Singing Rooster now Selling Beautiful Haitian Art - Coconut Nativity, Paintings, Metal & Stone

Haitians Art in the U.S. is a rarity, and those with an opportunity to see it are touched by the ingenuity, elegance and attention to detail. Singing Rooster launched the sale of Haitian art on their website to help spread the word.
By: Fainting Goat Madison's web designer fgoat.com
 
 
Haitian Arts and Crafts:  Tin Metal Painted Sun
Haitian Arts and Crafts: Tin Metal Painted Sun
Nov. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- On their last trip to Haiti in November 2011, Molly and Christophe Nicaise -- cofounders of Singing Rooster -- a 501 c 3 registered nonprofit, brought back several pieces of Haitian Art.

Most of the pieces were purchased from Comité Artisanal Haitïen. For over 30 years, CAH has been a reliable source of high quality, handcrafted items that celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of Haitian crafts. They work to support Haitian artisans by providing them with professional development services and marketing their products.

According to Molly, "We were limited to 2 suitcases.  My goal was to bring back a variety of arts and crafts to see what people like.  I spent several hours searching for beautiful pieces that were showcases of Haitian artistry.  Plus, it had to fit in a suitcase."

On her return, Nicaise spent hours photographing each piece and preparing images for Singing Rooster's website.  Next, she toiled over building a shopping cart to sell the items – where all proceeds benefit their work with Haitian coffee farmers.

"I'll admit it, it was a lot of work, and occasionally, a pain in the ass, but well worth the efforts.  We launched the sale on cyber Monday and by Wednesday, over 1/3 of our inventory was gone."

Her only regret was the possibility of disappointing some of the Rooster’s supporters – the limited supply of art sold out in certain categories quickly.  “There’s nothing like getting excited about an item only to find it out of stock.”   Nicaise hopes people will understand they had limited space and are just beginning their adventures in Haitian art.  They’re eager about the possibility of using art as a source of funding their work with Haitian coffee farming communities.

Nicaise and her husband spend countless hours in Haiti each year working collaboratively with coffee farmers and their co-ops.  As part of their work, they help cultivate and process high quality, gourmet Haitian coffee. Then they buy/export tons of it annually and create new markets for it. This enables a stable outlet for farmer partners and provides partial funding for other types of assistance.

Why coffee farming? Haiti has a fledgling coffee infrastructure that will not require years of development; support providing minimal structure and assistance has quick impact to an economy that needs fast but lasting solutions.

According to Christophe Nicaise, “What really energizes us about Haitian art, is that not only will it help fund our work with extremely poor coffee farmers, it also supports dozens of impoverished artists.”  Nicaise said that as many as 80% of Haitians are jobless, and finding long-term solutions to employment are key.  “All of our work in Haiti is centralized around meaningful job-creation.  We’re an NGO who supports communities by helping them to develop self-sustaining practices.”

To own a piece of Haitian artistry -- paintings, metal, stone carving, or paper Mache -- visit Singing Rooster’s website

http://www.singingrooster.org

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Our Haitian Mountain Bleu Blue coffee beans comes from the same type of coffee plant & is grown in a similar region as the wildly successful Jamaican Blue bean - but at a fraction of the price.

100% of Singing Rooster's proceeds go BACK to Haiti.

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