Artists for Tsunami Relief

[Lisa Rourke]

Hi, my name is Lisa Rourke. I'm an HP fan artist.  With the recent 
Tsunami disaster many people were wondering what they could do to 
help. I received this e-mail from a fellow artist about a group of 
artists on LiveJournal who got together to raise money buy selling 
their origianl artwork.
All proceeds from the sale of the artwork will be donated to UNICEF
and WHO to help the victims of the Tsunami. I've offered 11 original
drawings (6 HP ones and 5 LoTR) but they may not be able to use the 
LoTR ones due to copyright/legal issues. The others should be up in 
future auctions (I came in kind of late on this).

If you are an artist and are intersted in donating artwork for the
cause or are interested in bidding on artwork you can contact the
people at art2therescue:
[link]

Here is an excerpt from the art2therescue community:
This community is for the purpose of hosting a series of art
auctions. All profits will go directly to UNICEF and WHO to provide
relief for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunamis. All auctions
will be organized by characters and/or pairings. We've seen the
results of fandom pulling together, and given the quality of art
showcased, we believe we can raise a large amount of aid in a
relatively short time.

In the words of karabou, "You know people are sitting at home,
saying 'okay, I can only spare $20..,' but, when getting a beautiful
piece of original art comes into play, maybe they can be convinced
to make that $20 go to $30, or $40.. you get the point." 

I hope you will be able to participate in this worthy cause but, if
you can not, please spread the word! ^_^
THANKS!!

Lisa Rourke