POPA
is an acronym for POsitive PAssion.
POPA
is an art-movement which brings positivity through it's art. The POPA-ART
is defined by bright colours and paintings which should bring happiness
to the viewer. Paintings which shows tolerance about other cultures, and
people as individuals. The founders of this movement are: Barbara van
Druten, Susana López and Soon Ja Terwee. 10% of every sold artwork
will be donated to an organization supporting children.
Hoera!!!
POPA exists one year!
December
2004. Barbara, Soon
Ja and Susana are creating plans about a new artmovement, which
should not only make a statement through it's art, but also do something
functional like helping children. POPA is born. One year filled with Positive
Passion follows, a year with a lot of publicity, workshops for children,
exhibitions, friends, sales and positive responses which make us realize
POPA is necessary! We continue with a lot of enthusiasm, action is reaction,
and we hope to contribute to a positive world! At the end of 2005 we donated
a fabulous amount to different organazations helping children!
Have a look above to see the exact description of POPA.
Action
'Serious Request' 2005, 3FM (radio) for Congo.
The painting below was auctioned through e-bay in December 2005. From
the amount 57 families in Congo were reunited!!!
A life radio-interview
took place on Friday 23th, 3FM. Barbara was nominated as Flair-woman-of-the-year
2005, therefor Magazine
Flair suggested to Barbara to create a painting especially for the
above event.
The Flair-woman-of-the-year election took place in Château Marquette in Heemskerk. The winner was Frederique Kallen with her foundation Mama Alice.
Foundation Mama Alice started 2004 with the task to improve the life of streetchildren in Ayacucho, Peru. Mama Alice started an orphan-home there. We think it's wonderfull and fantastic what Frederique does for these children. We wish her all the best and lot's of luck!
Exhibitions
Kom&Ko
The exhibition
in the artistic bath-place Kom&Ko
has ended succesfully. You can still have a look at some details of the
exhibition through these
photo's.
Stichting
Entree
Soon
Ja's participation on behalf of POPA, at the window-exhibition of stichting
Entree was a succes. The theme was adoption and the exhibition took
place in the centre of Amsterdam.
Atelier
Artistiek
Atelier
Artistiek presents POPA in an exhibition during March 2006. Atelier
Artistiek is an artgallery in Oisterwijk, North-Brabant, Netherlands.
Wendie Brauckman, artist
and POPA-friend is the owner
of the gallery and invited POPA for an exhibition. The opening times and
other information can be found on her website (look above).
Milan
In
September 2006 POPA will go to
Milan, Italy, to open a POPA-exhibition in QRP international
and the Art Café. The exhibition will last for three months! More
information about Milan in our next newsletter.
SBK
Haarlem
In March,
more of the POPA-children-art can be found in the SBK Haarlem (Netherlands).
This is an art-rental. For more information, please visit the next website:
www.kunstcentrum-haarlem.nl
Exhibition
and auction on behalf of ill children.
In April POPA will contribute to an exhibition in the Radbout Hospital
in Nijmegen (Netherlands). The work of several artists, POPA's work included,
will be auctioned. The amount will be donated to ill children who cannot
be cured. Of course all the facilities a hospital needs are present, but
it are the little extra's a child needs which will make their stay there
more pleasant. We hope the exhibition and auction will be a succes and
our heart goes out to the children involved. The exhibition will take
place from the 1st till the 7th of April, the auction on the 8th. For
more information, have a look at: www.mijnliefstewens.nl
Graduation-present.
Susana will, on behalf of POPA, paint 55 bellies for the Foundation of
Midwifes in Rotterdam (www.srov.nl).
These will be given to the students as graduation-present in July.
Artists....enter!
"For an educational project to raise funds offering scholarships in
international colleges for students of underdeveloped countries we look
for artists prepared to paint a small canvas or board (22 x 16 cm no other
size) that we can supply. The work will be reproduced and promoted worldwide
during six month trough an Internet site www.artofpeace2006.org
and finally auctioned for fund raising. Atlantic College project is already
40 years old; the actual President of the movement is Nelson Mandela.
With him we are convinced that mixing cultural differences at young age
create future bridges for Peace.Ó mail to:f.paul.cavallier@online.fr
POPA-futureplans
POPA is still working with several plans. We are designing POPA-merchandize
and we are still in negotiation with producers. More information about
this we will give in our next newsletters.
POPA
Would you like to have more information about individuel exhibitions?
Please take a look at our personal websites. These can be located through
the POPA-site (see 'portfolio').
Till our
next newsletter! For more events, photos, information, POPA-lair art,
visit our website: www.popa.nl
Kind regards from Barbara van Druten, Susana López and Soon Ja Terwee.
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