Help Rebuild After Hurricane Helene: Art for Hope

Hello, friends and supporters!

My name is Anet, I’m a local artist and a member of Asheville's vibrant craft community. Hurricane Helene destroyed my primary source of income, leaving me struggling to cover basic living expenses, including my rent, car payment, insurance, and groceries. I am reaching out for help to stay afloat during this difficult time.

Why I Need Your Support

Since losing my job, I’ve turned to art as both a creative outlet and as a way to rebuild my life. Creating art has always been a therapeutic way for me to express my resilience, and I hope to share this journey with you. With your help, I can stay in Asheville while I look for work, maintain my creative outlet and continue contributing to our local craft community’s renewal. We all look forward to a fresh start in the coming months.

Your support not only helps me but also strengthens the craft community as a whole, which is vital to Asheville.

How I’ll Use the Funds

Your support will directly cover:

The reopening of the Biltmore Village shops where I’ve worked since 2018 is optimistically expected to start by Easter, with safe water for drinking and bathing projected by December 15. While opportunities will slowly return, I need help staying here until then—at least until January, when I can hopefully start rebuilding my income.

An Artful Way to Say "Thank You"

In gratitude for donations of $100 or more, I’m offering a piece of my unframed art as a heartfelt thank you (examples posted below). Each original painting is a mixed-media work mounted on 4x6 " watercolor paper, created with acrylics, oil stick, inks, watercolor, and recycled materials. These paintings represent my journey of resilience and hope, and I’m honored to share them with you in exchange for your kindness.

How You Can Help

Any donation, large or small, will help me cover essential expenses and continue creating art to share with my community and all of you.

Sharing this link with your network would also mean a lot to me.

Thank you for your generosity and for standing by me in this time of need.

With heartfelt gratitude,

~anet (aka lttle.friday)

Asheville, NC

Examples of the paintings I am offering:

spring 1 ~ acrylic paint on watercolor paper, approx. 20mm x 40mm, tape-mounted on 4x6" watercolor paper. signed. frame not included.

color study 7 ~ acrylic paint, oil sticks, ink and mascara on recycled packaging, approx. 86mm x 27mm, tape-mounted on 4x6" watercolor paper. signed. frame not included.

spring 4 ~ acrylic paint on watercolor paper, approx. 32mm x 32mm, tape-mounted on 4x6" watercolor paper. signed. frame not included.