Benefit For Bamboo in Seattle December 16, 2005

Roq la Rue
presents

Benefit For Bamboo
December 16th 6-9pm
a one night only art show with ALL proceeds
going to The NARN Bamboo fund.

With works by:
Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Todd Schorr, Kathy Schorr, Alex Gross, Scott Musgrove, Pooch, Joshua Petker, Andrew Brandou, Ryan Heshka, Joe Vollan, Yumiko Kayukawa, Krystof Nemeth, Jessica McCourt, Derek Nobbs, Rik Garrett, Kipling West, Travis Louie and more.....

Roq la Rue is throwing a holiday party and hosting a special ONE NIGHT ONLY art show with ALL proceeds going to the Northwest Animal Rights Network fund for Bamboo the elephant. Bamboo, a resident of Woodland Park Zoo for 36 or so years, began to exhibit signs of extreme stress and unhappiness. The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee offered to take Bamboo and offer her a better life, on their own dime, but the WP Zoo decided to send her to Point Defiance Zoo instead (where she still seems to exhibit stress and agitation). We feel this is an injustice and smacks of politics rather than true concern for this majestic creature's health and well being. We feel if more people were aware of the situation we could get Bamboo moved to the Sanctuary where she'd be loved and taken care of, with thousands of acres to roam instead of the one acre she has now. All funds raised will be used to raise awareness about Bamboo's welfare in our community.

So- we got some of the big stars in the Pop Surrealism scene as well as a wealth of local talent to donate works for the cause! We will be selling work Friday night from 6-9pm. First come, first served. No works will be pre-sold. Buyers must be present at the fundraiser. If you are out of town and interested in an artist shoot us an email...we'll hook you up if we can!
Please come and support Bamboo! Buy art or just come and have some drinks and delicious snacks and throw a fiver in the pot for Bamboo!

More info:
Learn about Bamboo! http://www.narn.org/FreeBamboo/
The Elephant Sanctuary http://www.elephants.com
Roq La Rue http://www.roqlarue.com