Art for Humanity | Vision 125 Global Art Exhibition Series |
Our Art for Humanity Program is our initiative to make a difference in uplifting humanity and stewarding our planet through art and creative collaborations, starting with the Vision 125 Global Art Exhibition Series by our Founder, Analisa Leonor Balares. We plan to later expand the program to invite artists across all media who share our mission and ethos.
Vision 125 Global Art Exhibition Series: Future. Freedom. History.
By Analisa Leonor Balares ~ Artist, producer, innovator, conservationist, social entrepreneur, philanthropist
In 2023 - 2026, the Philippines has a multi-year global celebration of the nation’s 125 years of independence from Spain.
To commemorate this historic occasion, our founder Analisa Leonor Balares, has embarked on an equally historic, groundbreaking project to complete and exhibit 125 paintings and works of art, starting during this period.
Each of Analisa’s paintings and artworks will be inspired by and benefit a specially selected non-profit organization (see the list on Humansphere Foundation’s Impact Areas) as well as benefit the Humansphere Foundation and the Womensphere Institute.
Analisa started drawing and painting as a five-year-old-girl in the Philippines. Before having any formal education in the arts, she was mentored by her artist cousin Flordelisa Balares, and was the youngest participant in art workshops and the artists collective led by national artist Fernando Sena, hailed as the Father of the Philippine Art Workshops.
Analisa has exhibited her paintings and art works in Canada and the Philippines, and now the United States.
Art for Humanity Collective
We plan to bring together a special collective of diverse artists who are passionate about uplifting humanity and stewarding our planet, who want to give back philanthropically through art and creative projects, and who care about supporting fellow artists and mentoring the next generation.
Why invest in creating art and building a community of artists who care about the world?
The world we live in has spiraled into the darkest of times: The United Nations has signaled our planet is now in “Code Red” status. We have wars between Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Hamas/Iran’s proxies, conflicts erupting across Africa, looming political upheavals in Asia, causing turmoil in global society. We see genocides in Sudan and Myanmar, extremist oppression of women in Iran and Afghanistan, a global refugee population numbering over 110 million displaced people - just among some of the issues plaguing our world. All this while our world is still healing from millions of deaths and suffering brought on by covid.
I believe that we are all ONE people in ONE shared planet, despite what we perceive may be our divisions.
Art has always had power to unite us all across divides.
So we create art, bring together diverse artists, and build supportive communities - to give hope and inspiration, to lift up humanity and each other, to create light and provide illumination in the darkness. ~ Analisa Leonor Balares | Founder & Artist
"Art is the language of hope." - George Bernard Shaw
“Art is a way of connecting with others and building community." - Maya Angelou
"Art is a way of celebrating life and all its possibilities." - Frida Kahlo
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Art is a way of saying that even in the darkest of times, there is still light." - Nelson Mandela