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Did You
Know Our recent
activities are listed here
Making A
Difference
We present two major music
festival annually, Winterfolk & Concert For
Peace.
In the last year we raised
funds from album sales for Earthday, New
Songs For Peace, UN Foundation, and more.
We create showcase
opportunities for artists who are not know
the artistic director through paid
submissions.
We present several
fundraising concerts annually, and recently
raised funds for The Red Cross for the
'Asian Earthquake & Tsunami Fund'. and for
"Victims of Hurricane Katrina' charity, and
more.
We sponsored youth
showcases at the OCFF annual conference.
We produce about three
compilation albums every year - all getting
global airplay - and all are comprised of
tracks submitted from around the world |
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More Stuff
About Us We have
no paid employees. (We don't
have a payroll)
Money received through CD
submissions are used to fund our projects -
the majority of which gets paid to the
artists.
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Our mission
Advocating artistic activism, we inform, encourage, and stimulate artist
awareness of social and ecological issues; then create an information avenue
to communicate their words to the world.
What We Do
Create - Encourage - Inform - Involve - Organize - Support
- Showcase
How We Do It
| We create
opportunities for artists offering them world wide radio, press,
exposure, publicity, which create
more opportunities in their career. |
| We create public
awareness of issues vital to our time through artistic expression.
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| We encourage
artists to write and perform themes of a better world through their
artform. |
| We inform the
public about real-word issues through the voices of contributing
artists, to enhance
overall awareness of social and ecological issues. |
| We involve
members of the community, charities, and artists, and get them working
together for a better world. |
| We organize and
produce compilation albums,
festivals, fundraisers, concerts, and projects within the community
which further our missions statement. |
| We support
organizations within our community both financially and by offering a
public stage |
| We offer showcase
opportunities for artists to further their career through |
| publicity,
recognition, and exposure. |
What
We Don't Do
The Music is the Message - Period.
| We don't advocate nor associate with any political
parties, nor do we align ourselves with politicians. |
| We don't participate in marches, protests, movements,
or any form of public demonstrations. |
| We don't publish papers, offer speeches, take a
public stance, derive official policies, nor offer opions on important
issues. We believe the artform conveys the messages, and encourage our
audience to do whatever actions work for them. |
Registration
The
Association of Artists for a Better World is a non profit organization
conceived and founded by Brian Gladstone, and registered in the province of
Ontario, Canada.
Contact:
[email protected]
Address:
The Association of
Artists for A Better World
182-4936 Yonge St.
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
M2N-6S3
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Better World Logo:
Artist:
David Gillis
[email protected] |
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