A group of local artists and art lovers are stacking the deck to support a great cause— the Adult Special Needs program at the Bowman Art Centre.
Back in June, Todd Lacharite contacted 55 artists from Lethbridge to Saskatoon to design personalized playing cards, which will be sold to raise money for the program.
The fruits of the labours of “Shuffle Up and Deal” are now hanging on the walls of the Owl Acoustic Lounge in preparation for a gala event, Nov 10 which will include live music and a silent auction of the original pieces.
Bidding has already begun. There is a binder including a sheet of paper for each design, followed by lines for the bidders can write down their bids.
“I thought it would be a good idea to get all of the artists together, ” he said.
“I was going to donate the money to an art studio, but then Aaron and Darcy told me about the Adult Special Needs program which had its funding cut and thought that was perfect,” Todd Lacharite said back in June, who contacted the artists through the Shuffle Up and Deal Facebook group.
There will also be door prizes given away at the even including tickets for next year’s beer tasting festival at the Galt Museum as well as taste of downtown, free hair salon time and much more.
“The silent auction starts now and the cards are going to be printed out by the end of October,” Lacharite said, preparing the original works for display in the Owl walls.
There are 55 original cards including two Jokers up for grabs.
The actual decks of cards will be sold for $15 apiece.
There will be a charge for the gala event to reserve seats, though the cover will include a deck of cards.
“We want to support the Owl because they support the arts and they never charge cover,” he said adding the artists came up with a variety of original, inn ovative designs using a variety of mediums from watercolour, pencil to a three deimensional card incorporating pieces of cotton glued to it.
—By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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