ART Happening and C3 Fundraiser a Huge Success!

C3's second ART Happening and Fundraiser at the Haymarket Cafe on Friday night was a massive success, raising over $4,000! Hundreds of people crammed their way into the cafe to take in the incredible visual art, join the audience at a raucous reading by some of the area's best up and coming and established spoken word artists, eat delicious food, partake in a glass of wine or two and dance their tails off into the wee hours.

Thanks to all the people who made the event's success possible:

• Everyone who came to the event!!
• The visual artists Tasha Robbins, Dan Towers and Donn Boulanger.
• The spoken word artists Leah Banks, Shira Erlichman, Jamila Gore, Adam Gottlieb, Amina Jordan Mendez, Kerry O'Keefe, Naimah Petigny and Anthony O. Wilson.
• DJs Brando and Douglas Hernandez.
  
• C3 interns Aliya Bonar, Haley Morgan, Sophie Wood and Elisa Loeser.
• C3 Board members Juan Carlos Aguilar, Norma Akamatsu, Andrea Ayvazian, Lori Divine-Hudson, Jennifer Ladd, Gina Nortonsmith, Jeff Rosen, Peter Simpson and Ruth Trujillo-Acosta.
  
• storefront ART curatorial committee members Oceanna Shawanda, Jennifer Orozco, Megan LaBonte and Derek Goodwin.
• All the volunteers who helped cover all the bases on Friday night!
• A big thanks to C3 Program Director Julia Handschuh who worked incredibly hard to pull it all together!

Thanks to storefront ART funders and supporters:

• The Northampton Arts Council
• The Art Angels
• A.P.E.
  

Thanks to storefront ART partner the Northampton Center for the Arts

Thanks to our event sponsors:

• The Northampton Brewery
• Spoleto
  
• Sierra Grille
• Martignetti Liquors
• And a huge thanks to event host, the Haymarket Cafe and its owner and C3 board member Peter Simpson, who made such a huge investment of time, money and resources in helping make this event so successful.

All of these people, organizations and local businesses did their part to help make our ART Happening and C3 fundraiser successful beyond our wildest expectations. If you were a part of it--Thank you! If you could not make it, it's not too late to show your support for C3. Please visit our website today and make a donation. Your contribution will help C3 as we work to strengthen our community by supporting local nonprofits and artists! Thank you!