FEED THE CHILDREN ART AUCTION AND DONATION CAMPAIGN UPDATE- 1 WEEK

It’s been one week since the launch of the Art Auction to Alleviate Hunger so let's catch up. Before jumping in, thanks again to all who are making this effort a successful one!

Hiram Larew founder of Poetry X Hunger and JC Wayne, founder of The Poartry Project, and Elle Dooley, one of the contributing artists, will join James Bryant, SpoFest Poetry and Prose founder, in a post auction launch interview live on Facebook today at 1pm CST USA. I’m thinking Elle must have founded something at some point to be in all this “founder company.” If you didn’t catch James’ pre-launch interview with Hiram and me, you can check it out here.

As for the fundraising campaign itself, factoring in leading bids as of yesterday (12/9), the auction has raised $1,660 and the donation campaign has raised approximately $400 with one week to go. We’re creeping up on the $2,500 goal, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could blow by that goal by next Saturday (12/17), when the auction ends, and feed some more hungry people?

Anyway, the leading bids have changed hands a tad since we last reported, but the Asundis still seem determined to hang some JC Wayne creations on their walls. The Asundis are seven days away from claiming Devas de los Hambrientos, Slakes with Sol’s Sustenance, and Memory of Lineage, all crafted by JC Wayne, and Waiting, a delightful painting by Elaine Weiner Reed. E. Lynn Alexander is giving Heidi Asundi a run for her money on Memory though. Thanks for getting in on the action Lynn.

Warwick Jones of the UK has inched ahead of Angela Dale for Skyler Dagucon’s Starving Night, one of my personal favorites, but Angela still holds the leading bid for JC’s Starvation is not food insecurity. 

Other leading bidders include André Taylor for QUITCH: QUIlting To Combat Hunger; Linda Dickman for Foretells the Moon’s Hunger, another favorite of mine for personal reasons; Lisa Jones for Abandoned Playground, Claunch, NM; Lis Mcloughlin for Chocolate velvet drapes the soul to sleep in peace; Chip Williford for Tears of Hunger; and Linda Burby for Winds of Harvest.

Ok, gotta get this posted while there's still a little time before the interview. Until next....T. A.