Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra to auction off violins painted by world-renowned artists
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FORT WORTH — The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Painted Violins...Strings Attached project merges celebrated artists with the world of music to benefit children’s education. Thirty-two professional and celebrity artists of regional and national stature have taken bare wooden violins as their canvases and created strikingly individual and vibrant works that reflect a variety of styles and media, as well as personal concepts of art and music. The violins will be auctioned off at a special event on March 27 at the Fort Worth Club.
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Patriots fans will have their own, special violin present at the auction
Featured artists include Scott Gentling, Edwin J. Ackermann, James Blake, Ron Burkhardt, Rome Milan, Annabelle Verhoye, 2008 Texas State Artist Janet Eager Krueger and 2007 Texas State Artist Lee Herring. Celebrity artists include actresses Phyllis Diller, Ruta Lee and Lee Meriwether as well as singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin and FWSO Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
Proceeds from this unique event will benefit the FWSO’s Adventures in Music program for children. Adventures in Music is the avenue through which the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra shares the joy and beauty of symphonic music with nearly 65,000 children through more than 100 engaging programs each year. Through innovative educational events, in-school concerts, free neighborhood performances and an extensive touring program, the Orchestra strives to ensure that children of all ages from every walk of life, every ethnic origin and all backgrounds have the opportunity to experience live symphonic music.
Source: FWSO
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