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| Another Exciting Project by Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council! |
To coincide with the performance
of Calendar Girls last month, the Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council held an
exhibition in the hall of paintings made entirely by locals. The project was called Pink Threads Portraits. 100 canvases were distributed throughout the
community and six free workshops run across the Shire to assist people to
create their own portrait of themselves or someone they know who has been
affected by cancer. Each portrait had to
have a pink thread running from left to right.
On the night of the Calendar
Girls play, the portraits were exhibited around the hall, with the pink threads
joining them up to symbolise how we are all connected through our own
experiences with cancer. The portraits
were then auctioned off on the night with all proceeds donated to the Leukaemia
Foundation WA in true Calendar Girls spirit.
Of the 100 canvases, 89 were given back to the RRAC to exhibit and 61 of
those were sold.
It is with much pleasure that we
can finally announce that all sales have been complete and the project raised a
total of $1420 for the Leukaemia Foundation WA! The RRAC also sold sunflowers for the
Leukaemia Foundation’s “Sunflower Dash”, raising another $520.
Congratulations on your efforts
to all who participated by contributing a painting for the night; the hall
looked awesome, and a huge thanks to all those who generously purchased a
painting.
The Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council would
like to acknowledge the support of the Shire of Ravensthorpe, Country Arts WA and the
Department of Culture and the Arts. |
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