13th Annual Works of Heart
Saturday, October 18, 2003

The Triangle's premier charity art event returns to the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater at the BTI Center for the Performing Arts.

RALEIGH, N.C. Works of Heart, the thirteenth annual Art Auction against AIDS will be Saturday, October 18 at the AJ Fletcher Opera Theater in the BTI Center in downtown Raleigh. The event includes a silent auction and a live auction featuring extraordinary works of art by renowned artists throughout the State of North Carolina.

This year the event is made possible by the generous support of STS - Audio Visual Services, Metro Magazine, Zubi Graphics, The CC and Sperry and Associates.
The entire auction collection will be available for a free public preview from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The Silent Auction bidding is open with an admission ticket from 12:00 p.m. until 7:45 p.m. The Live Auction begins at 8:00 p.m. with a special musical performance by the Capital Area Chorale, under the direction of Dr. William J. Weisser, at 7:30. And the live auction opens with a memorial to those we have lost to HIV/AIDS presented by Mr. David Rice.

The collection this year promises once again to be of the highest caliber which speaks to the extraordinary talent of our art community and its commitment to this auction and this cause," stated Dan Williams, 2003 Works of Heart Committee Chair. "Our marketing efforts are positioning Works of Heart not only as the premiere charity art event in the Triangle, but throughout Eastern North Carolina."
As Works of Heart celebrates 13 years of showcasing the Triangle's finest artists and raising additional funds and awareness for the programs of the Alliance of AIDS Services - Carolina, we extend our sincere gratitude to all those who have helped make the event possible. The 2002 Works of Heart broke all previous records with $62,425 in art sales and total revenues of $112,630. With your continued support, Works of Heart will set records in 2003, as well.
Works of Heart is an all-volunteer art auction generating funds for the Alliance of AIDS Services - Carolina. (AAS-C). AAS-C's programs provide practical care for men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS in the Triangle, as well as education, prevention, and faith-based programs for the Triangle Community at large. The fight against HIV/AIDS is by no means over. While there has been a great deal of publicity recently about proposed funding for confronting the epidemic in third world countries, the statistics remind us that much work remains to be done here at home. In the first six months of 2003, there have been 1,111 reports of HIV disease and another 648 reports of AIDS in North Carolina. These numbers compare with 1692 reports of HIV disease in all of 2002 and another 1,014 cases of AIDS. It is estimated that more than 15,207 of our fellow North Carolinians live with HIV/AIDS every day. Established 1991