FOTWA : Who We Are

Art Refuge began in 1999 by Friends of Tibetan Women’s Association, five years after the first Painting Club at Tibetan Homes Foundation in Mussoorie, India. Art Refuge is featured in a traveling museum exhibit (in New Zealand for 2003); a book entitled Art of Exile: Paintings by Tibetan Children in India and a short documentary film: Dance of Young Nomads.

In addition to Art Refuge, FOTWA oversees sponsorships of Tibetan and Sri Lankan children. The Cross Cultural Exchange Program aims to improve international understanding and compassion. This lively project includes the sharing of photography, poetry, artwork, essays, video-conferences, storybooks and a pen pal exchange between American schools, Tibetan Homes Foundation and the orphanage in Sri Lanka.

Art Refuge is a pilot project for other communities with displaced, orphaned or homeless youth.

Art Refuge
Friends of Tibetan Women’s Association
P.O. Box 31307
Santa Fe, NM USA 87594
505 660 1048 tel/fax
Website: www.fotwa.org

Sarah K. Lukas, President, artrefuge2004@yahoo.com
Mark Beaver, Executive Director, markbeaver2003@yahoo.com
Cynthia & Mark Bonnell, volunteer coordinators,
artrefugevolunteers@yahoo.co.uk
Frances Fox, Chair of Art Refuge UK, frances.fox@zen.co.uk