Goodweave

Creative Matters is a partner of GoodWeave a non profit organization and certification program working to end illegal child labor in the carpet industry and to offer educational opportunities to children in South Asia.

The GoodWeave label is your best assurance that no illegal child labor was used in the manufacture of a carpet or rug. During a recent visit to Nepal,Carol Sebert taught an art class at the Goodweave school for the 33 rescued students who are living there at the moment.Here is a look at her experience: "I went to the home where the kids live at Goodweave today with paper, paints (house paint tinted yellow pink and blue) black ink and paintbrushes.

The kids were really excited that we were going to have an afternoon of art.I began with them all up on the roof of their home,as it was a gloriously sunny day.We sat in a big circle and started with the ink and did life drawing,which of course, was absolutely hilarious.

I got one of them to model and at first they were shy and their poses a bit dull,but one by one (I guess I had about 15 models by the end) the poses became more elaborate.There were lots of judo-like poses by the boys and tiger-like poses from the girls. They all just leapt into painting with marvelous abandon!"