RAISING VOICES Art Benefit Event

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 2010
1pm to 5pm
LA Daylight Studios
201 South Santa Fe Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Join us for an exciting event showcasing artistic expression from all over the world, while supporting work with vulnerable communities in Africa. Voices for umoja is hosting an afternoon of food, drink, music, cool products, and good company as we come together to celebrate the connections that emerge from the process of creative expression.

2010 Raising Voices Benefit Art Show
An event to raise funds for Voices for umoja to support work with vulnerable populations in Africa will take place on Saturday, September 25th, at LA Daylight Studios in Downtown Los Angeles. The daytime event will include DJ, refreshments, auction, photography & art work, fair trade products for sale & good company. All in-kind and monetary donations are tax deductible.

Voices for umoja (umoja means unity in Swahili) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to using various forms of communication and action to create change at the community level and beyond. Voices for umoja strives to connect groups and individuals with the goal of strengthening our global community. Voices for umoja was started out of a project with a community-based organization called Abila Creative Center (now Abila Creative Arts) in Kisumu, Kenya that began in 2006. Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya, is located in the Nyanza province, home of Barack Obama's grandmother and the area with the highest HIV rate in the country. Kisumu has high poverty and unemployment rates and very limited opportunities for economic advancement, especially following the violence that erupted in response to the last presidential election. Voices for umoja continues to work in close collaboration with Abila Creative Arts as well as other community-based organizations in Kenya.

For more information: please contact voicesforumoja@gmail.com


"Raising Voices" Art Donation Show Statement

Artists and photographers where asked on an open call to submit/donate small artworks. Under a short amount of time to collect artwork, the aim for this donation group show was to collect as many national and international artist to express the interconnectivity around artist communities and community creative sharing. By collecting works of art from artists around the world we intent to expose the greater dialogue of community in which we have brought together creative individuals and multiple communities to share their own creative, cultural, and demographic perspectives of artistry and artistic practice.

All proceeds will be raised for future funding for community projects in Africa by Voices for Umoja; and as well as in support of strengthening our global community and creative voices around the world.

Organized by Sara Feldman, Christina Moses, Alexis Hudgins, & Calvin Lee

Participating Artists and Photographers

- Pauline Adhiambo, Kisumu, Kenya
- Jeffrey Agono, Kisumu, Kenya
- Carrie Rebecca Armellino, Los Angeles, CA
- Tracy Von Becker, Montville, NJ
- Michelle Bonfils, Los Angeles, CA
- Jimmy James Canales, San Antonio, TX
- Forever Young Chung, Los Angeles, CA
- Diana Sofia Estrada, Los Angeles, CA
- Dennis Feldman, Los Angeles, CA
- Neal Feldman, Los Angeles, CA
- Sara Feldman, Los Angeles, CA
- Nacho Genzon, Los Angeles, CA
- Nicolas Grenier, Montreal, Canada / Los Angeles, CA
- Carl Gunhouse, Brooklyn, NY
- Alexis Hudgins, Los Angeles, CA
- Eric Kim, Los Angeles, CA
- Helen Kim, Los Angeles, CA
- Karolina Karlic, Los Angeles, CA
- Calvin Lee, Los Angeles, CA
- Sidonie Loiseleux, Los Angeles, CA
- C. Francisco Martinez, Los Angeles, CA
- Harry McGowan, Los Angeles, CA
- Lisa Miller, Los Angeles, CA
- Joanne Mitchell, Los Angeles, CA
- Kean O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
- Amelia Opalinska, Landing, N
- Robert H. Ordonez, Forrest Hills, NY
- William Otieno, Kisumu, Kenya
- Gastave Oyani, Kisumu, Kenya
- Joseph Peila, Royal City, WA
- Jason Plunkett, Los Angeles, CA
- Marina Pinsky, Los Angeles, CA
- Trevor Powers, Boston, MA
- Lisa Paige Robinson, Los Angeles, CA
- Jason Underhill, Los Angeles, CA
- April Windsor, Los Angeles, CA
- Nic Yakhama, Kisumu, Kenya
- Silke Zeidler, Germany
MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON...