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What Art of Life: Canvas for Kidz
Where Mason Murer Fine Art
Why The art auction benefited Big Boi’s Big Kidz Foundation, which helps kids become socially conscious through cultural experiences. Attendees gathered to check out paintings by local celebs such as Real Housewives of Atlanta cast members Lisa Wu Hartwell and Phaedra Parks, as well as Mayor Kasim Reed. Also contributing works were George Clinton, T.I., and Janelle Monae—all of whom are featured on the rap star’s new solo album, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. So did Big Boi bolt the studio door until he got commitments from his celeb friends? “Naw, it wasn’t like that!” he said. “We support each other here in Atlanta. That’s why Atlanta has the ball right now when it comes to music.”
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In Other News

Party Preview: Art on the Block

The inaugural Midtown Festival of the Arts opens with a cocktail party and art auction September 24 at the Loews hotel in Midtown. The auction will feature thirty stools, chairs, and tables “Bedazzled” by local artists such as Linda Curtis and Jeffrey Stone.   “It’s a way for younger patrons to build an art collection with affordable yet functional pieces that will appreciate in value,” says event head Leslie Johnson. “Who doesn’t wish they had ...

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Rich's Tips

>> Developer Ben Carter paid tribute to his late friend Bruce Cohen by stepping in as toastmaster at the wedding of Cohen’s daughter, Kelley, at Colorado’s C Lazy U Ranch. Cohen was CEO of construction supplier Southern GF Company.
>> Tuxedo Road is abuzz about the April 30, 2011, Swan House Ball save-the-dates, which reveal that for the first time, the Atlanta History Center benefit will be cochaired by a black female—child advocate Lovette Russell—and a man, Wilmington Trust’s D. Jack Sawyer Jr.


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