Port of Spain Atlanta Sister Cities Network

2010 Showcase: Your World

The 2010 theme Your World is an opportunity for you to express your personal vision of what makes you, you. International travel and cultural exchanges can impact your life in many different ways. How have cultures and experiences influenced your ideas and perspectives of the world??

Eligibility and Media

• Participants must be between 13 and 18 years of age at the time the entries are due on April 02, 2010.
• Submissions limit: one piece from the local sister city community and one from each of their sister city partners. Only artwork submitted by a sister city will be accepted.
• Each entry must be sent with a completed official entry form and the appropriate fee paid by.
• Only two-dimensional artwork, no larger than 24″ x 30″ (60cm x 75cm), including matting is accepted. Water color, oils, pastels, pen and ink, charcoal, photography, two-dimensional mixed media, as well as computer generated art, are all acceptable media.

This exhibition was held at the National Museum where the programme was launched.

The artwork is now on display at the National Library (NALIS ).

THIS EXHIBIT FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT OF SPAIN AND THE CITY OF ATLANTA IN THE FIRST PART….

THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLANTA AND THE INTERNATIONAL PAINTPALS WHO INVITED US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ART-FOR-BEIJING EVENT (ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2008 OLYMPICS) BY ENTERING OUR STUDENTS WORKS OF ART INTO THIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

“A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action.”

Positive Minds is an iEARN TnT project. This video, created using the song “Man in the Mirror”, was done to launch the project. With the recent death of Michael Jackson, it seems timely as a tribute.

This successful event, which took place in June, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia, was a joint venture between the Sister Cities and the Emmanuel Lutheran Church.

Click here to see the promotional information.

The Fifth Summit of the Americas took place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in April of 2009.  Read articles about this important event here:  Summits of the Americas Newsletter - May 2009

The Principal, teachers and students of Mucurapo Girls Primary School were very fortunate to have as the special guest Mrs. Kaufmann-De Labastide (standing in for Finland Honorary Consul) on World Bio-Diversity Day as we joined the rest of 97 countries throughout the world, in this very important “Go Green” exercise.

On the Frontlines of Climate Change: A global forum for indigenous peoples, small islands and vulnerable communities: www.climatefrontlines.org

An application for project funding was submitted by Mrs. Gia Gaspard-Taylor and Abe Fergussen, on behalf of iEARNTnT.  The project is entitled:  Youth Speaking Out: Working with the Winds of Change

You can read the proposal outline here.