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"MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IMPACTED BY HIV & AIDS"
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Camp Kindle campers
created the original artwork
and the minnow PROJECT
enhanced their pictures to create heartART.
Each of the heartART pieces reflects the interpretation of how children affected by HIV and AIDS see the disease. The children completed the art projects during our summer camping programs. We asked the groups of children to answer a variety of questions when beginning their art project such as “If HIV was a person, what would it look like?”, “If HIV was a animal, what would it look like?”
The result is art,
which is truly creative, insightful, and honest.
The art and prints sold below will
benefit Camp Kindle and its various programs.
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heartART History
Camp Kindle and the minnow PROJECT are quite familiar with one another. The minnow PROJECT has donated its time and resources to produce a variety of materials for Camp Kindle over the years. Camp Kindle held a weekend benefit and wanted to display the campers’ artwork as a way to educate others about the struggles of an HIV-impacted life and help raise funds for the camping program.
With memories of seeing heartART hanging on the walls in the minnow PROJECT’s studio, Camp Kindle inquired about the possibility of transforming the campers’ art into heartART. Camp Kindle and the minnow PROJECT created six pieces that were used for the fundraiser on Friday, July 28, 2006. The pictures were overwhelmingly successful. People were awestruck by the stories that the pictures told and the six-piece collection raised over $1,000.
The heartART was reproduced and used for a second event the following night and experienced the same remarkable success. Given the popularity of these prints, Camp Kindle and the minnow PROJECT decided to select more prints and build a heartART gallery celebrating both the work of Camp Kindle campers and the unique nature of heartART. Camp Kindle has incorporated the heartArt prints into community health education approaches to raise awareness, create compassion, reduce stigma, and reduce stereotypes about the disease.
Each picture shows HIV/AIDS through the eyes and artistic expression of a child at Camp Kindle. The minnow PROJECT enhances the child’s original artwork with digitally enhanced colors, a professional matte and by adding an unforgettable title. Brief biographies about the campers and their personal stories allow the viewer to gain knowledge about HIV/AIDS and the impact it has on one’s life. The synergy allows Camp Kindle and the heartArt program by the minnow PROJECT to celebrate children’s self-expression through their artwork.
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Camp Kindle's heartART program is a collobration with
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At the minnow PROJECT we love art. It’s the passion that fuels our work, it’s why we do what we do and it’s the reason we started the “HeartArt” program. HeartArt celebrates and encourages our children’s involvement with the arts. It’s an amazing program that captures a child’s imagination and frames it forever. Every time a young child begins to draw, from a crude penciled stick figure up to a glorious watercolor rainbow arcing over a blazing crayon sunset, something magic is created.
The HeartArt program will take that extra special piece of your child’s artwork and make it even more memorable. First, we scan your child’s artwork to create a permanent digital file, adjusting the color to ensure a high quality rendering.
A realistic image of a professional matte will be added and a creative title of your choice will be inserted to complete a studio quality rendition of your child’s work. The drawing that once appeared to be the most basic of scribbles has suddenly been transformed into a photograph of a moment in time.
The first law of marketing is to make it memorable. The minnow PROJECT is proud to be part of an effort to frame memories that will last a lifetime.
www.minnowproject.com
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Questions in regard to heartART should be directed to
A.J. Bohac
Public Health Director,
SPEAK OUT Director, Project Kindle
heartART prices:
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8 x 10 - $30
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11 x 14 - $55
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18 x 24 - $105
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(includes $5 shipping and handling charges per print)
All Rights Reserved, Camp Kindle, Inc ©2008
2007 heartART Collection
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HOLLY, 15 years old
Freedom
Hi my name is Holly! I am from Nebraska and I am 15 years old, I have a little brother, who is 12 and a little sister who is 8. My mom has had HIV for 13 years!
My mom got HIV a year before my little brother was born! Luckily he and my sister were not infected.
The first time I heard about Camp Kindle was from my mom, and at that moment in time only my brother and me were old enough to go. My mom told us that we were just there to support them, and show people that it is ok to be their friends. My brother and me were so excited to be able to go to camp.
Then right before my second year at camp my mom told me that she had HIV! I can’t really describe how I felt when she first told me. There were just so many emotions running through me, anger, I was angry that she had not told me before and that she hid the truth from me, I was sad, knowing that my mom could die because she had this disease, I was confused, I just kept wondering why this was happening to me, why my family,
I was shocked, because my 34 year old mother, was full of color, and always had a smile on her face, if you were to meet her you would have never guessed that she was living with such a disease. People who have, or are affected with HIV and AIDS are just like you and me. They are human beings like you and me and deserve to be treated like one.
All Rights Reserved, Camp Kindle, Inc ©2007
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