About this project
Vision:
“To inspire, heal and improve the quality of life for children in need through the creative process of art.”
“We believe that there are not words as powerful as a single drawing, sock puppet play, mural, photograph or creative enterprise. Using art as a catalyst for healing and expression we intend to initiate whimsy and wonder while infusing creativity into disaster stricken communities. So often children are not part of the conversation within a hard hit, natural disaster area. We bring their ideas, thoughts and emotions to life in full color regardless of language, creed or custom. We do this using art as the Universal Language.”
About the Project: HOPE Art papered 18 portraits (roughly 4.5feet by 4feet) in various spots around PaP and Jacmel in August 2011. For the 2nd anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake in January 2012, we'd like to leave a trail of HOPE by papering the streets with portraits of girls ages 4-15 years old holding up signs explaining their hopes, ambitions and dreams.
About the Adhesive: Wheatpaste (also known as potato paste, flour paste, rice paste, Marxist glue, or simply paste) is a liquid adhesive made from vegetable starch and water. It has been used since ancient times for various arts and crafts such as book binding, decoupage, collage, and papier-mâché. It is also made for the purpose of adhering paper posters to walls and other surfaces (often in graffiti). Closely resembling wallpaper paste, it is often made by mixing roughly equal portions of flour and water and heating it until it thickens, or by smearing cooked rice into a paste.
FAQ
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TO THE CHILDREN!
We pay for art supplies, hand sanitizers, medical kits, meals for the girls and member airfare/travel expenses.
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We are always on the hunt for new talent. Check out our website: www.projecthopeart.org and then send us an email and let us know what you'd like to create with our girls in Haiti.
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This is both a long, complicated question and an easy one.
We'll go the easy route ... because Haiti is a beautiful & terrible place, ripe for opportunity to create intentional whimsy. Because Haiti needs more help than just about any other place we can imagine. Because we have a penchant for rum and fried chicken. Because we fell in love with this country on our very first visit. -
Because the number 8 is magic.
It stands for Infinity. And we believe HOPE should be around for INFINITY.
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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INSPIRE A CHILD: For the caring person who is willing to sacrifice a latte in favor of crayons and bring hope to a destitute child, we'll send you a high-res photo for download, so you can “be” with us every step of the way. You'll also have access to all of our project updates plus a HOPE Art sticker to show your support.
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PORTRAIT PAPERING PROJECT: For just a $20 donation to our kickstarter campaign, you will be sponsoring the installation of an oversized photo portrait to be hung in the streets of Port au Prince. Choose the hope, dream or portrait image that inspires you the most and we'll dedicate that portrait in your name. You will also receive a high resolution download, watermarked with your name, after our January Trip to Haiti. Simply choose your portrait from this page: http://projecthopeart.org/adopt-a-portrait/
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ROCK PAPER SCISSORS: So you're a gambler? You like to mix it up a little and surprise your opponents with the occasional “paper” throw down. Do it the right way, slip us some green so we can splurge on pastels and paints. We’ll send you an original art print as your prize plus all of the rewards listed in the previous pledge categories.
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LITE BRIGHT: Aah, your name in lights. It's a wonderful life. And to thank you for lighting up all the girls lives in Port au Prince, we'd like to coordinate a SKYPE DATE with all the girls so you can meet the people your money is supporting.
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INFINITY: At this price point, we’ll salute you from Port au Prince. But we’ll also gift you original artwork by a Haitian child from the tent camps. This artwork could take many formats - this is intentional whimsy people! We’re not here to stamp out creativity. Please understand that your original artwork may take a variety of shapes and sizes. This is the gift that keeps giving in an endless circle. We ask that you proudly display your artwork in your home or office to delight others.
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SAN FRANCISCO A-GO-GO: You will be invited to a private viewing of an art and photography exhibit reception - A vicarious Haiti experience for those strapped to desks or frightened of sleeping bags. You may gift this to any stranger on the internet, your Aunt Irma or claim this prize LIVE, details will follow.
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SOLID GOLD: (limited reward, 30 available): No, we're not going to dance on a stage, in gold leotards, in your honor. Instead we'll adorn your name in our art book during Phase II of this HOPE Art project. Additionally will receive not only original artwork from a Haitian child, an invitation to a private art and photography reception, but you will also receive your name adorned with sprinkles, rainbows and fluffy clouds on our website, in gratitude we trust. We will dedicate a portion of the artwork created TO YOU, on a special webpage with your name emblazed all over it. This clickable link can be emailed and shared with friends and family so you may brag about all the beauty you helped bring to a dark corner of the world.
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WHITNEY HOUSTON: (limited reward, 10 available): We get so emotional, baby. At this level of support we'd like to sing your praises as loud as we can. You will get a custom coffee table book of this HOPE Art adventure along with the opportunity to serve as a penpal to a Haitian child, using the universal language of art. Jenni Ward herself will provide instruction into this language. Additionally, we'll adorn your name in our art book during Phase II of this HOPE Art project. You will also receive original artwork from a Haitian child, an invitation to a private art and photography reception, AND you will also receive your name adorned with sprinkles, rainbows and fluffy clouds on our website, in gratitude we trust. We will dedicate a portion of the artwork created TO YOU, on a special webpage with your name emblazed all over it. This clickable link can be emailed and shared with friends and family so you may brag about all the beauty you helped bring to a dark corner of the world.
Project By
Connected as Melissa Schilling (1607 friends)
Our HOPE Art Team:
About Melissa: Having spent the last ten years restlessly roving the planet, Melissa Schilling, a published writer and photographer, has spent time volunteering at an orphanage on the Mayan Riviera, riding bicycles through Patagonia, cooking Basque food in the Pais Vasco and deep-sea fishing off the coast of Cuba. She is a teacher of special needs art and cooking fusion classes as well as instructing the executives of Microsoft, Ebay, Yahoo, Hewlett Packard and Terix how to enjoy themselves with wine and cheese through her work as a terroir-based food instructor. She helped start a women’s collective group aimed at bettering communities in need, Lightingupthesky.org. She is collaborating with Common Ground Relief in New Orleans on a children’s garden program, The Garden of Eatin’. With over 25,000 photographs under her belt and nearly as many published words, Schilling is ready to capture a Haitian tent city through her camera lens and collate a book spliced with children’s artwork and imagery collected during the early part of January 2011. Contact Melissa Schilling: melissa@projecthopeart.org
About Jenni: Jenni Ward is a sculptor, art instructor and owner of Earth Art Studio. In 2005, she opened Earth Art Studio; a sculpture studio offering clay and mixed media sculpture classes and workshops for children, teens and adults. Throughout her teaching career she has worked extensively with many youth and senior art programs. In addition to teaching she has been creating, showing and selling her own sculptures since graduating from University of Hartford-Hartford Art School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. She has exhibited her sculptures locally, nationally and participates in the Santa Cruz County Open Studios. Contact Jenni Ward: jenni@projecthopeart.org
About Jacq: Jacquelyn Knapp stands for three things: Trust, Love ...Inspiration
In order to best weave a web of these actionables, she spends her time wisely and emphatically. She has served in the Peace Corps in Guyana: working on remedial reading programs, bringing computer fundamentals to a small rice farming community and working with HIV at-risk youth. She has worked in the corporate snow globe of IT analysis, logging seven years of strategic data mining. Most meaningful to her dream of becoming a doctor, Knapp volunteers at Children's Hospital Oakland in their school program. She performs bedside rounds to assist children with their homework. Additionally, Knapp uses her technical background at CHORI (Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute) to assist with African American youth diabetes research.
Most often it is Knapp's commitment to trust, love and inspiration that forces her out of her comfort zone and onto new walking paths of life.
Contact Jacquelyn Knapp: jacq@projecthopeart.org
About Kathy:
Kathy Barbro first earned her B.F.A. at Minneapolis College of Arts and Design, and then enjoyed a 20-year career in graphic design. She now teaches twenty K-5 classes weekly in Sherman Oaks, CA and also conduct an after-school Art Enrichment program. With over 600 classroom-tested art projects posted to my blog, I’m happy to pass on my ideas and experiences to all who would like to add a little more creativity to their lives.
Contact Kathy Barbro: Kathy@projecthopeart.org
About Julie:
In order to get a good idea about who Julie is, you must know that her core being is a vortex of virtue. She is passionate, creative, and determined. She tells a tale that not many of today's youth can repeat as their own. A California girl, born and bred she is steeped in the Western United States lore of frontierism and adventure. As a young girl her family first moved to Florida and then to Haiti. It was in the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation that she truly learned the important aspects of life.
She learned ...
Candles are not only for being romantic, but also serve as a great way to do homework.
Play-dough doesn't just come from the store, but could be made with flour, salt, and water.
When the Peugeot(Unreliable hand-me-down car) breaks down a mile or more from school, 2 feet work just as well as 4 wheels.
Since moving back to the US, everyday the sun rises, so does the spirit of the Haitians in Julie. A selflessness that extends far beyond lending a neighbor a cup of sugar. A mind to know that even when things are at their worst here, there is always someone who has it worse somewhere else. It's time for Julie to be able to give back to the Haitian people what they gave her; a new look on life. At the current exchange rate every US dollar is equal to 8 Haitian dollars. Please help us help them has become Julie's mantra. And she won't stop exploring ways to give and help.
Contact Julie Ulm: julie@projecthopeart.org
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