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Sunflowers of Solidarity III Benefit Art Auction

Support for Ukraine

Make a Donation

Donations

If you are keen in supporting Ukraine and do not plan on bidding for art, you may make an outright charitable donation right here. Thank you on behalf of all Ukrainians. SLAVA UKRAINI!


100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Humanitarian and Self Defense Funds of the Ukrainian American Freedom Foundation (UAFF). Funds raised will go towards general humanitarian and tactical aid. Closer to the date of the auction, we will have more detailed information about procurements.

General Information

SOS III Benefit Auction Details

Launch online - Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 9AM EDT

 In-person event - Saturday, April 12, 2025 6- 9PM EDT

Auction closes at 9PM EDT


DNIPRO Ukrainian Cultural Center

562 Genesee St, Buffalo NY


$10 Admission/Children FREE


Youth PEACE Exhibit (ages up to 18) in adjacent space


LIVE MUSIC, DJ, CASH BAR, SMALL BITES

**Ukrainian Kitchen & Bar OPEN downstairs**



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Participating Artists

Participating Artists


Our line-up to date:

Kari Achatz

Jacqueline Albarella

Jozef Bajus

Brendan Bannon

Ludmila Begley

Mary Begley

Kelly Betschen

Olenka Bodnarskyj

Elizabeth Booth

John Carocci

Cindi Cherko O'Mara

Tanya Chutko

Mark Cole

Lukia Costello

​Robin Gabriella Damiano 

Josie Danaher

Larissa Anna D’Avignon

David Derner

Johanna C. Dominguez

Shannon Downey

Diane DuBois Mullaly

Ben Dunkle

Mary Ellement

Frani Evedon

Katie Felton

Dana Fischer-McPhaden

Rhys Franklin

Carol Marie Gault

Eileen Graetz

​Irene Grassmann

Zina Hajduczok

Robert Harris

Mona Huggins

Beth Insalaco

Cheryl Jackson

Dot Keller

Minnie Kim

Jappie King Black

Lawrence Kinney

Mark Kirsch

Mark Lavatelli

Catherine Linder Spencer

Polly Little

Anya Lownie

Lila Mandzyk

Roma Mandzyk

Jane Marinsky

Thomas Matyas

Willie May

Jesse McCabe

Laura McClusky

Phoebe McKay

Lori Mehnert

Melissa Miszkiewicz

Michael Morgulis

Mary Joy Murphy

Robbie Namy

Andrea Newman

Michael I Niman

Daneth Ouk

Vasileios Papadopoulos

Nancy J. Parisi

Elizabeth Randell

Matthew SaGurney

Kath Schifano

Richard Seehausen

Katherine Sehr

Jody Selin

Kathleen Sherin

Michael W Thomas

Linda Toomey

Susan Topa

Michelle Turcan

Mehala Vaidyhanathan

Lisa Wait

​​Jacqueline Welch

Andrea Wenglowskyj

Tanya Zabinski






















Auction information

Bidding & Delivery/Shipment of Art

ALL BIDDING will be conducted through your mobile device. 

All winning bids MUST be paid with credit card.

All credit card purchases will be charged the standard 3.63% CC fee.


ALL BIDS will begin at $35 USD and increase in $10 increments.


DELIVERY/SHIPPING OF ART - If you win an artwork, you will be charged the cost of your bid at checkout. If you live in the Western New York and do not attend the in-person auction at DNIPRO Ukrainian Cultural Center, we will try to deliver the art to your home instead of shipping within a few days after the auction closing. We will send a confirmation via email. All other art will need to be shipped. Your art will ship out the following week. Shipping will be a separate charge on your credit card and processed as a second transaction.



Inspiration & Support for Ukraine

Inspiration & Support for Ukraine

To date, we have over 85 participating artists who have committed to creating and donating an artwork to our auction and our line-up continues to grow! Artists have been invited to submit art of all genre/media/content/dimensions. 

   

While the sunflower has long been Ukraine’s national flower, since the start of the war, it has become a symbol of solidarity, resilience, and resistance. SOS III Artists chose to stand in solidarity for truth, freedom, and democracy!


100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Humanitarian and Self Defense Funds of the Ukrainian American Freedom Foundation (UAFF). Funds raised will go towards general humanitarian and tactical aid. Closer to the date of the auction, we will have more detailed information about procurements.


At our first Sunflowers of Solidarity Benefit Art Auction, over 90 artists donated over 100 artworks to raise $36,000 towards the manufacturing of Individual First Aid Kits which cost $100 each. The contents of this IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit) are the difference between life and death for our Ukrainian soldiers fighting to protect their country, families and freedom. We were able to support the manufacturing of 360 of these kits. SOS II Benefit Online Auction raised $9,000 towards the procurement of generators, portable stoves, tourniquets, volunteer transport vehicles, and Motorola radios.


Please help us keep our Ukrainians alive!

Youth PEACE Exhibit

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Sponsors

Sponsors

Maria Bodnarskyj

Olenka Bodnarskyjn

Iryna & Lee (Colvin) Spencer

Amy Holt

Larissa & Yurij Prawak

Barbara Rowe