Market Update on Haitian Artists as of January 26, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Posted by: Folk Art Market
All of the Market Artists from Haiti Survived the Earthquake.
Serge Jolimeau, Georges Valris, Michee Ramil Remy, Pierre Edgar Satyr and Marie Bernard Pascale Faublas (Marie will be new to the 2010 Folk Art Market) are alive and uninjured according to Market contacts on the ground in Haiti. However, their personal and community losses have been substantial. Their homes have been destroyed or damaged severely, their livelihoods disrupted. Georges’s sister lost her three children. Pierre’s house collapsed.
The Market will continue to reach out to the artists, their families and communities so that we remain connected and informed as their situation unfolds.
Thanks to the generosity of Market supporters, the Market Artist Relief Fund has grown to over $14,000. These generous donations will help us help them directly and according to the needs they themselves identify.
If you would like to make an online contribution to the Artist Relief Fund, please use the button displayed here.
Or, call us at 505-476-1196.
Let us all hold Haiti in our hearts and prayers.
