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13th Annual Art on the Avenue benefit and auction
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Saturday, November 14, 6-10 p.m. is ART ON THE AVENUE, a silent auction of the works of more than 250 Texas artists. Come to enjoy great art, live music, food and libations. Admission is $20 in advance or $25 at the door.
You are also welcome to attend the PREVIEW PARTY Thursday November 12, 6-9 p.m. for the first opportunity to see and buy the art. Special performance by Two Star Symphony and Puppet Pizzazz. Admission is $100 (includes admission to Saturday night) .
Avenue CDC is a non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing Houston's Washington Avenue and Near Northside Community by developing affordable housing and economic opportunities, while preserving our area's economic, cultural, and historical diversity. In the last eight years, Avenue CDC has helped to revitalize our community by leveraging over $35 million in investments, including our development of 63 single-family homes and 325 rental units.
Avenue CDC was founded in 1991 by a group of neighbors who wanted to develop affordable housing, preserve historic buildings, and revitalize the Old Sixth Ward, a National Register Historic District in the shadow of Houston’s Downtown. Old Sixth Ward CDC, as it was then known, was operated entirely by volunteers for the first four years. Since then, our staff has grown to seven full-time employees, and our Board of Trustees now includes 16 community leaders. At the request of civic organizations from surrounding neighborhoods, by 1999 we had expanded our target area to include the entire Near Northside and Washington Avenue communities, just north and northwest of Downtown. We changed our name to Avenue CDC to reflect this expanded focus.
Avenue CDC's programs include the development of single family homes for purchase by low-income families, free homebuyer education and counseling to help working families purchase their own homes, the development and operation of rental housing and supportive services, and the promotion of economic development in our target community. Avenue CDC's accomplishments have been recognized with numerous awards.
Art on the Avenue will be held at the Winter Street Studios, 2101 Winter st. Houston.
Purchase your tickets now for a chance to win an original lithograph by Wassily Kandinsky: "Comets", 1938, published in Paris by Teriade for Verve (Volume 1, Number 2) in 1938. Signed in the plate (not signed by hand) with a Certificate of Authenticity. Value is $600. 1,000 total tickets to be sold. Raffle ticket sales for Texas residents are restricted to residents of the following six counties: Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Brazoria, Chambers, Montgomery county.
Tickets: $20 each or 6 for $100
To preview some of the work to be auctioned see The Sample Artwork website.
*Note: if you purchase 5 tickets, you will recieve the 6th one free.
Purchase Tickets
To purchase tickets for the raffle, email info@avenuecdc.org or call 713-864-8099, ext 229.
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