Happy New Year – 2010

By Passang | Published: December 31, 2009

Happy New Year from VAST Bhutan
VAST wishes everyone a very Happy New Year. VAST has achieved so much in 2009 but yet has many things to achieve in this new year. VAST wants to thank… Read more

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Dreaming Life with A Brush

By kuenga | Published: December 28, 2009

Rajesh Gurung
He loves the brush and uses it to give life to the white canvass. Rajesh Gurung, 37, a co-founder of the Voluntary Artists’ Studio, Thimphu (VAST) is one of the… Read more

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When Art Becomes A Social Medium

By kuenga | Published: December 21, 2009

This article appeared in the inaugural edition of the “Drukpa” magazine.
Tashi Phuntsho Jr. of Drukpa looks at art and the individual through VAST.
The attic would not rate as… Read more

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From the Children

By kuenga | Published: December 14, 2009

-by Xochitl Rodriguez
Xochi’s Blog
and so…this one is by the children.
asked the kiddos at VAST to write about their favorite part of the last two days we spent… Read more

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Art With A Mission

By kuenga | Published: December 13, 2009

Art can speak.
Art can listen.
Art can see.
Art can feel.
Art can change.
There are countless non-profit art organizations in the world. While most of them utilize the… Read more

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Documentary on “A Wish Seen Through”

By kuenga | Published: October 19, 2009

VAST would like to thank the following without which this documentary could not have come through.

Bhutan Foundation: For the Flip cameras
Dechen Roder: For her beautiful work editing
The… Read more

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From Texas to Thimphu…

By Gelay | Published: October 9, 2009

Written by VAST first international artist in residence,  Xochi

A Greeting from Xochitl Rodriguez
My journey from the United States to Bhutan has been a long one. It didn’t just… Read more

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A Wish Seen Through

By kuenga | Published: September 14, 2009

by Kezang
>> View pictures from this amazing journey
At 7:00 am on 1st September 2009, eight volunteers from VAST headed to Kabisa in Punakha; thus, began the first trip… Read more

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I Wish to Go on a Pilgrimage to Bumthang

By Gelay | Published: September 6, 2009

When asked what their wish was, most of the senior citizens in Punakha replied that their wish was to go on a pilgrimage to the holy land of Bumthang.
On… Read more

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Make A Wish

By kuenga | Published: August 17, 2009

The proposed “Make a Wish” project is the pilot project designed to link young people to older people from rural areas and provide a platform to regenerate the lost connection… Read more

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