WHAT:
ART PROJECT LOS ANGELES: Celebrities to Walk Red Carpet; Art Collectors to Ignite Live Bidding Wars on Range of Artworks to Benefit HIV Care, Prevention Programs
WHEN:
Saturday, June 25
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. -Silent auction open to the public.
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Red-carpet and VIP cocktail party. (To reserve your place on the red-carpet media wall for this portion of the event, please call media contacts listed above.) Silent auction reopens.
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - VIP & General Admission guests attend cocktail party, hosted bar,food, silent auction.
8:00 p.m. - Live auction.
Silent auction closes at approximately 9:00 p.m.
WHO:
Confirmed celebrity attendees include:
Bradley Bell (Producer, The Bold and the Beautiful), Claire Brassoud, Jackie Collins (E! Entertainment Television / Author), Michelle Clunie (Showtime's "Queer as Folk"), Romi Dames (Hannah Montana / Nickelodeon's "Winx"), Lisa Foxx, Paris Hilton, Sid Krofft (Brother of Producer), Pauley Perrette (NCIS), California State Senator Curren Price, Marcellas Reynolds(Big Brother), Ray Scheer, Lindsay Scheel (Founder, SoHo Project), Michael Steger (90210), Mena Suvari (American Beauty, American Pie), Lisa Vanderpump (Beverly Hills Housewives).
All celebrities will attend Saturday evening's reception.
WHERE:
Bonhams & Butterfields
7601 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
ART PROJECT LOS ANGELES tickets, beginning at $50, available at apla.org.
General Media Parking:
Complimentary valet parking will be available for all press. Satellite trucks may use street parking in front of venue.
MORE:
Guests will bid on an exceptional collection of artwork, sculpture, photography, furnishings and more at this premier, red-carpet charity art auction and artists reception, presented by Hamilton-Selway Fine Art. ART PROJECT LOS ANGELES, at world-renowned auction house Bonhams & Butterfields, is a benefit for AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA).
Up for auction include works by world-class artists including Picasso, Warhol, Schnabel, Haring, Longo, Hockney, as well as works from exciting local and emerging artists.
Proceeds benefit APLA programs and services, including the Necessities of Life Program, which provides food to low-income Angelenos who are facing HIV/AIDS and hunger.
Sponsors:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Hard Rock Cafe, Bonhams and Butterfields, Clear Channel Los Angeles Radio, Hamilton-Selway Fine Art, ROKK Vodka, Metrosource Magazine, and Red Diamond.
Media Contacts:
Nasim Thompson
213.201.1435
nthompson@apla.org
Gabriel McGowan
213.201.1521
gmcgowan@apla.org
SOURCE AIDS Project Los Angeles
