A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT HAITIAN ART

Funds raised from the sale of the art pictured are for two specific artists' colonies, which were completely wiped out. Proceeds went directly to the artists and the two following arts organizations

Atis-Rezistans, which was located in the poorest neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, presented the world's first 'Ghetto Biennale' four weeks before the earthquake and won international notoriety for its success. All participating artists including children lost their homes and studios, and several master artists perished together with an untold number of artworks. See this VIDEO taken after the earthquake.

The Angels of Haiti Project, located in La Vallee de Jacmel on the southeastern area of Haiti, established and maintained a school for the most impoverished children for this region. Founded by Dr. Carolle Jean-Murat, a Haitian-born ob-gyn who has been helping women from all walks of life in San Diego since 1982. It started as a small arts program summer art program in 2001, that is now included in the schools curriculum and evolved to a yearly celebration called Journée des Enfants Pour la Paix (The Children’s Day for Peace) in which over 1,000 children are invited to participate in a day of art, including prizes, music, free breakfast, lunch and fresh water. Synergy Art Foundation is proudly featuring many of these magnificent, “naïve” children’s artworks very reasonably priced, the proceeds of which will be returned directly to this organization. .

Also for sale are artworks by several Haitian masters, including Laurenceau, Claude Dambreville, Prefete Duffaut, Louisiane St Fleurant and others, as well as many assorted and affordable Haitian objets d’art.

Artful photographs capturing the essence of Haiti’s people and landscape (before the earthquake), by local photographer Bill Wechter, will also be for sale.

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Mireille Des Rosiers and Michele Arnesen, our ambassadors from Haiti, were instrumental in the creation of this program.

If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to this program, please issue checks to "Synergy Art Foundation" and mail to: Synergy Art Foundation, 251 Barbara Avenue, Solana Beach, CA 92075.

For more information, please contact Naomi Nussbaum at (858) 509-1155 nnartd@gmail.com.

Henri Jean-Louis, 54, painting in his destroyed neighborhood of Musseau, in Port-au-Prince. The painting shows a refugee camp emerging from a luscious green Haitian countryside. He explains, “I can no longer paint simple, decorative paintings. The world has to know about the sufferings, the apocalyptic Haiti. Generations must remember