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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
It takes a community to raise awareness. In this case, a "Community Art Project" is bringing people together to help raise funds for AIDS research.
A paper canvas awaits at Art in Motion in Town & Country Shopping Center for a little creative, collaborative fun. Organizer Christine Gaffney has always been helping people throughout her life, whether it was mowing lawns as a fourth grader to give money to hungry children, or writing films and puppet shows in junior high school about conserving energy.
"I thought there had to be a way for people of any age to help people with no money, no degree or expertise, and no qualifications needed," said Gaffney, a full-time student at the Columbus College of Art and Design. "I am trying to make art that is so beautiful because it represents this great concept of all types of people of all ages coming together for a worthy cause. It's people helping people through art."
The people she is concerned about now are part of the AIDS epidemic.
"Men, women and children are dying every day from this disease. It is so sad, and so serious," said Gaffney. "I know people realize it's global, but I don't think they ever really think, 'This could be my brother or that could have been my sister.'"
She is hosting two art sessions for a collaborative collage that will be donated to the AIDS Resource Center Ohio for its Masquerage Art Auction on Oct. 18. The Center provides comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention and education programs, testing and counseling, support services and care referrals throughout 35 Ohio counties. For details, visit www.arcohio.org.
One art session has already taken place, and the last session is scheduled for this Tuesday. Participants are encouraged to bring their own materials and found objects. She is also looking for volunteers to contribute paints, or other art supplies.
"Art in Motion, in the year and a half it has been operating, has been about connections," states Jackquelynn Buck, gallery coordinator. "Connecting artists to the community, allowing artists to connect and re-connect with their creativity, and allowing emerging artists to connect to a network that supports the tremulous beginnings that each artist must endure to become what they dream of being."
How to go
What: Community Art Project
Where: Art in Motion, 300 E. Stroop Road, Kettering
When: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30
More information: (937) 298-6331 or cgaffney.1@go.ccad.edu
How to go
What: Masquerage, a benefit for the AIDS Resource Center Ohio (ARC Ohio)
When: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18
Where: 26 Wyandot St., Dayton (formerly The Foundry Nightclub)
Cost: $50 general admission or $140 for the Red Ribbon Level.
More information: www.masquerage.org or www.arcohio.org.
