Bringing art and the spirit of creativity into the face of the African AIDS crisis.

 

     ART AUCTION:       Saturday, October 21, 2006       Austin Children's Museum  7-10pm       

A team traveled to Kenya May of 2005 and collected over 300 dreams, stories, pictures and drawings from Kenyan children.  Now over 100 artists created original works of art from these 'Messages in a Bottle' sold in an art auction.  art+life+kenya brings people, art and the spirit of creativity together to contribute to the lives of AIDS orphaned children.  The Providence Children's Home and Community Center is 501(C)(3) non-profit orphanage and school in a rural area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.  visit www.providencekenya.org

 

Message from Kenya

Kamau Gachinah - age 16

“My names are as above, and am 16 yrs in form 2 or second year in high school in Kenya. I do like making friends and part of me am a funny guy (joker).

Kamau is a Kikuyu name in Kenya, one of the tribes in Kenya which is well and very respected. Am the last born in the family of 4 and I love the fact that am born last.

Am brown in complexion and I like it.

Since when I was in elementary schools as you refer back in states, I always wanted to be dealing with tourism as I was interested in knowing parts of the world as it was and still is my favorite hobby.

I love helping and that’s why am always ready to help.

I believe that one day, I will fly to States and see that place people always say ‘it’s paradise on earth.’  My dream is to fly all over the Europe.

Bye Bye”

 

"Ecclesiastes Dagger Hands"

by David Szathmary & Joe Richardson

Response from Artist - "STAY & LEAD" 

"Attached is the world’s first serigraph using multi-colored ultra-violet inks. 

 This piece represents the Tibetan equivalent of burying the hatchet, but before trouble starts.  It is a preventive medicine. 

Africa is a land facing great challenges this century.  Either it will continue to suffer from AIDS and warfare, or there will be a joining together, and a uniting of the spirit against this disease that propagates most rapidly in lawless areas.

It is an honor to assist you in the Art Life  Kenya project.

Thank you for this illuminating opportunity."

Artist comments: This work is a collaboration between David Szathmary and Joe Richardson.  Joe drew the lines and David got the blacklight inks designed and screened correctly, which was a long process, taking place at Obsolete Industries.

 

 

Since this is a serigraphy, an exact copy was donated and delivered to the school in Kenya in August 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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