The Gayla Expression Arts group was set up within Belfast Travellers support group in 2003 supported by the "Children's Fund Unit". Its is a 3 year project which works with Traveller children between the ages of 4 - 12.
The children are encouraged to learn in a creative environment using a variety of arts materials.
The children will use the skills developed to create a number of projects namely, Radio Play, Self Portraits and Sculptures. The art work has already been exhibited at the Water Front Hall and the Play Resource Warehouse.
This summer the Travller children from the Glen Road designed and created window boxes which reflected on their lives. The children learned how to decorate window boxes with mosac tiles and with the help of conservation volunteers, they planted them with wild flowers. The window boxes were boxes were presented to settled residents of the Glen Road at the Tullymore Community Centre. The evening was a great sucess.
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