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December 2009 – Home Textiles Today, “Merida announces winners of its Tufted Rug Contest’ – All youth apprentices in Artists For Humanity’s graphic design program, the winners are: Kelsey Arbona, Massiel Grullon, and Alland Torchon. [cont...]
December 2009 – Sustainable Design with Style, “And the winners are..” – I’m so excited to announce the winners of our Tufted Rug Design Contest! The three young designers we selected as the winners are Kelsey Arbona, Massiel Grullon, and Alland Torchon. [cont...]
April 2009 – Sustainable Design with Style – Last Saturday night was the much-anticipated “Greatest Party on Earth”, hosted by Artists for Humanity in honor of Earth Day. As a sponsor of the event, a group of us from Merida attended and had a fabulous time. We made a few rugs specifically for the event space [cont...]
April 2009 – Fianance Foodie, “Artists For Humanity: Greatest Party on Earth [Boston]“ – What a rocking weekend for the Finance Foodie! Between all the festivities surrounding the Boston Marathon (I was literally drowning in an ocean of blue and yellow tracksuits), I had the opportunity to celebrate Earth Day at the Greatest Party on Earth (GPE) at the Artists for Humanity Epicenter on Saturday night. My expectations for this event were higher than Method Man – any party that bills itself as the “Greatest Party on Earth” has a lot to live up to – and I am happy to say this party past the test with brightly flying colors [cont...]
April 2009 – Boston Globe, “Greatest Party Draws a Crowd” – Saturday night’s Artists for Humanity’s ‘Greatest Party’ was a success, especially for budding artists such as 17-year-old Tabbytha Ferguson, who sold an original work during the soiree (her painting was snatched up by Rocca chef Michela Larson). Also on the guest list for the benefit was Summer Shack owner-chef Jasper White, No. 9 Park’s Barbara Lynch, L’Espalier’s Frank McClelland, and Beal Companies exec Robert Beal.[cont...]
April 2009 – The Feed Blog, “KoGS+FEED Event:Artists For Humanity - A big thank you to all New Yorkers who came out in the rain lastnight to party with us @ the King of Greene St. store in Soho [cont...]
November 2008 – Boston Globe, “On My Mind: A continual conversation with Boston” – Fabiola Moquete, Age 15, hometown Dorchester, [cont...]
Fall 2008 – Boston Globe Teens In Print, “Art in Action: Former X-Bomber” – Most people thought that toys were fun when they were young. However, Jason Talbot thought they were boring. [cont...]
October 2008 – Boston Globe, “On My Mind: A continual conversation with Boston” – Jerome Shelton, Artist/Painter at Artists For Humanity. [cont...]
August 2008 – Boston Globe, “Globe Photos of the Week” – Margarita Krylova, 17, of Boston, a member of Artists for Humanity painted an underwater self-portrait at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter in the Fort Point Arts District in Boston [cont...]
August 2008 – BusinessWeek, “Common Sense Green Buildings” – Hidden in plain sight, most buildings are massive environmental culprits. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, buildings are responsible for almost half of all annual greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. [cont...]
April 2008 – Redbook, “Run (Don’t Walk!) In Keds” – The longtime American favorite has collaborated with Artists for Humanity (a Boston nonprofit that provides professional art experience to underserved youth) to create fun kicks with a serious message: Water bottles buried in landfills can take up yo 1,000 years to biodegrade! This colorful water-bottle print is Ked’s way of getting the word out on the streets. [cont...]
March 2008 – Bostonist, “Bostonist Fashion: Artists for Humanity” – Bostonist recently visited Artists For Humanity’s A Street headquarters to check out the cool, Boston-centric, silk-screened t-shirts and hoodies on sale at their new store. We were psyched to find that t-shirts are just the tip of the fashion and design iceberg at the non-profit [cont...]
October 2007 – Catalogue For Philanthropy, “Artists For Humanity”- When the Catalogue first listed AFH in 1998, they had just been honored by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities for helping city kids build better lives through making and selling art. [cont...]
May 2007 – Inhabitat, “AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Building Projects of 2007″ – There are few organizations who’ve been more closely tracking the evolution of green building over the last decade than the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE). [cont...]
November 2006 – AIArchitect, “Boston Artists for Humanity’s Favorite Color Is Green” – The new home of Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, designed by Arrowstreet, opened recently at the edge of Boston’s Arts District along the south waterfront. The 22,500-square-foot building’s sustainable design features match in innovation the unique arts program it houses [cont...]
WKCD What Kids Can Do, “Teens transform Boston as urban arts entrepreneurs” – “Art” is an elusive idea of a career for people young and old and a bit like basketball fame or becoming an astronaut. Yet for the hundreds of public high school students who work at Artists for Humanity (AFH), art careers are becoming a thrilling reality…[cont...]
January 2006 – Boston Globe, “Artists for Humanity facility is EpiCenter of architectural ideals” – The building is called the EpiCenter. One detail sums up the whole place. It’s the railing of the mezzanine, which is constructed out of a row of automobile windshields…[cont...]
January 2006 – Scripps Howard News, “Thriving culture yields dividends” – Smiles from proud parents. Excited giggles from children molding clay. A thundering ovation after a symphony performance. Cultural activity inspires communities across the nation…[cont...]
COMING UP TALLER - Walk in the door and this is what you will find: a group of adolescent girls taking inventory of their newly designed T-shirts that are now ready for market; a cluster of young people around a computer completing a project for a client; two young painters working on a massive canvas; and another youth, with a professional artist creating a sculpture in the corner…[cont...]
Teen Voices Online, “Teens Building Community: An Interview with Artists for Humanity” – Have you ever wished that you could make a career out of your creativity? Well, a nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts, Artists for Humanity, offers teens an opportunity to discover that for themselves…[cont...]
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