uusc:

This painting was created by Mathieu Jean-Baptiste, a Haitian youth who takes part in an art program offered by the Association for the Promotion of Integral Family Healthcare, a UUSC partner in Port-au-Prince.

Bid on this painting and others from Haiti in UUSC’s online auction, at http://www.uusc.org/auction

kilele:

Dyes for sale in Morocco

Photo by Serena Rembado

(via professorbutterscotch)

medaliaart:

The Conversation - Georges Desarmes

The colours reminds me of this Tom Thompson painting. I love all the things the title of this work conjures.

alesiakaye:

It was at school one afternoon early last year that young Djecilia Jean Baptiste felt the walls start to shake.

“I heard other houses come down,” the 13-year-old says, eyes fixed downward. “And I didn’t know what was happening.”

The earthquake in Haiti killed more than 300,000 people and devastated the girl’s hometown of Jacmel. The school stood, but Djecilia’s family home did not, like thousands of others across the country reduced to rubble. Since that day, she and her twin brother have been spending their days in class, studying the arts, and their nights living in a tent with four other siblings and their mother.

Continue @ Globe and Mail

Great story about the power of the diaspora to share experiences.

cork-eyeliner:

baucau 12. betel art

Love it! Such bright colours.

richardmccoy:

A great post by SanSuzie (Rosa Lowinger) on C-Monster about her work in Haiti helping to conserve some of the murals.  Such a great story about chipping away in the larger process of restoring the country.

Doing wonderful work - in the midst of so many other important changes to be made, things like this can easily be forgotten.