The Westminster Art Collective: A Valentine’s Auction

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up” Pablo Picasso

Young Westminster Foundation, Total Media UK and Positive View Foundation are delighted to invite you to a fundraiser in support of vital outreach youth work in Westminster, hosted by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Ruth Bush.

The collection will feature affordable art from a variety of artists, celebrating Westminster and its youth culture.

EXHIBITION & AUCTION

Thursday 13th Feb 2020

6.30 – 9.30pm (Auction begins at 7.30)

The Greenhouse Centre, 35 Cosway Street, Marylebone, NW1 5NS

THE CAUSE

The auction will raise funds to support an outreach youth programme in Westminster, in addition to young artists through Positive View Foundation. Outreach youth work involves meeting young people where they are at, in their communities. Youth workers aim to reach out and make contact with young people who may have little access to provision and introduce them to what’s on offer. The aim of the work is to enable young people to develop their full potential as individuals and as members of our Westminster community.

TICKETS

£20 + booking fee per person, to include light food, drink & entertainment

(We anticipate this event will sell out, so please buy your tickets ASAP)

THE ART

• Norman Parkinson
• Richard Young
• Tessa Traeger
• Lee Kay-Barry
• Mike Owen
• Samuel Fordham (Carte Blanche Laureate 2019)
• Susan Aldworth
• Up-and-coming young Westminster artists
• And many more

THE COLLECTION & BIDDING ENQUIRIES

All guests will receive a link to view the collection and begin bidding via The Auction Collective in the coming weeks. There will be no buyer’s commission on the night and you can bid in three ways: in the room, through absentee bids or on the telephone.

THE VENUE

The auction will this year be held at the Greenhouse Centre, a Grade II* listed deconsecrated church in North Westminster which has been uniquely transformed into a community sport centre for young people and their families from the local community by Greenhouse Sports.

Greenhouse Sports is a London based charity committed to using sport to help young people living in disadvantaged communities to realise their full potential.

THE FOOD

We are delighted to welcome Munch in Marylebone as the caterers for the Westminster Art Collective.

Munch in Marylebone is a local social enterprise who are part of The Marylebone Project, a charity that provides shelter, support and education opportunities to homeless women in Westminster. The Marylebone Project is one of the largest women-only homelessness services in the UK and offer c. 40,000 nights’ accommodation every year to vulnerable women.

By supplying catering services for meetings and events around London, Munch in Marylebone provides opportunities to gain employability skills and experience for the women at the Marylebone Project. They also run a meeting room venue, Space in Marylebone, offering versatile meeting spaces in the heart of London, as well as providing opportunities for the women to gain valuable customer service skills and experience.

To find out more about their work  at Munch and Space, please follow this link here.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please contact matira@ywfoundation.com

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS & SPONSORS:

Greenhouse Sports, Teads, Posterscope, Fortitude, Ogury, Flashtalking, Munch in Marylebone