THE Rotary Club of Rosebank hopes to raise R100 000 for charity through the raffle of a painting donated by a well-known international artist.
An art exhibition is to be held at the centre court, in Hyde Park Shopping Centre, from 9 to 14 June. In all, more than 160 artworks by 34 artists will be on show, among them the donated work.
The festival opens at 6pm on Tuesday, 9 June. It is open on Wednesday to Saturday from 10am to 10pm, and from 10am to 4pm on Sunday.
The portrait by Kerri Evans Among the artists taking part is internationally recognised Kerri Evans, who worked as a professional portrait painter in India for eight years. Her portraits reflect the spirit and energy of her subjects, evident in Shopkeeper Pethuparai, which she has donated to be raffled.
Shopkeeper Pethuparai is valued at over R60 000 and can be won for a R10 raffle ticket. The draw will be held at 4pm on the final day of the festival, Sunday, 14 June.
Other participating artists are Chrysoula Argyros, Hazel Thompson, Paul Botes, Sue Kemp, Viv Budge, Allen Roux, Anne Harris, Carmel Ives, Deirdre Joseph, Di Carmichael, Elaine Hirshowitz, Geraldine Talbot, Hazel Sassoon, Heidi Beyers, Jacqui Loon, and Jane Sims, among others. Two mouth painters are also exhibiting - Elsie Fouchie and Rudy Lombard.
Exhibition categories include landscapes, still life, portraits, figurative, miniatures, botanical, contemporary, travel and recreation.
In 1993, the Rotary Club was invited to join the Watercolour Society of South Africa to run a charity exhibition, explains Mark Franklin, the Rosebank Rotary Club's event organiser. The festival was initially held at the Inanda Club, moving to Hyde Park Shopping Centre in 1999.
He says the event has gone from strength to strength under the dynamic guidance of artist Joan Sainsbury. "There is going to be quite a variety of artworks ranging from horticulture to kiddies pictures and smaller paintings."
Last year, the exhibition raised over R60 000, Franklin says, and with more artworks this year, the organisers hope to top this figure.
Rotary Club is a non-profit organisation. The profits from the art exhibition will go to worthy causes. Recipients will include Lukhanyo Simla, a gifted blind black teenager who attends Prinshof School in Tshwane, thanks to Rotary Club.
Money will also be allocated to promising Grade 11 leaders from 30 Johannesburg schools to do a youth leadership training course; students at Alexandra Technikon about to graduate to do a dependable strengths training course; specialised overseas training for a deserving nurse; and The Angels Project, which supports, feeds and educates an AIDS orphan in Alexandra.
Posted By: Daniel Moss
Tuesday, June 9th 2009 at 1:46PM
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