{"id":1486,"date":"2016-10-12T15:15:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:11:58","slug":"peace-corps-volunteers-as-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/peace-corps-volunteers-as-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Corps Volunteers as Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tWhether it\u2019s a letter home or a diary entry, Peace Corps Volunteers frequently document the varied images they see during their service. While abroad, Peace Corps Volunteers are often immersed in a stimulating and beautiful new environment. Many volunteers therefore wish to tell their family and friends back home about their new adventures, or find a way to memorialize their surroundings so they can revisit them in the future.<\/p>\n

While some PCVs have chosen to photograph their travels, some PCVs have documented their different surroundings through their artistic abilities. In letters, a quick sketch will assist to visually explain complex designs in architecture or costumes. Detailed drawings in a diary entry encourage reflection when PCVs have a moment to themselves.<\/p>\n

David Day served in Kenya and India from 1965-1967. He sent regular letters to his parents and included quick sketches of what he saw during his travels. His drawings vary from a scooter driver to a detail of an Indian street. He even drew a few of the homes he stayed in to explain the varying architectural designs to his parents.<\/p>\n

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David Day quickly sketched a typical Shamata house from his time in Kenya. He sent the letter to his parents to update them on his experiences in the Peace Corps.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Day illustrated his home in India to his parents and detailed the differences between his home and the rest of the village.<\/p><\/div>\n

Bobbie Seibert volunteered in 2000 in Honduras. Seibert spent her free time sketching and would detail the various scenes before her. She captured a variety of locations, from still lifes to landscapes. On one drawing, she notes she was waiting for someone to fix her chimney but gave up after two hours.<\/p>\n

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Bobbie Seibert artistically sketched this landscape of Azacualpa, Honduras.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Seibert sketched the corner of her temporary apartment as she waited for her site to become available.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information, please visit the Peace Corps Community Archive website. To use the collections or make a donation, please contact the AU Archives at archives [at] american.edu.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether it\u2019s a letter home or a diary entry, Peace Corps Volunteers frequently document the varied images they see during their service. While abroad, Peace Corps Volunteers are often immersed in a stimulating and beautiful new environment. Many volunteers therefore wish to tell their family and friends back home about their new adventures, or find […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,12,15,524,30,31,37,50],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","category-2000s","category-architecture","category-arts","category-blog-post","category-correspondence","category-diaries","category-environment","category-honduras","tag-artworks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6815,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions\/6815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/pcca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}