“Unite Brighton”
A fundraising exhibition of exquisite art brought to you by artists of Brighton & Hove, coming together to help build a better future for Haiti.
The aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti had devastating consequences only adding to the already pressurized economy and infrastructure. Amongst many of the tragedies is also the tragedy of children who have lost their parents in the quake.
The Future of Haiti (www.thefutureofhaiti.org) is an orphanage established by volunteers after the quake. With an estimation of approximately 70,000 children with no home or no parents, The Future of Haiti is caring for these orphans providing shelter, clothing, food, education etc but also comprehensive care for their medical needs.
In the tradition of good old British support ‘Unite Brighton’ brings together local schools, artists, businesses and more; Davigdor Infant School, The Fiveways and Peacehaven Directories, The Scientology Volunteer Ministers, The Umi Hotel and others, to raise money toward The Future of Haiti cause.
From June 5th – June30th local Brighton artists, Mandeep Birdy, Angela Huang, Felix Kunze, Steve Yeats and others will exhibit their work, at the kindly sponsored ground floor of the Umi Hotel, 64 King’s Road, Brighton, BN1 1NA; on 12th from 2pm -10pm will be an open view for all and on the 26th June at 3pm the Mayor of Brighton and Hove will be announcing the total monies raised at our grand finale.
During June, a 50-canvas mosaic painted by local school children will be sponsored by friends and family, the child with the most sponsorship will receive a special commendation from the Mayor! Special guest speaker, Andy Kemp, a trained disaster relief Volunteer Minister who went to Haiti will share stories and show an audio visual presentation of the work being done. To end off there’ll be live music and time to talk with the artists and find out how you can help Haiti yourself.
Our GIANT ‘Unite Brighton’ piggybank will be on show at reception so all visitors and clients can donate as they want, along with our ‘I Helped Haiti’ t-shirts which will be for sale, all profits going to the orphanage.
50% of all sales of artwork throughout June will go to the orphanage.
Photos by www.felixkunze.com
If you would like more information on the artists or even how to help the orphanage, feel free to contact Mandeep:sales@artbymandeepbirdy.com, www.artbymandeep.com 07929 979 073
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So do come along and support your local artists and this wonderful charity. We look forward to seeing you there!
With love, the ‘Unite Brighton’ team.
Artists
Sophie Sheinwald - 07976958654 Mandeep Birdy
sophie@planet-interactive.co.uk 07929 979 073
Flora Pettitt Giuseppi Santmaria
07929 979 073 07982571348
Felix Kunze -07515352130 Angela Huang
www.felixkunze.com 07540193364
Steve Yeates - 07768455616
www.steveyeates.co.uk
KOLKATA : BRIGHTON
I wanted to tell you a bit about how this project came about; apart from Kolkata being just down the
road from me, I loved the handmade crafts you find here! Really beautiful! I began talking to Alan and Siobhan about what they do here in terms of their goals for the shop and that’s when I really became interested in working with them and getting an exhibition up.
Siobhan’s campaign in helping villages and those that have migrated to the cities in India is so inspiring to me and I am glad to meet someone who has really put everything in to raising people’s awareness of less privileged countries and the homeless and how we can do something about it. What’s also inspiring is that this team is working out how they can help these villages, not with handouts, but in a way where the villagers can use their skills, or learn new ones to create a fresh economy and viability for themselves, their families and their community who were once on the streets with next to nothing. Siobhan showed me some photographs of her latest visit to India. It was the festival of Holi at the time which means the “Festival of Colour”. I loved the atmosphere her pictures captured; full of fun, colour, life... human spirit. The artwork “Holi” is devoted to Siobhan and her team. For everything that they stand for, I really do applaud them!
In the above picture, the the bottom right corner is the painting donated to Siobhan and her
team: 'Holi'
Some special guests to the show!
The real stars of the show... Alan and Siobhan!
Brighton & Hove Business Show: May 2009
Brighton & Hove's largest business fair held at the Hove Town Hall.
UNTITLED ARTISTS FAIR, CHELSEA, MAY 2009
Moksha Cafe, Brighton