As I was sipping on my bold coffee blend from my favorite local organic, fair trade coffee shop Aquarius Star, I was catching up on all my blog subscriptions on google reader and this post caught my eye: Solving World Disasters through Art. This post is from "Books of Adam," a blog written by a fellow misanthrope, Adam Ellis, who chooses to bestow the goings-on of his life upon the undeserving, but ultimately grateful community of the internets.
When I first saw the title I thought to myself, "I love art! The world's pretty boss. How do I save the world with art?!" Naturally, I clicked on the link and read Adam's post. He delightfully insulted the American people and their obsession with reality television while simultaneously asking for the world to provide support the Japanese people. Adam has created a few drawings and put them up for auction on eBay. All proceeds will go to the rescue efforts in Japan via International Medical Corp.
So, you have a choice. You can either go to eBay and vote on any one of these three picture (personally, I'm a fan of the Sailor Moon one) or you can text REDCROSS to 90999 (US) to donate $10 to help Japan.
It's up to you. Be a global citizen. Help out the country that brought us George Tekai, Godzilla, and Mario Brothers.
--Carolyne Hall
Very interesting! I also came across something the other day using art in relation to natural disasters. Evacuteer, a nonprofit in New Orleans, is partnering with the Arts Council of New Orleans to create public art that will aid in the city's disaster readiness. They are hoping to build 17 pick up point stands using public art to make the sites more appealing as well as more visible. You can read more about this project here: http://evacuteer.org/public-art-as-evacuation-pick-up-point-m
ReplyDeleteArt really can solve so many different problems!