Exceeding Expectation: Hope from the Garden (Image by artwithoutborderstc.com)
Art Without Borders was a nonprofit originally designed by my daughter and me to bring the performing arts across demographic barriers, to not only make classes and performances accessible to marginalized communities, but also to bring otherwise separated communities together through shared experience. We offered after school programs in singing, theatre, and dance and organized community events such as our festival for
Dia de los Muertos, which brought together performers and vendors from the Greater Northwest and allowed our students to perform on stage with professionals.
By Nina Powers
It was exciting and inspiring work, and we could feel the momentum rolling. Then, the night before our St. Patrick’s Day festival was scheduled to take place, Washington State was shut down. Everything was cancelled. The Arts were suspended, and as the weeks
Two floral exhibitions open in Vitebsk
VITEBSK, 12 March (BelTA) - Two exhibitions opened in the Vitebsk Regional Methodological Center for Folk Art on 12 March: the Art Without Borders is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Aniuta florists club of the cultural and historical complex Golden Ring of the city of Vitebsk Dvina and a solo exhibition by artisan Yelena Batarchuk from Miory. The exhibition of the florists club features more than 50 paintings by 22 authors and reflects various techniques of working with floral materials.
Photos by Aleksandr Khitrov