Saturday, September 29, 2007

DC PLAYBLOCKS PROJECT / update

BE AN OWNER OR A DONOR OF ONE OR MORE OF THESE FABULOUS DC PLAYBLOCKS!!

Participate in the eBay Auction and Live Auctions to Sell ALL 22 DC PLAY BLOCKS:

1. eBay online auction. Questions: Cathy Madison at the Endowment: 202-420-0031.
On the auction date, you may use this page to enter online (eBay) auction site.

2. Live auction. November 14, 7-9 PM
Beacon Hotel
1615 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
(Dupont Circle neighborhood)

The Beacon Hotel is located three blocks from the Farragut North and Dupont Circle Metro stops, both on the red line. Valet parking is available. Visit www.beaconhotelwdc.com for directions.

Tom Weschler of Weschler’s, DC’s only auction house, has agreed to volunteer as auctioneer of the live event.

Tickets:
The public is invited and tickets cost $50.00 each.

Near the auction date you will click here to purchase your ticket and/or make your tax deductible contribution through PayPal to the live auction.

Please purchase your ticket NO LATER THAN November 7. You may also send a check or money order directly to:

The GCH Endowment
1400 16th Street NW, Suite 715
Washington, DC 20036
Att: Live Auction

The auction for DC PLAY BLOCKS – a unique project that it is both a public awareness and a public art campaign. Each of the 22 PLAY BLOCKS is based on the theme “Quality Preschool Matters” and showcases the work of DC artists, and artists working with youth organizations on three sides. Every BLOCK has a fourth panel which is a mirror with the message “Every Child is a National Treasure.”

The Commemorative BLOCK was designed by nationally renowned DC artist Di Bagley Stovall and illustrates the need for all children to reach the sun, moon and the stars. This block was unveiled in October 2006 and displayed outside the John A. Wilson District Building.

The other twenty-one BLOCKS have been strategically located in all eight wards of the City for the summer. DC PLAY BLOCKS were inspired by the DC Party Animal and Pandamania public art projects from a few years ago

No comments:

Post a Comment