Don’t miss the SCAD Atlanta Scholarship Gala 2010 at the Atlanta campus this Thursday, April 8. The festivities kick off at 6:30 p.m. with a VIP collector’s preview reception—and an exclusive buy it now option—plus select artist appearances, for $275. The silent auction and cocktail reception follows at 7:30 p.m. Enjoy all the artful fare, conviviality, and the chance to win more than 100 pieces of original, one-of-a-kind SCAD artwork for just $150. Paintings, photography, sculpture and jewelry are up for bids.
Style icon Cornelia Guest has been named honorary chair of this year’s Scholarship Gala. Fashion performances and select garments from SCAD’s C.Z. Guest Costume Collection will be on display, as well.
Reserve your tickets by phone at (404) 253-2728 or by e-mail at rnort@scad.edu.
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Visit Emily Amy Gallery for a cocktail fundraiser benefitting Haiti
Tastemakers Help Haiti
The devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti may have caused immeasurable damage to a nation, but thankfully, it has also encouraged aid from so many generous people in the U.S. and abroad. Here are just a few stylish events we’ve uncovered in Atlanta that offer you a fun way to get involved and raise money for this deserving cause:
Stop in at the new Midtown lounge Aurum—designed by local design luminary Michael Habachy—on Saturday, January 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. for a fundraising drive replete with tasty appetizers and industry faces. Food will be provided by restaurants such as Silk, Pacific Grill, Hsu’s, Alon’s Shaun’s and Loca Luna, while raffle prizes from local businesses OwenLawrence, Blue MedSpa, Spice Market, The W Midtown, MetroFresh, Shaun’s Edgewood Social Club, Lupe Taqueria, Top Flr, Alon’s, P’cheen International Bistro & Pub, James Madison Salon, Habachy Designs and mcuh more will be up for grabs. Your in-kind donation, which will go toward your choice of three charities—CARE International, Partners in Health, and Save the Children—is your ticket in.
At the Environment Furniture showroom on the Westside, all sales of BRANDAID artwork will go toward Haitian relief efforts. Prices for the works, which feature the art of local Haitan artisans, start at $120. This promotion also applies to Environment’s New York, Los Angeles and Costa Mesa showrooms.
Andy Alibaksh and Arnaud Michele, owners of the Amuse!, Anise, Café Diem, Après Diem, Carpe Diem, Village Plaza and Carroll Street Café family of restaurants, are hosting a special dine-out event to aid the Haitian relief efforts. On Tuesday, January 26, 20 percent of all purchases on your bill at these participating restaurants will go toward Doctors Without Borders, currently aiding Haitian disaster survivors. Visit the link to the event on Facebook to make your R.S.V.P. official.
Visit Emily Amy Gallery on the Westside for the Aide Haiti for a cocktail fundraiser on Friday, January 29 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Proceeds from this auction of art and exclusive items from local businesses will go to Care.org and Habitat for Humanity, both providing immediate and long-term relief to the people of Haiti.
The devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti may have caused immeasurable damage to a nation, but thankfully, it has also encouraged aid from so many generous people in the U.S. and abroad. Here are just a few stylish events we’ve uncovered in Atlanta that offer you a fun way to get involved and raise money for this deserving cause:
- Stop in at the new Midtown lounge Aurum—designed by local design luminary Michael Habachy—on Saturday, January 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. for Unite! for Haiti, a fundraising drive conspicuously stocked with tasty appetizers and industry faces. Food will be provided by restaurants such as Silk, Pacific Grill, Hsu’s, Alon’s, Shaun’s and Loca Luna, while raffle prizes from local businesses OwenLawrence, Blue MedSpa, Spice Market, the W Atlanta – Midtown, MetroFresh, Shaun’s Edgewood Social Club, Lupe Taqueria, Top Flr, Alon’s, P’cheen International Bistro & Pub, James Madison Salon, Habachy Designs and much more will be up for grabs. Your in-kind donation, which will go toward your choice of three charities—CARE International, Partners in Health and Save the Children—is your ticket in. Visit the link to the event on Facebook to make your R.S.V.P. official.
- At the Environment Furniture showroom on the Westside, all sales of BRANDAID artwork will go toward Haitian relief efforts. Prices for the works, which feature the art of Haitan artisans, start at $120. This promotion also applies to Environment’s New York, Los Angeles and Costa Mesa showrooms.
- Andy Alibaksh and Arnaud Michele, owners of the Amuse!, Anis Bistro, Café Diem, Après Diem, Carpe Diem, Village Plaza and Carroll Street Café family of restaurants, are hosting a special dine-out event to aid the Haitian relief efforts. On Tuesday, January 26, 20 percent of all purchases on your bill at these participating restaurants will go toward Doctors Without Borders, currently aiding Haitian disaster survivors.
- Visit Emily Amy Gallery on the Westside for the Aide Haiti cocktail fundraiser on Friday, January 29 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Proceeds from this auction of art and exclusive items from local businesses will go to CARE International and Habitat for Humanity, both providing immediate and long-term relief to the people of Haiti.
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All 16 of the townhomes for auction at The Peninsula at Lake Oconee went to the highest bidders at the December event, averaging $400,000 per unit, says Craig Post, the Chicago-based managing director of auction firm Sheldon Good & Co. Sales totaled $6.5 million.
The closings on the four- and five-bedroom townhomes are expected in the next seven to 10 days, and Post reports that the majority of buyers were from Atlanta. He won’t disclose the number of bidders, but says the auction had a strong turnout, with 200 attendees including bidders from New York, South Carolina and northern Florida.
The auctioned townhomes represented nearly half of the units in the lakefront 36-unit community in Eatonton.
Post says: “This was a secondary home community where a majority of the auctions (Sheldon Good conducts) are for primary residents. I think what’s most important is that the auction was able to demonstrate market value and that also garnered the attention of the maketplace. It enticed people to make a discrentionary purchase.”
No more Georgia auctions are scheduled for now, but Post expects the company will be doing more auctions here this spring and summer.
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