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Press Release for Street Heart benefit auction.
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For further information, please contact : Andrew Stepanian | tel 631 291 3010 | [email protected]
The Sparrow Media Project10 Lloyd Point Drive Huntington, New York 11743
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Andrew StepanianPublicist t 631 291 3010 [email protected]
ONCE CRIMINALIZED ART MOVEMENT UNITES FOR “STREET HEART” CHARITY BENEFIT
Street Artists Lend a Helping Hand to Long Island’s Brain Injured
6:30pm – 9:30pm, Thursday december 3rd, 2009 special sauce Flagship sTore & gallery, 303 main sTreeT hunTingTon, ny 11743
Huntington, New York:AnartmovementoncestigmatizedaspartofNYC’scriminalunderbellyisshowingacompassionatesideasbrightasthecolorstheyareknownfordecoratingoururbanlandscapeswith.StreetHEARTisauniquebenefitArtAuctionwithcontributionsfromself-styled“streetartists,”professionalskateboarders,televisionpersonalities,andcriticallyacclaimedgraphicdesigners.AllmoneyraisedattheStreetHEARTauctionwillgodirectlytotheGuardian Brain Foundation,anon-profitbasedoutofHuntington,LongIslandthatworkstomeetthespecialneedsofbraininjuredpeopleandtheneedsofvictimsofbraincancersandtumors.The Street HEART benefit exhibit will launch with a private opening party at 6:30pm, Thursday December 3rd at the Special Sauce flagship store, 303 Main Street, Huntington, New York. TheopeningwillbehostedbycelebritybreakdancerIvan“UrbanActionFigure,”whowillbejoinedbydozensofcontributingareaartistsincludinginternationallyacclaimedgraphicartistMikePerry(fulllistofcontributorsincludedbelow.)MusicwillbeprovidedbyDJNickPepe.
“Outsideoftheheatednationaldebateengenderedaroundhealthcare,toooftenvictimsofseriousbraininjuries,eventhosewhohaveinsurance,cannotreceivetheproperbenefitstohelpthemmeetthespecialneedstheyhave,makingitevenhardertomaintainasemblanceofwhatmostofustakeforgrantedasa‘normallife.’ThisiswhytheworkthatTheGuardianBraindoesissoessential,”saysVanessaDiazdirectorofeventsproductionforSpecialSauce.“SpecialSauceisproudtobebringingtogether22artistsspanningfromLosAngelestotheNetherlandstosupportindividualswhosufferfromthelastingdisruptionofbraintraumaandcancer.”
“RecentlyIlearnedthattheGuardianBrainFoundationgiftedawheelchairaccessiblevantoalocalfamilywhose7yearoldsonsuffersfromlimitedmotorfunctionsasaresultofabrainhemmorage,”saysStreetHEARTcontributingartistBrendanMundayofHuntington,LongIsland.“Iamgratefulthatmyartcanhelpbenefitanotherchildjustlikehim.”
RepresentativesfromtheGuardianBrainFoundationwillbepresentatStreetHEARTandavailableforcommentthenightoftheevent.ForfurtherinformationcontactVanessaDiaz,directorofeventsforSpecialSauce.VanessacanbereachedviaemailatVanessa@rawthentix.comorat631-673-2838. HighresolutionimagesoftheeventcanbemadeavailablebycontactingAndrewStepanianatandy@sparrowmedia.netor631-291-3010
Street HEART Contributing ArtistsEdwinBolta,KevinBrancato,Cees,BrentGentile,JesOne,TonyMemento,BrendanMunday,Pace,
PaulRodriguez,MikePerry,ChrysaPliakis,Poem,Runninman,LennardSchuurmans,Slash,SamanthaSmith,StayNice,Such,S.W.K.,Twitch,DarrenUmboh,Zeptonn,EricZiobrowski
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