The Artist’s Magazine – October 2019

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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.