ART+more4Good
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Online Auction Open! Let the Bidding Begin!
ART4GOOD FOUNDATION's AUCTION to BENEFIT THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION is now open. The auction will run from October 2, 2012 to October 7, 2012, with proceeds going to ART4GOOD Foundation, Inc. in order to support OUR MISSION to "Inspire Change With Every Brush Stroke" . Auction items include MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND WORKS OF ART from all over the world and throughout time; and also include: JEWELRY! Collectibles and exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, community. Let the bidding begin!
Animals in Art
Faith, Tradition & Culture
Happy Art
Nature in Art
Dreamscapes
WHY YOUR purchases of art and/or our other truly creative items means so much
When you acquire works of art, jewelry, Art2Wear and other special gifts here, you are also making an investment in both the world of The Arts and in the world of giving back and "doing good"; creatively maximizing the impact of our collective ongoing contributions.
We will be enabled to donate our support to a multitude of worthy causes via our art collection sales and auctions, and our staff and volunteers can continue our growing public outreach and massive following of like minded people.
Everyone wins. Everyone benefits.
Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to truly rare and extremely collectible Works of Art, Creative Gifts, and Art2Wear from all over the world! These donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, members of your “Giving Back and Doing Good” community. Let the bidding begin!
Last, but not least, we are very happy to share with our heart! As you will notice, we have created some very special and specific Charity Galleries for others within this auction!
Any charitable foundations that are interested in….
- Adding Art or Jewelry to their ongoing auction
- Requesting a "thematic gallery" here to benefit their cause, 501 (c) (3) non profit
….we are happy to help!
Contact us directly at: charities@art4goodfoundation.com
Make Your Bid to Support ART4GOOD!
Now is your chance to not only get all the great items you want, but to do it knowing you are helping support our organization and mission.
Our Mission
Introducing
The Art4Good Foundation
Non Profit Organization
"Inspiring Change With Every Brush Stroke!"
It is always the creative ones who truly change the world. The mission of the Art 4 Good Foundation is two fold: to engage and encourage creativity in kids of all ages and inspire them to give back.
As a major stakeholder in The Artist In You, Inc., we have provided funding and support to create a global nexus of affinity where creativity is embraced, without judgement, to be celebrated by all. We are on a constant and continuous search for Burgeoning Artists who need professional representation and advice but have no immediate access or funds to further their careers.
We provide support services, including publishing of works of excellence, while still appropriating a portion of proceeds from sales to participating charities and underscoring the professional success of the participating artists and their residual benefits from each new sale.
Since inception, via social media, we have helped to create several interactive platforms to engage others to share and express their creativity including The Artist In You page on Facebook which currently reaches an average of twelve million (12,000,000) viewers each month by sharing a wide variety of creative posts, challenges, and contests for artists of all styles, genres, ages. Creating a borderless global community, in tandem, we have also funded and launched a truly unique television channel on you tube, The Artist In You TV Channel.
Most recently, we enabled the launch of The Artist In You Blog, where words of art and visuals are posted by a growing contingency of bloggers of all ages and backgrounds, in a multitude of categories. Within our first month, The Artist In You Blog has already ranked #1 in the Causes category, #2 in the Creative category and #3 in the Arts category of all networked blogs within the Facebook community of over 500,000,000 throughout the world.
Via Twitter, we share inspirational quotes and links each day to a following that continues to grow each day, too. Within each of these components of this "nexus of affinity" we have created a global buzz of participation. Many celebrity activists have indicated their support by becoming fans and friends. Phlanthropic Brands, World Leaders, Activists and Renowned Viable Charities have 'liked' and linked to us, and our global family grows, a new creative revolution for positive change each hour of every day!
Why your purchases of art and/or direct donations mean so much!
In sum, when you acquire works of art here, you are also making an investment in both the world of The Arts and in the world of giving back and "doing good"; creatively maximizing the impact of our collective ongoing contributions.
We will be enabled to donate our support to a multitude of worthy causes via our art collection sales and auctions, and our staff and volunteers can continue our growing public outreach and massive following of like minded people.
Everyone wins. Everyone benefits.
100% of net proceeds (exclusive of actual costs of artworks made available here and costs of shipping and handling) are reinvested in projects that support The Arts. In addition, we have created special and specific galleries and made works available for collectors to choose specific charity beneficiaries to benefit from their purchases and acquisitions. Via these specific Featured Charity Galleries, 25% of all net proceeds will be donated to that charity.
Lastly, we will also host specific on-line Charity Auctions, created to benefit Charitable Organizations, at no cost to established non-profit organizations. All proceeds (100%) above reserves (opening bids) will be donated to those charities participating.
Imagine...
You now have an opportunity to acquire published, internationally acclaimed; collectible works of art and know you have also contributed to a solution, a humanitarian outreach or a search for a cure!
The Back Story
To say that my mom is the inspiration behind this project and mission would be an understatement.
It is with my mother's heart for charity, her love of art, that I address this mission every single day.
As a child, my mom was determined to expose me to a world she treasured; a world of the arts. I will never forget a specific weekend trip to the Baltimore Museum of Art. A modern art exhibit beckoned her attendance and the family, my mom, father, sister and I, entered the museum. Unbeknownst to me at that time, that a museum was to be a 'quiet place', this 5 year old blurted out, "I can do better than that!"
My father thought me hilarious, my mother was so embarrassed. I continued, looking up to my father with, "let's go see the mummies!"
Music lessons became the new focus. It was not until many years later that I adopted her love and appreciation for Fine Art. Initially, like many young people, my apartments and rental homes were adorned with art posters and items snatched up at Art Festivals.
When my career took me to many different cities throughout the United States and in France, I began to acquire on a whole new level. Most people take coffee breaks where they work. On locations changing from day to day, I took 'Art Breaks'. I would venture into every gallery along my path, and fell in love with the works of Erte, Alvar, and Frederic Hart.
On one tour, I managed to squeeze in a gallery event honoring Alvar, and met him in person for the first time. My next stop on my tour was a visit to see my mom, then on to New Jersey to meet with my clients at M&M Mars. My mom asked me if she could 'keep' the invitation to the Alvar event as she wanted to frame it.
Yes, my mom, a beautiful heart of a woman, loved art so much, she would actually buy Art Calendars, cut the photos out and frame them! I surprised her that Christmas with "The Tree of Life" and "The Tree of Knowledge" by Alvar! She treasured them and I finally felt like, perhaps, we had come full circle together.
When Betty Busig died, she left those Alvars to me, along with every penny she could save with intent to help me in the future, knowing that due to my SLE/LUPUS, I was unable to 'work' like I used to do!
She lived such a modest life. The most important thing anyone needs to know, to truly understand why she continues to be my inspiration is this. My mom managed to live on $30.00 a week for her groceries, and yet, despite her modest means,donated to at least 20 different charities every month of her life until the day she died. Putting others first was a given. She was selfless, charitable, and totally modest. She was and will always be my angel of inspiration.
When she died, I, too, had been making monthly donations to a selection of my favorite causes. I began to think about how I could do more, much more, and expand those funds she left me; appropriating with a more continual and heightened capability, a method of giving back like she did, until the day that I die.
A friend introduced me to several sources where galleries acquire works for their galleries. At an alarming rate, many U.S. galleries have closed their doors due to the economy. Since 2005, I have been collecting the works you will see in ourThematic Galleries and Renowned Artist Galleries.
This, all of this, was made possible and inspired by Betty Busig!
About the Artists
We are very proud to offer works from over 200 Published and Acclaimed Artists from more than 40 different countries.
Our inventory includes many works from artists who have been featured in the most prestigious museums in the world!
Art4Good artists' works have been seen and showcased:
The Louvre Museum: Paris, France
The United Nations, New York, USA
The White House
The Smithsonian Institute
The Guggenheim Museum
Musee National d’Art Moderne: Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art: New York, USA
The Tel Aviv Gallery
Haberdasher’s Hall, England
Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles, Ca USA
The Townbridge Museum, Great Britain
Salon of Independent Artists, France
Gallery Wally Findlay, Chicago, Palm Beach
City Hall of Chieti, Italy
City Hall of Lasalle, Quebec
Lum-ley Gallery, London
American Association of Artists
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Newark Sstate College, New Jersey
University of Nevada
The Olympics
Caisse d’espagne
Town Hall of Levallois, France
Art Expo, New York
Moshe Monson Gallery, Jerusalem
Uzbekistan National Museum
Museum for Eastern Culture: Moscow, Russia
American Consulate, Israel
Findlay Gallery, United States
Feinstein Gallery
Dimkpoulos Gallery
BLD, New York
Galaxy Gallery: Gotenburg, Sweeden
Geissing Design Institution: Hamburg, Germany
Binyanei Hauma: Jerusalem, Israel
National Society of Painters: New York
El Paso Museum of Art
The Palace of Legion and Honor: San Francisco
National Art Exhibition: Bejing, Chia
The Whitney Museum
The Fogg Museum
The Corcoran Museum
The Cleveland Museum
The Jerusalem Theatre Gallery
The Dixsa Gallery: Tel Aviv, Israel
Bruno Gallery: Tel Aviv, Israel
Art Expo: Atlanta, Georgia
Safrai Gallery: Jerusalem, Israel
The Ambassador Gallery: New York
The Fine Art Museum of Long island: New York
Martin Lawrence Gallery: Chicago, Illinois
Roberts Gallery: Scottsdale, Arizona
Art One Gallery: Los Angeles, California
John Szoke Graphics: New York
Gallerie I.D.: Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Contemporaire: Geneva, Switzerland
Galleries Naifs et Primitifs: Paris, France
The Library of Congress
Corporate clients have included:
The Disney Corporation
Exxon Corporation
Universal Studios
Federal Express
Larson-Juhl, Inc.
The Ritz Carlton Corporation
American Pharmaceuticals
Nissin Foods of Japan
Pepsi-Cola
Societe Toyota
Club Pernod, Champs Elysees, Paris
Hotel Mercure
Clermont Ferrand
Red Bull
Lexus
Toyota
Levi Strauss Corp.
Artists have been Commissioned to paint the official portraits of:
King and Queen of Spain (Royo)
Sir Winston Churchill (Cha)
Marilyn Monroe (Azoulay)
Featured in:
People Magazine
BBC
The New York Times
USA Today
Variety
American Artist Magazine
American Cancer Society Christmas Cards
Featured on:
Extra
Access Hollywood
Barbara Walters
Inked
Pink Videos
"Starting Over"
And have been collected by:
President Ronald Reagan
The Rockefeller Family
President Anwar Sadat
Jerry Lewis
Brooke Shields
Nicolas Cage
Jane Seymour
George Lucas
The King of Saudi Arabia
The Annenburg Family
HRH Prince Charles
President Jacques Chirac
Celine Dion
President Bill Clinton
Curt Gowdy
Barbara Mandrell
Tom Jones
Elizabeth Taylor
Donna Summer
Dinah Shore
Samuel Goldwyn
Jean Wallace
Patty Duke
President & Mrs. George H.W. Bush
Ron Howard
Nicole Kidman
Tom Cruise
Val Kilmer
ZZ Top
The Black Crows
Dick Van Dyke
Hugh Hefner