Received this very good fundraising event for the victims in Haiti from Jerry’s Artarama. If you can participate and help out, please contact them at the information listed below.

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Our hearts went out to the people of Haiti when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit. They need our help, so Jerry’s Artarama is sponsoring an art auction on April 10, 2010. The Raleigh Convention Center has donated a 5,500 sq ft room and Centerplate is catering the event. There will be art collectors and corporate sponsors in attendance and our goal is to raise $50,000. All proceeds from ticket and art sales will go to Habitat International’s efforts to rebuild Haiti.

Artist donations are the key to this event’s success. There will be both a live and a silent auction. To be considered for the live auction, work must be received by March 20, 2010. Live auction work should be no smaller than 20″x30″ and should not exceed 72″ in any direction. Live auction work is required to be framed (if necessary), prewired, and ready to hang. Wet paintings will not be accepted. We recommend that you submit big, bold, eye-catching work!

The deadline for silent auction submissions is March 28, 2010. Silent auction work is usually smaller (no larger than 20×30). Pieces must be 2D and have no moving parts. Wet paintings will not be accepted and we suggest (but do not require) that work be prewired and ready to hang. All unframed works on paper will be displayed with clips.

Please be sure to include your name, title of the work, medium, regular selling price, your web address, and business cards (optional). If you are submitting for the live auction, please include a short artist statement (no more than 100 words). The live auction will be juried and the selected 30 pieces will be featured in our program with a color image, info, and artist statement. After the auction, we will send you a thank you letter and receipt for tax purposes.

Thank you so much for your consideration. Please read more about the event on our website www.jerrysartarama.com/community/Art-Auction-and-Gala Please feel free to contact me with any questions. I look forward to hearing from you!

Kindest Regards,
ERICK PEGUERO
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Life Is Art is excited to bring you a very different kind of artisticly erotic fundraiser.
If you are easily offended, look away now.

La Fete Erotique at MI-VI

On February 19th, Erotic Signature, publisher of premiere erotic art books, is hosting a release party for volume 3 of “The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today” at the grand new club in Gulfstream Park called MI-VI.

The evening will be filled with eroticism and special performances. This beautiful book will be on sale and a portion of the sales goes to Life Is Art in our mission to support the south Florida art scene.

Expect an erotically charged night filled with Live Art, Bodypainting, Shibari demonstration (Rope Suspension), Shadow Dancing, Sexy Burlesque and Belly Dancing, sensual visuals for a sensory overload, an extremely sexy and uninhibited crowd, and much more…

Dresscode: Upscale, Sexy and Chic
Attitude: Debonair and Laisser-Faire
Warning: This will not be your typical night out
Live Painting by Dianne Romero Buitrago and Michael Diaz
Music by Joe Marella
Shibari Artist Deiter
Sexy Theatrical shows by Pamela Canellas and the Hot Jam Dancers
Sensual artistic visuals by EroticSignature.com

Friday, February 19, 2010 at 10:00pm
MI-VI Nightclub – Gulfstream Park & Casino – 901 S. Federal Hwy – Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 (NE 213 St and Biscayne Blvd.)
Complimentary entry before 12:00 midnight with password “Erogenous”

More Information
Please RSVP on Facebook

Please join us for this very special evening of excitement and help Life Is Art continue to support our arts! Remember that we need your help to help you.

Received this call for help from Bibi Andrade. It is originally from the Wallflower Gallery. For those that do not know, the Wallflower has been an alternative culture bastion for the past 13 years in downtown Miami. They are in danger of closing down permanently, if something is not done. The building is being torn down and they need to move. They are having an organizational meeting on February 1, 2010. If you can help, please do what you can.

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The Wallflower Gallery Organizational Meeting 02-01-10
WE NEED TO MOVE!!

Hello, Everybody, how’s it going? I wanted to reach out and see what we can do together to save and revitalize The Wallflower Gallery. This is a group project, so if we want to have an artistic and creative community space in Miami, The Wallflower Gallery can be that platform.

I was recently informed by the landlord that he plans to tear down the building as soon as possible – he mentioned April, but I think we can delay it if we can get some money to him. This money will buy us the time to transition smoothly.

For almost 13 years, The Wallflower Gallery has stood as a place for musicians to play, for poets to share their poems, for visual artists to display their pieces, for independent film makers to showcase films and videos, for actors to act, as well as host a larger assortment of creative showcases. In addition, we have worked with a variety of community organizations to help with local issues, programs for young people, alternative transportation, animal rights, environmental causes, marijuana laws reform, secular humanism, electoral campaigns and many other causes. Even now as we are struggling to keep the business alive, we are giving support to the people of Haiti and we have hosted a collection event – overall it is about compassion. Now it is time to focus a campaign on The Wallflower Gallery.

I am calling for an Organizational Meeting on Monday, February 1 – 7:00 p.m. to discuss what we can do to bring ideas together. I will lay out the details of the situation and see what we as a group can do with suggestions. Bring your cash, checkbooks and credit cards to contribute some financial support. Donations can also go through PayPal on our website – www.wallflowergallery.com – other information will be posted there as well. If we don’t get the financial resources to make this happen, it won’t work.

Now the large task at hand is to generate money to cover the expenses in the current location and find a new location that will have to be set up to meet the needs of the business. In addition, there needs to be an accounting of the inventory and make sure that the items get back to the various artists and any balances due are covered.

I would like to take this opportunity to change the current dynamics. We need to create an active Board of Directors who can work together to organize the various aspects of The Wallflower Gallery and establish a better system to manage the whole operation. Part of this includes establishing a non-profit organization to work with tax-deductible donations.

The Wallflower Gallery brings to the table a strong talent base, a hefty database of connections, a good reputation, lots of experience and a kick-ass sound system. This is the starting point for the new phase of The Wallflower Gallery.

If The Wallflower Gallery fades, there is not another business of its kind waiting in the wings. We are not a simple CD store, art gallery, coffee shop or venue. We are more than those elements and as a community center we have always reached out to younger people to include them and feature their talents.

We have had people from all over the world come to The Wallflower Gallery and remark how unique and cozy the space is. People are always saying that there is nothing in Miami like it. At the same time, they wish they had a place like this where they lived.

This is our opportunity to come together and make something happen that will enrich our community in many ways. We are here to represent South Florida and our creative and progressive spirits, so let’s make it happen!

Let’s see what we can do together. More information will follow.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Thank you for your effort.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD & GET OTHERS INVOLVED!!
Hope all’s well.
Enjoy
Flash Funk Finder
The Wallflower Gallery
10 N.E. 3rd Street Downtown Miami 33132
305-579-0069
www.wallflowergallery.com
www.myspace.com/wallflowergallery
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The Miami Heat is doing a fundraiser for Life Is Art!

Buy a regularly priced ticket here and the Miami Heat is donating a portion of the proceeds to Life Is Art.
All money raised goes to further Life Is Art’s mission to support the arts and community in south Florida.

Game Details: March 14, vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 6:00pm
American Airlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132

PLEASE NOTE: All tickets must be purchased through Life Is Art.
You need not have a Paypal account to purchase, credit cards and checks accepted via Paypal.
Be sure to include your mailing address.
Anyone can buy tickets. Tell your friends. Use them as gifts. Support your arts!
Tickets will be mailed to you at no cost.
The Miami Heat has reserved us a block in the 300 section, so you will be sitting with other Life Is Art Fans.

For any questions, please email art@lifeisartfest.org

A group of us artists, mostly former graduates from “Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute” are putting together a benefit auction from works donated by artists. The Haitian Cultural Alliance will act as a fiscal agent and Miami Art Exchange will be collecting the works at their location at 2051 NW 2nd Ave. Miami, FL. Tue-Sat 11-5pm. The proposed auction date is Feb 7th, details are still being worked out.

Get involved , help spread the word and make a difference join the Artists for Haiti fan page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Artists-for-Haiti/302010420560

Any way that you guys can help spread the word or get involved is greatly appreciated.