By Chelsea Martell, Events Coordinator
P.S. ARTS has been hard at work this past spring raising funds to provide crucial arts education programs for children in our community. It’s been an exciting season filled with art, shopping, and handbags, and it’s been a pleasure working with so many of you on making these events come to life!
LA Modernism Opening Night Party
One of P.S. ARTS’ biggest fundraisers, the LA Modernism Opening Night Party, was held on April 25th and we surpassed our fundraising goal – more than $200K for our arts education programs. This was the first year LA Modernism was held at 3Labs in the Hayden Tract district of Culver City. 3Labs is a completely renovated former umbrella factory and now an incredibly contemporary state-of-the-art event space that was the perfect setting for our Opening Night Party.
At the event we set up a merchandise booth with P.S. ARTS swag and a slideshow featuring our students and facts about our organization. We also had a very tasty candy bar donated by Sugared LA and a live magician, Arthur Trace.
Inside the venue, our guests had the opportunity to create an Eduardo Kobra-inspired art project and take pictures at The Bosco LA Modernism Photo Booth.
Below is a picture of our staff. Clearly lots of fun was had!
P.S. ARTS is truly grateful for the hard work and generosity of the exhibitors, producers, organizers, advertisers, Host, Collector, Design and Event Committees, as well as everyone who contributed to the success of this event. We’re also very thankful to our Presenting Sponsor, Jaguar Land Rover, as well as Event Chairs Jeffrey Alan Marks and Lisa Bowles from ROARK modern for supporting P.S. ARTS and arts education. Special thank you to Absolut Elyx Vodka and Avion Tequila for providing all of the amazing cocktails and Sprinkles Cucpakes for the delicious dessert. The LA Modernism Opening Night Party is an incredible event that brings together many talents and P.S. ARTS is very thankful to be part of such an amazing evening!
Check out our Facebook album of LA Modernism Opening Night.
Super Saturday
P.S. ARTS took part in the excitement of Super Saturday on May 17th at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica to support the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). Super Saturday, a longstanding fundraiser in the Hamptons and a first-time event in LA this year, has been considered the “Rolls Royce of garage sales,” featuring many booths from stellar brands such as Versace, James Perse, Hudson Jeans, Trina Turk, Rachel Pally, and more. All products at the event were marked 30-50% off and proceeds went to OCRF. The event also featured experience booths such as Honest Co. and the Pet Park, and of course P.S. ARTS! Our organization was hired as a vendor to provide a children’s area with eight art booths inspired by those we put on at Express Yourself. Thank you to our friends at OCRF for having us be part of your inaugural LA event!
The 11th Annual Bag Lunch
We wrapped up the month of May with our final signature fundraiser of the school year, Bag Lunch, hosted by celebrity stylists and P.S. ARTS board members Elizabeth Stewart and George Kotsiopoulos. This event raises vital funds through ticket sales and a silent auction on designer handbags. Thank you to all of the companies and generous donors who contributed bags to be auctioned in the name of arts education, as well as all of the guests who made this year’s event another success. We raised nearly $150,000 for our programs!
Every year this event is hosted at a different venue, and this year we were so grateful for the generosity of hosts Janet Crown and Steve Robinson. Their stunning home filled with incredible art was the perfect setting for our Bag Lunch event.
Below are some of the amazing purses that were available for auction.
Thank you to Michele Gan of Serves You Right! Catering and Pressed Juicery for the hard work you put into catering our event.
Check out more pictures from Bag Lunch on our Facebook album.
On to the next one… Save the date for Taste of Venice on September 14th, 2014! We look forward to seeing you at our exciting fundraising events next school year!
