Congratulations to Charrish Ferguson for landing her piece on the cover! (shown below) The Art for the Earth exhibit can be seen at Café Espress this month until May 28. They have the $200 framed prints, $50 mounted prints and $20 shirts for sale at the café/gallery. Please visit the exhibit if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet. All of the profits from this project will be donated to World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and Direct Relief International. 

Currently, we do not have a location for Art for the Earth during the month of June. If you know of a gallery or venue that would be interested in hosting our exhibit next month, please let me know. Thank you for your interest in Art for the Earth. We are always looking for new ideas, comments and people wanting to get involved.

Last month, the exhibit was up at the Coconino Center for the Arts with the 6th Annual Recycled Art Exhibition. The Opening for this event was very successful with over 500 guests and over $550 dollars raised for our charities. Check back for pictures from the most recent events next week. If you are interested in purchasing a framed print or would like to be added to our mailing list, please contact us at artfortheearth@gmail.com

Art for the Earth in Phoenix was a blast! We had a great turnout (approx 3,000 people), and received some really awesome comments and feedback on the exhibit. Basically, people LOVED it. Many people came back 2 or 3 times as they went back and forth to the different galleries that participated in the Art Walk.

Friday night was the best night for turnout. We were setup at an outdoor venue called Canvas, and they had rock bands on all night long. There was a line down the street just to get in. The music was great, conversations excellent, and the looks on peoples faces as they took in the art was priceless. We even had a pair of Phoenix’s finest stop by and take it in.

Saturday had less people, but more of the right crowd. The Saturday show goers were more into the art than the music, and it proved to be our best day for sales. On Sunday, when we got there, no other galleries were open, and no street vendors were setting up. We decided to start packing the truck and see if other places opened or not. By 1 pm, only two galleries were open, and we saw maybe 10 people walking around, so we continued to pack.

Overall, we sold three framed prints, three mounted prints and about 20 shirts, and were able to raise over $1000 for charity. It was much less than we anticipated, but there were many small variables that contributed to the low turnout. However, I think we can still call it a success. The artists got some great exposure, as did Toyota, and it was a fun-filled two days.

Nate was able to get the shirts up for sale here (www.artfortheearth.org/store.html), so please check those out. We are also going to have another Art for the Earth event here in Flagstaff next month. I am going to visit local papers and art publications to see if they will write a story and help promote us for the Flagstaff event. More info on this to come.

We will sell everything and end up with a large donation from this project, but its just going to take a little more time. We will keep you up to date with the event in Flagstaff and the progression of the project. Hope you are all doing well, and please write (artfortheearth@gmail.com) with any questions or suggestions.

If you would like to view pictures from the event, please visit www.artfortheearth.org/PHX/

Thank you to everyone who submitted work. There were a lot of amazing and diverse entries. So many talented artists from all over the world contributed to this experimental and exciting project. The successful turnout for entries to Art for the Earth is very inspiring… kind of makes me want to do it again.

Please check this site periodically for updates. We will be posting pictures and video here after the event. If you would like to receive updates by email about Art for the Earth, please write us at artfortheearth@gmail.com  We welcome any suggestions, questions or comments.

Susana Leal - Almada, Portugal