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• ‘When you’re in a war zone, drawing is amazingly therapeutic’

  09-09-2017 21:00
  Guardian journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s sketches have helped him cope with reporting from the frontline. Now they will illustrate a book of his experiences• See more of Abdul-Ahad’s drawings here
  Last July, as the Iraqi army was liberating Mosul after nine months of catastrophic fighting against Isis, the Guardian journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad found himself in a makeshift military post in the old city. The building was so badly damaged, it was hard to tell what it had been before
  
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• The war-zone drawings of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

  09-09-2017 21:00
  During a reporting career that has seen him taken captive twice, Guardian journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s watercolour sketches of war zones have helped him cope with the traumas of the frontline. Here he describes a selection of his sketchesRead Killian Fox’s interview with Ghaith Abdul-Ahad hereContinue reading...
  
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• Giant portrait of toddler peers over US-Mexico border wall

  09-09-2017 05:30
  French artist JR erected the cut-out of the boy that stands nearly 20 metres tall and is meant to prompt discussion of immigrationA photo of a giant toddler stands in Mexico and peers over a steel wall dividing the country from the United States.The boy appears to grip the barrier with his fingers, leaving the impression the entire thing could be toppled with a giggle. Related: Migrant deaths at US-Mexico border increase 17% this year, UN figures showRelated: What is Daca and who are the Dreamer
  
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• YOUTH ARTS PROGRAM MANAGER

  09-09-2017 04:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LT is looking for a program manager who will champion creativity and the arts as a development pathway by leading programs that will enthuse and engage the youth of Hawaii.
  Lili‘uokalani Trust (LT) is a private operating foundation founded in 1909, for the benefit of orphaned and destitute children with preference given to Native Hawaiian children. The Trust serves approximately 10,000 children annually through direct services statewide, and reaches thousands more through collaborations wi
  
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• Sydney Contemporary seduces with animated flowers, charcoal houses and a live dingo

  09-09-2017 00:04
  Carriageworks becomes a temple of art for the five-day fair, offering a feast for the eyes and a treat for the soul – if you can ignore the naked commerce• Sydney Contemporary glitters and growls – in pictures
  About two thirds of the way through my self-guided walking tour of Sydney Contemporary, I ran into an artist friend. Conversations at Australia’s largest and now dominant art fair usually begin with asking what you’ve seen. For my friend, the question was diffe
  
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• Sydney Contemporary glitters and growls – in pictures

  09-09-2017 00:04
  With a chain of performers in multicoloured gowns snaking their way through the crowd, others in glittery bodysuits and giant modular heads, and live music by Sydney electronic artist Marcus Whale, Sydney Contemporary officially opened on Thursday night. The five-day art fair at Carriageworks in Redfern features over 500 works from over 90 galleries across Australia and abroad, including Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and China.• Sydney Contemporary seduces with animated flowers, charcoal ho
  
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• Inside Houston's Flooded Alley Theatre

  09-09-2017 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Grime-streaked floodwater nearly slapped the 10-foot ceilings of the lower of the building’s two chambers, lurching up a winding stairway and foreclosing access to the lobby below. But when the New York-based playwright Rajiv Joseph, who recounted his experience by telephone on Wednesday, peered down into the morass on Aug. 27, the grief was instant and deflating.
  
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