YOU ARE INVITED!for the love of art... holiday open house
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See you on December 15th?
YOU ARE INVITED!
What goes into making Artists For Humanity's innovative, eco-friendly ReVision tables? Cameron Akerdolu, an AFH apprentice in the Sculpture/Industrial Design Studio tells us how he creates these sustainable, functional pieces of art from junk mail, magazines, steel and eco-friendly durable resin.
Upon entering the 5,000 sq ft, 3rd floor Painting Studio in the Artists For Humanity Epicenter, you can expect to hear the buzz of dozens of vibrant youth -most with paint-stained fingers- in front of easels, and working on colorful, unfinished paintings. In their midst, you will find Maggi Brown, one of AFH's wise and talented Painting Studio mentors who is an inspiration and force in cultivating creativity in the studio and a personal friend to each of the young painting artists in her group. We sat down with Maggi to talk about her background and what it means to be a mentor at Artists for Humanity.
me -- the mentors gather their group together and everyone makes suggestions for a theme and then we take a vote to select one. This fall, my group started with the theme of 'buildings.' Each artist was able to interpret the theme in his or her own way.

“What does sustainability mean to you?”
AFH youth artists are being challenged to ponder that question and be inspired to create a design that could be turned into a high quality, beautifully crafted rug. Merida - a Boston designer of sustainable natural fiber textiles has partnered up with Artists for Humanity to sponsor an 8-week contest in hopes of inspiring creativity in sustainable textiles and encouraging exploration of the importance of sustainability.
AFH artists who enter the Merida contest will submit three final designs and inspiration boards based on what sustainability means to them to Merida in early November. A panel of judges including interior, graphic, and product designers will then choose the top three designs.
Each of the three winners will receive a Merida crafted rug in their own winning design, made of 100% New Zealand wool from Merida’s Fall River weaving facility. In
addition, their designs will be showcased at AFH’s annual December open house and will be sold through Merida starting in early 2010.
Everyone at AFH is thrilled about this partnership. Merida is giving AFH youth artists a voice, a vision and celebrating their virtuosity. Stay tuned to see how AFH youth artists respond to the Merida challenge!
As a way to say thank you to the folks at Blick Art Materials for all they do to support Artists For Humanity programs, three AFH mentors recently presented a free aerosol painting demonstration at the Fenway Blick store.
AFH Co-Founders Jason Talbot and Rob Gibbs, and AFH Literacy Through the Arts Mentor, as well as an AH alum Sarah Nguyen, put on quite a performance for Blick staff and customers, and all the curious passers-by.

