Aug. 22, 2007 New York Post: Relief Art for Peru

On Wednesday August 15 at 8pm, 29-year-old Peruvian-American artist Alex Loza of Chicago, IL goes to www.terra.com.pe, as he usually does to get ideas for dinner for the following day. When Loza logs onto the website to his surprise he sees that there is a tsunami warning for the coastal areas of Peru and finds out that a 7.9 earthquake hit south of Lima in the areas of Pisco, Ica, Cañete, and Chincha where his family is from.

Worried for the people in the affected areas of Peru, Loza wondered what he could do to help. “I wanted to help but how can I if I’m not a doctor or physician,” says Loza. “And I said to myself ‘What can I do as an artist to help these people and show them that we care and want to help?’”

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