Photographers seek to Capture The Light: The Ondoy Photo Walk Project

Caught wind of Capture The Light: The Ondoy Photo Walk Project, which creator Leo Castillo describes as "a way to convert our photography skills and talents into something that will greatly benefit the relief operations."  Details as follows:

- We'll ask our participants to volunteer in relief centers.
- To entice more people to help out, we are giving a photo lesson for free.
- To entice volunteers to pledge more money/time/effort we have asked our friends in the photography field to provide contributions.
- Some contributions will be offered in via auction. Bidding can be in the form of money/goods or pledged number of hours of service. All proceeds will go to relief efforts for people affected by Ondoy.
- Some contributions will be given as prizes for a photo contest. We are giving specific instructions to our volunteers to be a volunteer first and foremost, singit lang ang photos.
- The intention of the photos is the desire to create a gallery of photos showing the bayanihan spirit; the goodness of man. By creating this gallery we hope to inspire more to continue to embody this spirit. To "capture the light".

Original date set for the photography/service project was Sunday, October 4, but due to Typhoon Pepeng, it has been postponed tentatively to October 11. Visit the facebook group for updates.

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Start Here: A call for artworks to raise funds

Pre-school teacher Lorra and her friend Elbert have started an arts initiative on facebook called Start Here.  A complimentary blog will feature digital artworks (deadline to submit is November 26, 2009) with the goal of mounting an exhibit to raise funds for Ondoy victims:

START HERE is a collection of artwork inspired by Typhoon Ondoy relief efforts that aims, in turn, to inspire others to help in rebuilding the Philippines. The hope is that we can eventually set up an exhibit where we can sell the artworks with the proceeds donated to Ondoy relief efforts, rebuilding programs and calamity risk management programs.

Why art? It is our belief that art is made because we have something to say and this is the perfect time to say something meaningful and in our own special ways. Art moves, not just our hearts but also towards a positive direction that we can choose for ourselves.

Say something. Move with us. Share your art visions of creation and rebuilding.


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START HERE is open to artists from all over the world who want to help the survivors of Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines and inspire the rest of the world through art.

Please keep artworks to 8” x 8”, 300dpi, and save to JPEG or TIFF format. Include your full name, title of the artwork, your short description of the artwork, contact number and e-mail address when you submit to starthere.rebuild@gmail.com.

Submissions will be accepted until November 26, 2009.

What a great, personal way of tapping into the creative energies of hope, and engaging people to TALK!

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