Monday, January 26 2009
By Patricia Marroquin (
HispanicBusiness.com)
The art of cigar making and the art of an illustrator have been blended for a good cause: raising funds for
El Museo del Barrio, a Caribbean and Latin American cultural institution in New York City.
Cuban-born artist and illustrator Ruben Toledo has created a limited-edition cigar box and band that will be sold to benefit the museum. The cigars and their white lacquer boxes, featuring black silhouetted designs both inside and out, are being produced by top cigar maker La Flor Dominicana of the Dominican Republic. Each cigar also has a gold-embossed band designed by Toledo. All profits will be donated to El Museo.
Both Toledo and his fashion designer wife, Isabel, who created Michelle Obama's yellow Inauguration Day outfit, have been working on the cigar design project for about a year.
Cigars and Art Come Together for a Good Cause continues...
