Art for Doing Your Part to Help the People of Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has many people looking for ways to help. In alignment with her mission to give back through her art, Connecticut oil painter Kate Emery is donating 75% of proceeds from all art sales through April 30 to the nonprofit organization Razom, which is providing humanitarian aid, including medical aid, and assisting refugee centers, orphanages and other vetted charities. She is also offering art lovers a unique chance to bring home her original painting, Sunflowers for Ukraine (20"x16", oil on panel, framed), by donating $10 or more to Razom.

There are two ways to earn entries for this giveaway. Write a check payable to Razom and mail it before April 30 to: Clatter Valley Studio, 74 Prattling Pond Road, Farmington, CT 06032. You'll receive one entry for each $10 you give... a $50 donation, for example, earns five entries. Include a note with your email address for notification of results of the random drawing, to be held on April 30. Emery is also accepting donations via Venmo to @KateEmeryArt. Include your email address and "For Ukraine" in a note.

Emery will pass all contributions along directly to Razom. Whether you give $10, $100 or more, you’ll help to bring hope to people who are suffering. Sunflowers have long been a symbol of peace and optimism for Ukrainians. "My hope," says Emery, "is that Ukraine will prevail, that democracy will prevail, and we will look back on this time as the wake-up call that turned us away from autocratic rule; away from deepening inequities in health, wealth and social status; and away from fossil fuels toward cleaner, renewable energy."

To see original paintings available, and to support Razom through your purchase, visit Emery's online gallery or make an appointment to visit her Farmington studio. Her work may also be seen and purchased at these Connecticut art galleries: Hill-Stead Museum Visitor Center, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington; Art Gallery at Mill, 29 Mill Street, Unionville; the Canton Clay Works gallery, 166 Albany Turnpike, Canton; and the Connecticut Art Gallery, 157 East Main Street, Thomaston.

About Kate Emery
Based in Connecticut’s Farmington Valley, Kate Emery (KateEmery.com) is an oil painter whose work includes landscapes inspired by her home in New England and her travels to Italy, abstract landscapes, flowers, and portraits. She is the founder of The Walker Group, a Farmington-based professional technology services social enterprise, and reSET, a Hartford-based nonprofit that seeks to advance the social enterprise sector in the state. Although she has been painting for more than 30 years, she has only recently made art her full-time career. One-half (or more) of the proceeds from all of her sales go to community organizations on the front lines and behind the scenes, solving our most pressing local and global problems. Recent beneficiaries have included the Hill-Stead Museum, the Farmington and Simsbury land trusts, Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, ImmaCare and Holcomb Farm.