SLO County News BlogGolf, Wine, Real Estate, Business & Travel NewsMozart Festival fundraiserMonday, March 13, 2006A local fundraiser will have you "seeing" a different tune.Central Coast artists are teaming up with musicians for a memorable Mozart fundraiser. Tune your eyes into 12 violins, each hand-painted by different artists. The musical instruments were made into artists' canvases. Sharon Pescatore made a collage out of her violin. "The theme of this was 'internal moneys,' for the most part. The inspiration came from some Italian Lira that I found in my father in-law's belongings, as I was going through that, and it was just really beautiful, beautiful money," says Pescatore. These violins were real, and not a surface Pescatore was accustomed to. "To deface it. Yes, that was really difficult to get past that finish, on a finished piece of a musical instrument," she says. But out of the unusual, comes extraordinary art. "They're wonderful. They're all unique. I think this has been a great opportunity for us to bring in the visual arts with the performing arts," says Violin Committee Chair Dwyne Willis. The campaign celebrates Mozart's 250th Birthday, and the violins will be auctioned off to raise money for the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival. The idea came from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, and it proved to be so popular and successful there, that it had to be tried here. Each violin is one of a kind, not just because of the unique finish, but because it is signed by both the artists, and the artists... The Mozart Festival musicians autograph the violins too. The touring exhibition kicks off Wednesday in Templeton, and bids for the violins can be placed in person, or online. Organizers of the Mozart fundraiser hope to raise $50,000 by April 29. For more information, check out www.mozartfestival.com, or call (805) 781-3009. Read More
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