Pitching in: Art auction to fundraise for HIV/AIDS

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Since the first auction in 1993, Art With Heart has raised more than $15-million for Casey House

Attendees view art that will be auctioned off during Art With Heart, hosted by Casey House on Oct. 3. This will be the 30th year for the event which helps those living with or at risk of HIV.A few years after Casey House opened in 1988 as Canada’s first treatment facility for people living with HIV/AIDS, Toronto art dealer Paul Conway and realtor Richard Silver came up with an idea for a fundraising event.

“It started off as kind of a real, what I would call, rambunctious, drunken affair,” he recalled with a laugh. “Where I came from in the art auction business, art auctions were pretty staid kind of formal, conservative events.”

 

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