Art Refuge on the Radio Earlier this year, we were interviewed in Dharamsala for the Tibet Connection radio show by Rebecca Novick. Tibet Connection is based in California and produces a one hour radio show each month. Rebeca has very kindly given us a copy of the interview to put on our site which you can find here Radiointerview Volunteers needed We are currently looking for volunteers with skills in sales and merchandising to help us sell the assorted products we have as well as helping the website be more well known. If you have any free time and would like to help, please contact us at: info@artrefugeuk.org 'Journey into Exile' - current viewing Our travelling exhibition, Journey into Exile', is now up in Glasgow, soon to be on show at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It's there for a month starting from September 5th and should look really good there (apparently Kelvingrove is a fantastic place and has recently re-opened after a long period of refurbishment). update on the programme A visit earlier this year to both centres in Dharamsala and Kathmandu proved to be very poignant. It was an opportunity for us to check on our staff, to see what supplies were needed, and to spend time with any children present. For a detailed account, see the blog at update The highlight, though, was the incredible opportunity for us to meet with the Dalai Lama. Support from UK MPs Earlier this year we had the pleasure of meeting with some of our MPs who are members of the All- Party Group for Tibet. Two of them have kindly sent us messages of support. Harry Cohen, the MP for Leyton and Wanstead has this to say: "I was very happy to recently meet in Parliament Frances Fox and Karen Littleton who briefed me on the work of Art Refuge. I was very impressed at the reaching out, through art, to Tibetan children in exile in both Dharamsala and Nepal. This is real support, that goes a long way beyond just art, to vulnerable children. It brings much needed happiness,well-being and self esteem to these children I declare my support and best wishes, Harry Cohen MP Kailashblog And Julie Morgan, M. P. for Cardiff North, said: " When I visited Dharamsala last year, I was fortunate enough to meet many Tibetan children and I am very glad that Art Refuge UK is both there and in Kathmandu providing such support and positive experiences for them. It's important that we remember the difficult situation facing so many Tibetan children and I applaud such creative efforts to help them. Fundraising trip to Tibet 07 In July & August, 2 Art Refuge UK trustees, plus 2 other family members went on a trek round Mount Kailash in Tibet to raise funds for the charity (as well as to explore Tibet, Nepal and India).I kept a blog as much as possible which is now posted and updated (with photos too). So far we have raised about £1200, and still money is coming in. To check our journey, see Kailashblog London launch Our London Launch of Art Refuge UK at the Sweet Tea House in Bethnal Green was pretty successful. We also hosted a visit to the UK of Ama Adhe, one of our staff members from Dharamsala. There is a blog devoted to the exhibition and Ama Adhe's visit: exhibitionblog and click on the keyword 'exhibition.' For some reason the blogs are in chronological order...starting from the latest entry, so you have to go to the bottom of the page for the start of proceedings. If I can work out how to change it, I will, promise.