Media Coverage

By Sarah Story
KLTV Channel 7
Tyler, Texas
February 1, 2010

KLTV reported that the 4 disabled Haitian artists represented by the Global Art Initiative were found alive.

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By Laurie Berg, Samatha Melvin and Dr. Fred Sorrells
SchoolArts Magazine, Nancy Walkup - Editor
Davis Publications, Inc.
50 Portland Street, Worcester, MA 01608
February, 2010
Advocacy, p.12

"As the editor of SchoolArts Magazine, I would like to encourage you to have your students participate in the Global Crutch Project for the earthquake victims of Haiti. Through this effort, students decorate crutches and give them to artists and others who desperately need them in Haiti. As someone who has developed curriculum materials about Haitian art (Haitian Visions, CRIZMAC Art and Cultural Materials) and worked on exhibitions of Haitian art, I have long known how crucial it is for Haitian artists to have an outlet for their art that can provide them with a livelihood in their poverty-stricken land. Now, as a result of the earthquake, help is needed even more. I hope you will involve your students in this meaningful effort."

Nancy Walkup
Editor, SchoolArts Magazine
www.schoolartsonline.com

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By Sarah Story
KLTV Channel 7
Tyler, Texas
January 14, 2010

KLTV's Sarah Story interviewed Global Art Initiative Technology Coordinator Don Bristow on January 14, 2010, about the unknown status of 4 disabled Haitian artists following the Haiti earthquake.

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By Geoff West
Highland Lakes Newspapers
Marble Falls, Texas
January 12, 2010
Real Estate/Business, p. 2A

Dr. Fred Sorrells, president of Global Art Initiative (GAIN) has been successful in elevating the status of the disabled in the emerging nations by highlighting the achievements of their handicapped citizens. His focus has been on Haiti and Kenya, countries with a large population of disabled because of lack of medical care.

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By Dorothy Crockett
The Highlander
Marble Falls, Texas
December 24, 2009
Horseshoe Bay Happenings, p. 15A

Dr. Fred Sorrells, president of Global Art Initiative (GAIN) has been successful in elevating the status of the disabled in the emerging nations by highlighting the achievements of their handicapped citizens. His focus has been on Haiti and Kenya, countries with a large population of disabled because of lack of medical care.

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By Dr. Fred Sorrells
WhileUWait, Tyler, Texas
Dec/Jan/Feb 2010, p.22-24

The article by Dr. Fred Sorrells is featured in the Inspirations section of While U Wait magazine, and it describes the utterly astounding nature of events that have taken place since the organization's founding.

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By Daniel Clifton
The River Cities Daily Tribute
December 4, 2009; p.1

Theresa Mosely's voice picks up as she pulls out one watercolor after another. "You can see how he's grown as an artist," she said, putting a painting of a peacock next to another. "This one is more realistic, but this one (a later one), you can see he's becoming more abstract. These are truly amazing." Read the full story here.

Polio News
2nd & 3rd Quarter, 2009 Edition

Polio News, a quarterly newsletter for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative by the World Health Organization in association with Rotary International, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and United Nations Children's Fund, highlighted the Global Art Initiative's Global Crutch Project on page 8. Here's a link to the newsletter:

Polio News 2nd & 3rd Quarter 2009 Edition

September 21, 2009

Dr. Fred Sorrells and Laurie Berg posted separate video responses to an invitation for questions to be raised at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Click here for Fred's response. Click here for Laurie's response.

By Sara Bruestle
The Beacon, Edmonds, Washington
August 15, 2009

Children from Edmonds, Texas painted donated crutches with colored markers for polio victims in Haiti as part of the Global Crutch Project last week. The Fabric of Life Foundation collaborated with the Global Art Initiative to host the project, which focuses on growing empathy and understanding in children for those with disabilities. Click here for the entire article.

By Glynis Crawford Smith
Highland Lakes Newspapers
June 6, 2009; p.6

Art on exhibit at jSpace Gallery this month has sprung from some very unlikely places and even more unlikely artists. The five painters of the Global Art Initiative Exhibit come from the most isolated class of the world's poorest places - the handicapped of the Third World. Read the full article here.

By Glynis Crawford Smith
Highland Lakes Newspapers
June 2, 2009

The Global Art Initiative doesn’t sound like something that could grow out of parents visiting in the bleachers at a basketball game in Burnet and the name doesn’t hint at its role in survival for the planets most desperate. Read the full article here.