CHARCOAL FOR CHILDREN (CFC), a community-based creative workshop for children presented by LagiLagi in collaboration with CushCush Gallery (CCG) is finally back after a one-year break. Due to Covid-19 pandemic which prevent us from gathering and socializing at CCG like we normally do, CFC 2021 is traveling to communities in various Balinese villages instead.
Presenting our 4th theme “Tell Me Tales”, CFC aims to discover and share local stories from the children of different villages. This year’s invited artists feature one collage visual artist, Irene Febry, and two multidisciplinary artists, Juli Sastrawan and ‘Jong’ Santiasa Putra to engage with children in creative workshop sessions that are based on story writing — from rolling an illustrated dice to inspire the children making their own short stories, drawing their own characters with LagiLagi DIY charcoal, to scavenging for materials in their surroundings to make art collages.
Following health protocols, a series of 6 workshops is being held in the period of March – July 2021, in 6 villages.
- Marga Ole village, Tabanan
- Batuan village, Gianyar
- Penglipuran village, Bangli
- Serangan
- Candi Kusuma village, Jembrana
- Bayung Gede village, Kintamani
CFC aims to strengthen the spirit of creativity and collaboration of local communities while still supporting art, design and issues on sustainability.
After completing all the workshops, CFC and the invited artists will take inspiration from the stories and collages created by the children to write an illustrated children’s story book, to be published next year (2022).
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INVITED ARTISTS
IRENE FEBRY, a young emerging mixed media artist based in Bali. She is known for her exploration of colors and organic shapes in her collages. She creatively uses materials around her and recycles them to create abstract yet exquisite artworks. She is interested in giving a second life to objects and collaboration.
JULI SASTRAWAN, a talented writer and translator who is passionate about coffee, has just published his first novel ‘Kulit Kera Piduka’ in 2020. He won the second place of Festival Literasi Nasional (National Festival of Literacy) in 2016 held by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (Language Council) of Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.
SANTIASA PUTRA a.k.a Jong is an active director, scriptwriter, researcher, actor and puppet player in Teater Kalangan and Kacak Kicak Puppet Theatre. His previous performance with Teater Kalangan was BE.KAS, which held at MEBRAYA performance art in November 2020. His last show with Kacak Kicak Puppet Theater was Pan Jempenit, a remake of myth script I Nengah Tinggen, at Plataran Canggu, December 2020. We can enjoy his writings — poetry, short story and essay in tatkala.co. He has launched an anthology book ‘Seandainya Kata-Kata Pecah di Keningmu’, published by Mahima Institute Indonesia. He also works passionately as a cook and event organizer at Warung Men Brayut.
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CHARCOAL FOR CHILDREN 2021: TELL ME TALES WORKSHOP
Workshop 1 – MARGA OLE VILLAGE, TABANAN
Sunday, 28 March 2021
The first workshop of the CFC2021 series was successfully held in Banjar Ole at Marga village, Tabanan. This small village set in vast and natural rice fields tells compelling impressions and stories. By inviting 18 children from Sanggar Burat Wangi (local cultural center), the workshop was carried out with great enthusiasm.
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WORKSHOP
2 – BATUAN VILLAGE, GIANYAR
Sunday, 9 May 2021
The second workshop took place in Banjar Pekandelan at Batuan village, Gianyar which is famous for its arts and handicrafts. With 18 children from Sanggar Batur Ulangun (a local Batuan style painting community), Sunday was spent creatively. The participating children were very excited, especially during charcoal drawing and rubbing session creating compositions using texture and forms of locally found leaves, flowers and found objects, since art is something they are passionate about.
Click to download article “Art, Charcoal and Dice : New Tales from Batuan” in English
Click to download article “Seni, Arang Gambar dan Dadu: Kisah Baru dari Batuan” in Indonesian
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WORKSHOP
3 – PENGLIPURAN VILLAGE, BANGLI
Sunday, 30 May 2021
The third workshop continues in Penglipuran Village, Bangli, one of the best well-preserved traditional villages in Bali. Our loud and fun “creactivities” with the 15 children at Banjar Adat attracted tourists’ attention. Lastly, the best thing to do in Penglipuran village! We explored one of its iconic sites, the charming bamboo forest, while hunting for recyclable treasures to make art collages.
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WORKSHOP 4 – SERANGAN VILLAGE, DENPASAR
Sunday, 22 January 2022
After being postponed due to COVID-19 regulations, the long-awaited fourth workshop session was finally held in the southern part of Bali. Twenty students from SDN 2 and SDN 3 Serangan gathered at Turtle Conservation and Education Centre on Serangan Village, Denpasar. Together with our invited artists Jong, Juli and Irene, the children spent the sunny morning creatively by playing games and writing their ideas into stories. There were plenty of things to do at Serangan! After everyone finished writing and drawing, we all walked to the beach nearby to hunt for items found at the beach like seashells, corals, seaweeds and leaves to create collage arts together. What a fun-filled day we all had at Serangan that day!
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WORKSHOP 5 – CANDIKUSUMA VILLAGE, JEMBRANA
Saturday, 9 April 2022
Our workshop continued to Candikusuma Village, Jembrana. In this fifth session, Students from 3 public elementary schools participated in various fun activities. The students each shared their short stories, and we got to learn about the village too. From coconut trees to marigold flower beds, Candikusuma represents the beauty of a Balinese village. A lot of taro plants also can be found in the village, and we used the leaves as a canvas to create water droplets collages.
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WORKSHOP 6 – BAYUNG GEDE VILLAGE, KINTAMANI
Saturday, 22 April 2022
For our last stop, we visited Bayung Gede Village, Kintamani. We were welcomed by the stunning panoramic view of the plateau of Bali. With the cooler temperature, you can find many oranges trees growing well here. Despite the early morning mist, students from SD Negeri Bayung Gede were enthusiastic during this sixth workshop. The twenty young participants, along with the workshop facilitators and volunteers, found inspirations from things around them to create their stories. Later, all participants went on a hunt for broken ceramic pieces from construction site nearby, and using that everyone built collage art of a house together.
Our final workshop was made more memorable as we all enjoyed super delicious local cuisine Mujair Nyat Nyat! We all went back with happy smiles!
Charcoal For Children: Tell Me Tales 2021/22/23 The Celebration
Friday, 28 July 2023
As the output of Charcoal For Children 2021/22/23 program, Tell Me Tales children story book – Indonesian edition officially launched in!.
After a short and warm welcoming by CCG and LagiLagi co-founder, Suriawati Qiu, the night began with a performance by Kacak Kicak Puppet Theatre, performing Begol, one of the stories in the book. Truly a performance that brought out the children in all of us!
It was followed by a book discussion session together with Tell Me Tales book writers, Juli Sastrawan and Jong Santiasa Putra, Irene Febry the collage artist whose artworks are featured in each story, Debby Lukito who is the editor of the stories, as well as Opie Wardhani who works on the layout and cover for the book. Celebration included Irene Febry’s collage art exhibition especially created for the Tell Me Tales children book. Huge thanks to everyone involved in CFC2021/22/23 – Tell Me Tales
Tell Me Tales – English Edition Book Launch
Saturday, 26 October 2024
Tell Me Tales is an anthology that captures the magic and everyday life of Bali. The stories range from a diligent chicken in one village to magic dragons flying in another. It includes a scorpion discovering kindness, villagers combating a frown virus, and more. This collection features twelve enchanting tales with themes of unlikely friendships, mysterious old men, and a fantastic spinning top performance. It highlights unique values and experiences from various Balinese villages, offering moral lessons on life and nature.
Produced through collaboration between CushCush Gallery, LagiLagi, six Balinese villages, and three invited writers—Juli Sastrawan, Jong Santiasa Putra, and Irene Febry—this book resulted from two years of workshops with children from Marga Ole, Batuan, Penglipuran, Serangan, Candikusuma, and Bayung Gede, as part of the Charcoal For Children program. Artist Ari Puguh contributed illustrations, and I Gusti Ayu Wulandari Kusuma ‘Opie’ designed the layout.
📍 Rumah Kayu at Taman Baca
🗓️ Saturday, 26 October
⏰ 13.00-14.00 Bali time
🎟️ Free | Register via tinyurl.com/UWRF24BookLaunches
CHARCOAL FOR CHILDREN 2021/22/23: TELL ME TALES STORY BOOK
Click to download Tell Me Tales Press Release in English
Click to download Tell Me Tales Press Release in Indonesia
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News
- Burung Menabrak Pesawat, Lele Dipatuk Ayam | Charcoal for Children 2021: Tell Me Tales by Tatkala
- Menggali Cerita Rakyat di Charcoal for Children 2021
- CHARCOAL FOR CHILDREN 2021 // TELL ME TALES
- Lewat “Tell Me Tales” Menggali Kreativitas Anak
- Seni, Arang Gambar, dan Dadu: Kisah dari Desa Batuan
- Charcoal For Children 2021 Edition – Tell Me Tales
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