Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Friends Near and Far

The world according to kids, De Amicis elementary school, LivornoI spent this weekend at a polling station in my old elementary school, where I had plenty of time to explore the works of the kids exposed on the walls. This Eurasia is part of a map of the world called “Amici vicini e lontani” (Friends Near and Far).
The world according to kids, De Amicis elementary school, Livorno
Africa

The world according to kids, De Amicis elementary school, Livorno
North America

The world according to kids, De Amicis elementary school, Livorno
South America

The world according to kids, De Amicis elementary school, Livorno
Greenland

The world according to kids, De Amicis elementary school, Livorno
Australia

See also: De Amicis School - Inside De Amicis

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22 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 1:07 AM

    colourful as hope - wonderful work.


    please have you all a good tuesday.

    daily athens

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  2. Luis GomezJune 14, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    Beautiful!

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  3. brattcatJune 14, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    love all of these close-ups. but particularly the australians in their grass skirts.

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  4. RandyJune 14, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    Colorful and so wonderful!

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  5. MichelleJune 14, 2011 at 4:22 AM

    A beautiful depiction of the world.

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  6. cieldequimperJune 14, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    Cute! Love the Indians and Australians. Did I hear the turnout was 57%?

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  7. Cezar and LéiaJune 14, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    It's wonderful, I miss "South America"so much! :)
    Léia

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  8. HildaJune 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    The Australians in grass skirts made me laugh!

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  9. DinaJune 14, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Well done, fun, pretty.
    Good for those kids!

    How did it feel being back in your school for days?

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  10. Doug HickokJune 14, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    These are extraordinary paintings. I love the bright color palette.

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  11. UnknownJune 14, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    These are lovely!
    So I see you've been working on the referendums. :-)

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  12. PerthDailyPhotoJune 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Ah school memories!! Haha! the Australia image made me laugh VP, haven't worn a grass skirt since.....last weekend, only joking!!

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  13. KarlJune 14, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    Beautiful and lovely paintings, so should be the world...

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  14. GunnJune 14, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    Your photos, and their work, should be made in to postcards, sent to each PM all over the world!

    Colorful, nice and with a clear and important message.

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  15. JackJune 14, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Very cute, VP. We adults should occasionally spend time around kids and their work. It is so fresh!

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  16. Traveling HawkJune 14, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    Very nice drawings and they have a good sense of colours too!

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  17. svenske floydJune 14, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    It seems they have no friends in Scandinavia! What could we do about it?

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  18. jooJune 14, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    Beautiful post, VP! I love these paintings.

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  19. VPJune 14, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    @ Svenske Floyd - It is not a problem of friends: they do not have Scandinavia at all!

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  20. Stefan JanssonJune 14, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    Creative kids. Although you need to tell them that Sweden is part of Europe!

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  21. FranciscaJune 15, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    These paintings are delightful... I bet the Australians would love to know they are thought by Italian kids to be Hawaiians in hula skirts! :-D

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  22. KaoriJune 16, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    I thought it would be Hawaii but it was Australia! Very cute :D

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