Wickenburg Art Club Artists Supporting Art - Benefit Auction

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The Wickenburg Art Club has enjoyed a sustained existence in Wickenburg since 1964. We are a completely volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that owns our own facility for the benefit of our membership and the residents of the Town of Wickenburg. Outreach is a big part of who we are. With all of the recent discussion about the needs of the schools in Arizona, we investigated the situation of our own school district, the Wickenburg Unified School District #9. What we heard was serious enough to make our membership sit up and take notice! The lack of funding for the arts for the school children living in this district is shocking. We decided that we wanted to do something about it. The club was offered the services of nationally known auctioneer, Wickenburg resident and WAC member, O.C. Mangold, to put on an art auction to raise money to be donated to the schools of District #9. The purpose of the auction is to provide consumable materials for the visual arts; paint, brushes, paper, clay. There is very little in the budget for these items in the daily or weekly art classes. We know that opening the creative minds of our young people produces better all-around students. Standing up for them is our goal and we invite you to join us. The members of Wickenburg Art Club and I thank our guests for attending our premiere event. It is our hope to build on this first year and bring quality art from across the state of Arizona to Wickenburg in the future, working hand in hand to benefit a creative future for all our students. - Fred Fleck President Wickenburg Art Club