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Image from Haiti: Sell Art, Support a School

Categories: Caribbean, North America, Haiti, U.S.A., Arts & Culture, Education, Youth

\"La Bonne Recolte\" by J.B. Chery.
La Bonne Recolte by J.B. Chery. Image courtesy AyitiCherieConnexion [1]

AyitiCherieConnexion posts a slideshow of Haitian paintings [1]and writes (FR):

While surfing the web the other day I discovered a not-for-profit project from New York which uses Haitian art to fund a school in Haiti. I'm talking about the Vassar Haiti Project. It auctions paintings by all sorts of Haitian artists and the funds are used for the construction and functioning of a school in Chermaitre, a town 6 to 7 hours northwest of Port-au-Prince. The project accomplishes three goals: encourage haitian artists to produce art for sale, exhibit the beauty in the country, help those in need in the country.

She posts a link to the artwork still available after the auction [2].