I’ve been to Guatemala 6 times now and each time I leave I remind myself how much I’d like to come to this beautiful country without all my video production gear. Just a still camera and a couple of lenses to take photos and that’s it. However, each opportunity I get to go, it’s inevitable […]
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Guatemalan culture is very diverse and what you could describe as “colorful”. I want to give you a brief History and explain a little bit of who inhabits this beautiful country. In Guatemala(previously known as Quauhtlemallan meaning the land of many trees), prior to the Spanish invasion, there lived many Mayan tribes; the country was […]
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I AM ART Guatemala In-Country Coordinator Kathlyn is the wife of Noé and mother of our precious daughter Hadassah. They live in Guatemala. She grew up as an “artist” whether it was sketching during classes, creating bicycles out of twisty-ties or painting rocks. As an adult, she now enjoys painting, drawing, baking exotic things and […]
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We are honored to partner with L’Arche Atlanta to host creative workshop experiences for their community. L’Arche Atlanta is a non-profit, house-based community that celebrates the gifts of people with and without intellectual disabilities. The most recent online workshop focused on the themes of joy and sorrow and how these elements are part of all of our stories.
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By: Luica Chan It has been a different time since last year, at first the uncertainty, the confinement and having to pause life as I knew it, that generated conflict, however in the middle of all that I also experienced God in different ways and in different areas of my life. During this time, I […]
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Did you hear it’s our ONE YEAR ONLINE anniversary!? One year ago we launched our online creative arts workshops online as we pivoted from doing in-person camps during the pandemic. Our team of artists led strategically planned creative workshops online while still giving our partnership organizations in Guatemala the opportunity to participate. Workshops include all […]
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COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Amelia Moore and her husband, Scott were introduced to the beautiful country of Guatemala in 2005 through the adoption of their two sons. Her formal background is in art and graphic design, and from these creative fields, she discovered a love of photography in 2003. She’s now a full-time award-winning photographer working in […]
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR David Lee has led dozens of trips to Guatemala with Athentikos since 2015. He’s a graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, TN who began playing music after watching old-timers playing the blues on the front porch as a child in Mississippi. I AM ART allows David to combine his passion for creativity with […]
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This month we welcome several new board members to the Athentikos Board. We are excited that Sherri Andreas has committed to step into this leadership role. Sherri began her journey with Athentikos in 2015 when she joined the I Am Art trip to Casa Bernabe in Guatemala. She often says that her heart came to […]
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Noé Chan (husband of Kathlyn Chan, our In-Country Guatemala Programs Coordinator) led our String Art online workshop. Noé is Guatemalan has been working with Athentikos since 2018. With the COVID life putting him “working from home”, he is teaching Art and Math to three homeschool youth at “La Escuelita” (an Athentikos ministry partner in Guatemala). […]