This past Monday, a slew of celebrities including Kevin Bacon and Michelle Monaghan teamed with fashion-world elites like Italo Zucchelli, Amy Sacco, Mary Alice Stephenson, Glenda Bailey, David Granger and Francisco Costa at Calvin Klein headquarters for the annual fundraiser to benefit the “Free Arts” organization.
Free Arts is an organization dedicated to providing free workshops for underprivileged youth. Free Arts organization encourages kids to explore their talents and the art world in general through mixed media (drawing, painting, sculpting, etc.). This year’s silent auction by the art organization saw the likes of Phillip Lim, Ed Westwick, Karolina Kurkova and Hilary Rhoda who were all in attendance for the Free Arts charity fundraiser in New York City.
Kevin Bacon had this to tell reporters from wwd.com that were on hand: “I read up on it [Free Arts Organization] and I think it’s an amazing organization. In terms of mental health and happiness…we’re not all number crunchers or scientists. I came up in the public school system in the Sixties. Even if it was lame, you got crayons and a way to express yourself outside of violence and drug abuse.”
19/05/2009 at 7:37 am Permalink
The way the economy is now, it is great to know that there are programs like these. I always fear that art and music will be the first thing to go when money is low.