International Stars Help Rise Phoenix in London

International Stars Help Rise Phoenix in London

LONDON, May 27/PRNewswire/ --

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- Rise Phoenix Art Auction - Garbutt Place, London W1

- Tuesday 14 June 2005

British and international cultural icons have joined forces to give vulnerable children around the world the skills and inspiration to create change for themselves and their communities through theatre and the arts with a special art auction in London on Tuesday 14 June 2005 in London.

Artists supporting the work of Rise Phoenix include: Quentin Blake, Clive Francis, Bella Freud, Siobhan Hapaska, David Hare, Nadav Kander, Harvey Keitel, Mark Knopfler, David Morrissey, Sir Alan Parker, Lord Richard Rogers, Gerald Scarfe, Paul Simonon, Suggs, and Sophie Von Hellerman. Their paintings, drawings, cartoons or limited editions will be auctioned by Hugh Edmeades, Chairman of Christie's South Kensington.

The Rise Phoenix Art Auction takes place at the chapel in Garbutt Place, W1 from 19.00hrs - 22.00hrs and will raise funds to continue and expand its work with disadvantaged children in London and Tanzania.

Rise Phoenix uses the arts to give children the skills and inspiration to create change for themselves and their communities. In 1993 the charity started as an impassioned response to the wars in the former Yugoslavia, bringing theatre and travelling giant puppet shows to the refugee camps and bomb stricken towns. Today its work with over 1500 children a year includes theatre and film projects, mosaics and murals on housing estates, carnival processions, environmental arts camps and creative workshops with HIV/Aids orphans in Dar Es Salaam.

Rise Phoenix is funded by The Arts Council, The Community Fund and other grant-making bodies including The Roald Dahl Foundation and The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. One of its long-time friends is Emma Thompson, also head sponsor of Rise Phoenix's work in Tanzania. Other friends of the charity include Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Esther Freud, David Hare, Doris Lessing, Fay Maschler and Linus Roache.

www.risephoenix.org

Source: Rise Phoenix

For futher information contact: Patricia Trijbits-Kruijer, Rise Phoenix, T: +44-(0)20-7482-2679, M: +44-(0)7747-602899, E: patricia@risephoenix.org

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