Katrina Relief
Sunday Sept. 4
Benefit @ Soundstage, 516 Texas Street
11:00 am-12:00 midnight
12 bands, art auction, silent auction of other goods and services
Chris Fowler-Sandlin writes, "Without meaning to solicit donations, I spoke to a couple of people and within hours of finding out about this good intention, I was the recipient of seven different auction items that people wanted me to get to them. Toward that end, I want to offer my services to acquire, catalogue, display, and sell the art on behalf of the fundraiser.
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, upon my telling the Board about the relief concert, instantly donated a framed Meg Seligman "Once Upon a Millennium Moon" poster (a $75.00 value), a signed and numbered William Joyce "Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs" print (a $150.00 value), and a party for 50 in coolspace at artspace (a $500.00 value). Later in the day, Mary Bigelow called me from Chicago to tell me to take her art out of the artspace gift shop (it was for the Robots exhibit, which is over) and donate it to the auction. She has four 3-D collages: three built inside cigar boxes, and one man made out of a lightbulb and other electrical detritus. (Each of the four is a $100.00 value.)
If you would like to donate an art work or art works to this noble cause, you can contact me and/or drop them off at artspace, 710 Texas Street, between 9:00 am and 9:00 pm on Saturday. I will be there all of those hours (I'm training a new staff), and I will receive them and ensure their delivery to the event on Sunday.
Likewise, if you have another auction item to offer, I will gladly accept them or get you in touch with the proper person (I believe Monica Fayad, but I don't have her contact information at this moment). For instance, a gift certificate for a massage or a tattoo? dinner for 2? autographed book? a private concert? t'ai chi lesson? dance lesson? yoga lesson? sign language class? photo shoot? a cookie basket? collectible books? You name it, and if we can get the right audience there for the benefit, it'll for sure make some money for the relief effort.
The third way you can help is to get people there. Send the invitation to everyone on your list and ask them to do the same. The more people that come, the more that is collected at the door, the more opportunities for art sales and other auction item sales. Plus, the more people that are there, the more people will be bidding against each other to drive the prices of the art, etc., up; thus, making more money for the relief effort.
Lastly, help by coming yourself and spending some money to hear some great local bands and buy some great local art.
(By the way, the collection of art for the silent auction is growing. I've received about 35 pieces at this point with promises of more being delivered tomorrow.)"
Thanks in advance,
Chris Fowler-Sandlin
673-6535 (artspace)
349-1541
chris@shrevearts.org (artspace)
Debbie Engle writes about the efforts of First United Methodist Church downtown: "Just learned last night that we've opened our gym to house 30-50 staff & family from the VA Hospital in N.O. We need volunteers to be there at the church with evacuees. Contact for church evacuee shelter is Tom Howe: 469-1526; all other efforts are coordinated by me....424-7771 is my office number.
There is also a HUGE need for cash donations at the NWLA Food Bank.
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