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Issue No: 307, February 2015

Art Cart: connection through creativity

We move through the buzzing mass of people at the Visitors’ Centre toward the quieter corners. We have heard that the Art Cart emerges every Tuesday and Friday afternoon, and have seen pictures of it in The Hindu. We look behind Dreamers’ Café, and then behind the restaurant. We finally spot it, a colourful construction standing quietly on the stage. As we walk up, Krupa’s warm smile greets us, as she extends her hands and says, “Hi, would you like to draw something?” Hesitant but curious, we circle the Art Cart and observe. Painted in colorful stripes, this small box is designed to be a mobile creativity set. Its walls come down to create tabletops. Small stools, which can be packed into the cart, come out, as well as boxes of colours and reams of paper. There is a note posted to explain the purpose: “Art Corner: An open space for self-expression through the visual arts!” We notice that the Art Cart draws in the curious, of all ages and nationalities....
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Issue No. 307, February 2015

  • Discovering the oneness of the Matrimandir Garden
  • Communicating for social change
  • Dancing between structure and openness
  • Community reflections on the volunteer experience
  • A volunteer’s experience
  • Volunteering at Eco-Femme
  • La Maison des Jeunes
  • Pics from the Past
  • Art Cart: connection through creativity
  • Turning 10, Tsunamika takes on a new cause
  • Letters
  • Visiting the Mahatma Gandhi Home for the Aged
  • Are volunteers milk cows?
  • The volunteers’ financial contribution

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