Each year, first-year students in the Bachelor in Art Expertise and Trade organize an auction whose proceeds go to emerging art. This year is a bit special: because of the health crisis, the students in charge of the sale had to rethink it; this year the proceeds will go to associations connected with nursing homes and animal protection.
Elliot Joffre is one of the students in charge of the sale. He introduces the project to us:
Can You Introduce the IESA vs Covid Project?
This sale is a modification of our initial project, which aimed to showcase an artist under 30. Indeed, this sale was intended to fund the Juvenars-IESA Prize, which each year rewards the work of a young artist without a gallery. Given recent events, we chose to change our approach and hold a sale benefiting several associations. It is a project we care about enormously, as it will be the culmination of nearly a semester of work.
How Do You Go About Collecting the Works?
Through our personal network, our professor’s, and IESA’s, we reach out to galleries and artists to ask them to donate works. We try to travel as often as possible so that our donors do not have to handle it themselves.
What Is Your Role Within the Group?
My role was fairly minor compared to some of my classmates, but I am involved in the communications around the event
Why Did You Choose to Donate the Funds to Several Associations?
To be frank, we chose several associations because we did not all have the same wish. This will let us give to associations that may not have received enough donations during this crisis and that need them more than ever today.
