we're grateful for our website art and photography!
for website watercolors, two "always be listening" logos by Caroline Magerl,
two marvelous new children's books by Caroline Magerl (Yay! Australia!!)
photography by Riley Bergkamp, paintings: Brandon & Riley Bergkamp
photography: Joseph Braun and Larry Wang (USA!!)
embedded humanitarian photography: Eric Ochere (Yay! Kenya)
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and more: street art, crayon, watercolors, paintings:
by Kibera School Children,
TOMA!!
More art from the Jordanian Camps for Syrian Children
Clay and Plasticine Art by the Calais Children, Refuge Art UK
Brandon Bergkamp, Riley Bergkamp
Picture of "The Day the Soldiers Came", 10 y/o boy in Za'atri Camp
Art by the and ART by lots of other children!
paintings by the students of Kibera Slum School
International award-winning Children's Picture book Illustrator-Author Caroline Magerl, Queensland, Australia, created and donated two exquisite watercolor logos to illustrate our commitment to "listening" with compassion to the direct lived experience of those we work with -- the children of our global project, always be listening global initiative (alwaysbelisteningglobal.com) who are affected by war and armed conflict, and -- those we work with in the US through abbey psychological services (abbeypsychservices.com) who are affected by conflict and exposure to interpersonal adult violence, and sometimes directly hurt and mistreated, abused.
Caroline's lyrical paintings and enchanting stories beautifully conceptualize our desire to attend more closely and accurately to the direct experiences of all children in distress wherever we find them,
for website watercolors, two "always be listening" logos by Caroline Magerl,
two marvelous new children's books by Caroline Magerl (Yay! Australia!!)
photography by Riley Bergkamp, paintings: Brandon & Riley Bergkamp
photography: Joseph Braun and Larry Wang (USA!!)
embedded humanitarian photography: Eric Ochere (Yay! Kenya)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
and more: street art, crayon, watercolors, paintings:
by Kibera School Children,
TOMA!!
More art from the Jordanian Camps for Syrian Children
Clay and Plasticine Art by the Calais Children, Refuge Art UK
Brandon Bergkamp, Riley Bergkamp
Picture of "The Day the Soldiers Came", 10 y/o boy in Za'atri Camp
Art by the and ART by lots of other children!
paintings by the students of Kibera Slum School
International award-winning Children's Picture book Illustrator-Author Caroline Magerl, Queensland, Australia, created and donated two exquisite watercolor logos to illustrate our commitment to "listening" with compassion to the direct lived experience of those we work with -- the children of our global project, always be listening global initiative (alwaysbelisteningglobal.com) who are affected by war and armed conflict, and -- those we work with in the US through abbey psychological services (abbeypsychservices.com) who are affected by conflict and exposure to interpersonal adult violence, and sometimes directly hurt and mistreated, abused.
Caroline's lyrical paintings and enchanting stories beautifully conceptualize our desire to attend more closely and accurately to the direct experiences of all children in distress wherever we find them,
- listening to what they've experienced,
- how they coped in those moments,
- eliciting what remains of their suffering (lingering PTSD symptoms), so we can match them with appropriate treatment.
July 29. 2015
The award-winning children's book, Hasel and Rose, continues to be recognized internationally both for its incredible artwork and for the haunting, compelling, universal story it conveys understood by children everywhere who are confused and lonely at being uprooted from their homes and who are longing for comfort.
Caroline made a wonderful, whirlwind, coast to coast book tour of the US. She and the American version of Hasel and Rose, entitled, Rose and the Wish Thing, were and are adored by US audiences!!
The award-winning children's book, Hasel and Rose, continues to be recognized internationally both for its incredible artwork and for the haunting, compelling, universal story it conveys understood by children everywhere who are confused and lonely at being uprooted from their homes and who are longing for comfort.
Caroline made a wonderful, whirlwind, coast to coast book tour of the US. She and the American version of Hasel and Rose, entitled, Rose and the Wish Thing, were and are adored by US audiences!!
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Thank you to all our contributing child and adult photographers and artists!
Eric Ochere Green, our only embedded photographer and friend - he works in Kenya, where he has the pulse of the everyday lives
of children and families, and the joys and adversities they encounter.
Creative Santa Barbara, California, Photographer, Joseph Braun, contributed a discounted bank of professional photographs for use on this site.
6.23.2015.
Many thanks to Larry Wong, San Francisco Photojournalist who continually criss-crosses the United States photographing people, events, places,
(and food!), and has made his work available to both abbey and always be listening global.
And, finally -- Thank you! to the children -- who send their pictures to The Blue Door page! (and to parents, friends, teachers, and aid workers who help us collect children's art work!) Your pages are the favorites by far.