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MHHAV Art Exhibition

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:22:19 +0000

In case you missed the My Hands Have a Voice event back in April, put on by Giving Children Hope to raise awareness and funds to combat human trafficking, their art exhibit will now be going on tour. The tour will make its first stop at a couple locations in Laguna Beach, California.

Here are the event details:

Saturday, August 15th from 5pm-8pm
at two venues in Laguna Beach
1. Joanne Artman Gallery
326 N Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
2. Tosti Studios
210 N Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

To access the website for the event,
you can click on this link:
My Hands Have a Voice Tour

You can also visit the event’s Flickr page to view some of the original artwork from the show (although not all pieces will necessarily be on tour). Check those photos out here to view artwork in response to the issue of the 27 million people living in slavery today.

The My Hands Have A Voice art exhibition against human slavery has limited pieces on tour. All artwork is available for sale and goes to Giving Children Hope to help in the fight against the global public health issue of human slavery.

Come. Be Educated. Do Something.

10% from all other artwork sold at the JoAnne Artman Gallery will be donated to Giving Children Hope

Leah Wiedemer

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:59:15 +0000

I definitely have a heart for a great number of social justice causes, but I make no secrets about the fact that my true passion lies in ending human trafficking. In the future, I hope to create blog posts that have more of an article slant, informing you all about the issues behind the artists here, where I’ll be able to talk a bit more about my own thoughts and experiences, how they relate to art, and what you can do (as well as featuring guest writers who will do the same). My guess is that a good deal of that content will focus around human trafficking, because in my own research, and in my time wandering around social media sites, I’ve come across some major players in the battle to end modern-day slavery, and they have a lot to say.

A couple of those players happen to be Diana Scimone and her friend Leah Widemer. Diana passed some information along to me via Twitter (@DianaScimone) a couple weeks ago about a new project she’s working on with Leah, an artist located in Orlando, Florida, who’s helping her illustrate a new children’s book aimed at combating human trafficking. So, when I got in touch with Leah, she relayed this story to me:

“I spent a lot of time praying about how I could make my art work benefit others beyond decorating their home or office. When Diana Scimone first approached me about doing the illustrations for her children’s book series, “The Adventures with Paw Paw,” I felt it was an answer to prayer. I worked in watercolor for the three “Paw Paw” books, making slight adjustments to the feel of each book according to the artistic culture of the country Paw Paw was visiting. Diana’s vision was to use the books to raise money for various children’s charities. Then, with the passing of a few years, Diana’s vision became more specific and she zeroed in on preventing child trafficking. Now I am thrilled to be doing the illustrations for a wordless book which is an allegory about the world of child trafficking that teaches children, parents and teachers about the dangers of child trafficking with the goal of ending it.

“Besides my illustration work, I paint portraits (mostly from old photos) and scenes from our travels throughout Italy. I have committed to donating 10% of all proceeds garnered from my paintings to various charities.”

You can find more of Leah and her work, as well as more about Diana Scimone and her organization, Born to Fly, on these sites:
Leah on Twitter: @RoamingArtist
Diana on Twitter: @DianaScimone
Leah’s Blog
Leah on Cafe Press
Born to Fly

If you’re a Twitter fanatic and have a heart for human trafficking, you also might be particularly interested in checking out this post from Diana, which lists a lot of great Twitter users to follow who are working toward ending slavery.

My Hands Have a Voice

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:56:34 +0000

“My Hands Have a Voice” Art Exhibit will be held Saturday April 18 at 7 p.m. at:
Giving Children Hope
8332 Commonwealth Ave.
Buena Park, CA 90621
714-523-4454

Giving Children Hope hosts “My Hands Have A Voice” Art Exhibit as a response to the issue of human slavery. The evening will include art exhibition of local artists, silent auction of artwork displayed, live music by Eko Funke along with other music by TOKiMONSTA, a film screening of critically acclaimed documentary Call+Response, a TOMS shoes paint station, interactive slavery experience and response area, and much more.

Tickets are on sale now:
$15 online
$20 at the door
$7 students with valid ID

To submit artwork, purchase tickets, find opportunities to volunteer, view a list of items that need to be donated, or for more information visit the event website at www.myhandshaveavoice.org or contact Melissa Strauss at Mstrauss@godaid.org.

Ticket proceeds and art sales help to support the efforts of Giving Children Hope to alleviate the global and public health issues of human slavery.

Event Site: http://www.myhandshaveavoice.org
For the event video, and other videos from our sponsors: Here