Fundraising

Earth School Art Auction 2010

Wednesday, 22 September 2010 10:02 Mark Orange

EARTH SCHOOL Benefit Art Auction and Raffle @ Pierogi
Monday November 15th 2010, 6-9pm

Are you a serious art collector? Do you wanna be? Now's your chance to buy original works by well-known international artists. The Earth School Benefit Art Auction and Raffle will take place on Monday, November 15, 6-9 pm at Pierogi, 177 N. 9th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Red Grooms, Fred Tomaselli, assume vivid astro focus and Eve Sussman are just a few of the artists featured. To see a complete list, scroll below...

Tickets will be on sale exclusively to the ES community this week from 9/27 to 9/30. After that, the 100 tickets go public, so get them while you can. You can reserve a ticket by emailing Jane Fine or James Esber at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by catching them in the hallway at drop off. Tickets are $250, checks payable to ESPA.

Everyone will go home with art!

Auction and Raffle Procedure

There will be approximately 100 art works contributed to the raffle. That same number of tickets will be sold. Each ticket has a unique number and all ticket holders should retain possession of their tickets. All ticket holders will receive a piece of art!!

IMPORTANT: You do not need to attend the event to receive a work of art. If you are unable to come to the auction you can choose someone to be your proxy, but that person MUST have your ticket.

Auction/raffle preview will begin at 6pm on Monday, November 15th at Pierogi.

Upon arrival, ticket holders will be given a numbered list of the 100 art works. Each person should make note of their top ten or fifteen choices. As the evening progresses you may need to amend this list a few times.

At 7 p.m. we will conduct a live auction for the first three raffle picks. Immediately thereafter the raffle will begin. The entire raffle should take 90 minutes to 2 hours.

As the raffle is being conducted all ticket holders must pay close attention and cross off artworks as they are chosen. When your ticket number is called you will have ONLY ONE MINUTE to announce which item you want. Please call out the number of the piece you want, and not the artist’s name. Artworks will be removed from the wall and carefully wrapped soon after they are chosen. Buyers are free to leave once they have their purchase.

List of Donating Artists

Marina Adams - Diana Al-Hadid - Joe Amrhein - Michelle Araujo - assume vivid astro focus - Mike Ballou - Sarah Bedford - Louise Belcourt - Michael Berryhill - Fiorenzo Borghi - Lee Boroson - Katherine Bradford - Sebastiaan Bremer - David Brody - Sally Brody - Jude Broughan - Tom Burckhardt - Kathy Butterly - Duncan Campbell - Francis Cape - Rebecca Chamberlain - Seong Chun - Dawn Clements - Jennifer Coates - Susanna Coffey - Marsha Cottrell - Jen Dalton - Beth Dary - Jay Davis - Nancy Diamond - Julia von Eichel - Nicole Eisenman - Sebastian Errazuriz - James Esber - Jane Fine - Dan Fischer - Matt Freedman - Jeff Gabel - Linda Gottesfeld - Red Grooms - Kirsten Hassenfeld - Eric Heist - Elana Herzog - Katie Holten - Henry Horenstein - David Humphrey - Julia Jacquette - Yvonne Jacquette - Susan Jennings - Kysa Johnson - Dana Kane - Darina Karpov - Beth Kattleman - Steve Keister - Zilvinas Kempinas - Dan Kopp - Jill Levine - Jeanne Lorenz - Patrice Lorenz - Tracy Miller - Jaye Moon - Andrew Moszynski - Linda Nagaoka - Aron Namenwirth - Itty Neuhaus - John Newman - Laura Newman - John J. O’Connor - Mark Orange - Angel Otero - Roxy Paine - Marilla Palmer - Gary Panter - Bruce Pearson - Liza Phillips - Tamara Rosenblum - Alexander Ross - Gina Ruggieri - David Sandlin - Bill Schuck - Max Schumann - Ward Shelley - Adam Simon - Guy Richards Smit - Greg Stone - Eve Sussman - Barbara Takenaga - Jude Tallichet - Kate Teale - Fred Tomaselli - Momoyo Torimitsu - John Tremblay - Mark Dean Veca - Sarah Walker - Sarah Wallace - Sally Webster - Ken Weaver - Alan Weiner - Martin Wilner - Michael Wilson - Alexi Worth - Jane Yeomans - Dan Zeller

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 November 2010 21:43 )

Earth School Sustainable Crafts

Friday, 16 January 2009 18:20 Barbara Lakin

The Earth School Sustainable Crafts

The Earth School (P.S. 364 in New York City) began an extraordinary endeavor in the fall of 2008. The school community has come together to raise money for arts enrichment programs by recycling materials into useful gifts. So far, we’ve raised nearly $20,000.

The program began with a simple question, "how can we use the resources around us to increase students' exposure to the arts and towards stewardship of the planet?" We began by selling herbs from the school's garden, and have continued by collecting discarded materials that we make into sustainable gift items. Used newspapers no longer merely blow down Avenue B; leftover upholstery swatches aren't just last year's style. They've become The Earth School's door to dance classes, music appreciation, field trips and weekly cooking lessons.

Crafts Workshop The product range includes hand-sewn purses, backpack Earthlings dolls; hand strung necklaces, earrings and eyeglass chains; organic tea bags and, lip balm, local lavender in sachets and bath salts; re-purposed bags, aprons, and frames.

Every item sold is made by volunteers. All the money is put towards education. We sell the products at our school's craft sales and at Sustainable NYC, a store on Avenue A. Students of our Title 1 public elementary school, along with the local neighborhood, have enhanced their view of community by working toward a collective good, one in which nothing is discarded and honest team work and exchange of creative ideas can become something wonderful.

No amount of help is too small. If you’d like to contribute, here are some ways:

Donate sustainable materials in good condition (leftover, recyclable or found) and prepare them. Dumpster diving is encouraged, begging at businesses is supported.
Think up ideas for new products and make prototypes.
Prepare components for crafts (cutting fabric, separating beads, winding thread, etc).
Make the items. Sewing skills, baking ability or jewelry-making knowledge is needed and new skills would be welcome; wood carving, soldering, origami or graphics.
Help find and make packaging (ask local stores for small boxes, jars and bottles), make labels and pack crafts (presentation has been a key to success of this endeavor).
Sell at the school and outside retail outlets and craft fairs and suggest new sales outlets.
Organize and store materials and products.
Conduct COWtime clubs with students to make suitable items.
For information, contact Barbara Lakin at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 212.9950920