Wanna see me painting live?
This Thursday, August 1st, from 12:00pm PT, you are invited to watch my working process on the very first portrait of my project. Changing Woman. I will be painting, tweeting, and posting pictures to Instagram for all the 24 hours that the event lasts.
Simultaneously, consider donating $2 dollars (the price of a regular cup of coffee at Starbucks) to contribute to the current Changing Woman fundraising campaign. If I get 1,500 people to donate me a "cup of coffee", I would easily surpass my goal of $2,500 USD! How cool that would be?
And this is why I am calling this event Coffee for Art. It would be like buying me a cup of coffee. Except that that money will go into keeping my project going for the next months, so I can make enough art to lift the spirits of a lot of women that have been battered, exploited, neglected, discriminated. And give more hope to others that depend on a shelter to rebuild their lives.
The broadcasting will happen via justin.tv, on my channel Art[a]Live(justin.tv/patriciaariel), and the donations can be made via the PayPal button on mydonations page. Donation is secure and I never have access to your credit card number or any financial information. US sponsors that wish to have their much deserved tax deductions can donate right at my USA Projects page , but keep in mind that I won't get one penny of your contribution in case I do not reach the $2,500 goal – this money goes to the Matching Funds system of USA Projects to benefit unsuccessful projects.
Of course you always can consider donating more than a cup of coffee (because, hey, there are some cool prizes to win!) All donations, even the smaller ones, will have exclusive access to the video footages and peeks at my creative process. But even if you cannot donate the coffee or the bigger bucks, you are welcome to peek into what my life is about most of the time and enjoy my art making process, and even chat in real time, ask questions, etc.
See you there!
In gratitude,
Patricia Ariel .:
Learn more about the Changing Woman Project:
changingwomanproject.tumblr.co…
Changing Woman Art Project Fundrasing
Greetings!
To the ones that do not regularly follow me on my Facebook fanpage or Twitter, I am pleased to introduce you to my very first art project focused on promoting human rights. The project is called "Changing Woman" and it was designed to raise awareness about woman's issues and rights, as well as to promote women's empowerment through examples from real life.
The project's goal is to create twenty-one art portraits of women with stories to tell about how being a woman in the current model of society has impacted their lives. Stories of trauma, abuse, neglect, struggle, and how they fought and thrived, being transformed by the hands of the artist in models of support and encouragement for other women under similar circumstances.
The project has been recently launched on the IndieGogo crowdfunding platform in order to raise funds to make it viable and give to it a bigger and more embracing dimension. I aim to put together an art show, a "behind the scenes" video for the internet, an art book, and to produce limited edition art prints which sales (along with the books) will support an organization for the protection of women.
I have also created a Tumblr site to feature all the twenty-one works created for the project, along with their creative process. The site has been also featuring works of artists from all over the world on the theme on women empowerment, women's rights, and the Divine Feminine.
There are several ways to get involved in the project:
- Contributing to the IndieGogo fundraising. With contributions as low as five dollars you can be a sponsor and be rewarded with items specially created for the project. That includes exclusive postcards, t-shirts, and fine art prints created only for the Indie Gogo backers, and electronic and hard copies of the "Changing Woman" art book. Contributions of $200 or more will win original artworks. All backers will have a chance to win one of the limited edition art prints released by the project. Contributions of $3,000 will take home one of the "Changing Woman" original artworks.
- Purchase one of our merchandise products at the Changing Woman Zazzle store. The profits are destined to help funding the project.
- Participate on my art auctions, to be conducted via my Facebook fanpage Original artworks will be auctioned every week with starting bid at $70 USD. Auction dates to be announced via fanpage.
- Be one of my "Changing Woman". You just have to have a story to tell: how being a woman has been impacted your life. Your struggles as a woman in the nowadays society. A story of neglect, abuse, injustice, and how you have overcame it. You should be willing to provide me with high resolution reference photos of yourself (later), and to record a testimony of your experience in video. I will choose 21 models/stories to become beautiful and inspiring art portraits and be featured in the project. For more details, please contact me at changingwomanproject[at]gmail.com
- If you are an artist, you can get featured in the project by submitting your piece on the theme of female empowerment, women's rights, or the Divine Feminine. Traditional and digital art, design, photography, music, poetry, short story, video, are all welcome. You can submit image files or a link to your portfolio or website (preferable in case of music and video) and a brief bio. I am featuring one artist a day.
- Simply help spread the love! You can share the campaign on your Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or other social network.
To learn more about the project, just visit the Changing Woman Tumblr site or the campaign page on IndieGogo. I hope you get involved and spread the word.
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please use my email pattyariel.art[at]gmail.com or ariel[at]patricia-ariel.com if you wish to keep in touch. i've been super busy, coming here just rarely and might miss your message. sometimes i take a lot of time to respond, depending on the urgency.
another easier way to keep in touch, peeking on my progress, and seeing the new pieces as soon they are released, is "liking" my Facebook page.
Love to you All! keep inspiring!
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Two. Please please please don't leave your messages here on DA since I don't come here everyday and I am very likely to miss them. Better write to my email pattyariel.art@gmail.com, where they have more chances to be read and responded in a timely manner. My apologies.
Three. These is the last week of my super studio cleaning sale, where all my pieces are 50% off their regular prices. Check on my online store to see what's still available: patricia-ariel.ecrater.com