Art for Youth London
13th – 14th October 2010
at
The Royal College of Art,
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU
Sponsored by AMLIN
Over 1,000 works of art by new and established artists will be for sale on 13 and 14 October to benefit the national charity UK Youth’s Young Carers Program in the charity’s centenary year. Oils, Watercolours, Prints, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Glass & Jewellery will be on display with prices from £200 to a £3,500 upper limit. About to mount its 23rd exhibition, Art for Youth London has so far raised almost £900,000 for UK Youth. Although its artists are of all ages, Art for Youth London seeks to enable younger artists to gain a foothold in the competitive, professional artistic world. The Wates Foundation Diana Brooks Prize will be awarded to an artist aged 35 or under.
Artists donate 35% of their sales to the charity and proceeds from the Auction, Silent Auction, Mystery Art and Raffle are 100% donations.
All artists are chosen by a Selection Panel which meets from April through August. If you would like your work to be considered for this exhibition, please email Ann Mavroleon at artforyouth@ukyouth.org at the beginning of April.
If you would like an invitation to this ticketed event please send your name and address details to artforyouth@ukyouth.org. Tickets will be available a month before the exhibition. If you would like to become an Art for Youth London "Angel" to help with exhibition costs, please follow the link on the panel to the left. If you would like to exhibit or need any further information please contact Ann Mavroleon at artforyouth@ukyouth.org.
About Art for Youth's sponsor, AMLIN:
Amlin plc is a FTSE 250 independent insurer operating in the Lloyd’s, UK, Continental Europe and Bermudian markets.We specialise in providing insurance cover to commercial enterprises and reinsurance protection to other insurers around the world across a broad range of aviation, marine, property and casualty and commercial riskAmlin has a long tradition of insuring fine art and valuables, be they in transit, in secure storage or on display.Our clients include some of the world’s best known museums and exhibitions, mining companies and repositories.We are no strangers to art sponsorship, having supported the interim show at the Royal College of Art from 1999 to 2005, providing prizes and exposure for young artists at the very start of their careers.
We are excited to become involved with Art for Youth London, not least because we appreciate the skill and dedication involved in becoming a successful artist.Furthermore, we are pleased to support this initiative as part of our UK corporate responsibility programme for 2009/10 and to play our part in raising funds to enable UK Youth to deliver more development programmes for young people across the country.
