Art Supplies Needed in Hurricane Areas
Mark Moore, Assistant Professor of Art and Design at the University of Charleston, forwarded a request to me from a Louisiana colleague regarding the need for art supplies in their area.
There’s a need in Baton Rouge and at LSU for: any art supplies, especially drawing pads, sketchbooks, pencils, markers, watercolor sets, crayons, charcoal, printmaking supplies, sculpture tools, papers, rulers, t-squares, and anything else that is not toxic or dangerous (e.g. oil paint chemicals). This will help people a way to express their feelings in this very traumatic situation. Financial gifts to LSU also cant count as tax benefits.
In his request to Moore, Stuart Baron, director of LSU’s School of Art, wrote:
“Art is such a powerful means of achieving those true expressions of loss, fear, confusion, grief, and, most importantly, hope, which words alone cannot convey. No donation would be too small. Please, please help us by providing what you can. This is only one form of positive intervention, coming quickly from the entire country, that will enable the people and artists of the greater New Orleans area and Mississippi to sustain any possibility of a future whatsoever.”
In Charleston, Pro-Art at 187 Summers Street has agreed to accept donations of supplies.
On a side note, James Thibeault has been working on Katrina boxes, along with area artists including Charly Jupiter Hamilton, Mark Wolfe and myself. The boxes are reminiscent of AIDS and tsunami boxes where remnants or found items from an area are combined with other themed artistic creations and sold to raise money for affected areas.
– Amy Williams
September 22nd, 2005 at 2:38 pm
Thank you, Amy. Hey, everyone, just adding one item to a donation box can make a huge difference to children, art students and others who have absolutley nothing. I’m going to scour my own studio for all the items I’ll probably never use and donate them and maybe you artists out there could do the same. You can bring them to the UC art department, as well as Pro Art and I thank you in advance for your generosity.