FriBoy doesn’t have school on Wednesdays, instead he has #ArtsyWednesdays with me. We always do arts and crafts on Wednesdays, it’s almost like a ritual.
The tribe – Family Portrait Painting
FriBoy made this drawing of us for my birthday and I was inspired to paint it like this after I saw an exhibition, The Boomerang Effect at the Ethnographic Museum of Geneva. It’s my favorite place in Switzerland and I wanted to spend my birthday there.
Journey of Initiation – FriBoy Meets Hospoa
This is a new painting, or visual story how I like to call it, in my journey of initiation series.
Journey of Initiation – Travel to Burkina Fasso
I made this painting after I finished a bogolan cloth workshop with Burkina Fasso artist Momoudou Bolly.
Artsy Wednesdays – La Nuit des Mayas
Sometimes I find it frustrating that Lausanne, Geneva or Zürich have more to offer to children from the cultural point of view than Fribourg, especially on Wednesdays when I am out of ideas what to do with FriBoy. The good part is that in Switzerland these distances can be easily covered.
Making of a Bogolan Cloth
I think one of the most humbling experiences one can live is to learn a trade from a different culture, even more so from someone who has no formal education.
The Conquest of Paradise
My art is always social. I strongly believe that art is one of the most powerful instruments to address social and political issues and that it should be used as a civic instrument. The aesthetics are important for the human eye but it’s the message that stays with people.
Cooking with FriBoy – Halloween Cheese Cookies
Cooking has been one of my favorite activities with FriBoy since he was a baby. I’d carry him in the baby sling while I cooked and when he was old enough he became more involved in our kitchen activities, usually making a mess.
Vacation storybook
Creating a vacation storybook helps develop the superpower of creating and using visuals in all aspects of life.
Rhino Star – The Museum of Natural History
As much as I love art, I wish I could say the coolest museum in Fribourg is the Art and History one, but it’s actually not. The Natural History Museum is the cultural institution by far the most alive and in tune with its public, especially the young public. Which is rather ironic for a place exhibiting dead animals but this means it is a real dynamic learning hub.