[DAC] FW: [Artfound-list] Reminder of the Artists Foundation Fundraiser

[Joyce Linehan]

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Subject: [Artfound-list] Reminder of the Artists Foundation Fundraiser

News from the Artists Foundation
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Please come and please pass on.  Support the Artists Foundation.

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INFO on the event

The Artists Foundation Fundraiser and Bake Sale
 June 1,st 2006 
@
the Mills Gallery/Boston Center for the Arts.  
539 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
info: www.artistsfoundation.org
 617-464-3559

Bake Sale & Entertainment 8-10:30pm $15 at the door
 7-8pm-VIP Art Sale Event (50 works of art that are $50 each) $20 -RSVP/ 
space is limited
($20 ticket price includes admission to the Bake Sale)
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    The Artists Foundation (AF) is hosting its annual Fundraiser and Bake 
Sale on June 1st at the Mills Gallery/Boston Center for the Arts.  This fun 
community building event is from 8-10:30pm and is $15 at the door.  There
will be 
entertainment and a bake sale.  The baked goods have been baked by the AF
Board 
and AF Advisory Board Members, and friends of the Artists Foundation. 
Boston-based Dancing Deer Baking Co. and Joseph's Bakery of South Boston
have also 
generously donated baked goods for the sale. 

    The entertainment for the evening is featuring key people from the 
Greater Boston art community. Music by David Wildman (Musician, Writer, and
Arts 
Editor for the Weekly Dig) and Readings/Spoken Word by Gail A. Burton (Poet,

Writer, Playwright, and AF Board Member), Charles Coe (Award Winning Poet
and 
Author), Gary Duehr (Poet, Artist, Photographer, Art Critic) Chuck Goldstone

(Author of the "This Book is Not a Toy, NPR Commentator, and AF Board
Member), and 
Christopher Millis (Poet, Writer, Editor of artsMEDIA Magazine, & Art Critic

for NPR and the Boston Phoenix).
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    And for the early birds and art collectors, the AF is hosting a special 
VIP art sale BEFORE the Bake Sale.  From 7-8pm at the Mills Gallery,
Kathleen 
Bitetti, Executive Director of the Artists Foundation, Laura Donaldson, 
Director of the Mills Gallery and Artists Foundation Board Member, and
special guests 
will give a talk on how to start an art collection with moderate means.  
There will be 40-50 small works (4"x6") on paper on sale created by artists
who 
have been involved with the Artists Foundation. The price for the works: $50

each.  Some of the artists who have created work for this event: Sarah
Walker, 
Cristi Rinklin, Steve Locke, Chris Nau,  Bruce Bemis, Gary Duehr,  Toru 
Nakanishi, and Sam Earle, to name a few of the participants.

PRICE: $20 at the door-please RSVP -Space is limited 
($20 Ticket Price includes admission to Performances &  Bake Sale from 
8-10:30pm)
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For a list of the 50 artists participating & directions: 
www.artistsfoundation.org

To RSVP for the special art sale: 617-464-3559  Fundraiser RSVP line
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    All proceeds to benefit the Artists Foundation.  The AF is a nonprofit 
arts organization founded  in 1973 to serve Massachusetts Artists. Our award

winning web site and our advocacy work/public policy work are providing much

needed free resources to working artists. Please see the back side of this
release 
for more info on the organization.
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Special thanks to the Mills Gallery/Boston Center for the Arts, Joseph's 
Bakery, and Dancing Deer Baking Co., for their support for this event.  The 
Artists Foundation is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council,
a state 
agency, the LEF Foundation, and by many other foundations, corporations, and

individuals. 
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