Art on the Lawn at Poplar Forest and Juried Plein Air Competition

Art on the Lawn at Poplar Forest and Juried Plein Air Competition: April 28, 2012 

Currently gathering submissions for an artists’ retreat and juried plein air competition at Thomas Jefferson’s retreat home, Poplar Forest.   We invite artists to be inspired by this special place where Jefferson came to seek solitude and tranquility and to interpret it with their unique talents and painting techniques. Our day of painting on Saturday, April 28 (May 6 rain date for all events) will culminate in an artists’ reception that evening when artists will share their work while enjoying a glass of wine. Twenty four paintings will be chosen by our juror to be shown at 2 venues- at the Poplar Forest Collector’s Preview Reception and at the First Friday’s June 1 opening at the Academy of Fine Arts in downtown Lynchburg. We are inviting artists from across Virginia to participate. The proceeds from the artists’ retreat and show will benefit Poplar Forest’s education programs and the Academy of Fine Arts.  We ask artists to donate 50% to 100% of the purchase price of their work.  Please check out this link http://www.poplarforest.org/node/861 to get more information and download the prospectus.

International Evening Committee Esperanza Center Seeking Donations

Annual International Evening: “Sharing Our Cultures, Sharing Ourselves” to be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012.  This exciting event will offer guests a unique opportunity to experience African, Asian and Latin American cultures, in addition to international cuisine and entertainment. It will also feature a Silent Auction.

Auction proceeds will directly benefit hundreds of immigrants who visit the Esperanza Center everyday. For more than forty-nine years, the Esperanza Center (formerly the Hispanic Apostolate) has provided a wide range of services to new immigrants including:: English as a Second Language, Citizenship and Computer Literacy classes; Health Services; Immigration Legal Services; and Community Services.

They are asking artists to donate to the silent to help them raise critical funds to fulfill their mission.

They gratefully accept all items, particularly those which will inspire our guests to bid enthusiastically.  Items such as sporting event tickets, sports memorabilia, airline tickets, artwork, handcrafted pieces, food and drink baskets, professional services vouchers, jewelry, antiques and gift certificates would be wonderful additions to our auction. All donors will be listed in the event program. They  anticipate at least 250 guests at the event. Donors are invited to display business cards or brochures that would further your marketing efforts along with the donated item(s).

To Donate: please contact Millie Ribeiro at 410-978-0808 or via email at mribeiro@cc-md.org.                                                                                                     

Water For People DC is seeking Donations

The 5th annual World Water Day event will be held on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Ulah Bistro in Washington, DC. All proceeds from this event will return to support the work of Water For People to provide access to clean water and sanitation to communities around the globe.

At this event, there will be a raffle, and they want to reach out to any wonderful artist who would be interested to support World Water Day through the donation of a piece. The piece is not required to be "water" themed, as they truly appreciate any and all support received!

Water For People DC is an entirely volunteer committee composed of individuals who care passionately about the 884 million people worldwide who risk sickness and death everyday from unsafe water supplies. Each year, in support of the United Nation's World Water Day, we organize a happy hour event to bring attention to the issue and raise support and funding to continue to address it. Our events typically draw 70-100 people and we expect a large crowd this year in anticipation of our keynote speaker, Mr. Alex Prud'homme, author of the The Ripple Effect.

If any of the artists, have any questions, or want to discuss the organization and the event further, you can reach out to Rachel Daggy prior to committing to a donation.  She can be reached either by email (redaggy@gmail.com) or via phone (321)-946-3216.

Complete the Circle 2012 Art Contest

Complete the Circle Event and Food Drive

 

This is an open call for the annual image / logo for the 2012 Complete the Circle Event.
The artwork should convey Our Daily Bread’s mission to “empower the community to help our neighbors maintain self-sufficiency.” There is a $10 submission fee and the artist who creates the winning design will receive a $200 cash prize. Submissions are due to Our Daily Bread by March 30, 2012. For more information, visit www.odbfairfax.org or contact info@ODBFairfax.org or 703-273-8829.

more details here http://www.odbfairfax.org/CTC%20event%20page 

Our Daily Bread will be hosting Complete the Circle 2012 will be held on October 21, 2012 in Fairfax City 

 

What is Complete the Circle?

Our Complete the Circle image and event day was intended to promote unity and giving locally with food and staples donations that meet the basic needs of our community members. On the afternoon of Sunday, October 16, Our Daily Bread’s inspirational design (above left) was re-created as a “living painting” on a large field in Fairfax City, with more than 700 community members dressed in our color T-shirts and photographed from 80 feet above by artist Daniel Dancer of Art for the Sky. A celebration with refreshments and live music followed the sky photo shoot, featuring the lively, family-friendly music of Jake Armerding and The Fretful Porcupine.

Participants were asked to bring two or more non-perishable food or pantry items to be incorporated into the sky photo as the outer rim that encircles our living painting -- so that we will all literally “complete the circle” of giving to provide help and hope to local families and children in crisis facing hunger.  You brought almost 3,000 pounds of food. Surpassing our goal by 500 pounds!