Over the weekend, we went to check out Toronto Art Expo for some inspiration and quality down time. You know – to get mind off all the stuff, look at beautiful art and be refreshed. We were not expecting to run into some amazing people with big hearts and incredible generosity.

We met some great folks at an organization called Groupe Professionnel Haïtien de Toronto at the event. GPHT has been helping people of Haiti in many different ways and raising awareness of Haitian culture and history here in Toronto. Through the help of GPHT, we will be able to show you some great pieces by Haitian artists in Toronto at TW4H + Auction.

Artist Hae is a Toronto visual artist who makes it her mission to donate a portion of her work for great causes. After hearing about TW4H + Auction, it didn’t take her even a second to say yes to donating her pieces. We’re sure that you’ll love Hae’s amazing work with mixed media.

We also ran into a lovely Haitian lady named Cecile at the Expo and told her about our auction. Cecile, who drove all the way from Niagara Falls to help out with GPHT’s charity art sale at the event, pulled us aside. She said, “I want to tell you how Haitians are greeting each other these days.” On a brown paper bag, she wrote, “sak passé, map boulé.” To a confused audience standing in front of her, Cecile put on a big bright smile and said, “in creole, sak passé means it’s in the past and map boulé means everything will be alright. So when someone greets you with sak boulé, say map boulé. because everything will be alright.”