Carole Davis                                                                  Live Auction                                                       Suzanne Oliver

Memo to all BRAA members:

This is our third year teaming with the YMCA to help raise funds at their Food and Wine Auction-Benefit. We are supportive of this event because our paintings add class to this event as they help generate funds for the YMCA. It was also established that the artist would receive a 50-50 split for each painting sold. If a painting doesn’t sell, it will be returned.

Our art should also follow the food and wine theme. Aside from the obvious, my imagination takes me to settings where food and drink might be prepared or consumed. Colors of food and drink, empty plates, glasses and bottles also come to mind, which then reminds me of exquisite drawings of bottles by Morandi. Consider having some fun in the cubist style of Braque and Picasso depicting some of these items in a still-life painting. When you slice a piece of fruit or watermelon, doesn’t a painting come to mind? Do you already have something on hand that falls into this category?

The benefit of participating with one or more of your paintings includes a complimentary ticket for a very fun evening on Friday, June 1. Although our paintings are an important part of this event, many other wonderful items are being donated and will be part of the silent auction. Dozens of people in our community and beyond give of their time, cooking talents and gifts of goods to make the evening a success.

We only need 6-9 paintings, so the first to contact me are the first in. Please call Carole Davis at 951-1700 or " ccarrerad@aol.com. I’m happy to answer questions before you commit.

Thanks for helping me help them.
Carole

Thanks to the BRAA artists who painted flower pots for auction at the Blacksburg Flower & Garden Festival that was scheduled for this past April. You did a great job and the pots are absolutely beautiful! Due to the tragedy at VT on April 16th, the Festival/Auction was canceled, so at present, the pots are still located at the Blacksburg Parks & Recreation Department office on Patrick Henry Drive awaiting an event where they could be auctioned or sold. It is unclear at this time, if the Festival will be held next year, but when I have more information on that, I make if available to the BRAA membership.

I hope you have a wonderful summer, Maxine Lyons

Hi All,
Blacksburg Parks & Rec has 12 flower pots & one park bench for us to paint this year. Please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to paint one so that I can have your name put on it for pick up. The bench will go to the first person to contact me about it.

The date to have them completed and delivered back is April 1st, so we have more time this year.

Thanks, Maxine Lyons

Co-founded by the BRAA, LRA and Roanoke Rescue Mission in 2006

BRAA Chair: Leslye Bloom

With simplified
participation, sales, and “manning”
of the booth this year.

An excellent opportunity for sales, making contacts, and BRAA Public Relations.

Artists: Leslye Bloom, Toni Bowman, Sue Brozovsky, Helen Castaneda, Carole Davis , Jean Galloway, Claudia Hurt, Carole McNamee, Larry Mitchell, Sally Mook
Madeline Pauli, Frieda Post, and Susan Young

Chair: Larry Mitchell.