Art with Heart 2012:
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Another fabulous auction & party!
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...and SOLD! Music to the ears for the lucky bidders at last week's Art with Heart who managed to outbid the more than 800 other guests at the Carlu, collectively raising more than $750,000 for a tremendous cause!
Now in its 19th year, Art with Heart has raised more than $5 million for Casey House programs that include specialized HIV/AIDS home nursing care and support, in-patient services like nutrition support, therapeutic massage and recreation therapy, and outreach clinics for some of our city's most marginalized people living with HIV/AIDS.
This year, the efforts of the Curatorial Committee offered up a collection that was the most critically significant to date. Works can still be viewed at www.artwithheart.ca.
As ever, food was a high point as Daniel et Daniel offered up another inspired and sumptuous menu at food stations throughout the Carlu. Guests enjoyed a mid-auction treat of warm Oreos and lemon beignets and significant portions of sriracha noodles were served in Chinese take-out boxes directly to bidders in their seats.
Throughout the evening, prices doubled and even tripled that of the estimated catalogue values. Several times, guests were brought to their feet in applause. A landscape by Kym Greeley was matched by TD Bank Group, raising more than four times the estimated catalogue value. A stunning photo by Greg Girard was matched by Rogers Communications and raised triple the estimate for Casey House. And for a third year in a row, attendees held their collective breath as bids climbed higher and higher for a work by Charles Bierk, erupting in cheers when it went for four times the estimate!
Bidders losing out on their favourite piece shouldn't stay disappointed for long, as they can still go online to purchase this year’s June Callwood Artist's Multiple, "Friends/Friends" by Paul Butler, sponsored by Barrick Gold.
Another feature of this year’s event was the Gallery of Patrons Limited Edition, "Modern Love" by Kent Monkman, sponsored by Urbacon. Created by this world-renowned and highly sought-after artist specifically for Art with Heart, this edition of 25 giclée prints on canvas with hand-painted detail was sold out online in a record 48 hours. The editions were hung in sequence together for their one and only public viewing before each went home with its happy owner.
Don't miss the 20th Anniversary installment of Art with Heart in October 2013! Next year's date will be announced in June - stay tuned to www.caseyhouse.com for news.
Also be sure to keep this date saved on your calendar: March 23, 2013. That's when co-chairs and design superstars Raymond Girard, Tommy Smythe and Arren Williams will host SnowBall at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, paying special tribute to the 25th anniversary of Casey House. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind opportunity to see Maple Leaf Gardens transformed into a party palace! Stay tuned to www.caseyhouse.com for the big reveal.
Please take a moment to complete our online event survey. You'll help us to improve next year's event, and you could win 2 tickets to our next Dinner by Design! |
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