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Impact Partner Workshop with L’Arche Atlanta
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.
An Oasis in the Midst of a Pandemic
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
Happy ONE Year Anniversary!
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
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Sherri Andreas
Sherri Andreas! Sherri is a look-term Athentikos I AM ART Camp Alumni and we are honored that she joined the board this year. She began her journey with Athentikos in 2015 when she joined the I Am Art trip to Casa Bernabe. She often says that her heart came to Guatemala and never left.

Kathlyn Chan
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

Impact Partner Workshop with L’Arche Atlanta
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.

An Oasis in the Midst of a Pandemic
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
Travel & Serve through Creative Arts

COVID Impacts Our Vendors in Guatemala
Athentikos organizes mission teams to serve in under-resourced communities in Guatemala several times a year. One of our core values is community and we strive

Beautiful Child of God
This blog is written by Irena, one of our Guatemalan friends and volunteers. Irena, along with other Guatemalan volunteers, have been making monthly trips to

The Waters are Calmer
Have you ever stood on one of those floating piers? Where it seems sturdy, so you’re feeling pretty good about it, but then a wave

An Oasis to the Soul
This blog was written by 18-year-old interpreter, Nicole Grajeda. Nicole was passionate about wanting to serve with a mission program, and after learning about Athentikos

Casa Bernabe 2017 Was A Huge Success!
The Best Yet … REALLY In October, we returned to the Casa Bernabé orphanage in Guatemala to heal through creative arts. This was our third

Impact – Oasis 2016
We’re grateful to partner with organizations like Kids Alive’s Oasis in Guatemala, a ministry that seeks healing and restoration for girls who have been rescued

Something Changed Forever
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
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Amelia Moore

David Lee

Look again. What do you see?

String Art Workshop Impacts Guatemala Kids

Making Lemonade
Creativity

Virtual Classes Cross Borders
A Girls’ Home in Guatemala joins An Exchange Workshop virtually Athentikos hosted an online workshop in June focused on Lettering taught by Alejandra Barillas (Ale),

Ten Camps and More to Come
About the Author: Ivette Alvarado is currently is studying communications at one of the private universities in Guatemala. She has been volunteering on Athentikos teams

The Beauty of Being a Beginner
About the author: Cristha Fuentes is a powerhouse artist. She is a beautiful Guatemalan designer who uses the art of leather design to tell graceful
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Becoming Fools
Youth living in the streets of Guatemala honor their mentor Italo Castro in a theatrical performance after he dies in a tragic accident.
