Art

No stranger to having his works on display in exhibitions throughout Europe, North and South America, Haitian born painter, sculptor, advertising illustrator and graphic artist, Phillippe Dodard has created pieces using materials as varying as iron, jewels and paint on canvas. His early years saw him learning the trade at the Junior Seminary of ST. Martial's College, and he would go on to receive scholarships and opportunities for tours on which he gave speeches. Throughout his schooling, he was a student alongside Patrick Vilaire, Jean-Claude Garoute and Frido Casimir.

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Maurice Alfredo Sixto was born in a wealthy family on May 23, 1919 in Gonaives. His father was an engineer with exact name of his son. His grandfather was an immigrant from the Virgin Islands. He was pursuing his career as a radio broadcaster when he suffered glaucoma became legally blind at the age of 40. He began his career as a tourist guide and a translator, served as a press secretary to the librarian of the American Embassy. He served as a teacher in Democratic Republic of the Congo nearly for a decade. He worked and spoke with his pen for the oppressed people of his country till his death in 1984. He will remain in the mind of Haitians forever.

Maurice Alfredo Sixto was born in a wealthy family on May 23, 1919 in Gonaives. His father was an engineer with exact name of his son. His grandfather was an immigrant from the Virgin Islands. He was pursuing his career as a radio broadcaster when he suffered glaucoma became legally blind at the age of 40. He began his career as a tourist guide and a translator, served as a press secretary to the librarian of the American Embassy. He served as a teacher in Democratic Republic of the Congo nearly for a decade. He worked and spoke with his pen for the oppressed people of his country till his death in 1984. He will remain in the mind of Haitians forever.

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Here is a painting of the famous character Lea Kokoye.

Alexander Maurice Sixto is the name of greatest Haitian storyteller who alone played many characters that he himself created. The creator with many talents raised his fingers at all the wounds that plagued the lives of Haitian people and fought against the social injustice in Haiti. He was one of the few who first advocated introduction of Haitian Creole in school teaching. He despised child abuse and always spoke against 'restavek' which he thought was another name of child slavery. "Restavek" are the poor countryside children sent to the houses of the wealthy families in the urban area by their parents so that they can live a better life. But in most cases, the rich people used to exploit them and use treat as slaves. Maurice Sixto narrated the pains and miseries of the 'restaveks' through his fictional character named 'Sainte Anise'.

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Here is a picture of a Haitian artist working in Haiti. This is where most of those artists create their products to sell to the public

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here is an art photo from . It is a tray made from recycled metal. As you can see, the same beautiful color combination that Haitian artists are known for can be found in tis piece

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Good Demen Haiti (GDH) is an arts organization dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk youth. Its activity is creation of personal, household, and business products made from recycled plastic.

This year GDH is making costumes and accessories for the Carnival of Flowers. House artist, Gumo Lormeus, will instruct how to create flowers from recycled plastic bottles in a five-step process.

GDH's purpose is to keep at-risk youth off the streets of Port-au-Prince and teach them life skills.

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Good Demen Haiti (GDH), established in 2004, is a program for at-risk youth. A volunteer arts organization, it seeks to keep kids off the streets.

Artist Gumo Lormeus teaches the teens how to create art objects from recyclables. This year they will make costumes for the Carnival of Flowers, using plastic bottles. The order from the Ministry of Tourism is for 400 whistles, 200 dresses, and 200 hats. GDH also produces products for public and private consumption.

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Here is a picture of the Famous Haitian painting Serment des Ancetres.

This artwork was produced in 1822 by artist Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (1760-1830). , the painting "Serment des Ancêtres". This painting is considered as symbolism of the historic meeting between Alexandre Petion and general Jean-Jacques Dessalines

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What you are looking at is a piece of history or Haitian History. The painting Serment des Ancetres or Oath of the Ancestors Painting.

The story of the painting is quite interesting. This work is a testament to the solidarity demonstration of the painter Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (1760-1830) towards the young Republic of Haiti.

This painting was offered to Haiti: clandestinely transported by his son, he came to Port-au-Prince in March 1823.

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Here is a picture of both former presidents of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier and Jean-Bertrand Aristide. They both were in exile and wanted to return to Haiti. Jean-Claude Duvalier made a surprise return to Haiti with an expired passport and Jean-Bertrand Aristide is requesting a diplomatic Passport to return to Haiti

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