Oh The Possibilities....

What do you think about this new liquid mixture that allows you to literally spray on your clothes? I would love to feel if it is comfortable. Sounds itchy. I'm guessing it could be not terribly flattering....but SO fun to try new designs with. One of the possibilities for this new concept is for spray on bandages. I like!
So really. What do you think???

Coming Soon.....

I am back from Haiti. I already miss it.
Somehow a little bit more of my heart always stays behind.

It was an amazing time~ working with artisans, helping in the community, and loving on lots of sweet malnourished children in the Rescue Center. I'm hoping to start posting a LOT more on this blog. We want more people to know about AFH and how easy it is to help feed starving kids and help Haitian men and women earn a much needed income through the arts.

We are in the process of organizing kits that people can help sell from their homes, schools, churches, and more to directly help people struggling in the mountains of Haiti.
Do you want to help? :)

We're In Haiti

We'll be in Haiti September 5-10.
We're so excited to visit the people and children
we have grown to love so much.
We will be teaching some classes, loving on kids,
and working with artisans in the mountains of Haiti.
We will also be coming back with more artwork from Haiti to sell.


If you would like to follow our journey in Haiti you can go
to our Artists For Hope in Haiti blog.

Let the artists you know in the states how they can help feed starving children through their art. Could there be a better reason to create???

Check Them Out

Because of the amazing artists that have donated recently to Artists For Hope, we have been able to help the children at the Rescue Center find Hope and receive the nutritious food and health care they need to return home to their families.

If you are an artist, or you know of one who would like to make a difference in the life of a child in Haiti through their art, please have them email us at artistsforhope@gmail.com. 100% of the proceeds go to the Rescue Center!

Now go check out....

Joey Breed at the Painted Pineapple

Sonya Raven's Encaustic and Mixed Media

Tracy Hanson at Junk Posse

Kate Stelow at Crimson Sky Designs

You can still purchase some items by these amazing artists on our website and on our Etsy Site. Thank you for helping bring hope to kids in Haiti!

Amazing Before and After

I often think "What if the Rescue Center wasn't there? What if there was nowhere for these kids to go? Where would they be right now? Would they even be alive?" When I think of the kids that I've posted here...I'm pretty sure the answer would be No. They probably wouldn't be alive if the Rescue Center wasn't there to take them in and love them and care for them. These kids were in desperate need of nutritious food and health care and without it they would have died. Every day, kids like these die in Haiti because of poverty. It's heartbreaking and I hope it motivates you to do something to help them in the same way it motivated me when I realized this was happening in a country SO close to the US.

These amazing transformations are what is happening at the Real Hope For Haiti Rescue Center in Cazale, Haiti. These before and after pictures speak for themselves. These kids were starving to death. Now they are smiling and active and even a little bit chubby! This is why we help this amazing place. They need funds to feed and care for these kids so that they have hope for their future and a chance at life.

Please take a moment to marvel at these before and afters and think about how you can let your creativity make a difference in the lives of children that will be at the Rescue Center in the future. Create something to donate in honor of these children or shop for something amazing to make a difference.

Darlens Before:

Darlens After:

Marie-Lange Before:

Marie-Lange After:

Soline Before:

Soline After:

(portrait of Soline by artist Alexis Studenberg)

Kervenson Before:

Kervenson After:

The Co-op Begins

Last November, before the earthquake, I met this family in the mountains of Haiti. I've written about them before because their impact on me was very strong.

This desperate father was trying to figure out how he was going to take care of his family when he had no job and no possibilities for work in the future. I talked with someone at the Rescue Center where we were working because I wanted to figure out how this man could find a job. The response I got was "there are no jobs." All I could think was WHAT is he going to do??? How are you supposed to feed your kids when there are no jobs and no food pantries or shelters to go to for help? It was one of those moments when reality hit me hard.

Marie-Lange, one of the children, was admitted to the Rescue Center because she was obviously severely malnourished. Seeing her little ribs sticking out made me realize that we needed to do something to help people in this area earn a living. It's so overwhelming to think of this problem as a whole. Our hope is that we can start to make a difference one little step at a time by providing outlets for people to sell the things they create and by teaching classes to people with an interest in the arts and a need for income to be able to support themselves and their families. We want to lesson the amount of families that have to suffer in this way.

We have started to receive items from Haiti and we will be listing new things in the weeks to come. We listed our first items last week and are very excited to say that most of them have already sold! Below you will see a few of the items that have/will be for sale. We will be also be sharing more about these items and the artisans who create them. We are so excited about the possibilities and the hope this will bring to families in the Cazale area.

You Can Make a Difference

Buy Art.

Feed Kids.