While severely hampered by the illegal US blockade recovery efforts post Irma are well underway in Cuba
as are its efforts to assist its regional neighbours.
In response to enquiries
from friends of Cuba here in Aotearoa the Wellington chapter of NZCFS has opened
an appeal account – details below:
Account Name: Wellington
Cuba Friendship Society
Account Number: 03 0510 0856917 00
Bank: Westpac
Please put your
name in particulars and Irma in the reference.
It would also
help if you gave Gillian Magee (Gillian.Magee@firstunion.org.nz) the Wellington Chapter secretary a heads up
about your deposit .
Thanks very much
Full details on contributing a work(s) are on the form
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Cuban
Hurricane Relief Art Show and Silent Auction
VENUE
George
Fraser Gallery
25a Princes St
Auckland Central
OPENING
Thursday December 14th
5pm to 7pm.
Includes snacks, Cuban coffee and a short address by the
Cuban ambassador Mario Alzugaray.
Silent auction begins at 5pm.
VIEWING HOURS
Thursday
December 14th 10am to 7pm
Friday
December 15th
10am to 6pm
Saturday
December 16th 10am to 6pm
Michel Tuffery and
John Walsh are among the initial group of New Zealand artists who plan to
contribute work.
Twelve Cuban
artists, among them Osmeivy Ortega, Darian Rodriguez, Norberto Marrero and
Janette Brossard, have already offered to send work over from Cuba.
Elam staff member
Josh Lotz-Keegan will help curate the show.
Cuban Hurricane
Relief will feature a silent auction. Prospective buyers are given a number
then enter the price they are willing to pay on a sheet beside the work they
want to buy.
At the close of the
show on Saturday 16th December the highest bidder claims the work.
Artists may nominate
a reserve price for their work.
They may also choose
the percentage of the proceeds from sales of their work, from zero to 60
percent, to be returned to them.
The George Fraser
Gallery, which normally features the work of Elam students and staff, has very
kindly offered to take no commission from sales and charge no hireage fee.
Contribute a work
- Entry is free and open to everyone.
- A maximum of three works may be submitted.
- All work must be original and for sale.