The Dove in the Blizzard

Remembering Dian Fossey

Thirty years ago, on December 26, 1985, Dr. Dian Fossey was brutally murdered in her cabin at the Karaoke Research Center in the Virunga mountains of Rwanda.  Her death remains an unsolved mystery.

When Dr. Fossey arrived in the Virungas, the mountain gorilla population was being decimated by habitat loss and poaching.  There were an estimated 250 mountain gorillas in the 1970s. Today the population is near 480 in the Virungas and about 880 worldwide. 

Dian Fossey's work involved intensive research on the mountain gorilla, much of it gleaned from hours of observation under difficult circumstances. She pioneered conservation efforts through the hiring of Rwandan staff to habituate, track, and monitor gorilla groups and to deter poaching through the destruction of snares.  At the present time all but but two of the 120 staff continuing her work in Rwanda are Rwandans.
It took perseverance and courage to continue her work in the face of great adversity and that effort ultimately cost her life.

Her legacy continues through the work of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.  The fund has expanded its work to save Grauer's gorillas in Democratic Republic of Congo; mining, logging, and hunting threaten the survival of this species of gorilla. Increased tracking and anti-poaching staff of the DFGI work in combined patrols with Rwandan, Ugandan, and Congolese park authorities to save the mountain gorillas.
www.gorillafund.org

The final entry in Dian Fossey's journal is carefully printed in block letters

WHEN YOU REALIZE THE VALUE OF ALL LIFE, YOU DWELL LESS ON WHAT IS PAST AND CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE FUTURE.

A Visit from a Full Moon on Christmas Eve

It's the first Christmas full moon since 1977 and a very hazy one at that!

Online Art Sale Now Open

Art in a Box's 10th Annual 2015 Benefit Holiday Art Sale and  Exhibition for Children at Risk! ONLINE ART SALE  Now Open!   Purchase Art Online and Support Children at Risk! Thursday, December 10, 2015  through Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 11 PM Email your selections to Artpartners@aol.com We will email you to confirm availability and reserve art for you. Then proceed online to make payment. Sales link  is now open. http://www.artinabox.org/benefitartexhibitionDD.htm If you do not see the blue ENTER button, please refresh your browser. Choose from an outstanding selection! Small paintings, wall-mountable sculpture, drawings, prints and  photographs by more than 200 established and emerging artists. Each work of art is on sale for a minimum donation of $125 each. Purchase 3 or more and the minimum donation is $100 each (more if you can!) All artwork is available on a first come, first serve basis. All proceeds benefit Art in a Box art and education programs for children at risk. Contact Us For information contact Valentina DuBasky at Art in a Box: 212-691-2543, or e-mail us at artpartners@aol.com  Help empower children with the gift of art! Art in a Box assists children and young artists around the world who are in need, disadvantaged by poverty, or who are facing crisis situations due to war, public health emergencies, or natural disasters, and supports their recovery and empowerment through art and art education. Art in a Box is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization. For more information about Art in a Box, visit  http://www.artinabox.org

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Art in a Box's 10th Annual
2015 Benefit Holiday Art Sale and
Exhibition for Children at Risk!
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THE ONLINE ART SALE WILL GO LIVE
TOMORROW NIGHT!

Sales link will activate on
Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 11 PM, EST
Through Tuesday December 15, 2015 at 11 PM, EST
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Purchase Art Online for $125 and Support Children at Risk!
Purchase 3 or more and the minimum donation is $100 each (more if you can!)

Choose from an outstanding selection of
small paintings, wall-mountable sculpture, drawings, prints and
photographs by more than 200 established and emerging artists.

All artwork is available on a first come, first serve basis.

All proceeds benefit Art in a Box art and education programs
for children at risk.

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Here's how to reserve art and make your donation online.
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For information contact Valentina DuBasky at Art in a Box:
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Help empower children with the gift of art!
Art in a Box assists children and young artists around the world who are in need, disadvantaged by poverty, or who are facing crisis situations due to war, public health emergencies, or natural disasters, and supports their recovery and empowerment through art and art education. Art in a Box is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization.
For more information about Art in a Box, visit http://www.artinabox.orghttp://www.artinabox.org/benefitartexhibition.htm

La Liberté Guidant le Peuple - Eugène Delacroix

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