Artist Kim Klabe takes creative approach to support nonprofits
The Rehoboth Art League is the recipient of funding from member artist Kim Klabe, a longtime fixture of the coastal community well-known for her painting, and her new wine and beer pours.
Through a creative fundraising initiative, the Beauty of Community raffle, Klabe raised $400 and presented it to the art league in support of its mission to promote arts and arts education.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic and weeks of isolation, Klabe made use of technology and her artwork to raise awareness about the important role that the arts play in the local community. Her Beauty of Community event, which began April 23 and lasted four weeks, included demonstration videos of her artistic process, sharing the ways in which she developed her pour techniques. Klabe’s wine and beer pours transform spills on paper into recognizable shapes and figures, which she develops with colored pencil and other media into a final piece of artwork. Viewers were able to follow along on social media with the development of the artwork, and ultimately have a chance to win it through a raffle.
Klabe selected five worthy nonprofits that she knew were struggling due to enforced closures and loss of income. The raffle winner got to select the final nonprofit beneficiary in addition to walking away with Klabe’s original piece of artwork, titled “The Beauty of Community.”
The Rehoboth Art League was selected as the event’s beneficiary by raffle winner Michelle Murray Flowers. To see videos showing Klabe’s techniques and detailing her artistic process, go to www.kimklabe.com. Her work is currently for sale at the league’s gallery.
