{"id":18383,"date":"2013-04-16T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=18383"},"modified":"2013-04-26T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:48:10","slug":"freehand-an-art-auction-for-war-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=18383","title":{"rendered":"FreeHand: An Art Auction for War Child"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Online at ArtBarrage.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live Auction – Thursday April 25, 2013, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nThe Gallery<\/strong>
\n99 Sudbury Street, Toronto
\nReception and final viewing: Thursday April 25, 2013, 6 – 7.30 p.m.
\nTickets: $60 per person<\/p>\n

Free Public Previews<\/strong>:
\nFriday – Saturday, April 19 -20, 2013<\/strong>
\nWaddingtons Auction House<\/strong>
\n275 King Street East – 2nd Floor, Toronto
\nHours: Fri 6 – 9, Sat – Sun 12 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Join us on\u00a0Friday April 19, 2013,\u00a06 – 9 p.m. for the preview opening reception<\/strong>.
\nThis preview opening reception is generously hosted by Stephen Ranger and Waddingtons Auction House<\/p>\n

ArtBarrage\u00a0are very proud to once again curate the ArtBarrage 2013 FreeHand contemporary art auction to raise funds for War Child\u2019s vital mission.<\/p>\n

The mission to work with war-affected communities, helping children \u201creclaim their childhood through access to education, opportunities and justice\u201d is needed more than ever in war-torn nations where vulnerable communities are struggling to overcome the trauma of war.<\/p>\n

By incorporating drawings made by children in Afghanistan alongside contemporary visual artists, the FreeHand auction celebrates the War Child community, the visual arts community and the creative process in all it\u2019s many manifestations.<\/p>\n

Bid to provide hope. Bid with your heart.<\/p>\n

Participating artists include<\/strong>: Michael Adamson, Lori-Ann Bellissimo, Janet Bellotto, Jacqueline Benyes, Kotama Bouabane, Stephen Brookbank, John Brown, Bill Burns, Colin Carney, Janice Colbert, Scott Everingham, James Fowler, Eldon Garnet, Stev\u2019nn Hall, Sherri Hay, Catherine Heard, Clive Holden, Sophie Jodoin, Sarah Anne Johnson, Yuriko Kubota, Mark Laliberte, Anette Larsson, Rebecca Last, Nina Leo, Bogdan Luca, Rob MacInnis, Jordan MacLachlan, Isabel M. Martinez, Sanaz Mazinani, Alex McLeod, Andrew Mcphail, Diana Menzies, Sam Mogelonsky, Tomori Nagamoto, Tibi Tibi Neuspiel, John Nobrega, Nancy Oakes, Greg Oldenburg, Geoffrey Pugen, Seth Scriver, Lauchie Reid, Jaclyn Shoub, Camilla Singh, Shawn Skeir, Fiona Smith, Jeanie Thib, Elaine Waisglass, Douglas Walker, Jennifer Walton, Jacob Whibley, Sherley Yanover, Jacob Yerex. Also featuring art by children from War Child’s Afghanistan program. rtists, their galleries\/ communities with the women and children devastated by the barrage of hostility in areas of conflict through the War Child vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday, April 25, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
\n99 Sudbury Street, Toronto<\/strong><\/p>\n

fosters key partnerships between visual artists, their galleries\/ communities with the women and children devastated by the barrage of hostility<\/p>\n

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