OUR MISSION

The Global Art Initiative's mission is to break the poverty cycle for disabled artists in Third World Countries. We are a non-profit focused on education and the sale of original artwork to benefit handicapped artists globally. We engage children and adults in art projects geared to developing an understanding of disability and the awareness that artistic ability is not limited by a disability.  Our hope is that through their experience with the Global Art Initiative, participants will take compassionate action, becoming donors in the larger shared humanitarian project.

Laurie Berg - Domestic Coordinator

Laurie is a lifelong Art Docent with the philosophy that all people can be creative and share a voice through art that surpasses language and cultural differences.

She has created and implemented volunteer art docent programs for public schools and currently teaches secondary art to Junior High and High School students.

Many have benefited from Laurie’s voice. She worked effectively as a child advocate and was instrumental working through the US Dept of State to ensure that US minors are safe from harm while out of their country without their families. Her efforts were documented by the CBS television show 48 Hours Investigates as well as the national press.

Laurie is a creative problem solver with experience as a business owner.