No.049 Winter 2010

NEWS◆Kids Create Tokyo 2010
From August 27 to 29, 2010, we joined Kids Create Tokyo 2010, sponsored by the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
In this event, we set up several booths for children’s paintings exhibition, charity goods sales and art workshops. Many children came toparticipate in art workshops at the booth and decorated large white
vinyl balls symbolized as the Earth. Many families came to this event as
their last summer holiday activity. This event was a great success wheremore than 30,000 people came in the three day period.
We had a fun and productive time interacting with many children
through our workshop.

◆Yamaha Gospel Night 2010

@ Pacifico Yokohama

On September 4, we par ticipated in Yamaha
Gospel Night. Kids Earth Fund has participatedin the event every year. This year, we exhibitedchildren’s paintings and sold KEF charity goods.
We hope that many people recognized Kids
Earth Fund and its activities through this event,and also enjoyed the great music performanceand children’s paintings.
©2010 Yamaha Corporation / YAMAHA MUSICFOUNDATION◆KIDS EARTH FUND Calendar

for Year 2011!!

With the cooperation of many companies, a variety of calendars, for year 2011, with children’spaintings as their designs are produced and now
on sale! All the calendars are quite unique, cuteand filled with warm messages from children.
You can purchase the calendars in store as wellas on the KEF website. Let’s brighten up rooms
with children’s cute, colorful pictures and get
ready for happy new year!

■ NEW MEMBER

The following are newly joined members.

[Individual Members]

Ms. Tamami Hachiya
Mr. Retudou Nakamura

Ms. Kumiko Fukushima
Ms. Chiyoko Nakamura[As of November 30 2010]

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SpecialTopic

KIDS EARTH FUND × CANICA
Art Workshops in Oaxaca, Mexico

World Children’s Exhibition- Gift from Children tothe Earth -KIDS EARTH
CAR Project

Art Workshop @ Tokyo Akiruno
Gakuen Everyone’s Summer

キッズ・アース・カープロジェクト

Art work shop @Toho University Medical
Center Omori Hospital

Kokuritsu Musashino Gakuin
Art work shop

From July 19 to 24, 2010, Kids Earth Fund
went to Oaxaca, Mexico to conduct a joint
project with CANICA: holding ar t workshops and donating art supplies. AlthoughOaxaca is known as a tourist spot where
good old charming Mexican streets andtown still remain, it is the second poorest
state in Mexico due to the lack of majorindustries
At CANICA’s day-care center, there are 8
children in the 1 to 3 year-old class, 23
children in the 3 to 6 year-old class, and39 children in the 6 to 15 year-old class.
This time, we did workshop with the 3 to 6
year-old and 6 to 15 year-old class. There
were some children who had nevertouched paints before. After practicing
how to use the paints with their art teacher,children painted on their drawing paperwith acrylic paints and water paints. All
the children were very energetic and werehaving a lot of fun painting! Also, the 6 to
15 year-old class painted on big canvases
in groups. They created wonderful, colorful Mexican pictures.
At the same time, at Casa CANTICA, KEF
held another art workshop with the themeof Christmas. Some children asked questions how to write snow or what to write
because they had never experienced coldChristmas. However, once they star ted,
everyone painted very merry Christmast h ey i m a g i n e c o l o r f u l l y u s i n g a c r y l i cpaints. Everyone enjoyed the workshop,
and it was filled with laughter and smiles
the whole day.
After the one-week workshop, we donatedcolor pencils, acr ylic paints, and paintbrushes to all the children who par ticipated. They looked very happy to receive

the presents, and shared their joy withfriends and teachers.
The bright smiles of the children shone
like the sun, and made this activity very
meaningful

From September 25, 2010 - October 12,
2010, Kids Earth Fund and students from
Kyo t o U n i ve r s i t y o f A r t s a n d D e s i g n ,Department of Arts and Child Studies had
an exhibition “World Children’s Exhibition G i f t f r o m C h i l d r e n t o t h e E a r t h -” a tGaller y Aube. KEF has held over 3,000
exhibitions in the past and this exhibition
was the largest of all. There were over 250
paintings of all sizes painted by children,which brightened up the gallery. The paintings were selected by the students. Also
the students conducted ar t workshops
held before the exhibition and createdflyers, pamphlet and small information
cards to put beside pictures. During theexhibition, there were many events inwhich both children and adults can enjoy.

Charity Piano Dinner Show @Grand Hyatt TokyoOn July 30, Friday, we invited a pianist
Seiji Honda and a tenor singer Kazuaki
Osawa for our piano charity dinner show
where 120 guests came.
Pictures painted by children all over theworld were exhibited in the assembly hall,and the guests enjoyed the amazing showwith their eyes and ears. Also, many companies suppor ted the charit y ruf fle byproviding goods.
The profit from this par ty was used for
improvements to Kids Earth Home in Croatia and for purchasing ar t supplies andtext books for children in Kosovo.

On September 25, Monday, we invitedchildren from the neighborhood for an art
w o r k s h o p . O n O c t o b e r 1, Fr i d a y, M r.
Meguro, a professor of Kyushu University
joined us for the gallery talk reception. On
October 2, Saturday, the students fromthe Department of Arts and Child Studies
held an art workshop with children comingfrom children’s hall near school. On Octob e r 19 , S a t u r d a y, M r. R y o j i A r a i , achildren’s book writer and a professor ofKyoto University of Arts and Design, also
held an art workshop for children.
Acrylic paints donated by Turner Colour
Wor ks a nd POSCA ma r ker s a nd a r t
supplies donated by Uni Mitsubishi Pencil
were used for the art workshops. All thechildren were very excited to use varietyof art materials for their drawings.
Thank you for all the contribution, thiswo r ks hop wa s a b le to e n d with m a ny
smiling faces and laughter. Furthermore,
we were able to distribute the message
and idea of the children to all 700 people
that came to the exhibition.

O n J u l y 16 , a n a r t w o r k s h o p , w h i c htargeted nine 15 year-old male students,
was held at Kokuritsu Musashino Gakuin.
M u s a s h i n o G a k u i n i s a c h i l d r e n’s
self-reliance support facility. Kids EarthFund has activities with students at theschool once or twice every year. This time,
we introduced and explained about KEF
and the activities in two classes as a parto f t h e i r c o u r s e . We f i r s t s t u d i e d a n d
dis cu s s e d h a r s h a n d di f f icul t c ir cu m stances children in the world are facing,
and then moved onto an art workshop. The
theme of the workshop was chosen during
discussion among the students, and theydecided to paint pictures focusing on thebeauty of Japan. They wanted the otherchildren around the world to see the beautyof Japan. The sun, ocean, rainbow, desert,sunset, cherr y blossom and the moon –passage of time in one day – were drawn ina picture. The hear t shaped ear th wasadded in the center of the painting tosymbolize the peace in the world. The
artwork they produced gave an impact anda p owe r, a n d a l l t h e s t u d e n t s l o o ke dcontented. After the workshop, they helped
us clean up, which showed the warm heartand kindness in children.

On August 21, Saturday, we held an ar tworkshop at the Tokyo Akiruno Gakuen
with the help of teachers and volunteers.
The theme for the workshop was“Everyone’s Summer,” and children who
participated in the workshop painted what
they like about summer and their memoryof summer on big three canvases.
In the beginning, we explained about Kids
Ear th Fund and its activities to thechildren. They seemed thrilled to hear that
their paintings would make other children
all around the world happy.
This time, we decided to use not only
paints and crayons but also color paper to
cut in smaller pieces and stick them withglue to de cor ate big ca nva ses . We
brought many bright colors to represent
summer, and all the children seemed tolove it.
Even thought the canvases were large,
they did not hesitate to start decorating it.
They display the three pictures at school,and donated the paintings they painted
last year with us to Kids Earth Fund.
We hope that these paintings on their wall
will make their school brighter.

Art Workshop @ Tokyo Medical
and Dental University Hospital
Faculty of Medicine

Art Workshop @The Jikei University Hospital

On August 19, Thursday, we held an art
workshop at the pediatric ward in theTokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital Faculty of Medicine. The theme for thisworkshop was summer, and we painted onJapanese style paper fans. It was the firsttime all the children made their own fans.
When they finished, they ran to their mothers and fathers to show what they made.
Everyone looked very happy, and it was aworkshop filled with smiles.

On September 8, the ar t workshop washeld in Toho University Medical Center
Omori Hospital. We tried Chigirie, which iscollage of piece of colored paper, thistime. E ach child picke d the ir favor ite
colors from a bag of colored paper andtore it in pieces at first. 9 children
attended the art workshop. The artworks,
which they neatly stuck pieces of coloredpaper and dr aw pictures with POSMA
markers, were ver y unique and wonderfully done. The families, who were visiting
their children, were also looking happy.

Art Work Shop @Aiiku Yogo School
An art workshop was held on September
30 at Aiiku Yogo School for children withspecial needs. Most of the children atschool participated in making post cards
from scratch with Kamisuki. Somechildren seemed not very interested in theac tivit y in the be ginning, but a s theirfriends made pretty cards, they started
enjoying Kamisuki and decorating theircards. Their excitement grew even moreas they saw paper and liquid in a bottle
transformed into a color ful, decorated
post card!
Even though it was a cold rainy day, theworkshop was constantly filled with laughter and smiles of children, volunteers andte a c h e r s , a n d wa r m e d t h e r o o m w i t henergy.

Art work shop @ Kanagawa
Prefectural Child Medical Center
On September 3, Friday, we held an ar tworkshop at the Jikei University Hospital.
T h i s t i m e, we d i d n ot h ave a s p e c i f i ct h e m e, b u t i n s te a d , c h i l d r e n c r e a te dar tworks with the Chigirie method. We
brought a variety of colored paper for thewo r k s h o p, b u t t h e s h i n n y o n e s we r ee v e r y o n e’s f a v o r i t e . A l l t h e c h i l d r e ne njoye d u s ing va r iou s k inds of pa pe r
which looked and felt different and creating pictures with it.

On October 13, the painting art workshop
was held at Kanagawa Prefectural Child
Medical Center. Animals were painted oneach child’s canvas. For many children at
the workshop used paints for the first time,
but they all used them quite well andenjoyed painting pictures with paints. They
immersed themselves in painting and eachchild produced many colorful, heartwarming pictures.