Pin ItOn the morning of January 6th, more than 50 artists descended on the damaged Cinque Terre town of Vernazza, armed with a vivid message of hope.
Organized by painter Antonio Barrani, their mission was called "Un Arcobaleno di Solidarietà per Vernazza" — A Rainbow of Solidarity for Vernazza. Each painter took a lifeless, boarded-up doorway along Via Roma...and transformed it into a work of art.
More than just decorating the Via Roma, this avenue of art is designed to inspire all who love Vernazza to play a role in her recovery.
As you page through these images, we'll use the captions to bring you up to date on Vernazza's recovery from the October 25th disaster — and what you can do to help one of our favorite villages in Italy spring back to life.
written by Rick Stevens
I want to do the little that I can to help this community rebuild. I personally will not be visiting this amazing place anytime soon, but I am offering my photos, all taken in Italy for sale, & I will donate 20% of the sales to help in the rebuilding of these amazing Villages.
I will be offering beautiful canvas's in 3 sizes
12x16 $80.00
16x20 $110.00
20x30 $155.00
Also, I will be offering prints
8x10 $20.00
11x14 $30.00
16x20 $40.00
Anybody, & everybody who knows me, knows how dear Italy is to me.......These photos are very special to me, each one has a story behinnd it, which I will include upon delivery;)
The last & largest photo on this post, is one of the Villages that was partially destroyed, it was & I am sure will be again, beautiful.