Miami Artist Josignacio's 'TREE OF LIFE' Stands Tall in Asbury Park, NJ

Laura Brunetti'sThe Caring Canvas Project Hosted Josignacio's Art Unveiling Ceremony and Dedication for the Children of Asbury Park, NJ
 
Nov. 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Asbury Park, NJ: The Caring Canvas, a premier traveling art gallery that combines fine art with philanthropy founded by Laura Brunetti, hosted an art unveiling and dedication on Saturday afternoon on November 5, 2011 at the Asbury Park Transportation Center located on Main Street in Asbury Park, NJ. The gathering was free and was open to the public.

Contemporary Cuban Artist Josignacio of Miami created the 8 foot X 9 foot masterpiece 'Tree of Life'. The Caring Canvas and the artist presented this gift and dedicated it to the Children of Asbury Park. Josignacio's original triptych art, 'Tree of Life', consists of three consecutive paintings that represent a powerful convergence of the past, present and future to create one extraordinary image of humanity. The painting is valued at $180,000.

Josignacio was born in Havana, Cuba. He is a contemporary Cuban Artist (painter), neo-figurative, mostly abstract, who has resided in the USA since 1989 and he is notably known for the creation of the plastic paint medium in 1984. The Plastic Paint Medium is a painting technique consisting in the use of epoxy resins as an "agglutinating medium" and "pigments" as colorants, obtaining a real plastic finish with a new visual effect. Some of his artwork is currently available on display at the Laura Brunetti Art Gallery located in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida as well as online at artnet. Josignacio currently resides in Miami Beach, Florida.

The celebration included the honorable Mayor Ed Johnson who conducted the unveiling and speeches were presented by Doug Ferrari of SICA (Shore Institute for the Contemporary Arts), Freeholder Amy Mallet and Mental Health Association's Director of Development Laura Oncea. Singer and songwriter Dave Miller performed live acoustic music throughout the afternoon and special guest vocalist 'Quint Essence' of Asbury Park sang The National Anthem. Light fare and refreshments were served while Monmouth County families as well as guests from NYC enjoyed this exciting event.

One of the most creative humanitarians in New Jersey, Laura Brunetti, founded The Caring Canvas and has had unstoppable success with her art exhibits and community projects. Right where Josignacio's painting is installed in the transportation center; Laura hosted a free Caring Canvas summer camp for the children of the city this past August every Tuesday and Thursday. It was a very meaningful location to place Josignacio's art where children's art was created at Laura's camp.

Susan Belfer, President of Belfer Communications cheered, "Josignacio's art is a celebration of the growing arts & culture scene that Asbury Park has cultivated throughout history. This is a true gift to the community. As we unveiled his art, it was clear to all of us that the TREE OF LIFE was always meant to be right there. Josignacio's art will be admired by thousands of visitors each year in the legendary city of Asbury Park, NJ."
Stay tuned for the next Caring Canvas project. Organizations that wish to work with The Caring Canvas can contact us at 732.239.1559 or on our Facebook fan page THE CARING CANVAS.

Proud Sponsors of The Caring Canvas are:
AC Productions NY
Exit Realty East Coast

Laura Brunetti wishes to extend special thanks to all who have supported
The Caring Canvas this past year including:
The City of Asbury Park, the Transportation Center and its outstanding administration
Mayor Ed Johnson
Artist Josignacio
AC Music Productions
Alessandro Calemme
Art629 Gallery
Candice Belfer and Home Training Group
BeScene Images
Collier Services and Kateri Camp
Community Publications
DiPasquale Designs
Cordelia Donovan
Edmond Williams
Dave Miller
Franco Iengo
Freeholder Amy Mallet
Gannett Media
George Turner and Alex Gonzalez
Gerry Scarano
Junior Ambassadors of The Caring Canvas Courtney McKnight, Van Agens and Eva Belfer
Kiki Tomek
Michael de la Force
Monmouth County Arts Council
Mental Health America
Michael and Nancy Uslan
News 12 NJ
Prevention First
Quint Essential
Pat Schiavino
Roger "Crazy Wolf"
SICA and Doug Ferrari
Su Chapman
Synergy Volunteer Network
The Caring Canvas Camp Children
Toby Shylit Mack and Bob Mack
The Two River Times
And all of her friends, family and artists who made this dream
a reality and especially to the children of Asbury Park.


About The Caring Caring Canvas
Laura Brunetti's 'The Caring Canvas' project travels to several remote destinations in New Jersey and Florida - with more locations to be added soon. Laura's first year with producing The Caring Canvas included a FREE summer art camp in August 2011 for the children of Asbury Park located at the Asbury Park Transportation Center. Art supplies, food and refreshments were provided on camp days. Light music inspired the children as they painted, sketched, sculpted and wrote poetry. This also served as a mentoring camp to help guide at-risk youth to think positively about their futures - to remind them that 'anything is possible'. Laura sparked more than their imaginations - she ignited hope, friendship and self-confidence. The Caring Canvas displayed their art temporarily at the AP Transportation Center and was privileged to have exhibited at the highly-acclaimed Art629 Gallery of Asbury Park. Now, Laura gives to the city of Asbury Park a permanent installation of Miami Artist Josignacio's original masterpiece, 'Tree of Life'.

The Caring Canvas exists to change lives...one stroke at a time.

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