I Am Madagascar | Benefit Exhibition

| November 26, 2016 | Leave a Comment

In collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Madagascar and the Rogue Foundation, Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International (CPALI) will be showcasing and auctioning original artwork from the I Am Madagascar Children’s Empowerment Art Project

December 14 @ 6:00-9:00 pm EST

Rogue Space | Chelsea

508-526 West 26th St. 9E-9F, New York, NY

Tickets can be purchased here.


From the Rogue Space | Chelsea website:

The project team visited village children in the Makira/Masoala/Maroantsetra area of Northern Madagascar, the largest remaining track to rainforest in the world.  The concept of the art projects is to give children, who usually are painting for the very first time, the opportunity to create and express themselves in color and to imagine and manifest what they want to occur in their lives and in their communities.

Many of the paintings were created from naturally occurring pigments extracted from native fruits and plants such as rangazaha (sword leaf wax lily), vanilla, cloves and trotrobato (bush currents). The exhibition is a unique opportunity to experience the biodiversity, colors and fragrances of the Madagascar rainforest through the children’s creative renderings.

At the exhibition unique natural and brilliantly dyed textiles made from cocoons produced by endemic species of silk moths will be exhibited and auctioned as well as an exciting range of jewelry from dConstruct.

The exhibition will move to the Bronx Zoo which is administered by WCS.org in early 2017.

CPALI has developed a patented solution to conservation issues that results in unique, artisan textiles made of wild silk. Farmers plant native trees, produce a no-kill wild silk, and earn comfortable living wages through sustainable, silk-based livelihoods.  In creating an alternative to destructive subsistence projects SEPALI seek to support the communities of Norther Madagascar develop sustainable production practices while protecting one of the most biodiverse regions of the world.

The Wildlife Conservation Society was originally chartered by New York in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society with a mandate to advance wildlife conservation, promote the study of zoology, and create a first-class zoological park.  WCS’s goal is to conserve the world’s largest wild places in 15 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the world’s biodiversity.

For information on how to purchase the paintings in this exhibition please contact the Rogue Foundation at info@RogueFoundation.org or at 212-751-2210.  Your purchase will be helping a child in need reach their goals in life and support communities at the edge of the world’s largest remaining rainforest in Madagascar.

100% of proceeds will be returned to support the children’s further education and assist sustainable community eco projects.  All proceeds will be administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society in Madagascar to fund art programs in the communities where the children live.

Rogue Foundation projects are 100% funded by events at Rogue Space | Chelsea event and exhibition space.

Kevin O’Hanlon | Founder, Rogue Foundation


Learn more about CPALI and the Wild Silk project through the post featured on the MAHB Blog and Arts Community space —Wild Silk Textiles: Stitching together habitat recovery and income generation in Madagascar!

 

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