Help Us: Raise funds for Africa! Cameroon! 1. Travel to further expose the cultures within Africa. 2. Construction in 'Santa' village in Cameroon.
This Raffle Ended on September 08, 2017
Africa! One of the aims of Shiri Achu’s Art is to showcase the culture of Cameroon and other African countries worldwide. It’s also to bring back the fond memories to those in the diaspora. She finds beauty in the woman carrying her child on her back and going her way, She finds beauty in the old lady making ‘achu’ in her dark outdoor kitchen for her family. There is a beautiful simplicity in the African culture she is trying to project into the western world. She paints them to educate whilst trying to draw their deep interest, fascination, inquisitiveness of the culture so as to one day plan to visit and see for themselves. Shiri Achu aims to travel within Africa to further explore, expose, and make recognizable, the various cultures within Africa through art.
Shiri Achu is an award winning artist who has exhibited internationally. After her Art exhibition, 36InPrint:DC which took place in Washington DC from 5th-14th May 2016, Shiri received recognition from Congressman Chris Van Hollen for '...presenting the inaugural 36InPrint:DC art exhibition, and with appreciation for using art to capture the spirit of the culture...' 37InPrint:AUS exhibition followed. It took place from the 14th-23rd of July in Adelaide, Australia. It was a wonderful exhibition, and although we were meant to draw the winner of the original painting then, we were some 200 raffle tickets short, so the big draw will now take place at 38InPrint:Jamaica on the 8th of September!!! ^RAISE THE ROOF^ Cameroon village construction! Proceeds will go to help in the completion of construction works in 'Santa' village (N W Province) in Cameroon, particularly roofing the village Sunday School building. The monies previously collected during 37InPrint:AUS was sent and acknowledged by the reverend of the church, who wrote with thanks and also to advice that the estimated cost to complete the works and 'raise the roof' of the Sunday school would be 7million francs which is approx. $12.300. In order to reach this target, we would have to sell approx. 1,750 tickets!! Can we do it?!!?!?!!?!!
In order to assist more in contributing to this cause, a minimum of 800 tickets will be required for the grand prize, the original painting!! Thank you everyone for your purchases so far!! Every one who previously bought for the 37InPrint:AUS draw has been carried forward to 38InPrint:Jamaica. There will also be 7 runner up prizes; 3 winners - Signed limited edition prints of 'Midnight Tradition'. 4 winners - Combination prize of Signed postcard and LLTQ album. THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your support.
Your winning, the grand prize -The ORIGINAL 'Midnight Tradition' painting OR a signed limited edition print of 'Midnight Tradition' OR a combination prize of a signed 'Midnight Tradition' postcard and Naomi Achu album LLTQ, will be posted to you where ever you are in the World.
38InPrint:Jamaica, Shiri Achu Art exhibition, will take place from August 25th - September 8th 2017, at The University Of The West Indies, Regional Headquarters building. You will be kept updated with all details regarding where you will be able to stream to watch the raffle prizes being drawn LIVE on the 8th of September 2017! Are you the winner?!
So, as fate would have it... 38InPrint takes places during the 8th month of the year... and the draw will take place on the 8th day of the month. :-)
Buy your tickets now to win and to contribute to the ^Raise The Roof^ campaign. Goooood luck!!!
Valued at $10,000, Acrylics on Canvas, 76cmX102cm, this painting 'Midnight Tradition' was painted precisely 7 years ago in 2009. Midnight Tradition features on page 65 of the International Contemporary masters VII and was selected as a Finalist for the Cliftons Art Prize 2012, Adelaide/Australia http://www.cliftonsartprize.com/2012/adelaide
Three Signed, Limited Edition Shiri Achu Art Prints of 'Midnight tradition'.
With Shiri Achu Art Prints selling out at The Smithsonian, The National Museum of African Art in Washington DC, Shiri trust this would make great consolation prizes to 3 lucky winners. Signed limited prints (40cmX50cm)
Four Signed Midnight Tradition Postcards, with the latest Naomi Achu album, #LLTQ
Combination prize: Four winners of; Signed Shiri Achu Postcards of 'Midnight Tradition and the latest Naomi Achu Album - 'Long Live The Queen' #LLTQ