Actually – the official line was “BlogHer + Kirtsy + You = A Stroke of Genius” – but my subject line was getting a little long.
This year, Kirtsy is teaming up with BlogHer to add art and fund raising to the Voices of the Year Gala at BlogHer 2010 (taking place August 6-7 in NYC). It will now be the Voices of the Year Gala and Art Auction, “curated” by Kirtsy.
Immediately after the community keynote, at a reception and Gala, the Kirtsy team and BlogHer are “working to transform the words and images of the keynoters into healing action for the Gulf Coast, with an auction of inspiring works that will live on after the conference, raising money to help fund the long-term recovery efforts the Gulf will need.”
The Gala space will also be a gallery featuring custom-commissioned art works that evoke the spirit of the Voices of the Year finalists. Then the works will be auctioned off post-conference, with proceeds benefiting the Nature Conservancy, “so that BlogHer ‘10, and everyone there, has the opportunity to contribute in some part to what will be a long recovery process for the Gulf.”
Want to be one of the artist who contribute to this effort? Well of course you do! BlogHer is huge and Kirtsy is becoming quite the online force to be reckoned with…so it’s an opportunity to get some incredible exposure.
Contact the Kirtsy team via e-mail to tell them you’d like to be a participating artist (see link below for a page with full details, including a link to the e-mail address).
And in the meantime, read more about the event on the Kirtsy blog and on BlogHer.
*Images via Kirtsy.