Art and writing auction to benefit disabled single Mom and an artist with a large medical bill
Hi everyone, I'm Cristina and I help edit and publish the online art/literary/cultural/science and travel writing webzine Synchronized Chaos. We're online at http://www.synchchaos.com and have contributors and readers from various countries and walks of life. Just started up last summer, hoping to build and grow our nonprofit. We're designed to facilitate communication and collaboration among artists and the community, provide free mentoring and exposure for aspiring artists (as well as a publishing credit for resumes), and provide an outlet for those with something to say on important social issues and spotlight and honor those who are accomplishing something positive through the grassroots.
As part of our community-building efforts, we periodically (usually around the holidays) host art auctions to assist members of our community (regular readers, contributors, volunteers, editors, etc) who can document that they need help with emergency financial needs (rent, food, medical treatment, etc) and that there are no other resources available in their area.
You may peruse the art auction here: http://synchchaos.com/?page_id=166
This time around we're looking for help for two current members in the Synchronized Chaos network of family and friends - a single mother on disability who’s in the process of writing for us and would like to afford Christmas presents for her young children, and a hospital bill for a friend of a contributor who works in food service and lives in a tiny room in a residential hotel and has no way of paying. He's on his way to school to become an electrician and does not want the bill to stop him from being able to pay tuition and buy textbooks.
Would like to know if anyone in this community would like to donate art or writing, or their services as artists to produce personalized short fiction/poetry/visual art on request. Also, cash donations via PayPal or cash/check would be lovely also, or prayers and reposting :)
Our format is modeled on the Sweet Charity art and fanfiction auctions which normally assist causes such as rape/sexual assault survivor services and international relief, and which raised tens of thousands for the Writer’s Guild of America’s Foundation for those experiencing severe difficulties while out of work during last winter’s strike. http://www.sweet-charity.net/
The process of choosing beneficiaries is democratic and available to all - please let us know on our Facebook/LiveJournal group (chaos_zine) or by emailing the magazine or commenting there if someone needs help and we’ll do what we can to set something up if you can provide some sort of documentation verifying the need.
You may donate art, poetry, writing, or offer your services to write or produce art on commission given a prompt or requests from a donor.
And if you have extra art for a benefit auction please check out the lovely folks at http://www.helphealfran.org - they’re putting on something similar for performance artist Fran Varian who’s ill with Lyme disease.
Thank you very much!
As part of our community-building efforts, we periodically (usually around the holidays) host art auctions to assist members of our community (regular readers, contributors, volunteers, editors, etc) who can document that they need help with emergency financial needs (rent, food, medical treatment, etc) and that there are no other resources available in their area.
You may peruse the art auction here: http://synchchaos.com/?page_id=166
This time around we're looking for help for two current members in the Synchronized Chaos network of family and friends - a single mother on disability who’s in the process of writing for us and would like to afford Christmas presents for her young children, and a hospital bill for a friend of a contributor who works in food service and lives in a tiny room in a residential hotel and has no way of paying. He's on his way to school to become an electrician and does not want the bill to stop him from being able to pay tuition and buy textbooks.
Would like to know if anyone in this community would like to donate art or writing, or their services as artists to produce personalized short fiction/poetry/visual art on request. Also, cash donations via PayPal or cash/check would be lovely also, or prayers and reposting :)
Our format is modeled on the Sweet Charity art and fanfiction auctions which normally assist causes such as rape/sexual assault survivor services and international relief, and which raised tens of thousands for the Writer’s Guild of America’s Foundation for those experiencing severe difficulties while out of work during last winter’s strike. http://www.sweet-charity.net/
The process of choosing beneficiaries is democratic and available to all - please let us know on our Facebook/LiveJournal group (chaos_zine) or by emailing the magazine or commenting there if someone needs help and we’ll do what we can to set something up if you can provide some sort of documentation verifying the need.
You may donate art, poetry, writing, or offer your services to write or produce art on commission given a prompt or requests from a donor.
And if you have extra art for a benefit auction please check out the lovely folks at http://www.helphealfran.org - they’re putting on something similar for performance artist Fran Varian who’s ill with Lyme disease.
Thank you very much!