JAFCO Gala: A Capital Success
A live performance for JAFCO, supporting children and families, with the artwork auctioned on the night.
$87,500. $40,000. $20,000. Three Nights at the Same Gala.
Over three years at the same gala, the artwork alone brought in $147,500 in sales for Promises2Kids. How that total splits across the three nights is the clearest proof I have that timing is everything at a live event.
3 Ways to Kill Your Charity Auction
Three avoidable mistakes that quietly cost charity auctions tens of thousands: holding the auction too late, offering items nobody wants, and closing the bidding too early.
Karate and Life: If You Wait for Perfection, You’ll Never Move Forward
What decades in the dojo taught me about painting in front of a thousand people, and why waiting to be ready is the thing that stops most people.
HERO
A firefighter runs into a collapsing building for a stranger — and discovers the child he saved is his own daughter. HERO is a live painting performance by Michael Israel, performed to “God Bless the U.S.A.” and “Hero” — watched by millions, remembered forever.