Chelsea Arts Club Trust hosts a variety of events to support and celebrate art and design, raise awareness of the Trust, and raise funds. Many of our more spectacular fundraising events have been kindly hosted by the Chelsea Arts Club.
Charity Auctions
“The Body Clothed in Art”
& Fashion Frenzy Catwalk Show
‘Grande Finale’ Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Silent Auction of over 100 canvases of original artwork by Club Member Artists and famous fashion designer items in aid of the Chelsea Arts Club Trust and the AGBI
The Exquisite Corpse
The Chelsea Arts Club 2009 Annual Group Show
6th October – 2nd November 2009 @ The Chelsea Arts Club
Private View 6:30pm Tues Oct 6th 2009
Proceeds from the auction of works in the show to be donated to Chelsea Arts Club Trust and the AGBI
Salon du Thé
6:30pm Wednesday 8th July 2009 @ The Chelsea Arts Club
Gala Garden Party and Charity Auction of Artist’s decorated teacups and saucers
In aid of Chelsea Arts Club Trust and the
Artist’s General Benevolent Institution (AGBI)
Fu*k Me Shoes – 29th June 2006
In aid of Chelsea Arts Club Trust, AGBI, and Trinity Hospice.
Auction of high heeled shoes designed by iconic footwear designer Terry de Havilland and customised by distinguished artist-members of the Chelsea Arts Club.
Shoes displayed in a burlesque entertainment by Pigalle.
Artists: Sir Peter Blake, Sandra Blow, Gus Cummins, Peter Edwards, Richard Evans, Christian Furr, Rupert Gatfield, Stuart Luke Gatherer, Patrick Hughes, Bill Jacklin, Allen Jones, Sarah Lucas, Bruce Maclean, Brendan Neiland, Ollie and Susie, Frank Phelan, David Shrigley, Donald Smith, Ralph Steadman, Stella Vine.
Amount Raised for The Trust: £26,655
Take Your Seats – Mar 13th 2007 In aid of Chelsea Arts Club Trust and the AGBI.
Auction of Regency style chairs and Phillipe Starck’s ‘Ghost’ Chairs customised by distinguished members of the Chelsea Arts Club. Entertainment by Pigalle.
View gallery
View Take Your Seats Website
Amount Raised for The Trust: £45,011
Lunches and Dinners
Sir Peter Blake Dinner – March 15th 2007
A dinner and charity auction in honour of Sir Peter Blake. Sir Peter Blake and Brad Faine/Coriander Press generously donated a suite of prints which were auctioned in aid of Chelsea Arts Club Trust. Guests at the event included Paul Weller, Sir David Puttnam and Sir Paul McCartney amongst others.
Amount Raised: £27,352
Albert Irvin Dinner – March 10th 2009
A dinner in honour of distinguished abstract painter Albert Irvin.
Born in 1922, Albert ‘Bert’ Irvin studied fine art at Northampton between 1940-41. He then served as a navigator in the Royal Air force, resuming his studies at Goldsmiths College London from 1946 to 1950, where he later taught between 1962 and 1983. Bert’s first solo exhibition was held in London in 1960 and a major retrospective of his work was held at the Serpentine Gallery in 1990. Bert’s highly coloured works are fresh and full of energy. A group of his large canvases are currently on show at Tate Britain.
Gala Dinner in Honour of Professor Ken Howard OBE RA – Monday March 14th 2011
Hosted by Chelsea Arts Club Trust and Artist General Benevolent Institution.
The event was held in The Billiards Room at the Chelsea Arts Club and the theme was Venetian Mask and Black Tie
Exhibitions
Chelsea Arts Club Trust Travel Awards – April 30th – May 14th 2007
Exhibition by recipients of CAC Trust Travel Awards at the Chelsea Arts Club.
Chelsea Arts Club Trust Travel Awards – June 2nd – July 1st 2008
Exhibition by recipients of CAC Trust Travel Awards at the Chelsea Arts Club.
Chelsea Arts Club Trust Special Projects Awards – November 1st – November 8th 2010
Exhibition by recipients of CAC Trust Special Projects Awards at
the Chelsea Arts Club. View Gallery
Donald Smith – Acid Aalto – 29.03.11 – 01.05.11
Exhibition by the Chair of the Trustees of CAC Trust held at the Chelsea Arts Club. Amount raised: £1000
Jodie Carey ‘Somewhere Nowhere’ – 20 May – 19 June 2011
Jodie Carey’s solo show, ‘Somewhere, Nowhere’ presents the results of the first Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea/Chelsea Arts Club Trust Studio Award alongside new work made for Pump House Gallery.
‘Somewhere, Nowhere’ centres around ideas of time, memory and materiality. The focus is on a transitory, ephemeral and corporeal beauty, evoking notions of time passing, memories fading, absence and loss. Materials such as blood, bone and ash become pigments that stain the floor and mark the walls.
Guided Walks
A series of guided walks by architect and former Chairman of the Chelsea Society,
David Le Lay, in aid of Chelsea Arts Club Trust.
Modernist Chelsea – 26th June 2006
Whistler’s Chelsea – 31st July 2006
Chelsea Park – June 11th 2007
Working Class Chelsea – June 25th 2007
Money raised for Trust £822