Donna Karan has been working with Haitian artisans through her Urban Zen Foundation since the 2010 earthquake. The video above was produced for urbanzen.com.
Karan was in Miami this week to talk about her work in Haiti, coinciding with the opening of the Discover Haiti Exhibition at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.
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She said the tote bag and other similar fashion and decorative items made by Haitian artisans are part of her “dressing and addressing people” campaign: taking art to where the most people will buy it.
“A painting can say anything, but let’s get it out there in the world where people buy T-shirts,” Donna Karan said at the opening of a Little Haiti Cultural Center exhibition of art, accessories and furnishings produced by artisans in Haiti and sold through Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation.
It’s no charity craft fair. The items artfully displayed in the Miami gallery would sell in any mainstream home furnishings store. What sets them apart is their origin: handmade in Haiti from stone, wood, metals and textiles sourced or repurposed in the Caribbean country. … (read more)
Miami, Florida on Flickr.
Little Haiti storefront.
Miami, Florida on Flickr.
Following the rara after Big Night in Little Haiti
Miami, Florida on Flickr.
“Shades of Black,” a photojournalism exhibit now on display at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami, Florida.
Miami, Florida on Flickr.
“Shades of Black,” a photojournalism exhibit now on display at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami, Florida.
Art …BIG NIGHT IN LITTLE HAITI… (Taken with Instagram at Little Haiti Cultural Center)
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Several hundred people marched through Miami’s Little Haiti on Wednesday, calling for an arrest in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.
