Blessed fruitfulness has continued to reign since my last post. And now a plum has been placed in my cornucopia of life.
Escalade, an exhibition for fundraising and awareness by Artists Against Slavery (AAS), opens this Tuesday 14 July at Gallery O at The Arts Centre in Christchurch. I'm delighted to be able to exhibit in this show and to help Janie Porter realise her vision to facilitate artists joining together to help fight this modern day human tragedy.
I truly believed slavery to be a 19th century fact belonging to history until I read the book Not For Sale. I was shocked to discovery not only is slavery more prolific than it was before and during US Civil War times, today's slaves are considered to be cheap and expendible, which is NOT what happened historically. All the modern day famines, political unrest, and natural disasters we read about or see in the news mixed with extreme poverty and ignorance funnel millions of unsuspecting victims into the human trafficking machine each year.
Escalade, in which I will have four works from my Rust Cannot Corrupt tangential series, will raise money for Hagar International, an aftercare entity working to help restore persons rescued from slavery with education, employment training, and other vital ways.
I have the privilege of helping man the exhibit which runs until 20 June. I invite readers of this blog who are in or visiting Christchurch to stop in to view and purchase the works on display. I'd love to meet you. Then, for me, it's back home to continue working on Ephemeral Perception. I'm really excited about this upcoming 2010 exhibition at ArtSouth in Gore. It's exciting to realise the vision for this series with the completion of each painting. Until next time. May you be fruitful. Blessings.
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