We offer many hand made items. All proceeds go toward the helping women, and children recovering
from war, and for the development of our programs. Thanks for your support!
from war, and for the development of our programs. Thanks for your support!
GREETING CARDS BY ANNETTE FORTT, JUST ART GREETINGS
“I started doing greeting cards for people of color back in the late 1980’s before the market began to take the need for multicultural images seriously. It started with just one card, created from one of my African inspired originals for an open studio. I considered it a small item among my more expensive originals that anyone could afford. Little did I know that the need for cultural images in the Black community would propel me into creating an entire line of cards.
After the open studio, I took the cards to a gallery in downtown D.C., and when they sold them well and called for more, the idea struck and Just Art came to birth. I was in business about fourteen years as Just Art Greeting Cards, and it grew substantially. I closed the business when I realized I would either need to become a full time businesswoman and sacrifice of my first love, creating artwork, or allow the business to limp along. I decided to close the company and pursue the art.
These images are a result of my passion for interpreting and expressing all of life for the Black community, from the sacred to the mundane. Along the way the work of two other artists was included, my son, Jonathan, who is responsible for the verse in the Kwanzaa line, and fellow artist Julie, whose work is seen in the graduation line. Do I miss the business? Yes, I do, but I have seen the gap close where there was a lack of for the Black community, so I’m comfortable to pursue image making exclusively.”
After the open studio, I took the cards to a gallery in downtown D.C., and when they sold them well and called for more, the idea struck and Just Art came to birth. I was in business about fourteen years as Just Art Greeting Cards, and it grew substantially. I closed the business when I realized I would either need to become a full time businesswoman and sacrifice of my first love, creating artwork, or allow the business to limp along. I decided to close the company and pursue the art.
These images are a result of my passion for interpreting and expressing all of life for the Black community, from the sacred to the mundane. Along the way the work of two other artists was included, my son, Jonathan, who is responsible for the verse in the Kwanzaa line, and fellow artist Julie, whose work is seen in the graduation line. Do I miss the business? Yes, I do, but I have seen the gap close where there was a lack of for the Black community, so I’m comfortable to pursue image making exclusively.”
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HAND CARVED SCULPTURES
All Proceeds go toward ………helping women and children recovering from war.
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LAPCLOTHS
The Liberian country cloth is made from the cotton plant grown on local subsistence rice farms in Liberia, among rice, other plants, or crops planted separately. The cotton crop is growing by subsistent farmers in Lofa County, Grand Cape Mount County, Bomi County, Bong and Nimba Counties. The cotton is used in making the cloth that goes through a series of processes.
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AUTOGRAPHED OAKLAND RAIDERS HELMET
The helmet was autographed in 2007 by the following players: #8 : Daunte Culpepper, #9 : Shane Lechler, #15 : Jonnie Lee Higgins, #16 : Andrew Walter, #28 : DeJuan Green, #35 : John Bowie, #51 : Chris Morris, #52 : Kirk Morrison, #54 : Sam Williams, #57 : Ricky Brown, #64 : Jake Grove, #84 : Willie Brown, #85 : John Madsen, #99 : Warren Sap
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