Rotary Club of Kingston hosts art auction downtown

As part of its 31st anniversary celebration, the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston (RCDK) will be hosting its signature annual fundraising event today.

RCDK's Wine & Cheese PLUS Jazz & Artis primarily anart auctionand will showcase scores of art pieces from some of Jamaica's leading artists, as well as from outstanding and up-and-coming new talent.

All proceeds will go towards the club's projects, which include support for golden agers in Denham Town; mentoring of students at Norman Manley, Denham Town and Kingston Technical high schools; an ongoing scholarship fund to assist secondary and tertiary students with their educational needs; and several other activities.

ILLUSTRIOUS ARTISTS

The pieces collected for auction include works from artists such asBarrington Watson, Christopher Gonzalez, Alexander Cooper, George Rodney, Seya Parboosingh, Richard Hall, Robert Armstrong, Eric Cadien,Carol Watson, Carl Abrahams, Ras Dizzy, Albert Huie, Norma Harrack, Devon Garcia, David Pottinger, Webster Campbell, and scores of others.

Club director in charge of the project, Emile Finlay, explained that this year, the club took aim at significantly increasing its scholarship fund as well as completing a very significant project having to do with the repair and construction of sanitary facilities in some very needy inner-city communities in downtown Kingston.

According to Finlay, several of the artists, in the name of charity, have been willing to make concessions on their prices, and this, coupled with the donations received, will lead to some pretty attractive offerings at the event and great investment opportunities.

The evening will be completed with live jazz and some surprises, even for those who may not be bidding on the art pieces.