Jenny McCarthy in Hayden-Harnett

Jenny McCarthy strolling along in our Sophia Babydoll Dress in Yellow. From Redbook Magazine.

Hayden-Harnett Supports Arts Education

If you've seen our "summer style-school" intro lately, you know we're focusing on education these days. We've been doing a lot to help combat global warming and other environmental problems, but another key part to help make the world a better place in the future is to focus on education. Sadly, one of the most neglected parts of education is arts education, as more and more schools are cutting funding to the arts in an effort to focus on the "essentials". Well, we at Hayden-Harnett believe firmly that art IS an essential part of any curriculum.

Today we discovered Donors Choose, a great way to donate money to public school teachers for purchasing supplies and funding projects. Each teacher submits a proposal for funding, which is evaluated and then posted by Donors Choose. Then, we choose the projects we'd like to fund, such as purchasing art supplies for inner city students, or a projector for art history classes, and many other great opportunities. The teachers in turn send pictures of the students, their artwork, etc.

We've created a challenge to fund some worthy art school projects. Every week we'll check in on our challenge, and match your donations! Let's see what we can do to restore arts education to our schools across the country.

Artist's Vision: Robert Gullie

Photo of Hayden-Harnett bags by Robert Gullie whose work can be found at the Amrose + Sable gallery in Albany, New York.