Coeurs Magiques

Melissa Schilling Art Projects, Fundraiser

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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.

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Handmade Art Hearts!
Give a bouquet to the one you love! These hearts are made by artist Jenni Ward and come in a variety of styles and colors.   We’ll choose a selection for your bouquet of hearts that you’ll be sure to love.  Special requests for a style are always welcome and we will try our best to accommodate your request.  All proceeds support Project HOPE Art’s mission to provide art programming to kids in disaster stricken communities.  
 
BUY NOW or shop locally at:

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

Thank you for your support!!

Art Trading Card Drive for Haiti

Fundraiser

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Art trading cards are little works of art that measure 2.5” x 3.5” in size. In July 2013, Project HOPE Art will once again be traveling to Haiti, and would love to deliver as many of these cards as possible to children who have so much less than the rest of the world.

If you would like to take part in this drive, and send a message of good will, please follow the project requests below.

  • Use any type paper that you like, but it must measure 2.5” x 3.5”.
  • Create art on the front of the card that describes what your life islike. For example, I live in an apartment in CA, so I drew buildingswith a palm tree out front. Add your city and state (or country) below.
  • Add a message on the back and sign it with a first name only.
  • Placing each card in a plastic penny sleeve would be great, but not necessary.
  • Mail the cards to: Kathy Barbro, 12840 Moorpark Street #307, Studio City, CA by July 1st, 2013.

Please note that traveling to Haiti with extra luggage can get quite expensive, so donations would be very much appreciated. Visit www.fracturedatlas.org and search for HOPE Art to make a tax deductible donation. For further information, email kathy@projecthopeart.org. Thank you everyone for your support!

Art from Haiti

Fundraiser

Want to see something amazing? These photos were just sent from Racine, Claudel and Romel, three Haitian artists that Project HOPE Art worked with last summer. They took some of Melissa’s photos of Haiti children and created these works of recycled art with materials found around their home in Port-Au-Prince. These pieces and more are going to be brought up for several art shows in Oakland this fall, but you folks get the first sneak preview. Aren’t they great?Image

Bwat Aliminyom

Melissa Schilling Art Projects, Partners

Bwat Aliminyom means Aluminum Cans, in Kreyòl.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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/

PHA Looks to Expand…

Join the Team

About 3 short years ago, I received an email from northern California, showing me one of my murals that was colored and hanging on a school wall in Haiti. Long story short — that exchange changed my life. I soon met the amazing women of Project Hope Art, joined their cause, and have had so many incredible adventures with them ever since. I’ve drawn, painted, colored, crafted, danced, laughed (and cried!) with them and some of the most adorable little Haitian souls you could ever meet.

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