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<br /> "S©nee`of the kids were Want t6 see artwork by-residents fns»Burma?Visit
<br /> pretty goad at drawing," ,The Art ` hstitr e,,2"'f1 r of Carr MiR. i,at 6 p m.
<br /> Hamer said."'That is when I FrIft for the co at n tfo 5th I"Journeys
<br /> decided they needed to have to a p f imwt tao*a "artAoW feabair ark and stories
<br /> some venue in_6rder;.tQEe created by " in the Chapel HIN-Carrborc�OR)(- r�roots,
<br /> press themselves besrd .
<br /> school."Having*t rnet Le'.; tropical place*here-they these kids am all trying to
<br /> vy,who organizes the annual° feel coinfoitarle.'GVe are,also` their piace'in+err Chapel
<br /> Orange County Conum ni4t3' tryi�nig to. ncoi"te tale �IIICa tikiri�ehiture.p
<br /> Dinner, Hamer got the chit new with the irk:Ite ° ``Cha p Wit°Sc hoot
<br /> drien invol444`in the dinner. dents showed at iw art er Taylorhas
<br /> When Levy learned of the March in a show,"Connect been workbig with work' h- .
<br /> youth's artistic talents she ing the Old with the l�ew" , moo Juelah and Paw Paw
<br /> suggest&tl eyvisit FRANK This show is an extePSi0Wc& !Wei�r three years.iu school
<br /> gallery on Franldin Street. that show" helping them hone their
<br /> "When th"e students Levy,lie Jameson, has a skills iii ceramics.. ,
<br /> walked in,they could not be- decades-long erection to, "They understand the
<br /> lieve a place could look like the Karen people having properties and possibilities
<br /> that," Tamer'said, "They done her Phi! at London of clay They love it and get
<br /> were astounded.It was beau- University in Modem South its respgjgsiveness," Taylor
<br /> tiful. They had a ball there Asian History. said., hands seem to
<br /> too "In spite of what these kids kn it."` h**hail learned
<br /> An ideawas bom to form,a have gone through,they`are the Ways of,the Karens"
<br /> ;group for the Karen youth to so positive and �she homelandi how the u
<br /> creat3e art with FRANK'Art- . said,And,she,stresses,very gee camps loolue&"T've seen
<br /> ists,'and lives began to talentedardsts of the aiecurringimageofKweKa `
<br /> change.Weekly meetings be striking paintings in the Baung,an important moue
<br /> gan taking place Ather,at the show are their first or.se- tain in the Karen state of
<br /> gallery or at Transplanting cond. are so excited Burma. This mountain is a
<br /> Traditions'Farm on;Joues about challenging them- ; part of.their identity:'
<br /> Ferry where many.Ka- selvesvitla new possibilities C?thers involxed in this
<br /> yens have gardens.,Most of; in-this cl auntry. l am very project include Sandy Mil-
<br /> the youth,ages 15 3t in the by reactions,It MY,IVfary Stone Lamb*Kip
<br /> group lived in Zbailand ref u- is a.privilege to work with �rri:Ba Parkei; Da '
<br /> gee camps after 8 PP7_ theme We have learned a kit vid aylor, 'Crisp,
<br /> lineal repression in W aan- from. " �wnsend` dington; and
<br /> mar, (Burma) �Ianaex trams- hfoe Slaae Htcor,Who-has,,, °Ada ` °s'tudents
<br /> ports the yr a to and from been worker wino l td s�►i -wotk in th+e show in
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<br /> pa- dogs £ ` , oe jumping all a�ppeson does not want
<br /> auicl-have samples i�f wing, over the place, getting.ftp: this pw which fuss sufr
<br /> in the Karen language-at high, go �dcwn kiw, and ported by a grant from the
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