Exhibits

EXHIBITS:

ETG Book Cafe as part of Second Saturday Staten Island

Solo Exhibit all of September 2010

Opening 9/11/10, 7 pm

Staten Island, NY

Camel Art Space: On the Grid

A collaborative exhibition where several artists were given a randomly selected 36" X 36" space on a grid on the walls of Camel Art Space.

Opening 8/21/10

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Art at Bay: The Skin of the Artist

A collaborative installation where artists were asked to transform an article of clothing to be hung on a clothes line the entire month of June.

Opening 6/1/10

Staten Island, NY

DiverseCity: An Artistic Exploration of Immigration, Cultural Identity, and Creating Home

International Rescue Committee in Staten Island

Opening 4/17/10

Staten Island, NY

Art for Change: Collaborative exhibit and silent auction to benefit Haiti

Maxine Greene Art Gallery at The Julia RIchman Education Complex

Opening 4/16/10

New York, NY

Second Saturday Staten Island Art Exhibit

ETG Fundraiser for Haitian Orphanage solo exhibit

Opening 4/10/10

Staten Island, NY

Shrine: Haiti Benefit Solo Exhibit

Opening 1/22/10

Harlem, NY

Joloff Solo Exhibit

Opening 12/17/09

Brooklyn, NY

Every piece of artwork on this site is selling for $1000 each. All proceeds from artwork will benefit Haiti. Because of the high dollar amount of the donation I suggest, in lieu of individual purchases, several people pool money together in order to reach the goal. Many schools are collecting money and what better symbolism than a painting as a constant reminder of their efforts and the struggles of the Haitian people?

Why am I taking the burden of collecting money when one could easily donate to the Red Cross? I spent over two years in Ghana with the US Peace Corps and became well aware that giving money to NGO's can be frightening. I hesitate to say don't give money to The Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, etc, but when you find out your money is paying the salary of some bureaucrat at USAID, in an air conditioned SUV who has no business making decisions because he knows nothing about culture or even language of the area he is supposedly helping, you tend to hesitate giving blindly.

While with the Peace Corps in Ghana I made roughly $2400 annually and lived like a king. Can you image the standard of living for one of those workers making in excess of $100,000? The money spent within these organizations ends up subsidizing things like advertising, administrative expenses (in the hundreds of millions!), etc. Millions are collected and a fraction is spent. The percentage of aid administered to the needed is lower than it should be for many organizations.

I assure you I will get the best use out of the money. It will be spent on either emergency supplies (recently I bought 4 tents to distribute with money made at my exhibit opening) or sustainable practices. I know individuals in Haiti involved in aquaculture or fish farming, and eco friendly farming practices such as hillside reforestation, sustainable charcoal production, and biodiesel production already on the ground that could use the support.

Twenty years ago Haiti produced enough rice to feed its population. Today, 75% of the rice eaten in Haiti is shipped from the US. Haitians can help themselves. Throwing money at a situation does not solve it. Let’s let Haitians rebuild Haiti.

Peace.

David Zukas

Please contact me for further information.