2020 

Yeda art gallery

fund raised over $15,000

2019

Brea Museum

fund raised over $18,000

2018

July 4 ~ Sep. 15: Brea Museum

fund raised over $23,000

2017

July 15 ~ Aug. 20, 2017 : Muzeo / Museum and Cultural Center

July 4 ~ Sep. 7: Brea Museum

fund raised over $26,000

2016 

June 4 ~ July 17, 2016 : Muzeo / Museum and Cultural Center

fund raised over $20,000

2015

July 25 ~ Aug 30, 2015  : Muzeo / Museum and Cultural Center

Oct 5 ~ 10, 2015  : UN G-Tower Lobby, Seoul Korea

Oct 12 ~ 16, 2015  : Seoul Asan Medical Center, Seoul Korea

Oct 23 ~ 29, 2015  : The national Assembly of The Republic of Korea

fund raised over $15,000

2014

Aug 9 ~ 31, 2014  : Muzeo / Museum and Cultural Center

fund raised over $10,000

2013

Sep 14 ~ Oct 12, 2013 : Muzeo / Museum and Cultural Center

fund raised over $5,000

Crops of Love

By Austin Kang

During the warm days of summer 2015, these 90 students spend their time, which they could be using to have fun, to create works of art for a good cause. They spend a few weeks creating their own ideas and putting their thoughts onto a canvas. After they finish their artworks, the Crops of Love organization would take them to put on display. This is the third year that they are trying to raise funds and are having their exhibition at Muzeo Art Gallery, which will be held from July 25^th to August 30^th and at a new location in Korea- the Hyundai Department Store in Korea in the city of Pangyo- from October 29^th to November 4^th. The purpose of this club is to raise money, mainly through donations, to support kids in developing countries. Crops of Love is currently working alongside Dr. Youngjin Kim, a man who is devoting his life to serving many of the kids, such as those attending Namatuni Primary School which the Crops of Love Art Club is mainly supporting, and prisoners in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa.

Along with 8 other people, I had the great privilege to embark on a great journey to the continent Africa and see and experience what is happening in Malawi. We could see the horrible conditions in which many of the people live, especially the students. These kids live in households in which their parents aren’t always home and are forced to take care of themselves. Most do not have the luxury of electricity and cannot cook food in a microwave within 5 minutes. Many of these kids live far away from school, so when they wake up early in the morning, they don’t have time to eat and walk straight to school for about two hours or more because their families cannot afford cars. They sit in class, hungry, and at lunch time they don’t have anything to eat because their schools are unable to provide their students with food. Then the students would walk all the way back home after school, and finally eat their one meal after a whole day of starving, knowing they will be stuck on this cycle for years.

The Crops of Love art club allows students to support these unprivileged kids through art. From the first and second year Crops of Love executed this exhibition, the club was able to support 500 and 1000 kids, respectively. This year the club hopes to raise $10,000 in donations- $4000 going to orphans in Chile, supporting about 300 kids- and the rest going to Dr. Kim in Malawi, which would support 1000 kids with lunch every day. In addition, the money will be used to build a food center in Malawi with the name “Yeda”, in honor of the art studio to which many of the participants of the Crops of Love art club attend and is run by Mrs. Hyunae Kang in Brea, CA. Because of this club, students are inspired to help strangers who are half way around the world, fighting poverty one art piece at a time.

Congratulations and thank you to all those who participated in our 3rd annual Art Exhibition at MUZEO.