Youlou Arts Foundation readies for its ‘Growing Young SVG Artists’ 2025 Programme

Soon it will be the end of the school year and the children of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) can look forward to the long July/August school holidays.

This means Youlou Arts Foundation is getting ready to offer its “Growing Young SVG Artists” programme. This year the programme will start on Monday, July,14 and end on Friday, July, 25.

The Youlou Arts Foundation said in a release that the programme is for children between the ages of 5 through 12 years.

In general the programme offers children the opportunity to experience a visual arts education. It focuses on educating children about traditional SVG art and culture, and also providing a broader exposure to art in general, including different media and techniques. It is aimed at reaching the most economically disadvantaged children who have little or no exposure to a visual arts education.

Each year Youlou Arts said it carefully selects fun, practical and exciting activities to educate the children, with the aim of teaching self discipline, social skills, independent thinking and self expression.

“The 2025 programme will continue to focus on climate change as we have done in the past four years. They will continue to create tiny forests, learn how to repair their clothes and restore the soil,” the release outlines.

Art activities will include drawing and painting and some textile art making.

“Growing Young SVG Artists” has been around since 2001. This year the programme will be offered in four locations- Georgetown, Tourama, Buccament Bay, and Spring Village.

For more information interested persons can call the Youlou Art Centre 457 4493, Whatsapp 497 7811 or email :youlouartcentre@gmail.com