1. Spread the word in class! Let teachers and students know about our cause and the possibility of assigning a portrait that we can use.
2. Letting those who are interested in our cause get information from our website, including our personal contact information, and our Guatemala contact for further information if needed.
3. Receiving other peoples artwork via email (if digitally created) or mailed to our personal address.
4. Every so often when enough artwork is collected, I will send bigger packages of artwork to Ashley in Guatemala.
5. Ashley will use the artwork in her marketing activities and sell the artwork to her contacts in the states, most of which are in the adoption process.
6. The donation from the money collected for the artwork will then be collected by Ashley and the Hannah’s Hope organization to be distributed in the right places for the orphanage.
7. Artists feel great. Children smile. Everyone rejoices.
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About: Portraits for Prosperity
As creators of Portraits for Prosperity, Carla Wyzgala and Danielle Trejo, we invite fellow artists to join in a simple cause that will bring joy effortlessly to children in need in the Guatemala area.
So why Guatemala?
Currently in contact with Ashley Williams, a representative of Hannah's Hope Orphanage, I was moved by her photos and stories of the abandoned children in Guatemala City. To see for yourself, I encourage you to check out her xanga site linked on the right, or even friend her on facebook.
So how did this all start?
Having known Ashley for years now, she approached me as an artist to create a drawing of the irresistible children she was working with in a way that no one did. She wanted a portrait of a Guatemalan child exposing the truth of their situation in an equally irresistible way. Basically she had yet to see any art of children that screamed, "Adopt Me!"
As an art student, I found an opportunity to include this cause into a school project. I created a marker rendering of a Guatemalan girl from the photos Ashley had shown me as a class assignment.
I then mailed the piece to Ashley and she was EXTATIC. She framed it, hung it on her wall and the piece got much praise.
This sparked an idea.
What if other art students did portraits of these children for assignments while in school, then get sent through me to Ashley in Guatemala to be sold to profit the Orphanage and the exact children the artwork is of. How effortless on the artist's behalf, since Ashley will do the marketing. And how easy to feel good about a small and simple school assignment.
So why Guatemala?
Currently in contact with Ashley Williams, a representative of Hannah's Hope Orphanage, I was moved by her photos and stories of the abandoned children in Guatemala City. To see for yourself, I encourage you to check out her xanga site linked on the right, or even friend her on facebook.
So how did this all start?
Having known Ashley for years now, she approached me as an artist to create a drawing of the irresistible children she was working with in a way that no one did. She wanted a portrait of a Guatemalan child exposing the truth of their situation in an equally irresistible way. Basically she had yet to see any art of children that screamed, "Adopt Me!"
As an art student, I found an opportunity to include this cause into a school project. I created a marker rendering of a Guatemalan girl from the photos Ashley had shown me as a class assignment.
I then mailed the piece to Ashley and she was EXTATIC. She framed it, hung it on her wall and the piece got much praise.
This sparked an idea.
What if other art students did portraits of these children for assignments while in school, then get sent through me to Ashley in Guatemala to be sold to profit the Orphanage and the exact children the artwork is of. How effortless on the artist's behalf, since Ashley will do the marketing. And how easy to feel good about a small and simple school assignment.
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