{"id":1422,"date":"2017-05-11T20:14:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T20:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/syrian-refugee-children-s-art-show-to-come-to-long-beach-memorial-day-weekend\/"},"modified":"2017-05-11T20:14:36","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T20:14:36","slug":"syrian-refugee-children-s-art-show-to-come-to-long-beach-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/syrian-refugee-children-s-art-show-to-come-to-long-beach-memorial-day-weekend","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Refugee Children\u2019s Art Show to Come to Long Beach Memorial Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-54231\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/syrianrefugeeartshow.jpg\" alt=\"syrianrefugeeartshow\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Refugee Children\u2019s Art Show, a traveling exhibit presented by Love Without Borders- For Refugees In Need, will open Friday, May 26 at 7:00PM at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPACE853\/\">SPACE 853<\/a>\u00a0in downtown Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 400,000 Syrians have been killed since its ongoing civil war began in 2011, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/27\/world\/meast\/syria-civil-war-fast-facts\/\">CNN<\/a>.\u00a0Over 5 million Syrians have fled the country and 6.3 million have been displaced internally. CNN\u2019s report was last updated Sunday, April 9.<\/p>\n<p>Love Without Borders &#8211; For Refugees In Need is a grassroots organization supporting Syrian refugees in Greece, specifically children. The three-day exhibit is a show displaying their artwork, hopes and dreams, with 100 percent of each sale to go directly to the artists.<\/p>\n<p> <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/widget\/video-embed\/880376899855\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to announce we will be going to Long Beach, California in May, to share the stories, art creations, and projects that we&#8217;re creating in Greece for the refugees that have been there for over a year,\u201d Love Without Borders Founder Kayra Martinez said in a statement. \u201cWe will discuss the situation, look at photos [and] art and talk about ways we can help support the refugees in Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love Without Borders &#8211; For Refugees In Need is just one of the many grassroots efforts created to assist refugees fleeing from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, where other, bigger, non-governmental organizations cannot. These grassroots organizations have been instrumental bringing aid, schools and art classes, as well as one-on-one assistance, to those in need, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>To donate supplies or support Love Without Borders, visit the webpage <a href=\"http:\/\/app.needslist.co\/lists\/nea-kavala\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0For more information, visit the Facebook group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/478293189015540\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The opening night of the Syrian Refugee Children&#8217;s Art Show will take place Friday, May 26 from 7:00PM to 10:00PM. The work will be displayed the following Saturday and Sunday from noon to 9:00PM. The art show is free to the public.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPACE853\/\">SPACE 853<\/a>\u00a0is located at 853 Pine Avenue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>{FG_GEOMAP [33.7775876,-118.19269029999998] FG_GEOMAP}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Without Borders- For Refugees In Need is a grassroots organization supporting Syrian refugees in Greece, specifically children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":66837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[752],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-syrian-refugee-crisis","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}