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Ellen Newman Ellen Newman, Ink 415.665.7447 ellennewman@earthlink.net |
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Lisa Boquiren San Francisco Design Center 415.490.5821 lisab@sfdesigncenter.com |
(The Child Abuse Prevention Society)
At $2,600 the "Home Run Chair" signed by SF Giants Damon Minor, Tim Worrell, Russ Ortiz, Ryan Jensen, Jay Witasick and Robb Nen hit a home run, and at $4,200 the "Spiderman Chair" scaled the heights during Sweet CHAIRity, a benefit auction for the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Society (CAPS) presented by the Design Trade Resource Association (DTRA) and the San Francisco Design Center (SFDC) at SFDC's Galleria on October 10th.
But the winning chair of the evening was "True's 9/11 Chair," an anti-terrorism art statement that was bought by an anonymous donor for $10,000.
These chairs were just three of 30 unique, individually designed and manufactured chairs that were auctioned during Sweet CHAIRity. One could find the "Betsy Ross Chair," a proud rendition of the American flag with sequined stars on iridescent red and blue silk; “The Artist’s Chair,” with Matisse-like images of nature on a traditional wing-backed chair; “Natural Plaid,” a surrealistic garden chair with faux vines and flower-pot legs, or “Jupiter B2K,” a meteoric metallic space ship complete with flashing lights.
The chairs were each designed by a team consisting of a child whose family has benefited from the work of the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center and a professional interior designer. The children and the designers put the ideas for their whimsical chairs together using crayons, pencils, pens, paper and fabric at a special event in June. Then the designers' work began as they called upon their sponsoring showrooms, upholsterers, metal fabricators and other craftspeople for assistance in making the children’s design dreams come true.
Bay Area media personalities Sydnie Kohara and John Rothmann hosted the festive evening. Since the playoffs were in full swing on Thursday evening, guest and CAPS supporter Delia Ehrlich kept John and Sydnie apprised of the score at strategic moments, which kept both spirits and bids high.
Proceeds from Sweet CHAIRity benefit the Child Abuse Prevention Society, a nonprofit organization whose work supports child abuse prevention services in San Francisco. Also visit www.sweetchairity.org
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