THE JUNIOR CHAMBER AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL IS ORGANISING A MODERN ART EXHIBITION IN AID OF UNICEF. THE ART WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC DURING A ONE-WEEK EXHIBITION IN THE ZUIDERKERK IN AMSTERDAM FROM THE 5TH TO THE 9TH OF APRIL. THE DONATED ARTWORKS WILL THEN BE AUCTIONED AT A GALA DINNER ON THE 15TH OF APRIL IN AMSTERDAM.

ART EXHIBITION: The Exhibition will take place in the Zuiderkerk in downtown Amsterdam from 5-9 April and will showcase the works of 36 talented, up-and-coming artists. You can view the art in our online gallery on the Artists page.

Public Opening: 5 April, 16:00 to 18:00. Exhibition opening hours: 5 and 6 April: 9:00-16:00 7/8/9 April: 10:00-17:00. Admission to the Opening and Exhibition is free.

Tickets will be on sale for a raffle of a haute couture custom-made dress designed by LAURINDO and valued at over 6000 euro. LAURINDO is a fashion enterprise and label with an exclusive avant-garde look of social awareness that designs creations for people with style, character and personality. Love is a given for LAURINDO, it is a story of Love and Respect, Quality and exclusivity, beauty and integrity, freedom and equality, purity and loyalty, class and style.

Also available are catalogues signed by many of the artists, postcards signed by the top 3 artists, and much more...

For more information please contact our Exhibition Coordinators Judith van Beckhoven: artist-project@jciai.nl, tel +31 62 674 0650 and Frederic da Silva: artist-project@jciai.nl, tel +33 61 861 1046.

JCI AND UNICEF

Every child should receive a primary education. This goal was set in 2000 by the United Nations as a part of the Millennium Development Goals. Unicef works at achieving primary education for all children around the world before 2015. Proceeds from the art auction will be donated to Unicef as part of JCI’s contribution to realizing this goal. Click here for more information on Unicef's education goal.

While trying to raise as much money as possible for Unicef, the project gives young artists the chance of a lifetime to launch themselves in the professional world of art. By donating a work of art, artists from all over Europe get the opportunity to present their work at an exhibition and have it sold as part of an auction led by Sotheby’s. Art works will be selected by a prestigious committee including Helen Sainsbury (Tate Modern in London) and Fausto Colombo (curator of the Triennale di Milano).

Art for Aid lies entirely in the hands of volunteers and volunteering commercial organisations. Various businesses in Amsterdam, such as Sotheby’s Auction House and the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky have offered their support.

Smaller entrepreneurs in and around the Netherlands also get a chance to contribute to Art for Aid. We are asking businesses and galleries in the city centre to become involved in any way they can—please visit our sponsor page for more information on how to get involved! All contributors get the opportunity to show their commitment to Unicef and their involvement with the goal of educating children.

The Junior Chamber International is an organisation for young entrepreneurs with almost 200 000 active members in over 100 countries. ART for AID is the inaugral project of the English-speaking JCI chapter in Amsterdam.

WE INVITE YOU TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE PAGES OF THIS WEBSITE. HERE, YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS GET AN IDEA OF THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.