Fighting Below the Belt Cancers With Art

Los Angeles, CA, October 26, 2015 (Newswire.com) -  The Lurie Gallery located in the Art District is now hosting the " Once Upon A Time : Night Owl, " wooden sculpture series Volume 4, custom created by Lex Lumiere for Camille Grammer, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, cancer survivor and Chair of the 2015 National Race to End Women's Cancer for silent auction with proceeds to benefit the Foundation for Women's Cancer, through November 14, 2015. 

The " Once Upon A Time " series of seven wooden sculptures are custom painted in oil and created specifically for charity auctions by the award winning artist Lex Lumiere. The first three wooden sculptures were auctioned off earlier in the year for Artists for Charity, which operates a children's home for HIV-positive children. On October 3rd, 2015, Once Upon A Time : Authentic Self Love was auctioned for the HRC National Dinner in Washington, DC with Vice President Joe Biden. On November 7, 2015 Once Upon A Time : Heart Chakra, created as a tribute to the Barrymore family will be on silent auction at the 2015 GLAAD Gala San Francisco. Volume 7, the last in the " Once Upon A Time " series will be auctioned off in New York City for another charity in December. The art sculptures are popular, as the inside of the sculpture is filled with unique and rare Madonna Memorabilia spanning a 30 year collection. The sculptures are sealed shut and the contents remain a surprise awaiting the winning bidder.  

" Below the belt cancers effect 90,000 women every year, art is a powerful tool we can use to help educate people and raise awareness for a cure. "

Lex Lumiere, Artist

Lex Lumiere has artwork published in America At The Millennium, Best Photos of the 20th Century, by The International Library of Photography and in The Exposure Award, Photography Collection, from her participation at the Louvre showcase in July of 2015 with SeeMe out of NYC. Lex is recognized as one of the most prominent Latin artists of our era since Frida Kahlo. Originally from Texas, Lumiere is the grandchild of late award winning painter, Bea Cricchio; the first Latina female inducted into the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and Kodak Camera Craftsman, Fuji Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, and Honorary Master of Photographic Arts Frank Cricchio. Lumiere carries on her families creative mission, to empower charitable causes through art. Lex’s photographs represent a legacy of artistic success for American photography and art collectors as she is a fifth generation descendent of one of the last historically recorded art families from the United States that immigrated from Spain, France, Mexico and Italy. Lex Lumiere is also executive producer of the television series Art4Charity, and President of Charity Network News, a broadcasting education company dedicated to spotlighting philanthropists, registered 501c3 non-profits, celebrities and every day people doing positive work in their communities and in the world. 

Lurie Gallery was established in the early 1980’s in New York’s East Village by Bruce Lurie who gave Jean-Michel Basquiat his first art show. The LA gallery has a particular focus on establishing emerging to mid-career artists specializing in Abstract minimalism to Pop Art with an additional recent focus on photography and features a wide range of monumental sculptors as well.  Bids for the " Once Upon A Time : Night Owl, " artwork can be placed at the gallery upon viewing or online. The silent auction ends at midnight on November 14th, 2015.  

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Lurie Gallery
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