You may purchase cards, prints and original works of art created by orphan children. There is a small city outside of Vladivostok Russia called Artyom. Within this city is an orphanage that has a very competent art program. When touring the facilities, you soon become aware of many beautiful paintings that have been painted on the back of old posters or just scraps of paper! What is incredible is that the desire of these children to paint and produce art is so tenacious, it doesn't matter to them what they use to express their imagination and develop virtual works of art...and what is even more amazing is the beauty of the art, even though produced on little scraps of paper. Equally amazing is the ability of the orphanage to keep this program alive for these children, despite being severely hindered by the lack of funds to purchase art supplies. We bring this artwork back to the United States, where we make prints. This program started in Artyom, Russia and we now also have artwork from the Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Vietnam. Proceeds are returned to the orphanage or school where the art originated. |