth Central School, and Barton Consolidated School in Digby County, under the auspices of ArtsSmarts. She helped them to respond dramatically to photographs from the Rom\u00e9o Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative at Dalhousie University.
\nThe students chose photographs that held particular interest for them, then discussed and created dialogues around these images. They also reviewed the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child, and noted the abuses suffered by child soldiers worldwide. They observed on maps how widespread this unimaginable situation is around the world, and the changing face of war, with young boys and girls as unwilling soldiers. It was particularly meaningful for the students as many child soldiers are the same age as the Nova Scotia students.
\n\u201cI wanted my students to understand that no bedtime stories, after school snacks, trips to the beach, hugs, ice cream treats, and other pleasures were ever to be a part of a child soldier’s childhood,\u201d says Coakley. \u201cThe security we expect and are entitled to, are never part of a child soldiers life; and so we began with this acknowledgement.\u201d
\nDuring her presentation, Coakley will give an overview of the project, and the profound effect it\u2019s had for all involved. Bonus: the exhibit of selected photographs and the poetry that the children wrote are on display in the Community Room at the AGNS from Jan. 16-Feb. 23.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>No registration necessary. Admission by donation.<\/p>\n

For more\u00a0information call\u00a0749.2248 or email\u00a0agnsyarmouth@gov.ns.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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