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The Red CalacArts Collective presents:
Artists Helping Their Own: A Fundraiser for Berenice Badillo
Saturday, May 12, 2007 from Noon until 4pm at 24K Gallery, 1616 National Ave., San Diego, CA 92113. $10 donation includes appetizers, soft drinks and entertainment
On Saturday, May 12, 2007 the Red CalacArts Collective will organize a silent art auction fundraiser to benefit San Diego area Chicana artist Berenice Badillo. The auction will take place at the offices of 24K Realty in San Diego’s historic Barrio Logan. The fundraiser will feature music by local Latin Jazz greats Quinteto Caballero and a live Son Jarocho performance.
The silent auction will include original canvas, limited edition prints, serigraphs, photography, jewelry and other artwork donated by: Berenice Badillo, Ricardo Islas, Mario Chacon, Perry Vasquez, Mario Torero, Paul Vauchelet, David Beck-Brown, James Bliesner, Crol, Chikle, Luz Camacho, Victor Ochoa, Nuvia Crisol Guerra, Selina Calvo, Eloissa Leonna, May Lin Martinez, Christine Scott, Carmen Kalo, Richard A. Lou, Bill Fisher, Carmela Castrejon, Muffin Bekker, Naomi Nussbaum, Lucinda Williams, Ginga, Teresa Yolanda Lopez, Robert Delgado, Christopher Oleata, Victoria Delgadillo, Mary Lou Valencia, Bob Rob Medina, Sergio Hernandez, Valerie Aranda, Guillermo Aranda, Elaine Ruiz, Andy Gonzalez, Claudia Gomez, Miguel-Angel Soria, Monica Hernandez, Juan Antonio Ochoa, Irene Castruita, Gregorio Morales, Fernanda Rios, Robert J. Sanchez & Emiko Lewis-Sanchez, Pablo “Oldie” Pimentel, Jim Moreno, Endy , Emilia Garcia, Laura Vazquez Rodriguez, Jennie Lopez, Xilomen Rios, Bill Canales and others. A minimum bid of $20 will be accepted on all auction items with $10 minimum bid increments. There will be no reserve price. Artwork viewing begins at noon and the auction starts at 1pm and ends at 4pm. Berenice Badillo will also have an assortment of her work available for purchase.
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Background:
On February 27 community artist Berenice Badillo underwent total hip replacement surgery. Three years ago Berenice was struck by chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Due to the disease many of her joints are crumbling. Her hip became so bad that she could not walk nor sleep due to the pain. Her hip got worse and she had to operate immediately . The unexpected rush nature of the operation forced her to take an unpaid leave of absence from her new job and she currently has no income and needs to buy medicine and special devices to help her out. Unfortunately, RA continues to ravage her body and she may need knee replacement surgery in the near future. Berenice Badillo has been a member of the Border Art Workshop, Chicano Park Steering Committee and an active muralist and art teacher in many area communities. She helped start Elemental which gave youth a venue and an opportunity to have a voice by deejaying, rapping, and painting graffiti murals with well known artists. She has run a non profit called San Diego Streetscape that gave children and youth in San Ysidro a chance to paint murals and practice theatre. Berenice has created murals in many San Diego communities, including Chicano Park, as well as in Peru, Japan, Cuba and Mexico. She is currently a marriage and family art therapist at a homeless youth shelter in North Park. In September, after much rehab, she will walk down the aisle with fiancee Adam Straubinger.
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All funds raised (after expenses) from the door, donations, and the art auction will be given to Berenice Badillo. The organizers will receive no funds.
Organized by the Red CalacArts Collective.
The Red CalacArts Collective, a project of Calaca Press, is a multidisciplinary arts and activist organization that focuses on creating, publishing, producing, and presenting Chicano, Latin American and indigenous related art focusing on issues dealing with human rights and social justice.
For more info call (619) 434-9036, email RedCalacArts@cox.net or visit http://redcalacartscollective.org. |
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