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! |
