Tupinikeen Samba Club is Ōtautahi’s first traditional samba group, bringing Brazil’s vibrant rhythms to Christchurch with authentic instruments like pandeiro, tamborim and cavaquinho, fostering community, culture and celebration. Ayvu Art Studio
The word AYVU means "to love" in Guarani, a South American indigenous language, also it is almost impossible to translate to another language because it c
arries a deep meaning; our connection with nature; voice, soul, origin. In 2021 I decided to open my studio, intending to be a place to receive people, show my art and teach classes. I love people and arts, I paint since I was a kid, all kinds of art catch me because I believe it can change the world, it changed mine. Let's see; the process of making art has the potential to explore what we carry in our heart, soul and ideas. Teaches us how to connect people, inspires critical understand and makes us to see the world outside the box. It indeed changes the world, because improve people's life. In New Zealand I worked as preschool teacher. It made me be fascinated about the kids world of kindness and it inspires me introduce art to them. After my graduation in architecture in 2003, and a Master Research in Arts in 2018 in one of the best universities in the word, I was able to prove scientifically the crazy idea that art can improve people’s life. My vision of multiculturalism was fuelled by visits made in many parts of Brazil, and several places in Europe, Indochina and Oceania.
