Charity Art Exhibit
Charity Art Exhibit
featuring original works by Ecuadorian Artist Luis Salazar
presented by the Palms for Life Fund
February 18 - March 8, 2010
chashama 30 West
30 West 8th Street (@MacDougal)
New York, NY
A,B,C,D,E,F,V to West 4th station (exit at rear of station), 1 to Christopher Street station, walk down Greenwich Avenue to West 8th.
Wine and Cheese Opening Reception: Thursday February 18th, 6 - 8p
Hours: Tuesdays - Saturdays, 12 - 8p
The paintings are framed and prices are very reasonable!
From February 18th to March 8th, The Palms for Life Fund will present the works of accomplished Ecuadorian artist, Luis Salazar at the chashama 30 West Gallery. As part of Palms for Life "Art for Life" initiative, all net proceeds from painting sales will go directly back to Ecuador to help educate poor children. This project is in collaboration with local organizations MEVA - Music Live Now - and the Brass Band of Ecuador that provide cultural education to children in poor neighborhoods.
Through Art for Life, Palms for Life achieves two goals: to share the talent of local artists and generate funds to support social investment. In this way, "Art for Life" creates new opportunities for many disadvantaged populations in Ecuador and around the world.
**All net proceeds from your purchases are donations (tax deductible) and will go directly to help feed and educate poor children in Ecuador**
www.palmsforlifefund.org | info@palmsforlifefund.org | 718-450-0123
Luis Salazar was born in Quito, January 31, 1966. At the age of 21, he enrolled in the Art Faculty from the Central University in Quito. While he began pursuing a career in photography, he soon became passionate about painting. He took classes with Maestro Oswaldo Viteri and traveled to Cuba to pursue his studies. He started painting soon after and was immediately recognized as a very unique talent. His most recent exhibits include: the Orbankai International Cafe in Landshut, Germany, the Meguro Art Museum in Tokyo, National Art Gallery in Malaysia, Casa de las Americas in La Havana, Jack Meier Gallery in Houston, Texas, and many other indataidual and collective exhibits in Ecuador. Luis teaches Art History and lives in Quito. He has produced 38 paintings for Palms for Life Fund.
"We are not an economic power, neither military nor political but we can be a cultural power." Manuel Benjamin Carrion Mora (1897–1979)
"This thought of Benjamin Carrion describes exactly our identity and our cultural wealth and geography. We are the heirs of an ancestral Cosmo vision that remains alive through our traditions and customs. That is why I allow myself to pick up in my paintings religious and urban symbols with suggestive metaphors that appear in many cases extremists and perhaps incomprehensible, however to me, this is what artistic expression is all about: the highest expression of hope and the concept of culture as an instrument of freedom allowing the permanent growth and development of the indataidual." artist statement Palms for Life Fund is a not-for-profit corporation (501(c)3) dedicated to ending poverty by addressing its root causes. The funds we raise on behalf of very reputable local NGOs help to alleviate hunger, support food production, education, especially girls' education, adult literacy, health care for mothers and children and microfinance. With these investments Palms helps provide poor people with new opportunities to make the right choice for a better future. All net profits generated through Art for Life will help educate children in Ecuador while at the same time supporting the work of artist Luis Salazar.
