The very resourceful Haitians have a long history of traveling by Tap Taps, which are some of the most colorful vehicles you will ever see. Click HERE to download this original coloring page for FREE.

Here’s a fun fact about their name – when a traveler wants to get off at a stop, they reach out and “tap, tap” the side to let the driver know to slow down. How efficient is that?

For Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham, it was easy to incorporate our beloved Moringa Powder into the eggs and cover everything in a rainbow cloud of vivacity.

Big love, as always, to Aimee Gaines and Sarah Boll for making this program chug along the train trucks to our final destination — even when we’re short on coal, man power and solid foundational tracks.

Thank you Liz Ancker for taking one for the team and sporting rainbow dyed hands for a week at a time

We need YOU! Donate books ideas, art supplies and best of all: cold, hard ca$h by clicking here: http://projecthopeart.org/fundraising-and-philanthropy/
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Staggering Illiteracy Rates in Haiti:

Frighteningly low literacy rates continue to be one of the biggest obstacles in Haiti’s struggle against poverty and stagnation. While Haiti’s Constitution guarantees free public education for all citizens, the government has been unable to fulfill this obligation. In fact, the average Haitian attends fewer than five years of school total, and only 20% of the population attends school after the 6th grade. As a result, many children never learn to read and write, and Haiti’s literacy rate hovers at only 55%, as compared to 99% in the United States and 90% for other Caribbean nations. (sources: World Bank and Library of Congress literacy statistics)

Renegade Storytelling Project:

In response to these illiteracy rates, Project HOPE Art created an Art & Literacy project to promote interest in stories using some of the world’s most beloved children’s books as our tool.

Our Renegade Storytelling Project kicked off in April of 2012 at the OJFA orphanage and the Centre d’Education et de Formattion des Jeunes in Port-Au-Prince, featuring Maurice Sendak’s classic Where The Wild Things Are.

We used a combination of story hours, art projects, and giant story posters to tell the tales and capture imaginations.

Job Responsibilities:
BROAD RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee the donor dinner and arts sculpture program at Recology, in September
• Develop and promote the mission, vision and values of Project HOPE Art
• Work with peers and other departments to synchronize themes and schedules.
• Create a positive learning environment by providing clear, specific, timely and respectful coaching and feedback for artists, staff and donors
• Maintain a calm demeanor during periods of high volume or unusual events to keep the donor dinner operating to standards and set a positive example for artists, staff and donors
• Develop positive relationships with outside vendors by understanding and addressing individual motivations, needs and concerns.
• Follow all operational policies and procedures to ensure the safety of all guests and staff.
• Maintain regular and consistent communication with punctuality.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop themes, procure supplies and execute ideas related to the Third Annual Voodoo Donor Dinner
• Establish learning objectives and measurable outcomes for the Third Annual Voodoo Donor Dinner
• Assess and document progress toward learning objectives and satisfaction of donor and artist experiences
• Serve as the point of contact for the PHA team
• Answer phone, email, and in-person requests regarding the Third Annual Voodoo Donor Dinner
• Schedule staff to meet demand. Adjust as needed to handle last minute changes.
• Keep adequate supplies, brochures and other materials.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Job Qualifications:
General Qualifications
Please possess a good sense of humor, a strong back bone and a definitive sense of right & wrong. Understand the power of web-based infrastructure, applications and time management. Don’t be afraid to pick up the good old-fashioned telephone. There are no stupid questions, only silly people afraid to ask beneficial, answer-driven questions.

Additional Information:
SUPERVISION

Requires moderate supervision from both co-founders of Project HOPE Art; exercises substantial independent judgment and initiative. The Special Event Coordinator will work from home.

HOURS

June-December: 25 – 30 hours per month

Interested in applying?
Please send your resume and a short cover letter to Melissa@projecthopeart.org

We LOVE the girls of OJFA so much, we wanted each girl to have a piece of our heart. Lead Artist Jenni Ward created these magic wands so the girls could invoke magic and hold tight to the idea that even from afar, we love them so much.

You can support Art in Haiti AND have your very own coeurs magiques by clicking here.

 The Santa Cruz Art League in Santa Cruz &  earth art studio in Aptos

Thank you for your support!!

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We are always looking for ways to create fun, whimsy and art from unwanted discarded materials. So when Delphine Bedu spied these cans on a pier in Key West, Florida all of us sat up and took notice.

As we speak, our home team artists at the Project HOPE Art Center at HC, Racine Polycarpe, Claudel Casseus and Romel Jean Pierre are devising a class around upcycling cans into planes, boats and cars. On the last Sunday in April 2013, 10 children from local orphanages will be on site at our art center creating their dream vehicle in a class led by Racine and Claudel.

They will compete in a Can Race and we will be awarding tools and art supplies to the winner of the race.

The race will be captured as the first assignment by the students in our new photography class. Stay tuned for the results. We will be sure to post instructions and best practices in early summer so you may host your own Can Race.

If you’d like to get involved, we are ALWAYS accepting donations to stay afloat. In fact we need to raise $1,000 to make this Can Race happen.
Click here: http://projecthopeart.org/fundraising-and-philanthropy/

So why am I sharing this with you now? Because our merry band of volunteers is starting to make some really big things happen and we need some help. We have a new art center in Port Au Prince, sponsorship plans for three young Haitian artists, and a new photography program, just to get started. We particularly need a new volunteer with financial experience, art education experience, and another that can help us keep organized. If you have any of these skills, and are even a little bit curious about what it might be like to be part of a positive change in the world, please send us a message. This is a virtual job, you can live anywhere, we just need your energy and passion for helping children who deserve so much more than what they have right now.

Click below for more detailed job descriptions:

Finance Director

Operations Director

Art Education Director

— Kathy Barbro, Art Teacher in Studio City, CA

Meet our newest partner, Burners Without Borders.  Every summer Burning Man participants (aka Burners) meet in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada to re-engage with their community, and to celebrate shared values of radical self-expression and self-reliance.  They join together to celebrate the power of community, honor the importance of art, and enjoy the immediacy of experience.

But that experience and those values don’t get left behind in the desert.  They simply inform who they are, and how they interact with the larger world.  Burners Without Borders (BWB) is a manifestation of what can happen when those values are transported off the playa and out into the rest of the world.

Since 2005 and Hurricane Katrina, BWB has been responding to disasters world-wide and following up by implementing inspiring programs on the ground in these post-disaster locations.  We are working together with BWB to further promote our Visiting Artist Program and also to garner more interest in their Artist Residency Program in Haiti.

Here’s a post about Project HOPE Art on the BWB website.

Pirate Contemporary art is proud to present— I am Kid.
I am Kid, is a group exhibition featuring work by Holly Johnson who is a founding member of the Denver collective PINK COLLAR GLAM and students from her 1st through 3rd Grade art class at Aspen Academy.
I am Kid, features work that is based on the idea of pure art, almost that which is in the milieu of outsider art. The paintings and drawings are collaborative pieces created by 1st-3rd grade pupils. The paintings reside in a foreseen reference to Abstract Expressionism, yet the work is in a category all its own. The show celebrates the creativity, honesty, and innocence of a child. Holly Johnson will also feature work that references the idea of making art out of the desperate and innate need to produce something meaningful and to offer of oneself true expression.
Invited Guests:
Thomas Pelz, Avery Starishevsky, Ian Welker, Casson Brown, Gracie Richardson, Sean Speil, Audry Wong, and a few others to be determined
Other Info:
All proceeds will be donated to the Aspen Academy art program and Project Hope Art in Haiti.
Aspen Academy is a private school in Greenwood Village, CO. Holly Johnson is the 1st-8th grade art teacher there. The school is heavily grounded on the principles of leadership and whose only rule is to “be kind”
Project Hope is a non-profit organization in Haiti that believes “art is a universal language.”
For More Info:
http://www.aspenacademy.org
http://www.projecthopeart.org
Opening Reception: Friday March 22, 2013 6-10pm
Exhibition dates: March 22-April 7, 2013
Pirate Contemporary Art
Gallery Hours: Fri. 6-10 Sat. and Sun. 12-5
www.pirateartsonline.org
http://www.pinkcollarglam.com/