Darjeeling Community Art Project

In March 2025, I led art workshops with the girls at EWSCTF (Edith Wilkins Street Children Trust Fund) in Darjeeling, India — a shelter and school for children rescued from human trafficking and abuse. In the first phase, we dyed 120 indigo shibori panels together; in the second and third phases, we installed them as prayer flags in the schoolyard and in the forest, sending the girls’ hopes and wishes into the world on the wind.

The children’s faces are blurred in the documentation to protect their identities.

Darjeeling, India | March 2025

In collaboration with EWSCTF

Leading an indigo dyeing workshop with the EWSCTF girls, DarjeelingGroup photo with the girls and their indigo shibori panels, DarjeelingIndigo shibori panels installed as prayer flags at the EWSCTF home, DarjeelingIndigo panels hanging like prayer flags at sunset, DarjeelingA girl holding up her indigo shibori piece, Darjeeling