Shona Hammond Boys Speech Launch of Richard Vernall's book Running on Empty
Thank you Richard for your dedication and commitment to youth and children and to the community at large. Thank you for standing up and speaking out. I teach creativity. I teach this because I believe in Life. I teach that we must be in love with life itself. I speak from my experiences in Children`s Art Houses. I speak for many young lives struggling to express themselves and to be heard. I speak because every child counts, every life matters and because I cannot give up on the...
September 22, 2023Proposed Aotearoa Children's Arts Council 1 Sept 2023
Re: Crime in the New ZealandChildren in New Zealand are feeling hopelessness, powerlessness, despair, and have done for many generations.There is no support for their skills and dreams.And we want them to behave “normally”. What is their “normal”?Has anyone ever listened to them?Does anyone know what they want for their lives?And as for a “peaceful” life, it has not been provided for them.Even with what their childhood home life is like, their future can be reclaimed by them.But they...
September 3, 2023Shona Hammond Boys submission to Hamilton City Council on Founders Theatre 15 May 2023
MorenaTena kotuTena kotuTena kotu kotoaI am Shona Hammond Boys, National Director of the NZ Children’s Art House Foundation. Founder of the NZ Children’s Art Clubs and Art Houses.I have travelled the world advocating for Te Kura aroha Toi, which is the school of love for the arts, and role modelled Children’s Art Houses across the globe as New Zealand’s representative on the International Child Art Foundation since 1997, receiving many awards for this work.I have returned today to where ...
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