Art

The Friends of Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) Haiti operates an online art gallery geared towards the selling of Haitian art to benefit the struggling country. In the past they have given help by displaying Haitian art at Pennsylvania State, had benefits to raise funds for Haitian causes, and have showed and sold works by Haitian artist, especially of the Artibonite valley. Since they're a hospital, the focus of the donations is usually geared towards health services, but they also assist people in developing their environment and finances.

info@friendsofhas.org
412.361.4884
6739 Reynolds Street | Pittsburgh | PA | 15206

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The art practiced at HaitianArt.com is more than the typical gallery offerings, for, under the directorship of Katie Barr, the company operating out of Boca Raton, Florida, offers services to its clients that include decorating ideas to create lovely, colorful Haitian-inspired kitchens, bedrooms and the like. What it sells is a way to add flavor to one's home. Caribbean spice in general and Haitian spice in particular have the je ne sais quoi that can, through one item, completely transform a room into a thing of living beauty.

To find that piece missing from your home visit 2234 N. Federal Highway #293, Boca Raton, Florida 33429 USA. Phone: 561-274-4446, and email: director@HaitianArt.com

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Ridge Art, an online art gallery that operates from 1123 S. Ridgeland Avenue Oak Park, IL 60304, prides itself on having a singularly large collection of Haitian art pieces known as Vodou flags throughout the United States. The company was founded in 1997 after a life-long collector of antiques and art, Laurie Beasley, visited Haiti and had her life changed by the art and culture. Today, the Ridge Art online gallery is a success throughout the US and abroad. They used to stock art from all over the world, having a collection of rare and unusual pieces, but have recently begun turning over to Haitian art only.

1123 S. Ridgeland Avenue Oak Park, IL 60304,
Phone: 1-888-269-0693 or 708-601-9071
Fax: 708-383-2160 Email: customerservice@ridgeart.com

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Nichole White Kennedy owns and operates her own art studio and gallery. Recently juried into the Women's Painters of the Southeast Exhibits and the Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibit, Kennedy has won numerous awards in the field, and her paintings, running the gamut from still life to portraits and scenes depicting beach, European and country life show the talent that drives her success.

Visit the Nicole Gallery at 2320 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, or call at (312) 787-7716.

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With a name like Vivant Art Collection, one expects an art experience that is lively and dynamic. Specializing in international cultural arts, Vivant offers not just the possibility of purchasing rare and beautiful art pieces, but one may also rent the glamorous space and book time to work with a consultant. This last service is available to artists, collectors and institutions who wish to learn from the expertise to be offered there. As a gallery, Vivant displays works from around the world; the Caribbean, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East are represented, with a special eye on Haitian art.

For more, visit 60 North Second Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Located on Gallery Row in the Historic District of Old City Philadelphia.

60 North Second Street - Philadelphia, 19106
310.612.4636

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New York non-profit Les Couleurs Charity began a creative arts education program for severely traumatized children in Port-au-Prince this September. Founders Aura Copeland and Raminta Lilaite visited orphanages in the capital area after the earthquake, seeing a need to be filled for deprived children, who lack access to arts programs.

Les Couleurs will roll out the program to orphanages throughout Haitian communities, as well as set up an Art & Creativity Center for Port-au-Prince youth.

New York City - 917-721-1977

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Haiti has a tradition to illustrate the street walls with unique contemporary iconography. They are mostly depiction of hand painted advertisement on the vehicles or display of religious, cultural or political imageries. In most popular expression and forms of Haitian visual arts, including the internationally acclaimed contemporary Haitian paintings, the roots of Haitian voodoo iconography can be easily traced, although it is not fully recognized institutionally. Recently in the late May, the French Institute in Haiti has launched a two week long project named "Street Art, Redesign Common Areas" which started at the residence of the French artist Bault who has agreed to work jointly with the Haitian artists to create collaborative murals to redesign the streets and public places in some of the selected parts in the Haitian cities.

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Artisan Collection Veve From Haiti.

Suzanne Lerner, a co-founder, the present president of Michael Stars and owner of Lerner Et Cie, is an entrepreneur, political activist and philanthropist. Her recent project is to help Haitians in collaboration with a Haitian fashion design company Paula Coles. Paula Coles makes home and fashion accessories out of recycled scrapped fabrics collected from Haitian T-shirt factories. Each Paula Coles item is a promise and it comes with a mission to provide education and a promise of a brighter future for thousands of underprivileged children in Haiti. As part of Michael Star's Spring collection, they have planned to sell a limited edition of linen anorak jackets that have four different hand-beaded designs created by Haitian artisans. The designed have been named "Veve" and will be sold at $298; out of that money, $100 will be donated to PRODEV, Haiti. PRODEV is an organization created with a mission to develop, manage and support schools and educational centers in underserved communities in Haiti.

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12th CARIFESTA expects nearly 2,000 Visitor Attendance

The 12th Edition of Haiti's CARIFESTA is scheduled to be held August 14th to 23rd. The 2015 theme is "Our Roots, Our Culture, Our Common Future".

In conjunction with dates announced Prime Minister Paul, Culture Minister Raton, and Tourism Minister Villedrouin gathered together to kick off the official CARIFESTA website .

Minister Villedrouin said the tourism and hospitality industries are gearing up to prepare for an estimated 2,000 visitors from different nations to participate in the global event.

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Here is a picture of Hervé Telemaque, French painter and visual artist of Haitian origin

Herve Telemaque (born on 5 November, 1937, in Port-au-Prince), is an extremely renowned Haitian painter and graphic artist and one of the first to present figurative Pop art in France, where he has lived and worked ever since 1961. Herve left Haiti for New York in 1957 during the beginning of Duvalier regime and got himself enrolled at the Art Student's League until 1960. He is a French painter, visual artist associated with the current of the narrative figuration. His earlier paintings, during his stay in the United States, were influenced by 'Abstract Expressionism'. However, since 1959, his painting started anchoring reality, a noticeable shift from the ' Abstractism '. In 1961, he shifted to Paris and took part in the movement of "Narrative Figuration". In spite of the greater distance from his homeland, he has always remained closer to the Francophone culture.

Télémaque has been exhibiting since 1964 and has participated in more than hundred shows worldwide. In 2006, he was awarded the Chevalier (Knight) Legion of Honor in France. In 1998, he was commissioned for designing the commemorating stamp on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of slavery's abolition. His paintings have been exhibited in France, South Africa, Spain, the USA and in many prestigious venues like the Louvre in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Grand Palais in Paris, the IVAM in Valencia, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Musée d' Art Moderne of Paris. He was present in the first Haitian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennial.

Since 1968, he started creating object assemblages, charcoal drawings and collages, depicting current events and issues, like situations in Haiti or Africa, voodoo and sexuality, etc. In 1973, for the first time, he came back to his homeland Haiti to recharge his imagination. In the 2000s, he returned to his African heritage to invoke "negritude"(a consciousness of and pride in the cultural and physical aspects of the African heritage) in his art. In 2010 following the killer earthquake, he organized the auction "Haiti Action Artist" on own patronage with an objective to restore the creative talents in Haiti.

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