Art you happy to have seen this?!

Recent renovations at a former Almaty store, ‘Kazakhstan’, revealed this beautiful mural behind some drywall. The artists of this fabulous piece are Moldakhmet Kenbaev and Nikolai Tsivchinsky.

The mural is an example of sgraffito, a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting colour.

Pictured here is local tour guide and Kazakhophile, Dennis Keen, and the son of one of the original artists, Alpamys Kenbaev.

Another sgraffito mural by the same artists was recently restored and placed up on Kok Tobe.

Credit: Walking Almaty

Good-Bye Elaine!

We gathered for our regular coffee morning this week and it doubled as a goodbye to member and English Conversation Club leader, Elaine.

It was well attended, particularly by our English Conversation Club regulars.

Thanks for all your work for the club, @elaine.pounder, safe travels, and see you soon!

Feeling inspired by Kazakhstan’s July success at Wimbledon?

We certainly were!

Even as we relax our other regular activities we start up new ones, and so we introduce Monday Ping Ping/Table Tennis!

Congratulations to this week’s tournament champion, Lyutsiya!

If you’re interested in membership please contact us at membership.aiwc@gmail.com

Afiyet olsun! Bon appetite!

We were treated in early summer to a cooking masterclass by one of own, Ozlem, who showed us how to make a series of absolutely delicious Turkish dishes.

Never has a class tasted so good!

Tie-Dye For

The members of our Crafting Club were treated to a special session this week learning to tie-dye fabric, courtesy of the wonderful @purnimap.varma.

Thanks so much, Purnima!

Italian Conversation Group

Mi scusi!

Did you know we run an Italian conversation group?

Run every week on Tuesdays at one of the lovely cafes around town, our members can sit back, sip their espresso and chat (in Italian of course!).

If you’re interested in joining our club, contact our Membership Coordinator: membership.aiwc@gmail.com

Family Day

What a wonderful Family Day we had this weekend!

Given the imposing weather forecast we all arrived, decked out in raincoats and wellington boots, and had a wonderful time splashing about.

Really, what child doesn’t like jumping up and down in muddy puddles? 💦☔️

And then the sun came out!

Thanks to The Apple Tree Preschool Almaty for hosting us!

If you’re interested in joining the club, please contact our Membership Coordinator: membership.aiwc@gmail.com

Weekly Coffee Morning- June 1

What a turn out!

Thanks so much to Mamma Mia Group for hosting us (without any warning!)! We had a super time!

The AIWC meets up on Wednesday mornings at different venues around Almaty for catch ups and coffee. It’s a brilliant regular social activity.

If you’re interested in finding out more about our club please contact our member services: membership.aiwc@gmail.com

Supporting Seven Trees for International Children’s Day

Helping Seven Trees Almaty to make a special day for underprivileged kids here in our city!

Thank you to all our members for their generosity this Children’s Day!

Every year, to celebrate International Children’s Day, Seven Trees Almaty gives presents to small children who are in a local prison with their mothers, and children of low income families and single mothers.