One world, one heart…and one color — of clothes, that is.
The First Annual Hearts of the World Monochromatic Costume Ball will swing into life on Thurs., Feb. 12, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lower Eastside Girls Club, at 402 E. Eighth St.
Hearts Of The World is teaming up with the Girls Club for the fete. Guests are invited to dress head to toe in the color of their choice and couple up in contrasting or complementary tones for whimsical waltzes and playful activities. Monochromatic food and drink will be served.
On the walls will be hundreds of children’s heart paintings from the Hearts of the World workshops of Japan, Mexico, China, Haiti and more. One hundred percent of ticket sales will be used to fund the spring 2015 Hearts of the World India Tour, from March 16 to June 27.
“Helping kids find their passion is my passion; it’s powerful work,“ said Nicolina, Hearts of the World founder. “Children can learn so much about themselves through painting their hearts, and they have so much to teach us as well.”
In the project, kids are given a black-and-white drawing of the outline of a heart, and then — as in a coloring book — are free to festoon it with colors and illustrations in whatever way has importance for them and their lives.
The tour will include visits to an orphanage that “aspires to raise heart-centered citizens” in Varanasi, a school for the deaf in Chennai, and young victims of the chemical disaster in Bhopal.
All the hearts will come together for retrospective gallery shows in New York and New Delhi to tell the children’s stories, along with excerpts from their upcoming documentary film.
Tickets to the ball are $12 presale, $15 at the door in monochromatic attire (black and white don’t count) and $20 in polychromatic attire. There will be a parade to an afterparty at a secret location.
For more information, go to https://heartsoftheworld.org or contact Nicolina at nicolina@heartsoftheworld.org .
Nicolina was also the artist behind the mysterious Portals Project in the East Village and Lower East Side in the summer of 2013.
