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Margaret Eloisa

Ticlla Ccenhua

Art to Resoration

From the National School of Fine Arts of Peru, I obtained
a bachelors in fine arts, with a specialization in painting.
I work for the city art gallery “Pancho Fierro”—a non-
commercial space to promote cultural activities in the
historical center of Lima. These cultural activities include
hosting art exhibitions, conferences and workshops. I am
preparing my path for advanced studies in restoration and
conservation of cultural patrimony.

I collaborated as a sculpture restorer of the Municipal
Theater of Lima, which had been closed for many years
due to a fire. The restored theater is one of the most
beautiful theatres in Latin America and a venue for
national and international artists.

When I was 12 years old, I had the opportunity to
participate in the ICAF’s first World Children’s Festival
in Washington D.C. This was the first time I traveled
abroad, to a place far, far away. We were thousands
of children from around the world. It was a wonderful
experience even if we could not communicate through our
mother tongues. I guess our paintings were our way to
communicate with each other and the world.

Meeting these children awakened my curiosity for
other cultures and for learning other languages. I
consider that this experience motivated me to study
art. It made me see art as a way to express how much strong but it does not make the learning process
we love, care and respect what is surrounding us, easier. I still struggle every time I need to write in English
nature and its multiple forms of life. I had the chance or French.
to visit a beautiful country, but above all, I had the
opportunity to feel I was visiting every part of the I dream for the world to offer equal access to good
world through the children I was meeting. education for every young girl or boy. Maybe it is too
naive but I also dream, as someone has dreamt before, a
I want to learn and speak many languages because I world full of love, with no wars, a world where there aren’t
consider that they will open the gates for studying abroad, inequalities due to religion, race, or social status.
for learning about other cultures and for interacting with
the people holding those cultures. And also because Margaret Eloisa Ticlla Ccenhua was the finalist from
I would like to read poetry as it was written in the Peru and she participated in the ICAF’s first International
original language. I feel that part of the meaning is lost festival. She has organized Peru Arts Olympiads as ICAF
in translation. My motivation to learn other languages is Youth Board Member.

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