About this Event
Join us for a very special Art and Appetizers, "Art for Change", with Gina Cole.
One lazy afternoon away from the easel, Gina sat on the couch flipping through Netflix, a TV series "Tales by Light" caught her attention, it was a docuseries that followed UNICEF photographer, Simon Lister and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Orlando Bloom to Dhaka in Bangladesh, there they met with children living and working in inner city slums. The story broke her heart, her eyes filled with tears and sadness overwhelmed her. She felt she has got to do something although unsure she decided to reach out to Simon Lister and asked him if she could use his photograph and children's stories as a subject for her project which is called "Children of the World".
In this project, Gina painted a series of children's portraitures. Similar to Simon whose passion was to share his stories through the lens, Gina tells children's stories through canvas with hope to shine the light on these beautiful children. She has a vision and has hope that through visual art, she would be able to bring attention to the social issues such as at-risk children living in the impoverished area, the existence of child labor in several parts of the world, and the most heart wrenching story of all - child sexual exploitation.
Each painting tells a story of a real child in the world, and we hope to raise awareness with this art show about child exploitation, and to raise funds for UNICEF.
This event is being organized, hosted, and produced by a third party in support of UNICEF USA. UNICEF USA is the beneficiary of the third party’s efforts but is otherwise not affiliated with the third party. When a third party applies to organize, host, and/or produce an event in support of UNICEF USA, the third party agrees to abide by UNICEF USA’s policies on diversity, racial equity, and belonging, and child safeguarding.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Water's Edge Gallery at the Riverside Hotel, 2900 W Chinden Blvd, Boise, United States
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