Solidarity is a Verb / Raffle Night

Artists Talk, Choir performance, Raffle Draw with the chance of winning original artworks, charity fundraising event
About this Event

Solidarity is a Verb fundraiser raffle

Faiz Abubakr, Hafifa Ahmed, Hamza Ashraf, Finn Dobson, Seanna Doonan, Omer Elnour, Saba Siddiqui have generously donated artworks for a fundraising exhibition in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians, Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network and UN Crisis Relief Fund for Sudan.

How does it work

Donationa page: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/artclubchristmasfundraiser

Every £5 donated will get you a raffle ticket (we assing this automatically on a spreadsheet). The more you donate the more are the chances to win an original artwork.

We wish winners to take away the artworks on the day after the raffle. IMPORTANT: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.. Donations to the platform are optional just click on 'Custom Donation' and put £0 if you do not want to add an extra donation.

People in the UK can donate and we will ship the work, we can't send the artworks outside of the country, so come visit us or ask a friend to bring it over :).

The Raffle Night

The 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟖 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 6.30-10pm at the Hyde Park Book Club, 27-29 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 1BL England.

There will be a conversation with the curator Saba Siddiqui and some of the artists, poetry readings, a talk by LASSN, a performance by Commoners Choir and the number draw.

The big thanks

We wish to thank the participating artists for donating their work for the solidarity raffle and our network of collaborators:

Hyde Park Book Club

Hyde Park Stitch Club

Common Threads

Peepal Tree Press

Pluto Press

Sudan Art Archive

Leeds Palestinian Film Festival

Radical Reading Group

Commoners Choir

Leeds Asylum Seekers Network

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Sudan Humanitarian Fund (part of UN crisis relief)

Care 4 Calais Leeds

Leeds Refugee Forum

Agenda

🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:15 PM
Saba Siddiqui in conversation with the artists
🕑: 07:15 PM - 07:30 PM
Talk by Jon Beech (Leeds Asylum Seekers Network)
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Commoners Choir (outside)
🕑: 08:00 PM - 08:15 PM
break
🕑: 08:15 PM - 08:30 PM
Poetry reading
🕑: 08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
break
🕑: 09:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Live Raffle Draw