Fundraising with Art
Mandy Supports Charities, with Artwork
Mandy is happy to make time to paint artwork for fundraising projects. This is an important part of giving her art skills to help others.
From a volunteer artist for Haslemere Hens with an auction for Cancer Research and The Hunter Centre, Firing Earth and Mandy McKenna Designs along with The Onslow Arms Pub, Loxwood sponsored the painted hen , named The Happy Hippy Chick by Mandy, with all funds raised to Haslemere Fringe music festival
Pictures below - Supporting local community projects, lucky to involve celebrities such as Dame Julie Walters and Super Model Jodie Kidd . Visiting the studio and Supporting and signing Mandy`s artwork, for Haslemere Hounds and Haslemere Hens, ready for the main auction
2022 and 2024 - Summer News - 2022 a large a canvas of the festival scene, named The Colour of Music, painted by Mandy at the festival was auctioned and raised just under £1000. Mandy donated this to the music charity that supports young musicians to play at festivals . Signed artwork in 2022 and 2024 by musicians Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Feelings, Blue, Tau Pau, Tash, Space Fishermen, Callum Beattie, Haircut 100,Rebecca Ferguson, Daniel Bedingfield, signing on large canvas in 2022 and on painted musical instruments in 2024 for the Haslemere Fringe Festival, a collaboration of volunteers and local businesses who bring you a fantastic music festival and creative arts for a 3 day festival
Summer festival 2022
Haslemere Fringe Festival Summer 2024
September 2023 - Live Auction of the painting named 'The Garden of Colour' by Mandy, a celebratory charity dinner held at The Dorchester Hotel, in aid of Leukaemia UK
September 2023 Mandy donated another original floral painting which was auctioned at The Dorchester Hotel at an event called 'Who's Cooking Who' - A collaboration of famous chefs cooking for guests and celebrities at The Dorchester Hotel, fundraising for Leukaemia UK. Mandy's painting raised a fantastic amount for Leukaemia UK!
Mandy had the pleasure of meeting with Dame Julie Walters again, signing the painting, before it went to The Dorchester Hotel, for the main auction
During , 2019, 2020, 2021 brought us the Covid virus, and a diffucult time for everyone staying at home and putting our businesses on hold, giving us time to plan ahead our futures. Mandy, with excisting clay stock , created and made hundreds of clay hearts, all hand painted and fired in her home studio Firing Earth with each one sold to fundraise, for the NHS nurses and doctors, to say thank you for all their hard work, kept Mandy very busy!