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HONOREES:
Below, from left, Carlos Portugal,
director of East
Side Story and recipient of the “Plant A Seed”
Filmmaker Grant; Sean Bugg, editor
of Metro
Weekly; Scott Van Hove; and
representatives of the Baltimore-based philanthropy Brother
Help Thyself, which recently topped $2 million in grants awarded to
regional glbt groups.
’07 GALA PIX | ’06 GALA PIX | PHOTOS BY DEB DUNCAN
Tim Tate glasswork survives intact
at One In Ten charity auction
The power of withering looks and sarcastic remarks
A Tim Tate glass sculpture titled The
Heart of St. Sebastian went
home safely May 12 with its winning bidder at the second “Walk
the Red Carpet” gala, the annual fundraiser for the gay and lesbian
arts group One In Ten.
“We were aware of the unfortunate theft of a Tate work at another gala,
and we paid special attention to our security,” said David
de la Tour, the gala’s co-chair. “We surrounded the piece with experienced
crowd watchers. Suspicious types were hit with withering looks and precision
sarcasm, which in the right combination can repel just about anybody.”
About 300 people attended the event at the Hotel Palomar in the Dupont Circle
neighborhood of Washington, DC, and bid in both silent and live auctions.
The Tate piece sold for $2,300 during the live auction. The evening took
in $35,200 for One In Ten, which produces the “Reel
Affirmations” lesbian
and gay film festival, nights of lgbt comedy and other lgbt arts events.
During the gala, One In Ten Executive Director Margaret
Murray presented
the Reel Affirmations’ “Plant A Seed” Filmmaker Grant
to
Carlos Portugal, director of East
Side Story, and gave
its appreciation awards to:
- Randy Shulman and Sean Bugg, publisher
and editor of Metro Weekly, the community’s event and entertainment
bible, for their newspaper’s
consistent and enthusiastic support of lgbt arts;
- Scott Van Hove and Dierck Casselman, a past president of One In Ten’s
board, for their work with and support of One In Ten through the past
several years; and
- Brother Help Thyself, a Baltimore-based philanthropy that gives thousands
of dollars in grants each year to local lgbt groups, including One In
Ten.
One In Ten Mission Statement
One In Ten is dedicated to education and cultural activism
on behalf of gay and lesbian people. One In Ten seeks to nurture the
aesthetics, consciousness, and cultural legacy of this community.
One In Ten is a non-profit 501(c)(3) membership-based
organization. One In Ten is non-partisan, non-sectarian, and respects
the diversity of backgrounds and ideologies of members of the gay and
lesbian community.
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