The arts enhance and beautify our lives, but art can be a vehicle to help make real, life-changing improvements for people. For example, artists and arts organizations often sponsor charitable activities such as art auctions, exhibits and concerts that raise money in support of feeding the hungry. The United Nations and World Health Organization estimate that 1.7 million deaths each year from water-borne diseases such as diarrhea are preventable through clean water, safe hygiene practices, and adequate sanitation. I have committed as an artist to contribute a portion of each art sale to help people in communities throughout the world suffering from no clean water source. I'm partnering with Operation Blessing and the Living Water Wells and Cisterns mission. Wells in Nigeria bring clean drinking water to 6,000 villagers. From their website: "Operation Blessing deals with this challenge head-on by drilling bore wells to provide clean water and maximizing the benefit...