Charity art

Lots of artists come together to raise money when there has been a natural disaster. There has been a massive out pouring of art for the Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster. Here are just a few examples:



"Ventilate Japan is a charity poster series donating 100% of all profits to the Red Cross, benefiting those who suffer from the Great East Japan Earthquake. Curated by Michael Brown, Ventilate Japan is an initiative of ventilate.ca and each of the contributing artists as well as our our sponsors. Our goal is to not only raise funds but to also raise awareness of the scale of this disaster, the physical and psychological toll taken by its victims as well as the on-going threat posed by spent nuclear fuel."



It must be nice to be able to do what you love but help people at the same time. Illustration, and art in general, has been accused of being 'pointless'. There's no way charitable art could be labelled as pointless. People like giving to charity but they like it even more if THEY get soemthing out of it, in this case a poster.