The  BCP Cultural Programs

Bali's rich heritage of music and dance is under attack by television.   To help foster these traditional art forms among the young, the Bali Children’s Project has created a number of programs.   These include the formation of out own children's gamelan orchestra, with teachers, and the creation and support of dance classes and dance teachers.  These include a dedicated teacher in North Bali who  travels long distances with his wife to teach in remote mountain communities.  We have also contributedto the cost of constructing a studio, providing necessary costumes and paying for the tuition of poor children in need of support. We would welcome the donation of additional funds to extended this program to other areas of Bali. 

Karin Goris for several years ran a very popular children's art program, and contributed to the an annual art party in Hiroshima.   The pictures produced for this event, featured below, are available for purchase.  Please email us for details.

We also run art classes whenever we have qualified volunteers to teach.

For three years the BCP has been collaborating with university researchers in Zurich, Switzerland in a study of children's art and creativity.   The fieldwork is now finished and we await the detailed report of their findings.

The BCP Arts Program is always in need of materials, particularly bottles of poster paints, which are hard to buy in Bali, and are expensive.

BCP Children's Art

 The artwork featured below  was produced by children we have supported, and formed part of the Starship Hiroshima art party in Japan in 2003.  The originals are available for sale to benefit both the artist and the Bali Children's Project.   Please email us for details.

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