It started with a simple call from the Curator in the Office of the Mayor. The Curator, Jeanne Davis, knew Danamarie’s fabulous mural work in the City. The call was for Danamarie to paint an apron which the Mayor would autograph and auction off in a fundraising event for the Oblate Sisters of Providence. The Sisters of Oblate, a Baltimore based group of black nuns, founded the first school for black children in the City. An exciting offer, yet Danamarie had less than 2 days to get it done! After a flurry of email and sketch ideas with officials in the Mayor’s Office, the Mayor personally picked the sketch that Danamarie preferred!
The auction was on Friday September 18th and was MC’d by Soledad O’Brien, anchor and special correspondent for CNN/U.S. Danamarie was certainly excited about the project and the final choice of her favorite image for the apron, but the best news was yet to come. She recalls, “after it was over, the Curator emailed me to let me know that the apron had been auctioned off for $1000. [bought by Soledad]…it was the highest selling apron in the auction, beating even Larry King’s apron design!”
You can find the entire project, step-by-step on Danamarie’s website www.greenstarstudio.blogspot.com
