Send Your Visual Art to AFABW for the ART DAY Card Project

May 10, 2007 – Hollywood: International ART DAY is celebrated annually on the second Friday of August. What will you do to honor artistic expression this year? Whatever you do, you can also mail AFABW ART DAY greeting cards to your friends and loved ones to forward the cause of celebrating creativity!
And [...]

Expanding The Global Holiday For Artists

August 11, 2006 – Glendale, CA: This year there were some firsts in the ongoing project by writer Becky Mate, of Artists for a Better World, to expand an international day dedicated to the arts and artists of all disciplines. These firsts are a microcosm of what could be when artists all over the [...]

Art Day Proclamation

August 8, 2006 – Glendale, CA: Today, Glendale City Mayor Dave Weaver read the Art Day Proclamation that he authored, and Glendale City Councilman Rafi Manoukian, who championed the Proclamation, presented it to long-time Artists For A Better World member Becky Mate, who is the Founder of Art Day. The Proclamation was presented [...]

A Day Dedicated To Artists

August 12, 2005 – Glendale, CA: Three Armenian children, the youngest three years old, carefully looked under bushes and behind trees, easels and statues for hidden art to put in their baskets, as part of the annual celebration of international Art Day, on Friday, August 12, 2005, at the Glendale residence of the holiday’s founder, [...]

“How to Throw an ART DAY Party” by Becky Mate

Is there chocolate involved? Of course! Then I’m in.
International Art Day, a day dedicated to the appreciation of the arts, art collectors, arts organizations, arts supporters and artists of all disciplines, was founded by Artists for a Better World member Becky Mate in 1998. It is a holiday, like Valentine’s Day or Arbor [...]

Worldwide Call for Art! Families Enjoying Art Together

March 21, 2003 – Hollywood, CA: Artists For A Better World International is calling artists, photographers and writers from around the world to submit art, photographs, short stories, essays and poetry for the creation of an Artists For A Better World International Book of Art. Deadline is June 21, 2003.
This Art Book Compilation [...]

« Previous Page