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SAY WHAT?• 2 Days, 1 Night Arts Festival

• Youth Art Clubs From Across Cambodia

• Estimated 200 Participants

• Khmer Arts in Kandal Province (it’s fancy)

• Khmer Professional: Meet and Greet, Workshops, and Performances

• Youth Art: Showcased, Presented, Performed, Celebrated

$$$ MONEY $$$• PCPP Grant Funded (Pending)

• Each community will provide 25% of their total costs•Approximately $6.50 per attendee•Covers food, lodging, transportation, t-shirts, certificates, small stipend for materials, and fun

Fundraiser Ideas: community performances, donations, gallery opening, baked rice sale, Student Red Cross, talent show

PCV INVOLVEMENT• Facilitate bi-weekly arts based clubs with

a Khmer counterpart.

• Logistics: keep attendance logs, organize transportation, chaperones, permission slips, application, funding, and receipts.

• Role model alternative teaching techniques.

• Help get an organization or professional involved.

CLUB IDEAS• Music, Choir, Songwriting, Instrumental

• Spoken Word, Story Telling, Poetry

• Theater, Plays, Sketch Comedy, Improv, Mime

• Group Dance, Solo Dance

• Visual Art: Painting, Drawing, Collage, Posters, Sculpture, Comic

• Multimedia: Photo, Video

• Architecture, Urban Planning

• Fashion

• Recycled Art

• Creative Writing

TIMELINE• Start and facilitate club as soon as

possible

• Apply for the festival: by March 23

• Fundraise and keep working on the club

• Prepare for festival and complete logistical elements

• Festival: May 12-13

• Debrief: Post monitoring and evaluation

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

• Art clubs can be useful to promote all sorts of messages and awareness.

• Role modeling alternative education techniques.

• Artistic abilities of PCVs and students do not matter.

• Look for existing interests in your community.

• New and exciting opportunity for Khmer youth.

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