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Teju Adisa-Farrar in World Unwrapped

Jun 11, 2017

Urban Up Close: Being Black in a Spanish Museum

People staring at me, staring at the paintings: I guess they wonder what I could be doing in a place where none of the art or artists reflect my identity as a person from the African Diaspora. I sometimes wonder the same.

Teju Adisa-Farrar in World Unwrapped

Aug 4, 2015

The Colors of a Mexican Barrio

Project Lead: Germ Collective

World Unwrapped is very clear in our belief that painting can be development, so we were thrilled when we heard about this project in Pachuca, Mexico completed by the Germ Collective. A project that is said to have come…

Dani Bicknell in World Unwrapped

Jul 27, 2015

Getting lost and found in translation: Mixing languages

At UNESCO, the official two business languages are French and English. It is common to hear people switch from one to the other in meetings, conversations and even in emails. French is a beautiful language, however Parisian French is…

Teju Adisa-Farrar in World Unwrapped

Jul 9, 2015

Art as Development: Mechelen, Belgium for the Win with Wood!

Project Lead: Steefan De Croock and Mechelen Muurt

Mechelen Muurt is a Belgian project of city artists who decorate the city of Mechelen with their different styles of art. This is art as development…

Teju Adisa-Farrar in World Unwrapped

Jun 26, 2015

A Cruzan Farm

At first we missed the turn, since many of the roads in St. Croix aren’t marked. We reversed and turned left up a dirt road. After driving for a minute or so we arrived at a house with coconut trees on either side and lots of green plants surrounding the sides and back. In fact, there was so much garden…

Teju Adisa-Farrar in World Unwrapped

Sep 14, 2014

A French Family Affair: Lavender in Bloom

Every summer my sister travels by train from Paris to the South of France to enjoy time in the sun, frolicking through the lavender fields, eating delicious home-cooked meals, going to the beach, and spending time in Provence.