Seasoned Guatemalan clay animator, Jen Tercero (Morena), volunteers with Athentikos by leading an online clay workshops as well as art camps in Guatemala. We are thrilled to have her as part of our volunteer team and love her heart to invest in others. She combines her life experience and love of art to inspire others […]
Black Paper Workshop Project Leader: Dawn Elsenbroek Opal House 2019 Photography By Bev Abma This workshop used colors and found objects to make their own paper. First, the group painted homes, using colors which represented parts of their personality and who you are. ie: artistic, athletic, tall, short, big family, small family, introverted, extroverted, etc. […]
I AM GRATEFUL – GRACIAS SELF PORTRAITS By: Amelia Moore // Photography By: Emily Foss, Bev Abma & Kathlyn Chan The I AM ART projects are intentionally planned to help participants discover more about themselves and explore the world around them while developing creative and mental skills, strengthen their faith and develop personal identity. While […]
Why You Should Join an I Am Art Camp Former Athentikos intern Courtney Noya reflects on her unexpected participation with I Am Art, and how anyone can join despite doubt and inhibitions. When I first began working with Athentikos in 2016, I didn’t quite understand what kind of path I was starting to journey down. […]
This blog was written by Athentikos’ own David Lee, who has been a key player in the development and execution of our Summer 2017 IAA camps at Front Porch Ministry. As I reflect on the first three domestic I Am Art events and we head into our art show, I am very grateful to be […]
The following blog was written by one of Athentikos’s volunteers and workshop leaders, Kati Korosuo. Going to Guatemala had been hunting me for about 13 years, until last summer (2016) I finally made it there. I spent five weeks in the country teaching Dances to a Beat (DTB), a dance technique I’ve developed myself, […]
I’m Ivette, a Guatemalan I AM ART volunteer and currently a full time university student. In addition to working with I AM ART, throughout 2016 I was also temporarily an interpreter, nursery teacher, and radio host. I suppose you could say I do my best to fulfill any need in Jesus’s kingdom. My first I AM […]
A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Christmas, a feast of thanksgiving for the incredible fact of the incarnation—that God would take on human nature, including human flesh, to redeem it and draw us into union with Him. “The Word became Flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Just in case you’re rusty on your […]
AWAKE: fully conscious, alert, and aware : not asleep. We have been leading teams to Guatemala for nine years now through the Athentikos documentary projects and now the I AM ART camps. Over the last 5 years, we’ve led eleven camps in Guatemala with 6 different partner organizations, 120 artists/volunteers, and nearly 2,000 at-risk children to transform pain into purpose through […]
The following blog was written by one of our Guatemalan volunteers, Irene. She has volunteered with Athentikos as a translator in the past, but this year she took the chance to become a workshop leader. We are incredibly grateful for her creative and passionate spirit! Hi! My name is Irene and I’m a student of […]