"Artists Rescue Team for Japan" Benefit
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
This event has ended.
On March 11, 2011 a catastrophic 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit the northeast (Tohoku) coast of Japan followed by the deadly Tsunami. The Tsunami waves' height was nearly 48 feet (15 meters) in many areas, and the Tsunami traveled at 26.25' (8 meters) per second in many areas, the speed of an Olympic Athlete. According to the report as of April 22, 326,000 buildings and 3,700 roads were damaged or destroyed. The death toll is 14,000, more than 12,000 are still missing and 131,000 victims are still living in evacuation centers without adequate facilities. The Japanese government estimated that the direct damages to buildings and infrastructure alone could amount to $310 billion dollars (26 trillion yen), excluding the loss of agricultural lands and the disastrous damage of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. The relief for Tohoku has been quite slow to arrive to the needy. People outside Japan tend to think Japan is a wealthy country that doesn’t need to be supported financially, but the loss and damage are enormous and the recovery will take many years to come. JAPAN NEEDS SUSTAINING SUPPORT..
Many benefit events have been held all over the city as soon as the tragic news spread in NY City, and news reports that the benefit events have been very successful, which shows the beauty of the human spirit in a time of great tribulation. People are essentially good and this reinforces my belief in the loving kindness of all humanity.
WAH Center (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center) has also organized a team of volunteers “WAH CENTER ARTISTS RESCUE TEAM for JAPAN" for a “Two Day Art Benefit Event” on the weekend of June 11, 3 months after the tragic day of 3/11/11. We have decided to delay our events a bit later. Despite the fact that people’s memory span is short and the impact of the devastation might become less in people’s minds, the Japanese need for help doesn’t end as fast as people’s memory. We believe that sustaining our continuous effort and keeping the momentum are very important. Therefore, we hope to have our art benefit events not only once but others in the future.
The Two Day Fundraising Event includes an Art Benefit Exhibition, Performances (Dance & Music) and Fashion Show. During the events Delicious International Appetizers and Drinks will be served.
100 % of the proceeds will go to the Japan Society's "Japan Earthquake Relief Fund”
Artworks for Sale include painting, watercolor, drawing, print, photography, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, glasswork, jewelry, Size is up to 24” and Price under $200. Become an art collector!
Ticket for Dance & Music performances is $15. A not to miss one of it’s kind performance event!
You can make a donation: Payable to Japan Society, indicating “Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.”
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Schedule
from June 10, 2011 at 17:00 to June 11, 2011
Artist(s)
Amina Ahmed., Sharon Ascher, Stephen Auslander, Michael Bales, Donna Balma, Ayako Bando, Diana Becerra Bayona, Robert Beal, Olivia Beens, Jeffrey Berman, Bienvenido Bones Banez, Benjamin Bohnsack, Paul Brainard, Beryl Brenner, Liubov Brizhatiuk, Orin Buck, Michael Cavayero , Elisa Chalem, Coco Masuda Comitini, Ed Coppola, Ersilla Crawford, Suzanne Ives Cunningham, Marina Daneva, Kikuko Doi, Diane En, Camilla Falcon, Carmen Frank, Tomoko Fujiki , Akiko Furukawa, Ania Gilmore, Randy Globus, Jacek Gulla, Takuya Hayaki, Neddi Heller, Christine Herman, Edward Herman, Halona Hilbertz, Tom Hooper, Sheryl Humphley, Kuni Iizuka, Junichiro Ishida, Yoko Ishikawa, Naoki Iwakawa, Susan Jacobs, Sam Jungkurth, Farnaz K, Sachi Kabeya, Aya Kakeda, Yu Kanbayashi, Miki Katagiri, Sun Young Kang, Mikiko Kanno, Hide Kawabata, Takeshi Kawashima, Tamiko Kawata, Mildred Kaye, David B. Kelly, Suprina Kenney, Sonomi Kobayashi, Kenji Kojima, Yasutaka Kojima, Lynn Kroll, Keiko Kubota, Ryosuke, Kumakura, Taehyub Lee, Estell Levy, Paulien Leithen, Terrance Lindall, Sheena Liu, Liz N-Val, Barbara Lubliner, Bix Lye, Riza Manalo, Basha Maryanska, Tokoha Matsuda, Margo Mead, Gail Michell, Sharon Miller, Junko Miyakoshi, Makiko Miyamoto, Yasumitsu Morito, Shige Moriya, Walter L Mosley, Shinji Murakami, Irmari Nacht, Yoko Naito, Izumi Nakamura, Vernita N’cognita, Toshiko Nishikawa, Jodie Niss, Masaaki Noda, Hiromi Nomurajima, Yumiko Nolan, Nicki Orbarch, Tomoko Oka, Kooan Okawa, Yoshiaki Otsuka, Kasia Ozga, Isaac Pelepko, Maurizio Pellgrin, Carmen Porfido, James Prez, Jeffrey Alen Price, Jennifer Primosch, Carol Quint, Renee Radenberg, Edita Rojas, Cheryl Safren, K. Saito, Kiyoko Sakai, Shunji Sakuyama, Kenjiro Sasaki, Masaaki Sato, Nolil-Katz Sawaka, Julie Joy Saypoff, Larry Scaturro, Yoshiyuki Shimamoto, Jun Shoji, Joel Simpson, Linda Smith, Freiman Stoltzfus, Kumiko Suda, Mayumi Sue, Miho Takai, Kyoko Takei, Akemi Takeda, Fumiha Tanaka, Yasuyo Tanaka, Nicole Titus, Alice Topalian, Yuko Uchida, Angela Valeria, Jania Vanderwerff, Joy Walker, Steven Walker Marcia Widenor, Mary Westring, Chi Fung Wong, Phyllis Yampolsky, Junko Yoda