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November 2012For immediate release
Graduate hosts silent auction for World AIDS Day
A Leeds Metropolitan University graduate is set to host an art
show and silent
auction to celebrate the first anniversary of his HIV charity,
aptART
(Awareness and Prevention through Art), and to mark World AIDS
Day.
Nick Renn Nichol graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Peace
Studies and
International Relations in 2008 and established aptART with
Samantha
Robinson in 2011. aptART is an organisation of artists,
activists and
educators working to engage vulnerable children worldwide in the
arts through
interactive workshops, public murals and exhibitions.
The free event will showcase work produced through aptARTs work
in
Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo, helping
children to
address the HIV and AIDS epidemic and ongoing conflict affecting
their
communities. It will take place at Leeds Metropolitans
Broadcasting Place
building on Thursday 29 November from 5-9pm and will include a
drinks
reception. The exhibition will remain open until Sunday 2
December.
Nick commented: aptArt has had an amazing first year. To see the
work on
the ground is amazing. The children really come to life and
hopefully we are
providing a fun, rewarding way to raise awareness of this
crucial
challenge. Every child that leaves an aptArt project
understanding the risk
from HIV/AIDS is one step forward in the global challenge to
combat this
epidemic.
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Dr Alex Nunn, Head of Politics and Applied Global Ethics at
Leeds
Metropolitan and former tutor of Nick, added: aptArts success
over the first
year is proof of what can be achieved with a good idea, hard
work and
dedication to a good cause. Mozambique has one of the highest
HIV/AIDS
prevalence rates in the world. UNICEF estimates that around 1.6
million
Mozambicans are living with HIV or AIDS, more than 90,000 of
them are
children under 15. Raising the awareness of children before they
reach
sexual maturity is crucial to controlling the problem. It is
immensely satisfying
to see one of our graduates taking on this challenge and really
proves the
value of the courses we teach.
The event will also serve to raise funds for aptARTs projects
beginning in
January 2013. For further information about the charity, please
visit
www.aptart.org or to book a place at the free event, please
contact
[email protected] 0113 812 5288.
Ends
For further details please contact Carrie Braithwaite in the
Communications
team at Leeds Met on 0113 812 3022 or email
[email protected]
Notes for editors:
Leeds Metropolitan University has over 27,000 students and
around
2,800 staff.
The Vice Chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University is
Professor
Susan Price and the Chair of the Board is Lord Woolmer of
Leeds.
Leeds Metropolitans four faculties are: Arts, Environment
and
Technology, Business & Law, Health and Social Sciences,
and
Carnegie.
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