Comments on: Art as Catalyst for Change in Haiti http://blog.burningman.com/2012/12/afield-in-the-world/art-as-catalyst-for-change-in-haiti/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=art-as-catalyst-for-change-in-haiti Mon, 20 May 2013 02:06:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gerflash http://blog.burningman.com/2012/12/afield-in-the-world/art-as-catalyst-for-change-in-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-90560 Gerflash Sat, 12 Jan 2013 07:06:36 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=23914#comment-90560 Wow! How is it that there’s just a few days from the new profile system plan announcement to the deadline for getting it all completed and in for my entire theme camp! You ask a lot! I’ve never seen such a short deadline like this from you guys and gals. What gives?

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]]> By: Judy Hoffman http://blog.burningman.com/2012/12/afield-in-the-world/art-as-catalyst-for-change-in-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-88502 Judy Hoffman Tue, 25 Dec 2012 01:54:43 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=23914#comment-88502 Hi and what a great idea. I knew Flo and some of the Fosaj artists work with our youth. We are Art Creation Foundation For Children, in Jacmel for 10 years. We are in process with a major website update but our original mission still holds … Art Creation Foundation For Children is a non-profit arts organization created for education and personal growth of children in need in Jacmel, Haiti. Children achieve self-sufficiency via the arts and education as well as internalize a sense of social responsibility, community and connectedness in partnership with ACFFC staff and supporters. Our youth are all children who started with ‘never attended school, nor have two parents, nor ate every day.’ Now, they are talented artists, and in fact are changing the face of Jacmel via our Mosaique Jacmel project … also painters … papier mache … painting on silk. We now have 100 youth in the program. We have tshirts printed in the US if we need much beyond very basic. Vistaprint, etc. If you set up a silk screen program, PLEASE work with and train some of our older youth – teens and young 20s … age range is young (6) to 21+ (because they had not started school at age 6 or 7) and because we are becoming bit by bit self sustaining, so art is providing work/jobs as well as a voice. Flo’s death upended Fosaj and sadly, it has never been the same. Burning Man people and Jacmel, perfect. Please know that while ACFFC was founded by a foreigner (me) and a Haitian in Jacmel (who has been in the US and is now moving back) … all funds raised go to Haiti or for the youth, their families, the organization and all paid staff is Haitian. Please learn about us. https://www.facebook.com/ArtCreationFoundationForChildrenJacmelHaiti?fref=ts This will give you a much better sense of newest news, etc. I know Burning Man brings a huge number of people together, but do you know an artist called Robert Seven … he drives an ambulance. Anyway, please do this! And we can help you as best we can.

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