Projecting

Apologies for the lag between posts, I came down with another cold last week that turned me temporarily into a very lethargic snot-monster. I have never used so many tissues in a single day...I'm almost impressed. TMI aside, last week I was out and about on Arts Council business six days out of seven...impressive and definitely not expected.

Thursday I got a chance to do a site visit to the "Trash is not Trash" up-cycling project, combining arts education and environmental outreach. The kids were an enthusiastic and good-natured bunch, and they had been working on a lot of cool projects. I have a whole write-up about it the English language newspaper "Mongol Messenger", but of course that is at work. For now, here's a picture

Friday I slept in and then went to my friend Hannah's art show at the Red Ger Gallery. There were a lot of fantastic pieces, so I'll put those pictures up on facebook. Here's a group shot that Ganaa got of us though.

After viewing Hannah's show, I went to a school with Oyunaa and Daria to give a presentation on Halloween I'd thrown together last week for an English language class. After a traffic-jam filled drive, we arrived at the school to discover they had no power. Twenty kids were sitting in the semi-dark waiting for us, so I just told random factoids about Day of the Dead and popular Halloween costumes. Afterwards some of the kids gathered around to talk pop music. It is always embarrassing to realize you don't know the beginnings to some of your "favorite" songs but can still sing along to Taylor Swift.

Saturday then was the Halloween Party for three different schools, including the one from Friday's outing, at a bowling alley located in an amusement park. Luckily the Zorig Foundation and their American worker Ned took charge of most of the games. There was a mummy costume contest and an apple-eating contest. Plenty of candy, of course. And then there was some bowling, with too many kids for too few bowling balls and shoes. They still had a blast though. I only got to throw the bowling ball three times and got the gutter each time. Not a proud day for America, but oh well.

Oyunaa and I modeling our Halloween stickers

Overall it was a scattered but good end to the week. And on the seventh day, she rested and watched much "The Legend of Korra" and "Avatar: The Last Airbender"