Florey ArtFest attracts 260 artists
Over 260 artists will be represented when doors open for this year’s Florey Medical Research Foundation’s exhibition, For the Love of Art’, at 6.30 pm on Wednesday October 8th at Bonython Hall on the University of Adelaide’s North Terrace campus. The exhibition, the Foundation’s fifth fundraising art show, will be officially opened at 7.15 pm with a gala cocktail party featuring Becky Blake from Cocktail Hour.
Works have been donated by a wide range of established artists, emerging talent and celebrities to raise funds for medical research. Art fans and bargain hunters will need to be right on time to snap up canvases to add to their collections, according to Judith Turner from the Foundation, as some canvases are sold for a fraction of their real value.
“Speed is of the essence to secure your first choice,” Ms Turner said.
All works are sold for $250, with the funds raised going to support the vital work of Professor Robert Vink, Head of Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide, and his research into brain injury, encompassing treatment of acute trauma to the brain and spinal cord from injury or acute diseases, diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and dementia, and brain pharmacology.
Tickets for the opening gala cocktail are $30, available from the Florey Medical Research Foundation. Entertainment on the night will include door prizes.
The exhibition will remain open in Bonython Hall for three days only, from 11am to 3pm each day.
Becky Blake, from Cocktail Hour, will perform at Florey Art Exhibition Opening party on October 8th.