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20 | July 11, 2019 | Malibu surfside news life & arts
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Ashes of Hope auction nets $70K
Malibu artists join
in effort to benefit
fire-related causes
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Seven Malibu artists
joined dozens of other creative
individuals in putting
their talents to good
use by participating in the
Ashes of Hope art auction
in downtown Los Angeles.
The June 30 gathering
raised more than $70,000 to
benefit the Wildfire Relief
Fund and Los Angeles Fire
Department Foundation,
according to the organizers.
Now, select pieces from the
collection are open to the
public for online bidding
at one.bidpal.net/ashesof
hope/browse/all.
Ashes of Hope, founded
by TBWA\Chiat\Day Los
Angeles, was designed
to create awareness and
change through art. The
Ashes of Hope team collected
and preserved the
ashes from the Camp and
Woolsey fires, and gave
them to more than 60
California-based artists —
California Locos, Charles
Artist Ned Evans, of Malibu, admires works at the Ashes
for Hope art auction, held June 30 in downtown Los
Angeles. Ross Martin/Ashes of Hope
Baker, Rich Jacobs, James
Jean are among those featured
— for use in their respective
works.
Participating Malibu artists
were: Ned Evans, Spencer
Guilburt, Chuck Arnoldi,
Maria Paredes, Eamon
Harrington, Brandon Boyd
and David Ashwell.
Harrington’s canvas
piece is a vivid, mixed media
American flag, which
the artist chose in order to
symbolize strength and resilience.
As of press time,
the piece was among those
still available through the
online bidding process.
“Luckily my home was
spared in this fire (we
burned down in 1993), but
so many of my friends and
neighbors have lost everything,”
Harrington wrote in
a statement regarding his
participation in Ashes of
Hope. “Creating a painting
is the least I can do to help
bring them relief.”
The Ashes of Hope collection
features sculptures,
fine art, mixed media and
more. Ashes of Hope is
on Instagram at @ashesof
hope_la.
Gallery art walk offers eclectic sampling
Barbara Burke
Freelance Reporter
Tommy Hollenstein showcases his artistic process
during the Malibu art walk on June 29. The event
involved art galleries in Malibu Country Mart, Malibu
Village and Malibu Lumber Yard. Barbara Burke/Surfside
news
Throngs of locals and
tourists enjoyed Malibu’s
first gallery art walk on June
29.
The event featured five
galleries in Malibu Country
Mart, Malibu Village and
Malibu Lumber Yard.
Many attendees began the
evening at Tracy Park Gallery
in the Country Mart,
where 16 Malibu artists exhibited
their works.
“Leave it to Tracy Park,
Malibu’s grand dame of
the arts, to initiate the first
annual Malibu art walk,”
stated Eamon Harrington, of
Red Ladder Gallery, which
also participated in the
event. “Tracy’s dedication
to local artists goes back
years. I first met her when
she was working at Dawn
and Bobby Walker’s gallery
Tops, which remains to
this day the coolest gallery I
have ever seen.”
At Tops, Harrington added,
Park’s keen eye and deep
understanding of the artistic
process began to evolve.
“Those qualities, coupled
with her huge generosity of
spirit, make her the quintessential
curator,” Harrington
said. “As soon as Tracy
learned that she would be
opening her newest gallery
in the Country Mart,
she was making plans to
unite all of Malibu’s locally
owned galleries in a night of
artistic celebration. Tracy is
a force of nature, and every
artist in town owes her a big
thank you.”
Park’s gallery was aflutter
with works of all genres.
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