The Artist In You Blog! is a global community of creative authors who share a common goal - to give back and create change in those places where change is really needed. We believe that, through creativity, we can make a difference in this amazing world and that the ripples of change will eventually be felt all around the globe.
To honor #VeteransDay this year, we have rolled up our sleeves and created an extensive #Auction to benefit Wounded Warrior Project! Please do SHARE if YOU CARE!
Items include Fine Art, Couture, Fashion, and One of a Kind JEWELRY, Unique Experiences, Designer Hand bags, Memorabilia and Celebrity Collectibles and so much more! #Win something AWESOME and support this awesome organization ! Thank YOU!!
With every bid YOU make; with every offering YOU score, with every moment you spend exploring this auction, YOU can help a Wounded Warrior!
ART4GOOD Foundation will donate a portion of each offering with YOUR help and interest! We hope you will stand with us, this Holiday Season, to help others!
Are YOU in? Please let your friends and family know about our exclusive event! THANK YOU!!!!
ART FOR GOOD FOUNDATION PRESENTS A very special On line only AUCTION Event: "Especially FOR MOMs"!
The auction will run from April 27, 2015 to May 31, 2015, with proceeds going to ART4GOOD Foundation, Inc. in order to support our mission to "Inspire Change With Every Brush Stroke!.
FEATURED Auction items range from 1 of a Kind Exclusive offerings guaranteed to delight and surprise.
So, tell your friends, family, community. Let the bidding begin!
Art 4 Good Foundation, Inc., is located in Downtown Palm Springs in the historic district; within the former Clark Gable Estate. Open to the public on weekends, art “speaks”. Art speaks in 41 languages. Tourists and locals alike can view hundreds of works of art by Renowned and Collectible Artists from all over the world.
Admission is free, and our museum space, consisting of three galleries, is also made available, at no cost, for viable local charities who wish to host fundraising events.
We are very proud to offer works from over 200 Published and Acclaimed Artists from more than 41 different countries.
Our inventory includes many works from artists who have been featured in the most prestigious museums in the world!
We have donated funds to the following charities:
Shakira’s Barefoot Foundation
Thorn/DNA Foundation
DreamCatchers Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary
Habitat for Humanity
Feeding America
Doctors without Borders
Oxfam
Stand up 2 Cancer
Animal Humane Society
Amnesty International
Autism Speaks
St Judes Hospital
Nothing but Nets
United Nations Foundation
International Rescue Committee
Make a Wish Foundation
Elton John AIDS Foundation
ONE Campaign
Native American Heritage Association
The Prince's Trust
Clinton Foundation
UNICEF
UNHCR
MusiCares
Andre Agassi Foundation
M J Fox Parkinson's Foundation
Lupus LA
Give Back Hollywood
Barbra Streisand CrowdRise Team for Women's Heart Center
The Trevor Project
American Red Cross
Project Arrowhead
Feed A Child 2012
Enough Project
Team Tre: Sickle Cell Disease
Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation,
Wounded Warriors,
Reader to Reader,
Native American Heritage Association,
American Cancer Society,
Cure Epilepsy Campaign,
Operation Respect,
BDPA NY Scholarship,
Imagine Scholar Inc,
Will Ferrell's Cancer For College Campaign,
Edward Norton's Maasai Wilderness Campaign
Jason Bateman's City Year Campaign
The Daniel Pearl Foundation
Christopher's Clubhouse Foundation
Angel View Crippled Children's Foundation
Conservation Lands Foundation
Cri-Help
FACEBOOK/HELP NEPAL CAMPAIGN
4 KIVA.ORG PROJECTS FUNDED TO DATE
GIFTS IN KIND: OVER $100,000.00 to date
"Art Speaks": “Inspiring change, with every brush stroke”, it is the mission of the Art4Good Foundation to enlighten the public to the real value of art and creativity. Art is subjective, yet it requires no translator. Art speaks in every language, and can be utilized as a strategic "tool" to engage interest and commonality via education, availability, and exchange of ideas worldwide. Art provides good will, emanating from the United States, throughout the entire world; not unlike the popularity of our best exports of music, films and automobiles, we intend, in the near future, to focus and enhance our mission to "export culture", sharing the works of international artists, beyond our borders.
“Art heals.”: Founding Chairperson, Wendie Busig-Kohn suffers from Systemic Lupus, a crippling disease that was diagnosed in 1992, when doctors told her to “get her affairs in order”. After several strokes and seizures, she chose to eliminate most, if not all of her prescriptions and discovered that when creating, the left brain shifting to the right, her pain would disappear, if only for a little while, when painting. As a result, she became an advocate for “Art and Healing”and published a book of the same title.
ART4GOOD Foundation, Inc. provides a multitude of social media outlets for burgeoning artists to showcase their works, at NO cost. ART4GOOD also sponsors “The Artist In You” blog, where artists can engage others in the inspiration behind their works, and enjoy reading additional creative posts, including, but not limited to poetry and music.
To date, we have also published seven ART and ART/Poetry books, to enhance the stature of burgeoning artists as "published artists". Costs for publication have been paid entirely by ART4GOOD Foundation, Inc., and proceeds from sales are donated to support ARTS in SCHOOLS programs. Previously, we sponsored several underpriviledged children to attend Summer Art Conservatory classes in Palm Springs.
ART4GOOD has also created videos to showcase new artists' works, showcased on The Artist In You TV Channel on You Tube. Art4Good created The Artist In You TV channel on You Tube, which offers thousands of videos for the public to find including educational, creative, and inspirational videos along with full length movies and music videos too.
In summary, it is the mission of the ART4GOOD Foundation, Inc. to communicate, inspire, and support the ever changing world of art, via education by visualization and participation.
Why subject yourself to the rush and crowds of big box stores, when you can SAVE up to 75% on the most unique and thoughtful gifts that give back to your favorite charities too?!!
ART4GOOD FOUNDATION, Incis ramping up with an unprecedented number and variety of awesome gifts that are guaranteed to delight and surprise!
Art 4 Good always gives back, and this season we will be donating our support to the following charities:
Yes, we do have oooooodles of works of ART including Uber Collectible works by Renowned Artists from all over the world! We also offer a growing inventory of Master Artists' works and the ever popular collection of Vintage and Nostalgic works!
We will be offering the most substantial collection of Unique Jewelry offerings ever: approximately 750 NEW items that will warm your heart this holiday season!
Last, but not least, we are also creating and offering NEW ...AWESOME GIFT ideas!
In summary? Why bother with the rush of the crowds, when you can sit back, click here, and discover items that are simply not found elsewhere, and you will save $$ and FEEL GOOD about GIVING BACK?
When the Founder of ART4GOOD Foundation, Inc. began her mission to "inspire change with every brush stroke", by creating and hosting on-line charity auctions, she never thought she would become the top selling artist! In fact, she never perceived herself as an artist!
In 2011, she suffered a mild stroke, leaving her left side totally paralysed. Depression set in, as she "felt useless". Normally, she volunteered at least 100 hours each week, to this mission.
Determined to inspire her to try something new, I went shopping for a wide variety of art supplies. It did not matter how, it only mattered that she would simply play with colors and maybe even forget about the pain for a while.
Three years later, she became the best selling artist on ART4GOOD Auctions! "My early works were really horrible", she recalls. "But, I did discover that when I immersed myself into creativity, I forgot about the pain. I learned that by shifting into more right brain activity while painting, I found a sanctuary, a retreat from pain!", said Wendie. She became an advocate for the "art of healing".
Soon thereafter, her works were also published in a series of books; eight in total, also an effort to raise awareness and contribute to various causes. Her poetry was also featured in five of those books too!
In 2014, she began to design for "OFF THE WALLS" Wearable Art and more! Her design collection, now planned for its 2015 debut, now includes: Art Tees, Shift Dresses, Handbags, Watches, Rockin' Shirts, Scarves, Skirts, Kimonos, Home Decor Items, and Beach/Yacht wear too!
SHOW! SHOW! SHOW?
Well, miracles do happen, but Wendie Busig-kohn still suffers from Systemic Lupus and Fibromyalgia. "The ole gal just doesn't go out anymore", she will tell you. "My focus is to do what I can, whenever I can, via social media".
Can you blame me for insisting that we, finally, do a "ONE WOMAN AUCTION"?
We're on! From September 1st through September 7th, everyone is invited to a very special auction event! 777, Seven hundred, seventy seven offerings of Wendie's creativity in a multitude of forms will be available!
Are YOU in? We hope everyone who reads this blog post will be there to support "the best selling artist to date" on ART4GOOD Auctions, who has given back so much! It's her time to shine!
Thank You!
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Which charities have benefited from sales of
ARTbyWBK?
Shakira’s Barefoot Foundation
Thorn/*formerly DNA Foundation
DreamCatchers Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary Habitat for Humanity Feeding America Doctors without Borders Oxfam Stand up 2 Cancer Animal Humane Society Amnesty International Autism Speaks St Judes Hospital Nothing but Nets United Nations Foundation International Rescue Committee Make a Wish Foundation Elton John AIDS Foundation ONE Campaign Native American Heritage Association The Prince's Trust Clinton Foundation UNICEF UNHCR MusiCares Andre Agassi Foundation M J Fox Parkinson's Foundation Lupus LA Give Back Hollywood Barbra Streisand CrowdRise Team for Women's Heart Center The Trevor Project American Red Cross Project Arrowhead Feed A Child 2012 Enough Project Team Tre: Sickle Cell Disease Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, Wounded Warriors, Reader to Reader, Native American Heritage Association, American Cancer Society, Cure Epilepsy Campaign, Operation Respect, BDPA NY Scholarship, Imagine Scholar Inc, Will Ferrell's Cancer For College Campaign, Edward Norton's Maasai Wilderness Campaign Jason Bateman's City Year Campaign The Daniel Pearl Foundation Christopher's Clubhouse Foundation Angel View Crippled Children's Foundation Conservation Lands Foundation Cri-Help
