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.

Pierre Guy Theodore - Haiti

Pierre Guy lives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was born with a congenital birth defect leaving him a double amputee above the knee. He attended school at St. Vincent’s School for the Disabled. After receiving basic training in producing arm and leg braces for children with skeletal deformities, Pierre Guy now fits affected children with correctional braces.

Pierre Guy is a wheelchair athlete and hopes to compete as an athlete at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. He needs funds to support his training program and develop his budding art career.