The Continuum and its artists have participated in several community initiatives including “Help-Portrait” and “The Young Artists gifts”, to name a few. We believe that art is generative—that it is a gift that creates out of its effusiveness. We believe that artists have a significant role in the redemption of culture one-by-one through the individuals they encounter and by means of their art. How fortunate, then, to be given the opportunity to partner with Advance Memphis.
Engaging Culture with Culture Through Acts of Creative Excellence
Memphis 2009 Help-Portrait
Many people believe portraits are an extravagance, and that the needs of the poor are so great that a portrait isn’t worth giving; why not give them something practical? These same people though might call it a tragedy when someone loses all their family photos in a fire or flood. It is a tragedy to be bereft of memories, to never have an image that captures the transience of childhood and when finally as all families must at some point be pulled asunder lack those precious memories caught together.
Help-Portrait
If you live in Memphis and you are interested in participating, join the discussion on ning.
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The people over at Help-Portrait have given us another promotional video to consider as well as a look at the trial run in Nashville: