Exclusive artwork donated by artists such as Sir Peter Blake and Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park are to be auctioned at a special fundraising dinner in Bath to support disadvantaged young people in the city and across the South West.
The event on November 30 is hosted by The Prince’s Trust and sponsored by The AA and Coutts & Co. It will give art-lovers a chance to view and then bid on work not available to the public.
As well works by English pop artist Sir Peter Blake CBE – best known for co-creating the iconic sleeve design for the Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – and Nick Park CBE, other artists to have donated to the event include Anita Klein, one of the most collected printmakers working in Britain today, and Daisy Sims Hilditch, who was recently selected for the BP Awards at the National Portrait Gallery and has been exhibited at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters on The Mall.
The fourth Prince’s Trust Evening of Art is to be held in the Assembly Rooms and will include a three-course dinner and entertainment as well as the live auction.
Previous art auction events organised by The Prince’s Trust have raised £231,000, which has been used by the youth charity to help young people in the South West get into work, training or education.
The Trust aims to support 60,000 new young people across the UK, helping to give them the skills and confidence to find a job.
Tickets for the Evening of Art are £1,500 for a table of 10, including a champagne reception and three-course dinner.
For more information, or to purchase tickets, email Jack Lewis jack.lewis@princes-trust.org.uk or call 0117 943 4942.
Pictured: Donated work by Nick Park, top, and Anita Klein