Buying Art to Save the Children

Friday's heART for Haiti event drew a steady crowd at Rockwell Art and Framing in Westport.

Local artists donated 118 pieces of art ranging in price from $50 to $3,000 to benefit Save the Children's efforts in Haiti. Five art galleries throughout Fairfield County are participating in the event with a goal of raising $1 million.

Save the Children has been working in Haiti for 25 years and sent additional staff and resources to respond to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince Jan. 12.

Rockwell art galleries in Westport, Wilton, Fairfield and New Canaan and the Galleria d'Arte in Ridgefield have collected hundreds of donated works of art that will continue to be for sale today, of which 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Westport-based global humanitarian organization.