This month I will show you more from my inspiring visit to the African People & Wildlife Fund (APW) in Tanzania. You will see how I sketched at a Maasai boma, helped in the painting of the Loibor Siret Primary School, and was presented with my very own shukas during the closing session of the school!

I'm also delighted to tell you that plans are underway for the 2015 Art Safari in South Africa, and that I am writing a new blog, titled Art of Africa, which features on the Africa Geographic website.

As always, thank you for your comments and support!
Alison

Sketching Among the Maasai 

Mother's Milk Field Sketch, watercolor, 11x14" by Alison Nicholls © 2014 Click on the field sketch to read about my morning sketching among the Maasai in Tanzania.

 Where Is the Lion's Eye? 

During my recent stay with the African People & Wildlife Fund in Tanzania I helped to paint parts of the Loibor Siret Primary School.  Click the photo to watch my video about painting this wall.

  How Many Children Do You Have? 

I attended a micro grant award ceremony in Tanzania where the African People & Wildlife Fund gave women's groups grants for sustainable businesses. Click to read more about the questions the women asked me before the ceremony. (Photo by African People & Wildlife Fund/Deirdre Leowinata)

  Why am I being dressed in Shukas? 

Click the photos to read why I was presented with my own shukas by the Loibor Siret Primary School. Photos by African People & Wildlife Fund/Deirdre Leowinata

  Diabetes Day at the Bronx Zoo 

Click the photo to read more about my day at the zoo with The Children's Hospital at Montefiore.

  1000 Reasons to Visit the Okavango Delta 

Click to see more great photos by my husband Nigel and read why you should visit the world's 1000th World Heritage Site!