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• If You Are a Textile Artist , Buyer Or Just Like to Look ...

  

  If you are a textile artist , buyer or just like to look at beautiful handmade textiles check out THE TEXTILE AND FIBER ART LIST at tafaforum.comThis is a very... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Indigenous Roots of Expressive Arts Therapy

  

  Cross Cultural Collaborative is offering a very special workshop in GHANA with Kate T. Donohue,registered Expressive arts therapist.To be held August 12 - Augus... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• How About Taiwan?

  

  We usually write about Ghana,but we'd like to tell you about our friend Jane Ingram Allen who curates a residency in Taiwan.It's an annual project using... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• African Textile Workshop

  

  We focus on bringing people from different cultures together to work on creative collaborations and in that spirit we are offering an AFRICAN TEXTILE WORKSHOP i... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• 2nd ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR ABA HOUSE KIDS

  

  We're doing it again!COME HAVE FUN AND SUPPORT OUR KIDS - all proceeds pay for educational needs for the Aba House kidsOCTOBER 25, 2013 CAMBRIDGE YMCA - 820 Mas... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Patchwork Pocketbook

  

  Alena came all the way to Ghana to model our bags. Well,maybe she also did some other things while she was there.These bags are made of patchwork African... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Summer Visitor 2013

  

  Ann-Bridgit Gary visited us in July to study the traditional and contemporary pottery scene in Ghana.This is her first diary entry:Recycle,recycle, my spirit... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Summer in Ghana

  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFZywRZU1D4 We are off to Ghana for our summer program.Pretty soon this yard will be full of awesome kids. They compete with... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Why Go to Ghana with Cross Cultural Collaborative?

  

  We'll take you to the bead market and then to a workshop to see how the beads are made. Want to make your own beads? Why not....Besides being beautiful beads... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Awesome Kids

  

  The Aba House kids make paper from sugar cane leaves and then bind journals using the handmade paper. We wanted to make the books "Ghanaian", so we decided to... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Charlie and His Students at Aba House

  

  Charlie Michaels and some of his students from the University of Michigan came to Aba House for 3 weeks as part of a service learning program.This market scene... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Summer in Ghana

  

  We'll be there from July 6 - August 29. We always have several projects and this summer I plan to concentrate on "Books by Girls", a creative writing program... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Adinkra

  

  "Greenie", an inspiring teacher at the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, comes to Aba House every summer for an art "fix". Not trained as an artist she just... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• More from Lou

  

  If you're wondering what it's like to shop in Ghana,here's a dispatch from Lou:Now I'm feeling much more at home in Africa. We took a taxi through all parts of... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Honeymoon at Aba House

  

  Lou and Ama came to Aba House for their honeymoon. Ama is from Kumasi, Ghana and Lou from Idaho, USA so they both experience living in two different... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Storytelling at Aba House

  

  This is a guest blog from Sharon Kennedy (sharonkennedy.com) a professional story teller who came to Aba House in Jan. 2013.In January this year I went to... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Little Irony

  

  This photo is from NBC News and goes with a story about Boston being on lock-down. All transport - schools - most businesses closed and streets empty. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Service Learning

  

  We offer a summer learning program in Ghana. We have a cultural center where authors, story makers and teachers, as well as Ghanaian artisans and local children... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Interesting Film

  

  I want to tell you about Anita Loshmanova. You will be interested in her if you like African textiles,African culture, Ghanaian textiles and culture. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Pride of Ewe Kente

  

  I have a few copies of this book for sale.Bob Dennis Ahiagble , the author, is from a famous weaving family in Ghana.Ewe kente is unique in that it has symbols... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL