----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- Visual Aid's Bastille Day Party & Exhibition
Friday, July 14 5:30pm-10:00pm $10 at the door, no advance sales. ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- Visual Aid & The Hotel des Arts are delighted to announce a Bastille Day party and fundraiser benefiting Visual Aid's programs, encouraging artists with life-threatening illnesses to continue their creative work. On this holiday celebrating liberty and the struggle against oppression, the Hotel des Arts salutes Visual Aid -- inviting the public to join them in supporting and empowering artists, whose freedom of expression is a vital cultural treasure. As DJ Bustamante spins cool French beats, partygoers will enjoy an evening of art, cocktails, wine, light hors d'oeuvres, silent art auction, and a free drawing for fabulous prizes. Many of the rooms at the Hotel des Arts have unique murals and art by emerging local artists and partygoers will have the opportunity to view these rooms throughout the night. Step into Hotel des Arts' sleek lobby and allow yourself to be taken with color, space, mystery, and depth. The gallery space will be filled with "Fireworks," a solo exhibition of oil paintings by French born Visual Aid artist Martine Jardel, who appears courtesy of Micaela Gallery. In these works, Jardel explores abstraction through richly layered color fields of vibrant hues. The minimalist hotel lends itself to this explosion of jewel like color and subtle textures. Fun, contemporary artwork will be featured in the Silent Auction, ending at 8pm. Items in the auction will include paintings by David Huffman, Tim Yankosky, Anders Barth, Mitch Confer, Roni Feldman and Inez Storer. Luxury items for the auction and free drawing have been donated by Crumpler Bags, Zipcar, Hotel des Arts, Absinthe Brasserie and Bar, and other generous donors. This event is co-presented by Alliance Francaise of San Francisco, the San Francisco French-American Chamber of Commerce, and Artnewsextra.com. A special thank you to our event sponsors, including Zipcar, Young's Market Company, Distributors of Fine Wine and Spririts Estates Group, Purveyors of Fine Wine & Spirits. ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ Hotel des Arts 447 Bush Street San Francisco (415) 956-3232 ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-777-8242 http://www.visualaid.org ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small organizations The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
