Indoor Street Art by Paul Baines

Mr Jago, Sick Boy, Cheba, Inkie, China Mike Plus More in Charity Auction

Posted: 04 May 2011 04:18 AM PDT

This Friday 6th May 2011 @ Attic Bar, Stokes Croft, Bristol Temwa's Charity Urban and Contemporary Art Auction in Bristol will feature world-renowned artists raising money for development projects in Malawi. After the success of the last contemporary urban art auction in London, the organisers Temwa will bring Art for Africa back to its home in Bristol in order to raise funds for their community development projects in Malawi. The event will feature some of the UK’s world-renowned and up-and-coming artists including:

3rdeye, 45rpm, Andy Council, Bex Glover, Cheba, Cheo, China Mike, Deamz (Oxygen Thievez), Dicy, Duncan Morris, Epok, FLX, Haka, Hemper, Iain Sellar, Inkie, JefRow, JK47, Lokey, Max Gregor, Messias, MKWF, Nakama, Nick Lindo, Mr Riks, Paris, Ray Smith, RichT, Rowdy, SEPR, Sick Boy, Scott Barden, Tim Miness, Tom Lindo, Will Barras, Xenz.

There's also a little entertainment on the night including a raffle, live graffiti battles, DJs and live music. The night runs from 7pm until late, the auction starts at 8.30pm. Entry is free. For more details, visit the event website. All artwork has been generously donated by the participating artists, and 100% of the proceeds of this event will go directly to Temwa. NB: Bids can be made remotely

Temwa's objective is to help build a sustainable future for the people of Malawi through community-based projects. Temwa is working with the people of Malawi, enabling them to become self sufficient and giving them hope for their families' futures. We support communities in improving health education services, agriculture, forestry, irrigation, skills training, and schools support.

Diem Chau

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:50 AM PDT

Famous for her carved crayons, artist Diem Chau was born in Vietnam, and moved to America as a refugee in 1986. Chau graduated with a BFA from Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts and received an Artist Trust GAP Grant and a PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Award. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles. Chau combines common mediums and common means to create "delicate vignettes of fleeting memory, gesture and form", minimalism meets nostalgia forming surprisingly sensitive small scale pieces that draw on ancient myth and folklore with the aim of cross cultural connectivity on a deeply humanistic level. Chau's more recent work leans towards a new exploration of the mind's periphery, recapturing an inner subconscious narrative of forgotten and faded moments too brief to retain.