First Friday – Open Art Studio

LEAF Global Arts hosts family-friendly art during First Fridays on The BLOCK. This month’s theme is The Climate Crisis: Living with our trash. Visual arts teaching artist Lina Olson will lead a project upcycling plastic bottles into snow globes. Bring your own plastic bottles or use some of ours

Mayani is a Maasai boy from longido Arusha. He went to boarding school at 6 years old and lost his Maasai language and tradition. Since joining the LEAF program, he has learned to sing Maasai songs, practiced the ‘jump’ tradition and wear Maasai shukas (traditional clothing). Mayani is extremely happy and is currently teaching other youth the culture.