Africa On Canvas
the colours of change...
Africa on Canvas buys paintings at fair market value directly from artists in Tanzania & donates all net proceeds from the resale to The Uganda Partnership Association, a Calgary organization working with widows in Uganda to develop projects that empower women & children to lead the way in changing their communities.
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Happy New Year!
And welcome to 2009! Normally this time of year would be dedicated to new years resolutions and fresh starts, but this year my focus is on something old, one year old in fact. Yup - Africa on Canvas turned 1!
From the first shipment of 5 paintings that we opened on the patio at the Lazy Loaf last fall, to over 200 paintings imported to date. How cool! Sometimes I'm still in awe that the project has made it so far in such a short period of time.
As you may remember we started with an open house and the website launch in early December 2007 and ball just kept rolling from there. We organized our first public art display in partnership with the Memeza Africa concerts in early spring and then moved on to the busy summer festival season. Of course, the big highlight there was that our artwork became the face of Afrikadey! 2008. Then as fall approached we had a little bit of breathing room before we plunged into the fast and furious Christmas craft season. Our first year was a huge success and we can't wait to start the cycle again!
And what better way to kick off the year than this? AOC will be taking part in the NGO Village at the Red Deer Justice Film Festival this weekend, Jan 10th & 11th. A number of films are running and you can get further details about the films on their website.