indonesian_open Artquake

[Wittman, Leonie]

Teman-teman yang baik

You may be interested in this Sydney event

 

As the Monsoon season draws near, 

post-earthquake recovery in 

Indonesia is increasingly urgent.

 

Indonesian Solidarity and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA 

invite Australian artists to use their talents

 to make a real difference.

ARTQUAKE: An art auction fundraiser at

Eastside Arts, Paddington, 7 October 2006.

 

On May 27 this year a high magnitude earthquake struck the city of
Yogyakarta, situated on the densely populated Indonesian island of Java.
As the earth shook people lost their lives, homes and livelihoods, with
over 6 000 people killed, around 46 000 injured, and over 600 000 left
homeless.  Many are now living in makeshift tents, or shelters on the
side of the road.  An area rich with artisans, craftspeople and home
industries, many in Yogyakarta have lost their place of work and/or the
tools and machinery that they used to make a living.

 

On June 17 another major earthquake occurred, this time under the seabed
off the coast of West Java, causing a tsunami that struck the south
coast of West Java.  At least 660 people were killed and approximately
51 500 lost their homes.

 

With the monsoon or rainy season fast approaching it is vital that the
Australian community provide assistance to those affected.  WALHI - The
Indonesian Forum for Environment has been working in each of these areas
helping survivors to rebuild their lives.  Having spent over a year
working on emergency relief and community empowerment in Aceh and North
Sumatra after the 2004 tsunami, WALHI now have extensive experience and
networks in post-disaster relief work.  WALHI take a community-based
approach to recovery work, with a focus on revitalising local community
organisations for the rapid recovery of civil society in affected areas.
They are the largest forum of non-government and community-based
organisations in Indonesia and stand for social transformation, people's
sovereignty, and sustainability of life and livelihoods.

 

Indonesian Solidarity and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA proudly present
ARTQUAKE - an art exhibition/auction to raise money which will enable
WALHI to continue their much needed work in each of these
disaster-affected areas.  We are inviting artists to donate work to be
exhibited and auctioned at the Stone Gallery at Eastside Arts in
Paddington on Saturday 7 October 2006.  Artquake is an opportunity for
Australian artists to directly support the people of Indonesia, and all
donations are tax deductible.  Ideally we would like to have all work at
the gallery by 24 September.  Please call or email to make delivery/pick
up arrangements.

 

"Artquake is about people connecting with people, across national
boundaries in order to help the people rebuild their homes and
livelihoods following the disasters in Indonesia, "says Jumaadi, an
Indonesian artist residing in Australia.

 

ARTQUAKE is supported by Global Gallery, Art Business, Gallery 44 and
Gang Festival.

 

Please contact Amity Lynch on 0413 114 758 or miss.malapetaka at gmail.com
for further information or expressions of interest.  Your generosity
will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/indonesian_open/attachments/20060830/5f90ae85/attachment-0010.html