Art for quake victims

Art for quake victims

Artquake
Stone Gallery at Eastside Arts (Paddington markets, Sydney)
October 7, view from 10am, auction at 3pm.

PREVIEW BY REBECCA CONROY

As the monsoon season draws near, post-earthquake recovery in Indonesia is increasingly urgent. Indonesian Solidarity and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA present Artquake: an art auction fundraiser for earthquake relief in Indonesia.

Over 6000 people lost their lives in a high magnitude earthquake which struck the city of Yogyakarta, Central Java on May 27. With around 46,000 injured, and over 600,000 left homeless, many are now living in makeshift tents, or shelters on the side of the road.

On June 17 another major earthquake occurred, this time under the seabed off the coast of West Java, causing a tsunami that struck the south coast of West Java. At least 660 people were killed and approximately 51,500 lost their homes.

WALHI - The Indonesian Forum for Environment - has been working in each of these areas helping survivors to rebuild their lives. WALHI takes a community based approach to recovery work, with a focus on revitalising local community organisations for the rapid recovery of civil society in affected areas.

The art exhibition/auction will raise money to enable WALHI to continue its much needed work in each of these disaster-affected areas.

Artists exhibiting include Dadang Christanto, Arlene Textaqueen, Rudy Ardianto, Rully Zakaria, Aris Prabawa, James Hancock, Susan Norrie, Melody Willis, Mark Gerada, John Bell, Mickie Quick, Mikala Dwyer, Liz Cuming, Paul Ryan, Caroline Zilinsky, David Griggs, Alex Davies, Locust Jones, Koji Ryui and Simon Cavanagh.

From GLW issue 685