The Maitisong Festival is coming to an end this weekend and one of the last events was a free Family Art Day at Thapong Art Center - Botswana's only art center - located right on our corner. Very sadly, hardly anyone showed up and I cannot really figure out why. At many of the other events, I suppose, at least the family and friends of the performers were there. But at this event the audience were to be the performers. Kuno drew a color pencil self-portrait and was interviewed and photographed by the government newspaper, the Daily News. We bought a Botswana-style Herero doll (they are much larger here than in Namibia) and made arrangements with the maker of the dolls for the sewing of some German Print skirts. We admired the clay pots being made and we took a tour around the current exhibit at Thapong. Kuno is hoping to do some art classes at Thapong during the third week of the upcoming school break. 
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