The City of God Bible Art Mural Project brings together the Anglican Parish of Christ the King in the City of God in Rio de Janeiro, international mural artist Joel Bergner and local people. In 2010 and 2011 we produced murals of the Garden of Eden, the Last Supper and the New Jerusalem. In 2013 the project takes to the streets to produce two murals for Prophets' Square and Easter Square. Follow the adventure here over the coming days...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Mind your language
Tuesday began with an English lesson. With the World Cup and the Olympic Games on their way to Rio de Janeiro in the next few years more and more children are leaning English at school. We learnt the words for the colours Joel has been using on the murals and some of the objects that feature in them.
When Joel came to the City of God for three months last year he spent his time teaching English at a local arts association so all this was second nature. However, it wasn´t so straightforward for the young people who had to cope not just with the differences between a British and an American accent but even several different ways of spelling words.