Artists Magazine - USA (2019-10)

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SHARINGSTORIES


ANDCULTURE
Corbel,whohasnowlivedin
Baltimoreformorethana decade,
saysthathehasmanymorestories
to tell.“IknowI won’thavetimeto
writeallthestoriesI haveinmind,”
hesays,“soI’mtotallyreadyfor
collaborationwithothers.”Heplans
to stopteachingina fewyearsso
hecanspendmoretimewriting,
drawingandmakingbooksfeaturing
someoftheartistshehasmeton
his travels. He’d also like to organize
artistic/cultural trips to Africa. In the


past,hehasruna summerprogram
thatbroughtMICAstudentstoCape
VerdeandSãoTomé.
“They’dbasicallycomewithme
anddrawa bit,andalsoenjoythe
cultureofthosecountries,”theartist
says.“I’dadvertisemyselfasa bridge,
sharingthethingsI findandlike
withothers.WhetherI’mmaking
a bookortraveling,I’mtryingto
serveasa bridgebetweencultures.”

Stefanie Laufersweiler is a freelance
writer and editor living in Cincinnati.

“Particularly in Africa, it’s only the kids who normally draw.


In all of these countries, I know adults who can draw very


well, but sometimes they’re just lacking materials or are doing


something else because they have to make a living.”


—ALAIN CORBEL


TOP
Corbel guided a group of
children as they painted
portraits during a 2012
workshop for the project Vozes
de Nos (Our Voices) in Polana
Caniço, a neighborhood in
Maputo, the capital of
Mozambique.

ABOVE
Corbel ran an illustration
workshop for children in Dili,
thecapitalofEastTimor.

TO LEARN MORE, VISIT
ALAINCORBEL.IN-NETZ.COM AND
ALAINCORBEL-COS.BLOGSPOT.COM.
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