{"id":30056,"date":"2017-11-06T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/?p=30056"},"modified":"2017-11-05T15:53:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T15:53:26","slug":"presentation-to-lord-mayor-dr-parmley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/2017\/presentation-to-lord-mayor-dr-parmley\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation to Lord Mayor from Women in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lord Mayor (left) with Gwen Rhys (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Non-Aldermanic Shrieval Candidate, Gwen Rhys, Founder & CEO of Women in the City<\/a> (WiC) recently presented The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley with a gift of artwork by Alex Mckenzie and an “e-payment receipt” of a donation to The Lord Mayor’s Appeal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The artwork has been placed in the auction for the Appeal’s Grand Finale Dinner to be held at Guildhall on 7 November.\u00a0 If you’re attending, please give generously.<\/p>\n

The Artwork and the Artist<\/h3>\n

The artist Alex Mckenzie was commissioned by Wine Australia to produce a large piece of work (1m x 3m) entitled “Bouquet” to celebrate the Australian Women in Wine Awards which were announced in London for the first time in September this year.<\/p>\n

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Artist Alex Mckenzie making Bouquet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Australian Women in Wine Awards<\/h3>\n

On the evening of 26 September, a date that neatly co-incided with this year’s City Giving Day, <\/a>150 women and men from the WiC community joined 50 Australian female wine makers and principals for Sips in the City<\/a>, an evening wine tasting hosted by Wine Australia in partnership with Women in the City and held at Australia House.<\/p>\n

A similar piece of artwork to the one presented to the Lord Mayor was raffled on the evening with the proceeds (\u00a3600) given to the Lord Mayor’s Appeal.<\/p>\n