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This page is for our favorite charities, artists, musicians, people and organizations that truly make the world a better place. Please take a moment to read through the descriptions and follow the links to share and show your support. Send your links with descriptions to info@nobliquestudios.com and we would be happy to post them here. Reciprocal links are appreciated. Enjoy!
Support The Arts
HAP is a non-profit organization devoted to the placement of large scale public sculpture in the urban setting of Henderson Avenue in Dallas, Texas. In it’s first year, HAP has placed (through a juried competition) 7 artists on Henderson Avenue and continues to fill the neighborhood with sculpture from other artists.
I am please to be a part of this project and hope you will show your support to help the artists continue to create, participate, and be seen. Art enriches the community and brings all facets of life together, collectively, in the effort to enhance our quality of life where we live.
Nadine & Keith Weaver, Design Consultants
email: thefireplacegirl@aol.com
972.406.9991
Elegant Reflections collaborated with me recently to fill a 4x4 foot cement base with fire glass that would reflect and throw prisms onto the surface of my big candy blue sculpture “Wounded”.
Installed in cooperation with the Henderson Art Project, Elegant Reflections donated the glass for my installation. We’d like to share this link in appreciation of their kind support.
Thank you Nadine!!
Artists in Texas
Artists In Texas is a human edited directory established in 9/18/2005 that is dedicated to providing easy access to art and artists in Texas. Gain exposure for your work by listing in the Artist Directory or present your work through a Featured Artist Listing presented in the gallery section of this site.
Susan Henry specializes in artfully designed portraiture. Although her specialty is portraiture, she is a true artist able to capture the essence of whatever she is photographing. We are proud to support and refer her talents to anyone seeking the art and direction of a seasoned and talented professional who goes above and beyond to deliver memories that will truly be cherished for generations. If you are in the Houston/Galveston area, be sure to check out her site or visit her on Historic Postoffice Street in Downtown Galveston.
“Strengthening and Sustaining the Careers of Craft Artists”
Craft Emergency Relief Fund is committed to supporting the careers of craft artists throughout the United States. Through business and career-strengthening programs, emergency relief support, advocacy and research CERF helps professional craft artists strengthen and sustain their careers so that they can thrive and, thus, contribute to the quality of life in our communities.
We first became acquainted with CERF when Nic’s studio in Clyde, Texas burned to the ground in an accidental blaze in 2006. We received a loan to help rebuild the studio but more than that, we were given the genuine concern and compassion of an organization that understands and supports the needs and struggles of artists. We again had to call upon CERF in 2008 when Hurricane Ike destroyed our home, studio, and gallery in Galveston, Texas. Through the support of CERF we were given tools and resources that led to obtaining a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Disaster Relief on Christmas Eve of 2008. We are very humbled by our tragic experiences, and even more so by the outreach and support of organizations like CERF that have led to our continued success and strive to sustain the livelihood of artists and in turn contribute to the enrichment of our communities and culture. Thank you CERF and a very special thanks to Les Snow for impacting our lives and the lives of so many artists.
www.joanmitchellfoundation.org
The Joan Mitchell Foundation was established in 1993 to fulfill the ambitions of Joan Mitchell to aid and assist the needs of painters and sculptors. The Foundation seeks to demonstrate that painting and sculpture are significant cultural necessities. To further this mandate, the Foundation annually awards grants to painters and sculptors, supports outside programming such as workshops and residencies serving individual artists, and provides free art education opportunities for New York City Youth.
By encouraging the ambitions of developing artists, the Foundation celebrates the unique legacy of Joan Mitchell as an American artist and seeks to emphasize and draw attention to the important contributions of artists working today.
The Joan Mitchell Foundation awarded Nic Noblique a Disaster Relief Grant on Christmas Eve of 2008 after Hurricane Ike destroyed his Studio and Gallery in Galveston Texas. Nic was the sole recipient of this grant and because of the foundations ambitions and hard work, he is still working today. Thank you Joan Mitchell and thanks to those carrying out her mission and wishes to see artists survive and create.
Artist Boat is dedicated to promoting awareness and preservation of coastal margins and the marine environment through the disciplines of the sciences and the arts. To fulfill this mission, Artist Boat promotes collaborations between marine scientists and artists in order to develop the environmental literacy needed for individuals to act as vessels of knowledge, carrying within themselves the talents to:
1) Promote the preservation of fragile ecosystems through environmental education and the arts
2) Utilize the traditional tools of the sciences and the arts in coastal margins and the marine environment to bring people to places of awareness and reflection while visiting these habitats
3) Reflect the immense beauty, wonder and diversity of life contained in coastal margins and the marine environment back to their communities.
This mission is manifested through art and science residencies in communities, the use of vessels and interactions with coastal peoples, hands-on experiences for participants, public art collaborations, symposia and workshops and partnerships designed to promote creative projects.
Itscool2care supports creative compassionate youth who are looking for a way to make a difference today. Kids of all ages collaborate with adult volunteers and local businesses to facilitate their service projects. Problem solving and management skills are cultivated as the youth lead the project and event planning. Driven by their vision and desire to improve their environments, itscool2care kids inspire and connect their community in a variety of ways. To date itscool2care has supported the Houston Arboretum, Toys for Tots, End Hunger, Houston Area Women's Center, Trees for Houston, and has an ongoing collaboration with Friends for Life Animal Shelter and Sanctuary. We meet and provide workshops at Friends for Life Compassion in Action Center in their new facility on 19th street in the Houston Heights.
NIC NOBLIQUE
