Hang Together 2008

Come Hang Together in the name of Children and Art

Why

This year artists are hanging together, in a Charity Art auction, to support children through the work of three Bay Area nonprofits.

Visual Thinking Strategies

Providing tools to educators in over 30 Bay Area schools to build students' critical thinking skills and advance educational equity through art.

St. Mary's Medical Center

In support of two youth mental health programs: McAuley Adolescent Psychiatric Program and Schoolcare Program 

ZeroDivide

Investing in social enterprises that leverage new technologies to benefit people in disadvantaged communities.

When

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

VIP Preview - 5:30pm 

General Admission - 6:30pm

Live Auction - 7:30pm

Cocktails & Hors d'oeuvres by Taste Catering

Where

RF-80 Robert Fountain's place at 80 Missouri Street, San Francisco

Valet Parking is available

Sponsorship/Tickets to Purchase

Individual Tickets/Packages

$750 "Hang High" - one (1) VIP ticket to the event, including the private preview; listing as Host Committee member in program; One VIP event gift; 2 Chance Drawing tickets"

$1,000 "Hang Together" - Two (2) VIP tickets to the event, including the private preview; listing as Host Committee member in program; One VIP event gift; One Chance Drawing tickets"

$500 "Hang Out" - One (1) VIP ticket to the event, including the private preview.

$250 "Just Hangin'" - One (1) ticket to the event.

To purchase tickets

Sponsorship Packages

$10,000 "Hang Ten" - Twelve (12) VIP tickets to the event, including the private preview; listing as Underwriting Sponsor in program; Recognition from podium during live auction; Half page program ad; Twelve (12) VIP event gifts; One artist-signed memento; 12 Chance Drawing tickets*"; Invitation to an exclusive benefactor party

$5,000 "Hang Five" - Eight (8) VIP tickets to the event, including the private preview; Recognition from podium during live auction; Listing as Sponsor in program; Eight (8) VIP event gifts; One artist-signed memento; 8 Chance Drawing tickets*"; Invitation to an exclusive benefactor party

$2,500 "Hang Loose" - Four (4) VIP tickets to the event, including the private preview; Listing as Sponsor in program; Four (4) VIP event gifts; 4 Chance Drawing tickets*"

For sponsorship inquiries, please contact John Hoffman at
ZeroDivide at 415-773-0388 or jhoffman@zerodivide.org

*If you have purchased a sponsorship or ticket package with chance drawing tickets included, they will be automatically entered for you. Additional tickets may be purchased. Need not be present to win.

Artists

Drew Altizer
Rick Barton
Romero Britto
Jackie Brookner
Marc Chagall
Barnaby Conrad III
Salvador Dali
Yashwant Deshmukh
Patrick Dintino
Joey Faruso
Kim Frohsin 
Audrey Heller
Amanda Hughen 
Henry Jackson 
Linda Karshan 
Stephan Kirkeby
Jeffrey Lee
Tom Lieber
Reagan Louie
David Magnusson
Ricardo Mazal
Joan Miro  
Danica Phelps
Pablo Picasso
Daniel Phill  
Justin Quinn
Rex Ray
Klari Reis
Gustavo Ramos Rivera
Dominica Sanchez
Rocky Schenck  
Lorna Simpson
Sophie Smallhorn
Kiki Smith   
Crena Watson 
Steve Wrubel

Event Chairs

Tanya McVeigh Peterson
Timothy Wu

Event Co-Chairs

Lloyd Dean, President & CEO, Catholic Health Care West
Tessie Guillermo, President & CEO, ZeroDivide
Michael Martin, President & Founder MMG Foundation/VTS 

Host Committee

Vicki and Bill Bentley
Margaret and Todd Bradley
Shelley Bransten and Rotem Perelmuter
Dale Brown/Boucheron USA
David Buckholtz
Jennifer and Matthew Cook
Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan
Nick Donatiello
Holly and Jim Farrell
Christine and Curtis Gardner 
Doug Hagan
Dr. Jeff and Carole Shorenstein Hays 
Image Guided Therapeutics
Brenda and George Jewett, Jr.
Pamela Joyner and Fred Guiffrida
Dr. Stephen and Carole Krause
Dr. John Lau and John Hoffman
Kristine and Mike McCarthy
Penelope and John Murray
Anurag (Anu) Nigam
Glenn Perry/The Bhatia Perry Group at Merrill Lynch
Mary and MacGregor Read
Wade and Madelene Rose
St. Mary’s Pathology Associates
Ken Steele
Laura and Joe Sweeney
Thurman and Eileen White
Kim and Scott Wilkinson
Brenda Wright   
Jonathan and Dr. Janice Hansen Zakin

In-kind

Robert Fountain
Hewlett-Packard Company
Lorenz & Avelar Photography
Prevalent Design
Whitneyfusion Events

Dress Code

Casual Chic

Visual Thinking Strategies Video

VTS is a student-centered, research-based teaching method that uses art to build the capacity to observe, think, listen, and communicate. To view a typical VTS lesson, click on the video below