Giving Thanks!
Art
From the Streets Reports Art Sales of $68,000 At Its
15th Annual Show and Sale of Art by People Who Are Homeless
Helping
Homeless Artists for 15 Years – Half A Million
Dollars and Counting
Art
From the Streets (AFTS) wishes to thank the
Austin community for helping make it’s 15th Annual
Show and Sale of Art by People Who Are Homeless such
a great success! The show raised $72,000 from art sales
and admission donations. Art sales directly benefit
the participating artists, while donation money defrays
the cost of art supplies and materials for the AFTS
program.
The Annual Show and Sale, the culmination
of twice-weekly art classes attended by people who are
homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, drew 1,200
people to the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless
(ARCH) on November 3 and 4 and for a special four-hour-only
After-The-Show Sale on Sunday, November 18.
“We’re
grateful to everyone who came out to look at and purchase
this wonderful art, and to the dozens and dozens of
volunteers who made everything run so smoothly.”
said Bill Jeffers, one of the co-directors of AFTS,
“The artists worked really hard all year and created
some beautiful work. They’ve truly earned this
success.”
In
the 15 shows to date, the Annual Art From the
Streets Show and Sale has become an Austin
tradition, attracting a loyal audience of art lovers,
collectors and philanthropists. In the process it has
helped homeless individuals sell $550,000 of art they
created themselves. The proceeds have helped them pay
for necessities such as food, clothing, medical care,
and housing.
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