{"id":1548,"date":"2026-09-16T14:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1548"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:02:20","slug":"call-for-artists-artists-for-aaron-gies-a-silent-auction","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/event\/call-for-artists-artists-for-aaron-gies-a-silent-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Artists! Artists for Aaron Gies: A Silent Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Zz8cRjFg7HkUwuf6rMFh9HUTShFzGwMyStDbK9nl8_U\/edit?tab=t.0\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<b>CALL FOR ARTISTS<\/b> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artists for Aaron Gies: A Silent Auction<\/p>\n<p>Artists across WNY and the Southern Tier are invited to support free speech, community, and the common good by donating to a fundraiser at a community town hall for Aaron Gies for Congress. Until now, politics has never played a role in many of our lives, but now we are all feeling the seismic shift in our rights and freedoms.\u00a0 Aaron Gies represents the common good: healthy communities and leadership without fear, intimidation, or corruption. Together, participating artists can transform a grassroots political fundraiser into an engaging celebration of the arts and the people who make our community vibrant.<\/p>\n<p><b>Goals of the Event:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">To showcase the extraordinary talents of artists in our community.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Help local artists to reach new audiences.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Highlight the importance of art in supporting a diverse and innovative Democracy.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Support civic engagement by bringing people together in conversation around common values.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Raise money to help Aaron Gies unseat the current MAGA congressman representing a NY district that directly impacts Buffalo, Lake Erie, WNY, and the Southern Tier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Forum:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Artists are invited to participate in an on-line auction followed by an evening celebrating their art, creativity, and civic engagement on<\/p>\n<p>October 10th at the<\/p>\n<p>UAW Local 897 Union Hall<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/i3Ws3y8hiUsRUz386\">3796 Lakeshore Rd<\/a>, Buffalo NY\u00a0 14219<\/p>\n<p><b>Categories of Art:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We invite artists and fine craftsmen working with any medium to participate. This includes performance, consumable, and visual art.\u00a0 The art offered may be a contract to be fulfilled at a later date, such as a meal, lesson, performance or portrait painting. \u00a0 Visual art will be on display for the final physical auction, as will the description of other offered artistic service.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Participate:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Please see the attached sample agreement and donation forms. We will send forms specific for your donation and a link to the auction website.\u00a0 If you would like to participate please email, text or call<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen King\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:king3376@gmail.com\">king3376@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0 (216-905-1331)\u00a0 or<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Joslyn \u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:joslynkelly42@gmail.com\">joslynkelly42@gmail.com<\/a> (716-499-4018)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CALL FOR ARTISTS Artists for Aaron Gies: A Silent Auction Artists across WNY and the Southern Tier are invited to support free speech, community, and the common good by donating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-1548","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1550,"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1548\/revisions\/1550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1548"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acdcny.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=1548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}