Who are Sophie and Arina?
Denver Night Lights
July 2022
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Sophie (age 4) and Arina (age 7) are currently struggling for survival in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Lauren Iida, Seattle-based visual artist and public artist has started a fund raising campaign for them and their mother who has become a friend of the artist through correspondence.
This piece was originally debuted as a time-lapse "making-of" video projected several hundreds of feet tall onto the Daniels and Fisher clocktower in central Denver during the month of July, 2022 as part of the Denver Theatre District's Denver Night Lights art initiative. "The artist, Lauren Iida, uses hand-cut paper, paint and ink, to reveal a portrait of two children in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Sisters Sophie (4 years old) and Arina (7 years old) grasp flowers, emanate a golden light, and dream of better days." They are signed, archival quality 8 x 24 inch prints of the work with free shipping available in the United States. 100% of the proceeds of this campaign will be sent to Sophie and Arina's mother in Ukraine. |
"Who are Sophie and Arina?" (2022) Lauren Iida, hand-cut paper, ink, watercolor, acrylic
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Thank you for your contribution to Sophie and Arina and for believing in the power of art to honor, celebrate, and bring our global community together so that one day we may live in a world where children are not subjected to the atrocities of war.