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Sponsors sought for chairs, tables Free event includes food, music, more A business wishing to snag the title of “Throne” sponsor for “Chairitable,” a fundraiser and free event held from 6 to 9 p.m. Fri., March 15 at Chandler Center for the Arts (CCA), 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, can do so for $5,000. Other title sponsorships available include “Captain’s Chair” for $2,500; “Wingback
Chair” for $1,000; or “Club Chair” sponsor for $500. Title sponsors can have a chair or table to display in their location prior to the event. Honorary Chair Patti Bruno is looking for the right corporate sponsors to assist. “This is a fun event that will also do a lot of good for the arts in Chandler,” she explains. In-mind sponsors at press time include Chandler Arts Commission, Vision Gallery, Chandler Center for the Arts, Wood Creations Furniture, SanTan Sun News, Alliance Beverage, Bashas’, Durant’s, In Pockets, KBAQ, KJZZ and KUPD, Kent Miller, Porkopolis, Santa Barbara Catering, Serrano’s and Slingshot Photography.
Festivities
IN PROGRESS: Chandler artist Alvin Pace works on his “Chairitable” piece, which will be auctioned at the Chandler Center for the Arts Fri., March 12. Submitted photo
More than 30 artists will display or demonstrate their art at the free event, and children from the Vision Kidz art programs will work on an art table. In addition, students from three schools – Galveston, San Marcos and Seton Catholic – are working with their art teachers to decorate their own chairs. Patrons can get creative at the interactive free event by helping decorate a table on the CCA patio. Live entertainment will be provided by jazz vocalist Laurie Fagen with Charles Lewis
BEADS GALORE: Bead artist Christy Puetz embellished a chair for the upcoming “Chairitable” fundraiser with beads and animals. Submitted photos
on the grand piano. Light hors d’oeuvres, desserts and wine will be served.
Benefit for Chandler arts
Funds generated from the event will provide job opportunities for artists to educate and inspire youth, according to City of Chandler Visual Arts Coordinator Eric Faulhaber, who is staff liaison for the Arts Commission and oversees the Vision Gallery in downtown Chandler.
Faulhaber will make arrangements to provide artist in residence programs or arts education programs for area nonprofits that include The Salvation Army, ICAN and My Sisters Place.
Auctions, raffle
A web-based silent auction will be available at the Chairitable website prior to the event, where a select number of items will be available for purchase online. The rest of the chairs and tables will be acquired in silent and live auctions at the event, and there will also be a “pick-a-prize” raffle, where participants can bid on specific items with tickets. Participating artists include ceramicist Alvin Pace, painters Kip Sudduth and Bonnie Lou Coleman, fiber artist Laurie Fagen and bead artist Karen Kacie and more. For a list of all artists, visit visiongallery.org/chairitable-art.html. For more information, visit visiongallery.org/chairitable-main.html or call 480-782-2695.
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