The exhibit currently up at 130 King Street in St. Augustine, FL is carrying over into September. We will be having another First Friday opening from 5-9pm this Friday, September 3rd. If you didn't make it to the last show, you have another chance! There will be new merchandise for sale and this time around, all proceeds are going to a fund to help rebuild the homes and lives of the families in Shey village, Ladakh, India where recent flash floods have devastated the area. This is the same area in which the school (Druk Padma Karpo Institute) resides, where Follow Your Art instituted the photo-literacy program from August '09-May '10. The residential students were all moved to safety during the floods, but the bussed-in children, whose families live in the area, have all been greatly affected, losing homes, farmland, farm animals, and even some family members. The children and their families depend heavily on crops cultivated and harvested throughout the summer and fall for winter food rations, as the main (and only) road to Kashmir and further on to Delhi is closed through the winter due to avalanche and snow conditions. With the fields flooded and now under several feet of mud, you can understand the distress this causes the people.
This is a fundraising exhibition to help those families. The school suffered a lot of damage from the flooding as well, but there is already a relief fund in place for the rebuilding of the school. If you want to donate to that cause, follow the link: http://www.dwls.org/donate-menu.html
Please come and show your support for these children! Thank you.
Julayne Farmer
Follow Your Art Program Founder and Director
julayne@photo-literacy.org
