CHAIRity Project by Arizona State University Interior Design Students
to Benefit the Family Advocacy Center
Fourth-year interior design students at Arizona State University's College of Design are challenged to design and build a chair that is both inspired by an artist or artistic movement, and makes a statement about the impact of domestic violence on families.
The project is under the direction of faculty associate Marci Lange, FM Solutions, and Tom Witt, acting chair, ASU Department of Interior Design.
The project is an annual event organized by the City of Phoenix Family Advocacy Center Fundraising Committee, including representatives from IIDA, US Business Interiors, BlueCross BlueShield of Arizona, the city of Phoenix, FM Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix Woman magazine and HDR. The event honorary chair is Phoenix City Councilwoman Peggy Neely. The 11 chairs will be sold at the upcoming CHAIRity Benefit Dinner and all proceeds go to benefit the city's Family Advocacy Center.
The designs of the chairs are unique and inspiring. The students are given the challenge of designing and building the chairs in only one month with a budget of $100. This project is particularly important to the students and is their way of giving back to the community through design.
In an effort to increase awareness about domestic violence and the Family Advocacy Center, the Southwest Chapter of the International Interior Design Association lends its professional talent and financial support through a scholarship awarded to the winning chair design team voted top of the class. The signature "chair" art will be on display at the Phoenix City Hall atrium prior to the CHAIRity event and featured at a silent auction at the event. Please come congratulate the ASU student artists and support the city of Phoenix Family Advocacy Center.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
Sept. 24 - Nov. 1, 2007: Student chairs on display at the ASU Architecture Gallery
Nov. 2 - First Fridays event - Chairs on display at Phoenix Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N. Central Ave.
Nov. 5 - 15: Chairs on display at Phoenix City Hall atrium, 200 W. Washington St.
Nov. 15: CHAIRity Benefit Dinner and Display at the Phoenix Art Museum
Family Advocacy Center Mission: To provide comprehensive services
to victims and their families who are affected by crime, including domestic
violence and sexual abuse, in a safe, comforting and supportive environment.
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for more information.
If you would like to make any donations to the City of Phoenix Family Advocacy
Center, please send them to 2120 N. Central Ave., Suite 250, Phoenix, AZ, 85004 or call 602-534-3072. We appreciate your continuous support.
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