At the forefront of EMI’s home in Surry Hills are four looming windows that face out onto Flinders street, two of which feature rotating art installations aimed at giving back to Sydney’s vibrant art community. Dubbed as the ‘EMI Art Project’, recent local contributors have included Beastman, Esjay, Kris Moyes, Thomas Rawle (Papa Vs Pretty) and the Ma Gallery.

Throughout December and January a series of 10 garden gnomes will take residence in the EMI left-hand-side Art Project window. Each gnome has been customised by a local artist and will be auctioned on eBay for charity starting December20^th with all proceeds going to local charity The Girls & Boys Brigade. Contributing artists include Esjay, Pigeon Boy, qwux, DICKIE, Jaxie Yael, Akira Alvarez, Antone Benois,  Sanchez, TMOD and local 12-year old artist Tripp Bianco.

The Girls & Boys Brigade is a charity that has been servicing and supporting the diverse needs of underprivileged children and youth living in inner city communities since 1882. Situated at Riley Street, Surry Hills the Brigade provides recreation, education and life skills programs during after school hours, in the evenings, on weekends and school holidays.  All proceeds from the 10 gnomes will go to The Girls & Boys Brigade.

BIDDING IS NOW OPEN and starts at $20 per Gnome – bid on your Gnome here!

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BIDDING CLOSES ON 30TH DECEMBER 2011! Happy bidding!