Leading South African artists including Norman Catherine, Sam Nhlengethwa and Beezy Bailey join Jonny Wilkinson, Arsenal FC and Aston Martin to design one-off chairs for CHIVA AFRICA Aids Charity Auction at Bonhams in London.
Stunning hand-painted and upholstered one-off chairs by 30 stars, designers, artists and celebrities, will be auctioned online at www.chiva-africa.org/sittingpretty culminating in a live auction at Bonhams in London on March 15th 2016. Funds raised will support the work of CHIVA Africa – a leading AIDS charity focused on improving the lives of children and teenagers living with HIV in South Africa.
The auction will begin online from 26th Feb at www.chiva-africa.org/sittingpretty and conclude at Bonham’s on 15th March. Absentee and remote bidding will be available throughout the live auction on 15th March.
South African Artists/designers in support are:
Norman Catherine
Sam Nhlengethwa
Beezy Bailey / Jessica Dorrington Collaboration
Vanashree Singh
Kimberley Gundle
Simone Krok
Rozanne Bell
Porcupine Rocks
British Artists/designers supporting this initiative are:
Arsenal FC
Aston Martin
Jonny Wilkinson
Emma Vicountess Weymouth: of Longleat
Victoria Baker Harber and Mark Francis Vandelli of Made in Chelsea fame
Sorapol
Daniel Lismore
Nicky Clarke and Kelly Simpkin
Maureen Lipman
Squint Limited
Dr. Ranj Singh
Sinitta
Tricia Guild
Deborah Azzopardi
David Bent
Silia Tung
Samson Soboye
Giovanni Bedin
Sam Edkins
One of the artists, Norman Catherine, comments: “I am happy to lend my support and my artistic skills to this amazing charity. They do such worthwhile work among children and young people in South Africa who are given a fighting chance of a good life, thanks to them. I do hope you will join in bidding for these wonderful and unique chairs to enable a generation living with HIV to fulfill their potential.”
About CHIVA Africa: In South Africa, hundreds of thousands of children and adolescents are living with HIV. CHIVA Africa sends teams of highly skilled volunteer doctors, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists and dietitians from South Africa and the UK to provide targeted, on-site mentoring, teaching, assessment and quality improvement support to health facilities across South Africa. By sharing their knowledge and experience they greatly increase the impact of local frontline staff help them to achieve their ultimate goal – a long and healthy life for all children and adolescents.
www.chiva-africa.org/sitting-pretty
Stephen Harvey, CHIVA Africa’s CEO says: “We work with the South African health facilities, providing on-site mentoring and teaching to improve the skills and knowledge of the local healthcare workers on the frontline of South Africa’s HIV epidemic, supporting their efforts to achieve a long and healthy life for all children and adolescents with HIV.”
For more information, please contact:
Heidi Nathan: Director, CHIVA Africa
Mobile: heidi.nathan@chiva-africa.org
Tel: +44 (0) 208 2099100 or +44 (0) 7957 873301
or
Heather Cunningham: SA Artists & Event Team, CHIVA Africa
Email: heathergreig@gmail.com
Mobile: +44 (0) 7833 757643
