For the 2nd year, the Children of Chernobyl Foundation
is participating in the Arts Alive Banner Contest, which
is organized by DEMA and Danny Salzhandler, the President
of the 101 Artists Colony. This year, one hundred one (101)
artists have painted original works of art on banners that
are currently installed on street lights along six miles
of the Coast Highway in downtown Encinitas, Cardiff, and
Leucadia. This is the ninth year the 101 Artists' Colony,
Cardiff 101, and the Downtown Encinitas Main Street Association
(DEMA) have presented this community art event, and we welcome
Leucadia to the event this year. Having originated in Encinitas,
the Arts Alive banner project has now spread to numerous
towns and cities throughout the country.
Children of Chernobyl Foundation’s 2007 winning artist,
Nastya Chernik, painted both of these banners during her
Christmas vacation in January. She is donating her artist’s
share of the proceeds from the banner sales to the Children
of Chernobyl Foundation. Her personal thoughts about each
banner subject reflect her compassion for the needy children
of her own country, as well as the rest of the world. Besides
Nastya, a number of local artists are also donating their
share of the banner proceeds to various charitable organizations,
including the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy and Community
Resource Center.
This year's "Arts Alive" Banner Unveiling was
held on Sunday, January 27, 2008 in the former Coast Dispatch
building on the Coast Highway in Encinitas. It was a huge
success, with well over 350 people in attendance, including
city council, city officials and staff, the banner artists,
and community leaders and supporters of the arts in Encinitas.
The event was hailed as "the last hurrah" for
the gray metal warehouse, which will be dismantled and moved
to Mexico to be used as a church, making way for a new development
at the site.
The Live Banner Auction (with auctioneer, Rich Houk) will
take place in the courtyard at Cardiff Towne Center, located
at the corner of San Elijo and Birmingham, at 2pm on Sunday
May 18, 2008.
A record number of silent bids were placed on the banners
at the Unveiling this year, and may continue to be made
while the banners hang on the Coast Highway until the Live
Auction in May. Contact DEMA at 760-943-1950 if you would
like to place a bid.
Our Arts Alive banners, one-of-a-kind pieces of original
fine art, demonstrate the scope of talented artists in our
community.
This year's participating artist, Nastya Chernik, has
donated 2 wonderful pieces (both shown left), "Sea
World" and "Thoughts about Africa."
Nastya explains, "Our planet's plants, animals and fish
are endangered by pollution. Near Belarus, which is contaminated
by radioactivity, children suffer from diseases and compromised
immune systems. That is why I've participated in the Arts
Alive program: to help the Children of Chernobyl Foundation
of San Diego raise money to bring kids from Chernobyl to
the USA for summer respite visits." The artist's share the
proceeds will go to Children of Chernobyl Foundation.
Nastya is the winner of last year's Children of Chernobyl
Foundation's group art competition. Born in Belarus (Minsk)
in 1989, she like to work with pastel, acrylic, water color,
and gouache, and is a 3rd year student in the art college
in Minsk, Nastya says, "From TV programs and newspaper articles,
I know about huge problems African countries are facing:
AIDS, famine, and shortage of water." The artist's share
of proceeds will go to the Children of Chernobyl Foundation.
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