For all of you who may be attending the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, 13-18 August 2006, please stop by the Global Village and say hello to the ZATA Project, watch our new video, and peruse our Zimbabwe paintings and note cards that will be on sale to raise funds to purchase antiretroviral drugs for HIV-infected Zimbabweans. We look forward to chatting with you about the art and how you can help in our fund raising efforts.
The ZATA Project’s 2nd Denver Zimbabwe Art Auction will be held on 7 September 2006 from 5-9 p.m. at an historic 7th Avenue home in Capitol Hill near downtown Denver. As with the first auction held in Denver in 2004, we are looking forward to another fun and educational evening of Zimbabwean music and discussions, wonderful food and spirits. Authentic Zimbabwean paintings, photography, sculpture, and other artifacts will be displayed and sold through both silent and live auction.
The ZATA Project’s 2nd Denver Zimbabwe Art Auction will be held on 7 September 2006 from 5-9 p.m. at an historic 7th Avenue home in Capitol Hill near downtown Denver. As with the first auction held in Denver in 2004, we are looking forward to another fun and educational evening of Zimbabwean music and discussions, wonderful food and spirits. Authentic Zimbabwean paintings, photography, sculpture, and other artifacts will be displayed and sold through both silent and live auction.
Taruwona and her husband, Dr. Roy Guthrie, own the Chapungu Gallery in Loveland, Colorado. Dr. Guthrie, also the Director of the Chapungu Sculpture Park & curator of the Chapungu: Custom & Legend, A Culture in Stone exhibition which toured the Denver Botanic Gardens in 2005, is providing the Chapungu sculptures that will be auctioned at this event.
Other notables attending and participating in the event include:
As with all ZATA Project art events, the proceeds from the auction will be used to purchase life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs for people suffering from AIDS in Zimbabwe. Not only do the funds purchase badly needed antiretroviral AIDS drugs, they also help support the artist community of Zimbabwe. Many of these accomplished artists will never have the opportunity to sell or show their work outside of that beleaguered country, but for the efforts of the ZATA Project.
Support for the ZATA Project is one way that you can directly make a difference in the lives of individuals suffering from AIDS in Zimbabwe, as well as experience a taste of Zimbabwean culture.
Plan to attend this wonderful event. Tickets will be available at the event for a $75.00 donation per person. Invitations will also be in the mail by mid-August.
For more information or reservations, contact Tina Campbell at tina.campbell@rrd.com or Jane Oppenheim at jane.oppenheim@uchsc.edu.