The Art Of Beauty Experience Fundraiser at The Emmanuel Fremin Gallery was Incredible!!!

The Art Of Beauty Experience Art Exhibit at The Emmanuel Fremin Gallery

December 15th, 2011, The Art of Beauty Experience sponsored and hosted by Art In Motion (www.artinmotionshow.com) and Artstrong Bags (www.artstrongbags.com) held a gala event at The Emmanuel Fremin Gallery (www.emmanuelfremingallery.com) 547 West 27th Street Suite 508, New York to celebrate the opening of their most recent exhibit on display to the mutual benefit of GEMS (www.gems-girls.org) in New York and the Diakonos Orphanage (www.diakonosintl.org) in Carrefour, Haiti. The exhibit and gala event was from 6-10pm and featured wine sponsored by Artstrong and a special musical performance by SRC signed music recording star ‘Shontelle’ (www.shontellemusic.com). It was a truly magical night!!! Thank you to all of our sponsors Make-Up Forever, Artstrong Bags, Lash Royalty, Sonu Beverages, Organic Avenue, Essence of Valli, Anne Marie Gianni Skincare, Art In Motion, Nick Cannell Productions, Shontelle, Lakum Collections, and The Emmanuel Fremin Gallery.

The Art of Beauty Experience is a trans-national initiative using the healing power of art founded by Art in Motion. This initiative was created for young, disadvantaged women and children living a world apart to celebrate and embrace their common inner-beauty and charitable hearts. The art auction and gala event will be a group exhibit featuring the paintings created by the young women of GEMS and the children of the Diakonos Orphanage. The young women of GEMS will be auctioning their work and proceeds from their half of the exhibit will be donated to the Diakonos orphanage. Likewise, the proceeds from Diakonos Orphanage will be donated to the women of GEMS. The healing and the empowerment created by young women and children expressing themselves through artwork is the ultimate goal of The Art of Beauty Experience.

The children of Diakonos Orphanage in Carrefour, Haiti are eager for the educational and artistic opportunities that we take for granted in the U.S. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth. By linking the two organizations and inspiring a myriad of supporters across all disciplines, the possibilities for personal growth and future success for the children are limitless.

Founder of Art in Motion, Ford model & beauty activist, Monica Watkins, and celebrity makeup artist, Leora Edut, realized that fashion and beauty can serve as a catalyst to empower young, at-risk women. Through the arts, children are supported and encouraged in their development of self-esteem, creativity, diversity, and access to financial freedom.