If you go
* What: Benefit art sale for Nickels for Nepal.* Where: Braxton Mill Artisans, 8719 Hixson Pike.* Store hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.* Phone: 423-596-9217.* Email: chockert@comcast.net.* Website: NickelsForNepal.org.
After readying 96 pieces of art for viewing last week, Christine Hockert thought she was finished. Then 50 more pieces rolled in.
No matter. She was pleased to have the additional works, all gifted to her by the artists for a sale benefiting Nickels for Nepal. Hockert is chairman of the board of the Chattanooga-based nonprofit, which works in partnership with the Gamma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Iota, a professional organization of teachers, to raise funds for schoolchildren in remote regions of the South Asian country.
Most of the artworks are from two prolific and philanthropic artists. Ernest Barnes of Tampa, Florida, has donated watercolor works in a variety of sizes, and Larry Bullington of The Master’s Studio in Chattanooga has donated various mixed-media pieces.
“There are also some original artworks that I picked up during my travels to Nepal, Morocco and Japan for sale,” Hockert says.