The Fourth Annual Art and Gourmet Show will take place on Saturday, November 15th 2008 at the Malibu home of Dr. David Bruyette, Medical Director of VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital, and our very wonderful and generous supporter! For information and details click here for a printable invitation. Purchase tickets below. Also, please consider making a donation to The Catalyst Foundation.

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This year features:

• Original paintings donated by the award winning Honor Program prisoner group Artists Serving Humanity.
• Hear about Catalyst’s newly expanded and innovative services for the poor and needy, including medical care, housing assistance, and food programs which address the root causes of homelessness and poverty.
• Support Catalyst’s rehabilitative program for prisoners in the Honor Program at California State Prison-Los Angeles County.
• Learn about the Honor Program, which over the past 8 years has dramatically reduced prison violence and has saved the California taxpayers millions of dollars.
• Meet and mingle with elected officials, celebrities, and other wonderful people interested in making a positive difference in California’s future!    

Saturday, November 15, 2008

• Food, drinks, artwork viewing at 3:00 pm

• Program begins at 5:30 pm

• Suggested donation: $50, $100, or $200

• Catered by the Marmalade Café

• Valet parking provided

Location: 26205 Fairside,Malibu, California 90265
Phone: (310) 482-1268 (day of event)

RSVP by November 10:  (661) 948-8559 x 102

All proceeds benefit The Catalyst Foundation, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization. 
All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.   

Information About Past Events:

The Art and Gourmet Show is an annual event which supports the important work of The Catalyst Foundation, including the Creating a Healing Society program. It’s a creative, fun, and meaningful event which features top local, national, and international artists, photographers, and jewelers. It includes great music and food, a free wine tasting, and an enjoyable atmosphere for the entire community. Photos from recent events coming soon. Please see our sponsors below.

The event motto: “celebrating humanity through creative expression” highlights our desire to present a wide variety of creative works from many sources while offering an opportunity to give back and make a positive difference in the world. Past artists have included: Suzie Richey, Dennis Calaba, David Faust, Donna Weil, Sal Vasquez, Joel Kolb, Glen Knowles, Kris Holladay-Fregoso, and the works of international artists Renee Ragi and photographer Emerson Matabele, as well as many others. One of the participant groups who so well represent our commitment and belief in the power of personal transformational change, and its profound effect on society, is the prisoner art group Artists Serving Humanity. This prisoner art group has as its mission to give back and to create positive change in society through their work. Each year these award winning artists donate dozens of beautiful oil and pastel paintings for auction at the Art and Gourmet show raising tens of thousands of dollars to help create a better world for those most in need. Many of the prisoners do this work as an expression of their desire for redemption and/or as an expression of their love and caring for others.

The artists are absolutely dedicated to helping the needy and most of them spend hundreds of hours each year doing just that. Through their tireless efforts they support many organizations including: Toys For Tots (with the USMC), Royal Kids Camp for abused and neglected children, local domestic violence shelters, the Archdiocese of Pasadena, the International Special Olympics, and several other groups and organizations.

Artists Serving Humanity and the work of the prisoner artists is made possible because of their location within the Honor Program at California State Prison – Los Angeles County. The Honor Program is an extraordinary prison environment where personal change and good works have been actualized and are made manifest in society.

Please feel free to contact us if you would like more information or are interested in attending, volunteering, sponsoring, showing your work, or being involved in some other way.

Contact: Dave Mashore by email or phone at: davem@qnet.com or (661) 948-8559 x112

The Catalyst Foundation Would Like To Sincerely Thank The Following Sponsors And Supporters!

- The California Endowment
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Pfizer Inc.
- The Whole Wheatery
- Bohn’s Printing
- The Graphic Experience
- Timothy Hayes Financial
- Antelope Valley Bank
- Plaza Meats
- Antelope Valley Harley- Davidson
- emerson Images
- The Lemon Leaf Cafe’
- Juan Alanso & Le Chene Restaurant
- Dryclean Express
- Agua Dulce Farmers Flowers
- Okinawa-Te Karate
- Debbie Schmidt & dsh Solutions
- Ying Lieu
- Chi-Lan Lieu
- Lucinda Thomas
- Marilyn, Ola May, & Daryl Hatcher
- April Adkisson
- Nicole Mashore
- Massoud Sarvi
- Linda York
- Chris Calaba
- Jim Mashore
- Jim Gatton
- Becky Allen
- Christian, Zachery, Samantha, and Jennifer Bartz
- Brandon Bingham
- Shirley Lewis
- The Catalyst Foundation Board,

and so many others who have offered their kind and generous support. Stay tuned for further details.