Save Firstdraft Sydney – Art Auction on Tonight

Sydney’s art community will be out in force tonight to raise money to help save the Firstdraft Gallery – the city’s oldest artist-run initiative – which is being forced to upgrade it’s facilities to meet fire codes. Tonight’s auction aims to raise around $30,000 to complete the required upgrades and save the gallery from being […]

September 3rd, 2009

Sydney’s art community will be out in force tonight to raise money to help save the Firstdraft Gallery – the city’s oldest artist-run initiative – which is being forced to upgrade it’s facilities to meet fire codes.

Tonight’s auction aims to raise around $30,000 to complete the required upgrades and save the gallery from being shut down.

Works up for Auction have been donated by: Del Kathryn Barton, Mike Parr, David Griggs, Lauren Brincat, Christopher Hanrahan, Sarah Goffman, Simon Kennedy, Brett East, Tom Polo, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Michaela Gleave, Mikala Dwyer, Helen Hyatt-Johnston, Jake Walker, Christine Cornish, Jessica Maurer, Rachel Scott, Mitch Cairns, Penelope Benton, Jess Oliveri, Sonny Day, Rod Jacka, Lionel Bawden, Jumaadi, Will French, Kate Scardifield, Tom Polo, Shane Haseman, Gallery 9, Gallery 4a, Breenspace, Stills gallery, Anna Schwartz gallery and Kaliman gallery and more.

What: SAVE FIRSTDRAFT fundraiser art auction  
When: Thursday, 3 September 2009 from 6-9pm  
Where: Firstdraft gallery, 116-118 Chalmers St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

firstdraftgallery.com

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