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December 31, 2004
Project Sumo Art and Project North Korea Abduction Issue
We had a very special event in March where we combined two projects. Mr. Ki Nimori, a veteran art teacher and artist, perhaps best know for his sumo sculpture, visited GKA and showed the Anything Can Happen crew how to make sumo sculptures out of terracotta clay. Later, the team made a presentation to the other GKA children about how to make the sculptures. The children were delighted to learn not only sculpture techniques but also stories about sumo from Mr. Nimori. The second project was a special presentation by Shino, a fourth grader who attends a Japanese school. She had researched the issue of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents by interviewing a newspaper reporter. She summarized her findings of this very difficult topic and gave an easy-to-understand quiz show so that the younger children may be exposed to the issues. Shino created certificates and thank you notes for all attendees. As the group pictures show, all the children from age 3 to 12 had fun this evening!
Posted by gka at December 31, 2004 01:56 PM
