Buy Art. Help the Displaced in Iraq.
Tall canvases splashed with azure and Persian blue
lean up against paintings with wandering scarlet, apricot, laurel lines and
large photo prints of Iraq’s many cities and people at Mselect. All these
brimming art pieces come from local and international painters and
photographers ready to turn one Erbil office into an expectant an art gallery
full of one-of-a-kind pieces waiting to be bought (by you, of course) to directly
support some of the region’s most in need children and families in just two
weeks.
Mselect’s Charity Art Auction will be held on November
21 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. It is an art fundraiser event open and completely
free for the public to both enjoy amazing art and to raise money for vulnerable
families who have sought shelter from the Syrian and Iraq conflicts in
Kurdistan. All art will be sold via silent auction, where anyone can place a
bid on their favorite piece. The most competitive and highest price will take
home the art and in return help vulnerable families get food, essential
medicine and blankets.
Tom Robinson, Rise Foundation’s Director, and team
have been hard at work for the event collecting children’s art from the Akra
Refugee Camp. Rise Foundation works directly with children in Akra on the Castle
Art Project, a beautification painting mural project lead by refugee children
who are spreading a little beauty, creativity and hope to the walls of the
camp. Also, Rise Foundation’s resident artist Lorin Eli will be showing and
selling paintings in the auction, which you can buy directly.
More than 10 local and international artists, such
as Fehad Pirbal, Farnaz Kangorlu and Sebastian Meyers, have come together to
raise money to help those in need. Local NGO ArtRole has also donated pieces to
support the event and Naranj restaurant is providing food and drink for the
event. Now, all we need is you to join us on November 21 to buy art to help
those who need it most.
For more
information on the event, email sarah@mselect.iq or call Mselect at (0)
66 264 3293. The Charity Art Auction will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
on November 21 at Mselect’s office located at Naz City Road off 100 Meter
Street (behind Jordanian Hospital), Erbil, Iraq.
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