Hope For The Nations

ART IS {HOPE} Is Launched!

On April 20, 2010 ART IS {HOPE} was launched in a creative vibrant way! Approximately 40 people filled the Streaming Café in Kelowna, BC. Canada to enjoy a night of gifted artistry by the founding artists of ART IS {HOPE}.

Sheri McConnell, founder of ART IS {HOPE} says: “HFTN is inviting the artistic community to take its place on the centre stage of our culture, to shed light and to be a voice for the voiceless.”

For more information on how to become an ART IS {HOPE} artist OR to learn more or donate, click here.

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MAY/JUNE Artist Feature:  ANDREW SMITH

We are excited to introduce you to one of our founding ART IS {HOPE} artists, ANDREW SMITH.  Andrew is on tour during MAY and JUNE and is raising awareness and finances for HFTN’s Liberia Water Wells project.

Andrew’s live show combines his award winning talent as a SINGER/SONGWRITER and INSTRUMENTALIST.  He has been playing folk clubs, festivals and house concerts in Canada, the USA and Europe to enthusiastic audiences.  Andrew has shared the stage with Bruce Cockburn, Ruthie Foster, Gordie Sampson, Martyn Joseph and David Wilcox.  In 2007, Andrew Smith played at the INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL in Dresden Germany to rave reviews.  The festival featured a dozen great guitar players from around the world including Peter Finger and Frank Haunschild. He also traveled to Africa with a film crew and was commissioned to write and record a tap style instrumental piece for the documentary film ‘An Orphan’s Dream’.