Art4TheHomeless
Age. 25
Gender. Female Ethnicity. caucasion sorta
Location Atlanta, GA School.
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Welcome to Art4TheHomeless! This is a blog created by Johnna Crider, an artist who has been homeleess as a child, and wants to use her art to make a difference. You can find out more about Johnna, her accomplishments, her art, and her clientele here: Johnna's Bio
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| Some digital art to raise awareness Tuesday. 10.30.07 9:06 am Monday. 10.29.07 12:54 pm Did you know that the average age of a homeless person is 9 years old?
Did you know that 31,000,000 Americans go hungry every night?
Did you know that over 40% of the men and women who fought for our freedom are sleeping in cardboard boxes and alleys of our cities?
Do you even care? What if that was you? You just lost your job and you've got one day to pay the rent. You can't afford to have gas because the bill is too high and you have to take cold showers just to get clean. When you do have food, you have to use an electric burner---if you are fortunate enough to have electricity.
In a country that prides itself on a culture of rugged individualism, hard work and self-sufficiency, it is no surprise that poverty and the poor do not have a central place in America's cultural psyche. It's no surprise that the average middle-class American doesn't give a shit about the homeless.
For those of you that do care, however, there is something you can do. I am not personally asking for money, in fact I don't want your money. I only want America to be better. I only want homes for the homeless, love for the homeless children whose parents are too busy working trying to make ends meet.
Here are some things you can do to help:
There are many ways to help the homeless but the best ways are to look up LOCAL shelters in your city, parish, county, or state and donate at least $10.00 to the shelter.That little bit of money can go a long ways at the dollar store—toilet paper, diapers, paper towels, cleaning supplies, soap, a towel, etc. It takes a lot to run a homeless shelter—you have to keep it clean for the residents, then you have to help the residents get on their feet—all the while you feed them and give them means to stay clean. Also, transportation costs. Most shelters in the metro Atlanta area give out Marta tokens.
Other ways to help are to go online and donate money to national homeless sites—but beware of frauds. You can buy food, blankets, clothes, to donate to shelters. Also, if you want to give to people on the streets, it is best to give them food, water, blankets, etc. Give them things, not money so you won’t have to worry if they used that money to get their next fix.
Another way is to take the petition and get many people to sign it and send it to the address on the form. You can access the petition at http://www.housingaright.org/Petition.html
So, America, do you want to step up to the plate and prove that you care about your fellow Americans?
Colors of Ink 2, as you can see, is still in progress. There are links to the right of this post that will help people find homeless shelters in the state they are in. I also have a small list of Federal organizations and I plan on adding to it websites with homeless shelter directories. I want to have the larges list of U. S. homeless shelters on the Web.
I am also selling my art to help the homeless. I have helped United Way of Atlanta, Atlanta Children's Shelter, and Calvary Refuge Center. I want to do more. One of my friends mentioned to me that since my background is purple that we should make purple the official color for Poverty Awareness in America. I personally think its a great idea!
Also, I am blogging with Nutang, a revune sharing site. In other words, I get paid for this. I plan to raise money using this blog to help homeless shelters. So if you leave comments and come and visit often, you are helping out without paying a single dime. So leave me a note!
Comment! (2) | Recommend! Friday. 10.5.07 4:26 pm I have been soooo busy recovering, doing two different art shows, working and going to school that sleep has become nonexistant. Today is my last day at my part time job--I made good friends and contacts, but its time to move on. I am finishing up school and am looking for full time work. I just put up links to homeless shelters in the States of Connecticut, Delaware, and Florida. you can see them on the right side of this blog under my Zazzle.com art flash media panel.I have some pics from 2 different art shows--the one at Cafe Nico's and the one at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for United Way of Atlanta. Here they are:
Me with two pieces at the AJC/United Way show--the top two are mine, though you can barely see the one on the right. It is of a flower done with Chinese brushes and acrylics.
This is one of the donated pieces to United Way--it is an ocean sunset scene. It was really dark so the lighting is not all that great.
This piece--the one on the left, is Lady Mioux and is also donated.
This one is called Seperated. I did it when Tom dumped me. He claimed that he was going against God while dating me and my slow butt thought he was super religious when he was really cheating on his wife with me--but it never got sexual thank GOD!
Here are some photos from the Cafe Nico's show. This is where I set up. The wall was already done--by another artist but it complimented my work :)
Here are some up close pics of my art.
Comment! (0) | Recommend! | Categories: artwork [t] Saturday. 9.22.07 12:43 pm Just found out this week that I was invited to do an art show today--which makes up for missing out last week because of the accident. YAY! Wish me luck today!
 Comment! (0) | Recommend! I was in a car accident Thursday Sunday. 9.16.07 5:45 pm My back hurts now. I am okay though, and alive and that is what counts. It reminded me to be more focused so I am definetly going to work on finishing this blog. Art 4 The Homeless will help those who want to connect with their local shelters. Comment! (1) | Recommend! Been busy dating married men, preparing art shows, and working Saturday. 9.8.07 2:37 pm I have been super busy with work, dating, and art. Found out the guy I was dating was married--his wife called me...yeah...but the outcome was not too bad. Needless to say I am no longer seeing him and I found out through her that he had a disease so I thank God everyday that he and I were NOT intimate. We were close but I was able to truthfully tell her that I did not sleep with her man. She was in the hospital with breast cancer when he was dating me. She got my number out of his phone. I pray for her every night now because she did not deserved to be two timed by him.
There is the last art festival at Little 5 Points for the season to look forward to and the art show in October with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and United Way of Atlanta. And I have been working.
Comment! (1) | Recommend! | Categories: art [t], fun [t], fall [t], heartbreak [t] Wednesday. 9.5.07 3:57 pm yaaaaaa.. so bored waiting to go to work. Comment! (1) | Recommend! 2 year anniversary for Katrina Sunday. 8.26.07 5:33 pm Wednesday is the 2 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I can not believe another year has already gone so quickly.
 
There have been millions of lives devastated and changed forever because of Katrina and I have come across people who have said, "Katrina is over with, just forget about it" which really pisses me off. I hope that their loved ones die in a horrible manner and someone comes to them and say just get over it. Comment! (1) | Recommend! (1) | Categories: Katrina [t], [t] |
