‘Art With Heart’ Announces 10th Anniversary Auction’s Featured Artists
Eric Aho, Tony Hernandez, David Kroll, Chris Metze, and Benjamin Shamback
of Hidell Brooks Gallery
to be Featured at 2010 ‘Art With Heart’ Art Auction
Supporting United Family Services’ Domestic Violence Programs
Charlotte, N.C., November 16, 2009 – Art With Heart, an annual art auction benefiting nonprofit United Family Services’ domestic violence programs, recently announced Eric Aho, Tony Hernandez, David Kroll, Chris Metze, and Benjamin Shamback will serve as featured artists for the 10th anniversary event, to be held February 6, 2010 at Founders Hall. The featured artists are all represented by the Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte. These five artists will headline the event as they have pledged to donate pieces from their collections.
Eric Aho studied at the Central School of Art and Design in London, England and received his BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. His work has been presented in numerous gallery exhibitions and is represented in private and public collections throughout the country and abroad including the permanent collections in the Fleming Museum, the Oulu City Art Museum, the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, and various corporations.
Tony Hernandez attended the Art Institute of Atlanta and went on to The Southern College of Technology, where he studied architecture. Hernandez has had solo exhibitions in numerous cities throughout the country and is included in the permanent collection of The San Francisco Museum of Art. The musical group Train has also bought the rights to some of his painting to use as their album cover artwork.
David Kroll has exhibited widely throughout the country and is in many important public and private collections including The Gund Collection, MA; Microsoft Corporation, WA; Philip Morris, NY; Prudential, NJ; and the MacArthur Foundation, IL.
Chris Metze studied painting and sculpture at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia. Metze is represented by Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York City and the Simon Gallery in Morristown, New Jersey, among other galleries across the United States.
Benjamin Shamback received a BA in Illustration from Central Connecticut State University in 1996 and in 1999 he received a MFA in Painting from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. Ben's specialty is oil painting and his work has been included in more than 100 national and regional competitions receiving awards in competitive exhibitions throughout the United States.
Art With Heart's past featured artists include Thomas McNickle and Brian Rutenburg (2009), Sharon Dowell, Scott Upton and Charles Walker (2008), Amy Cole, Christy Kinard and Kim Schuessler (2007), Andy Braitman (2006), Tony Griffin (2005), Tommie Robinson (2004), George Pocheptsov (2003), Ben Long (2002), and Herb Jackson (2001).
“Hidell Brooks Gallery is delighted to be this years' featured gallery and have supported Art with Heart and their mission for ten years,” says gallery owner Rebecca Brooks, “We firmly believe in the work that United Family Service provides. We look forward to the upcoming events to help celebrate their ten year anniversary on making such a profound mark on this community.
Art With Heart Chair Lesley Shull adds, “We are thrilled to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Art with Heart! We want to commend Hidell Brooks Gallery and the regions’ artistic community for their crucial support of United Family Services, the county's only resource for domestic violence programs. The funds we raised last year enabled the agency to serve over 8,000 women and children in 2008.”
Media and corporate sponsors for the event include Berkeley Capital, Coca-Cola Consolidated, Englishman’s Fine Furnishings, Flagship Capital, Gerrard Homes, Heineken, Melissa Gustafson, DDS, Halstead Designs, Hardison Cartridge, Hawthorne Retail Partners, Kenny Color Laboratory, KPMG, Lake Norman Oral & Facial Surgery, The Marks Family Foundation, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Neiman Marcus, Northwestern Mutual, Oxner Thomas & Permar, Red F, Courtney and John Scott, SunStar Development Group, Turq Jewelry, WCNC Carolinas News Channel 36, and Robert Widis, DDS.
For more information or to purchase tickets to the art auction, call 704.367.2799 or visit www.unitedfamilyservices.org or www.artwithheartauction.com. Tickets are $60 each.
About Hidell Brooks Gallery
Hidell Brooks Gallery is located at the Southend steelyard in the historical Southend district of Charlotte, North Carolina. Hidell Brooks Gallery specializes in the work of well-established and solidly-emerging artists working in a contemporary narrative and figurative vein. The gallery rotates solo and group exhibitions every six to eight weeks. Hidell Brooks represent the work of regional and national artists, while maintaining our original goal of exhibiting works of art by American artists who have rarely been shown in the southeast. The gallery is committed to supporting the arts in the community and beyond. For more information, visit www.hidellbrooks.com.
Started in 2000, the annual auction which has raised over $650,000 since its inception when a group of local women decided to combine their extensive resources to plan a fun and educational benefit to help United Family Services launch programs for victims of domestic violence. Over 50 strong, the Art With Heart volunteer committee is led by Chair Lesley Shull and Co-Chair Dosty Quarrier. For more information, visit www.artwithheartauction.com.
About United Family Services
United Family Services, a nonprofit United Way member, is a multi-faceted family service agency. Art With Heart benefits the agency’s domestic violence programs including The Shelter for Battered Women and Victim Assistance Court Services. These programs provide safety planning and shelter, counseling and support groups, children’s services, court and legal advocacy, services for incarcerated women, and on-site emergency room response to patients. For more information, visit www.unitedfamilyservices.org.
*For images of the Featured Artists or their work, please contact Adele Yonchak at arankinm@gmail.com.
*Media wishing to attend the auction, please RSVP by sending an email to arankinm@gmail.com. Please indicate your name, company and contact information.
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