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Throughout her career Elizabeth has continually provided free use of her images for charitable causes, especially those involving children. In particular she has been invited to provide images to UNICEF for their Christmas card program for three seperate years. For an artist, it means that the work was judged to be in the upper tier of artwork from around the world and is a prestigious honour for any artist to be chosen. To be chosen 3 times is a special tribute to her talent.

News Release

Elizabeth Evans Images in both UNICEF and Save the Children Greeting Card Collections

North Vancouver, November 28, 1998 Images by Elizabeth Evans, a North Vancouver artist have been selected for inclusion in both the 1998 UNICEF and the "Save the Children “ Canada Greeting Card Collections. Her image, entitled "The Breakaway" will be sold by UNICEF throughout Canada as well as Internationally. A second image, "Winter Carrier" will be sold by the Save the Children Fund in Canada. Both organizations rely on proceeds from the sale of their greeting cards to fund the work they do in helping kids both in Canada and around the world.

Images for the UNICEF Collection are selected by the National Committee in New York from thousands submitted annually from around the world. The selection process, which takes 3-4 years, represents a significant endorsement for artists who are selected. Previous UNICEF Collections have included work by Picasso, Matisse, Dali and Canada's Group of Seven.

This is the third year that Elizabeth's work has been selected for inclusion in the UNICEF Collection. Previous images were included in the 1995 and 1997 collections. In 1997, one of her images was featured in the sales poster used by Germany and Switzerland to promote the Collection.

"I'm very pleased to be providing an image for the Collection again this year" stated Elizabeth Evans, "I strongly support UNICEF and the work it does with children. This is an organization that deserves our continuing support," she added.

United Nations Children's Fund was established in 1946 and is the world's leading advocate for children and cooperates with governments in more than 160 countries to meet the needs of women and children. UNICEF has been selling greeting cards to support their work for nearly fifty years.

"We wish to acknowledge Elizabeth's generous collaboration with UNICEF and thank her for the generous support of the United Nations Children's Fund through the donation of reproduction rights", stated Elizabeth Gladston, Assistant Officer of the Card Development Unit.

UNICEF Cards are available in packages of 10 for $11.25 and are available a malls, grocery stores and specialty stores throughout the Lower Mainland.

Save the Children-Canada is a charitable organization that helps more than 1.3 million kids each year in ten countries. The organization is dedicated to improving the lives of the most needy children in Canada and overseas, regardless of race, sex, colour or religious affiliation.

Images for Save the Children Fund in Canada are selected from established Canadian artists and this year, in addition to Elizabeth Evans, images by 10 other artists including Ken Danby, Robert Bateman and Ted Harrison are in the collection.

"In no small part the success of the Save the Children Canada Christmas Card campaign is the result of individuals such as Elizabeth who have most generously donated the right to reproduce first class Canadian artwork" stated Deborah Cushing, Card Program Coordinator for Save the Children “ Canada.

"Child poverty is a significant fact in Canada and around the world and it is vitally important that the work done by Save the Children Canada to alleviate this problem be encouraged" stated Evans, "I'm pleased to be part of this year's campaign", she added.

Packages of 10 cards sell for $9.75 each and are available at a variety of malls, grocery and specialty stores in the Lower Mainland.

"Elizabeth's images are a superb addition to these two greeting card collections and will be very popular" predicted Graham Sayell of the Graham Sayell Gallery in Vancouver where Elizabeth's work is shown. "It's also a tribute to Elizabeth that these established international organizations have recognized the broad appeal of her work"

Elizabeth Evans has been painting as a professional artist for over thirty years. Among her renowned teachers and mentors was Group of Seven painter, Arthur Lismer. She works out of her Sunshine Coast, BC studio and is represented by numerous commercial galleries locatedin B.C. Her work is included in a number of prestigious public and private collections, including the Royal Palace of Monoco.

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