ARTTHROB!
The Art of Love, the Love of Art!

Choose a real Valentine's Day 'Artthrob' of sculpture, paintings and masks and let your loved one's inner spirit pound.

67 NEW SCULPTURES on line for your choosing!
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15% OFF all Sculpture on website!
10% OFF all Baskets and Masks!

PLUS - FREE SHIPPING (domestic ground) through February 9, 2005 on all web purchases!

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Brighton Runyanga
A True Story Arthrob!

The Shona Artist Fund and Spirits In Stone's art collectors take one giant step toward surgically repairing a young Shona boy's heart in South Africa.

After 9 long months of wrangling with the politics of Zimbabwe, doctors, hospitals, committees....Anthony Ponter, with the generous efforts of Katherine & Karl Poehlman, Mark & Bonnie Barnes, and Spirits In Stone, over $3000 was raised to contribute to the travel and medical expenses for a little Shona boy, named Brighton Runyanga.

Brighton Runyanga & father Kingston

We were alerted to the critical nature of this boy's heart, when his father, Shona sculptor Kingston Runyanga, wrote a letter to curator, Anthony Ponter, pleading for help for his son's life. As medical services have all but collasped in Zimbabwe, Kingston's son, was in peril. At any moment the hole in his heart could expand or tear and end his life. And like any good father, he had to take action immediately. Time is of the essence!

Anthony, determined to not have this happen, began emailing hospitals in the USA and South Africa to assist. He spoke with doctors, anesthesiologists, nurses, hospital administrators, airlines, Shona collectors and then, on January 17th, he received an email from Lynda Bleazard, Marketing Manager, Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa, South Africa.

She stated, "I presented his case to the committee this morning and although he is not an easily correctible case, they have elected to put him onto the programme.

He will have a cardiac cath first and then a decision will be made for surgery. Please can you make arrangements with Air Zimbabwe to have him sent down to us in February. I can accommodate two adults accompanying him."

We are overjoyed that hope reigns supreme! Into action we GO! At long last a concrete action path has opened up and we are all in overdrive. The race is on to repair a faulty heart. Yes, it is THE perfect Valentine's Gift! A beautiful heart to be mended...

Two Wosene Events!

FEB 23: Celebrate Africa '05 Around the World with the Museum of the African Diaspora

Join the Museum of the African Diapsora for a spectacular evening as MoAD places you in the the heart of London for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration.

View spectacular contemporary art and discover rare treasures inside the British Museum as MoAD connects you to the opening of "Africa 05" and the Hayward Gallery's "Africa ReMix" featuring over 60 artists from 25 countries, the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever exhibited in Europe.

Selected paintings by Wosene will be featured on display at this event. [view Wosene's work]

Date: Feb 23, 2005 from 6PM to 9PM
Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; 701 Mission Street; San Francisco, CA 94103
RSVP: None Required

FEB 26: Visual Poetry - Recent Paintings by Wosene Kosrof

"In my works, language goes far beyond the literal meaning. As I break apart the Amharic symbols and reshape them as colors on canvas, it's almost like I'm putting them under a microscope, to discover what stories they tell, what secrets they have. They come alive at the tip of my brush, and we speak to each other in their language of elegant and rhythmic lines, circles, and curves." — Wosene 2004

Spirits in Stone is honored to present recent works by Wosene Worke Kosrof from the series Visual Poetry during a champagne reception with the artist. View Wosene's latest work.

Date: Feb 26, 2005 from 5PM to 8PM
Location: Sonoma Spirits in Stone Gallery [view]
RSVP: 800-474-6624