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Opening Night Cocktails and Preview at Christie's, Beverly Hills
Hosted by Irena and Mike Medavoy at Christie's in Beverly Hills on September 8, 2008
The artists with Alécia de Menezes Seidler,
Founder of Love & Art Children's Foundation.
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Photo: Venus Bernardo
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Exclusive Dinner and Auction of the Enchanted Art Collection
Thursday, October 2, 2008, 7pm
at Paramount Pictures, Hollywood
Evening hosted by Rob Reiner, with a Live Auction by Guy Bennett, Christie's New York, to benefit Hollygrove, a 501(c)3 organization
The entire Enchanted art collection sold out.
The auction brought in $250,000 to fund art enrichment programs for children in treatment at Hollygrove. |
The Enchanted art auction event at
Paramount Pictures, October 2, 2008.
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In addition to the Live Auction by Christie's, half of the artwork was auctioned via Silent Bids.
Paramount Event photos: Zoe-Ruth Erwin
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The evening included a video presentation on
Audrey Hepburn and her work with children.
Sean Hepburn Ferrer, Chairman and Co-founder, Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund and Robert Seidler, Co-founder of Love & Art Children's Foundation.
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 Founded in 2003 in Los Angeles, Love & Art Children's Foundation was born out of the desire to honor children's artistic expression. Love & Art reaches out to children in need around the world to offer them, through the arts, a way of expression, empowerment and hope. To share the beauty of their artistic expression. Love & Art organizes exhibitions around their creations and their stories, bringing awareness to their causes and fundraising for them.
Love & Art most recently worked in Paris with twenty-one children suffering from cancer. The collection of 21 paintings were exhibited at Les Arts Decoratifs and auctioned by Christie's. Over $400,000 was raised, all of which went to benefit children with cancer at Armand Trousseaux Hospital.
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We sincerely thank Enchanted's Presenting Sponsor:
Guess? Foundation for their generosity and support.
Guess? Foundation
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Snowy Mountians by Joesph Carter (age 9)
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Fade Away by Genesis Villacorta (age 11)
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They are the forgotten of the forgotten - children whose lives have been marked by poverty, abuse, neglect or abandonment. These are the children of Hollygrove.
Since 1880, when two brave women rescued twelve homeless orphans from the streets of downtown Los Angeles, Hollygrove has stood as a symbol of healing and compassion for the most vulnerable of our city's children.
Today there are 900,000 children in LA County who live in poverty. Many are chronically exposed to violence in their communities, schools and home. Their families may struggle to find decent housing and put food on the table.
Hollygrove provides vital mental health and family supportive services to LA's at-risk children. We are recognized for innovative, family-centered programs that help children recover from crisis and rebuild their lives. We believe in helping children at the first signs of trouble rather than waiting until they need to be removed from their homes and communities.
Creative arts are a cornerstone of Hollygrove's therapeutic services. Painting, music, theater, writing and filmmaking help children to build self-esteem, discover their unique talents, improve school performance and develop healthy friendships.
Thanks to the compassion and generosity of our community of supporters, Hollygrove is a beacon of help and hope for countless children in crisis.
Our mission is to do whatever it takes to help children, strengthen families, build community and advocate for systems change to ensure that families thrive.
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