New Headquarters!

“Oh, but anyway, Toto, we’re home. Home! There’s no place like home!”

Unlike some of the bigger Non-Profits working in Haiti, we’ve never used donor money to purchase an all-terrain Land Rover.
(We use public taptaps or splurge on thrilling mototaxis)
KraftworksBldg-2 We have never treated volunteers to expensive three martini lunches.
(All of our volunteers pay for their own meals on the ground in Haiti) And we try to use free trash as the basis for most of our projects.
(Though we admit we love twirling in brand new tutu’s on occasion)

Really what we’re trying to say is that we are extremely budget conscious. Transparency is the name of the game. If you donate $20 we’ll tell you how we spent it. So it’s kind of a big deal to announce that we have rented a teeny little office space to store files, donations and supplies.
(Yay! No more dark garages filled with spiders and scampering rats.)

For the first time Project HOPE Art has an administrative homebase in the US.
You can find us in the ground floor, corner office space of the old Kraft Cheese Factory Warehouse, commonly called the Kraftwork Building where Oakland meets Emeryville.

Our new mailing address is 2601 Adeline Street, Suite 101A-Project HOPE Art, Oakland, CA 94607

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We need a few things to fill out our office space:
-Letter-Sized Hanging File Folders and Folders
-Labelmaker
-2 Floor Lamps
-Comfy couch/chaise lounge/arm chairs for visitors!
-Markers
-Pens
-Rolls and Reams of Paper for printing artwork, photographs and event invitations
-Beads, glitter, feathers, string, twine, scissors, erasers, pencils, watercolors, oil pastels, construction paper and any other misc. art and craft materials!

Contact Melissa@projectHOPEArt.org to make arrangements

Thank you in advance for your generosity to keep this project alive and kicking!

2013 – Melissa SCHILLING

My name is Melissa Schilling and I am the Creative Director for Project HOPE Art.

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There are so many wonderful moments from the last year that bring me such great joy to relive.
We taught Rothko-esque painting, weaving (both hair pompoms and dreamcatchers) and a big upcycled can car project. We participated in many different Photography Shows in Port au Prince and in California with Student Photographs from our Photography Class and my own documentary photos.

We also created rainbow eggs infused with Moringa Powder to coincide with a reading of Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham for our Art + Literacy program.

And yet, so many exciting projects are waiting to be executed in 2014. We have a Gardening Class with accompanying Rabbit Husbandry Program and the makings of a Ukelele Class. Who knows what other ideas will suddenly appear like magic!

Cheers to you 2013 you were an awesome year!

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2013 – Fanel DUCE

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Mwen rele Fanel DUCE ! Mwen fe pati gwoup atis rezitans .Sa gen deja 10 mwa depi kek koleg ki andan ati Rezistans te  refere mwen ak Project Hope Art . Mimi san prantan te asepte ke mwen ofri sevis mwen ak Prorject Hope Art, ke mwen  konsidere kom yon oganizasyon k’ap fe yon travay inpotan nan sosyete Ayisyenn nan.

Pou Ane 2013 la, mwen te reyalize kek travay ak Project Hope Art. Tankou : Can race,  an kolaborasyon avek menm koleg sa yo. Nou te fe fomasyon pou timoun yo, sou reyalizasyon  Machine a mamit . Mwen gen proje klas angle pou ti fi k’ap mache e ki pwal rantre nan gradyasyon pou komansman 2014 la.

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Pou ane 2014 la mwe gen pou mwen fe gradyasyon pou klas fotografi ak klas angle pou timoun yo. Mwen konte patisipe  nan proje klas janden Luc winter a, pou yon kou desen. Epi mwen kom proje refe yon lot klas angle  kap gen ni ti fi ,ni gason jis pou plis timoun benefisye.mwen gen kek lot proje anko ,mwen jis ap pran yon tan pou reflechi e we nan ki pwen pou reyalize yo ak Projet HOPE Art.

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