Help Art Heal Haiti event

Feb. 18, 2010 - PRLog -- Andrew Grene worked as special assistant to the head of the UN stabilisation mission in Haiti, Hédi Annabi, and along with 84 others, he lost his life in the UN building when the earthquake hit.  

This tragedy was not going to go un-marked by the family and Gregory and Andrew’s close friend Tim Perutz, immediately set up a Foundation in Andrew’s name.  The Andrew Grene Foundation has been set up in memory of Andrew to raise funds for the education of children in Haiti and to aid micro financing small scale business to assist Haitian self-sufficiency.

Various events are being held to raise funds for the Foundation in Europe and America.  Niece of Tim Perutz, Tessa Perutz, is holding a silent art auction on 19th February in Evanston, Illinois to raise funds for the Foundation and Unicef.

Tessa is 21 years old and is currently finishing her BFA at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Tessa has lived most of her life in Chicago but likes to travel as often as possible, to search for new artistic insight. She is a practicing artist and a curator and her last curated show before Help Art Heal Haiti was a collection of Exquisite Corpse drawings entitled "Cadaver Corpse." That show was exhibited in Chicago at Golden Age and in Philadelphia at Space 1026.

Tessa has all sorts of interests: public art, cassette tapes, lithography, oil paint, vegetarian food, fine films, fine wine, her family, friends, interacting in new environments and philanthropy.  She is very much looking forward to Friday’s event and being able to support the Foundation that is so very close to the family’s heart.

There will be a cash bar, great food and art from over 50 artists from all over the world up for auction.  All proceeds of the art auction will go to Unicef and all of the cash bar proceeds will be donated to the Foundation.

Early bids can be made to freeteapea@yahoo.com for the art, including works by: Angel Otero, Justin B. Williams, Alex Lukas, Alyssa Doren. Sean Keenan, Thomas Stavnes, Max Roseglass, Maureen Gubia, Ben Bauman, Jordan Nickel, Moira Connelly, Osvaldo Budet, Thomas Roach, Mario Martinez, Jason Lazarus, Garrett Munski, Elisa Harkins, Aislinn Jefferies, Zebadiah Arrington, Joshua Abelow, Nina Hartmann, Candida Alvarez, Nick Jaskey, Michael Gerkovich, Bobby Burg, Jeremy Bolen, Derek Erdman, Cody Hudson, Evan Robarts, Aliza Nisenbaum, Tisch Abelow, Aleksander Hardashnakov, Scott Keightley, Ames Gerould, Coleen Self, Thomas Cowan, Matias Arganaraz, Ryan Ingebritson, Marion Ramos, Orion Martin, Diego Leclery, Judith Geichman, Dana DeGiulio

Early viewing will be taking place at 16:00 and the auction bidding will commence at 18:00 through until 22:00.  
Location; 518 Davis (Chicago and Davis), Evanston, Illinois.

For more information about the Foundation go to; www.andrewgrenefoundation.org or email tim.perutz@andrewgrenefoundation.org

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The Andrew Grene Foundation is a
charity dedicated to providing aid
direct to the people of Haiti. Funds are
allocated to the education of Haitian
children and to the microfinancing of
small-scale Haitian businesses.