With the motto “Positive Resurgence,” El Paso’s Border AIDS Partnership (BAP) presents its Spotlight Silent Art Auction, a fine art silent auction and juried competition in observance of World AIDS Day. The local nonprofit’s 15th spotlight event is from 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday, December 3 in the El Paso Community Foundation’s Foundation Room, 333 N. Oregon St. Tickets may be purchased for $20 here.

It will be an in-person event, but bidding will be conducted online. It is a juried show, with prizes being given out for Best in Show, First, Second, and Third Prize.

“Our 15th silent art auction is a fun way for local artists and the community to join together to provide critical resources for people from El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, and Las Cruces who are battling HIV/AIDS,” said Floyd Johnson, event committee chairman and BAP board member. “In the past, attendees have bid on amazing work by Gaspar Enríquez, Linda Hains, Jesus ‘Cimi’ Alvarado, Erica Marin, Ben Sáenz, Victor Navarro, Miguel Bonilla, Suzi Davidoff, Patrick Gabaldón, Horace Mayfield, Annabel Livermore, and many more, while ensuring that those who need it most are helped by BAP.”

“This year’s event promises to include world-renowned artwork by some pretty high-end artists,” said Wayne Hilton, BAP president. “Honoring those who have passed, particularly around World AIDS Day, is definitely an honor for us that we get the privilege to share with our border community.”

In 1994, the El Paso Community Foundation and the US/Mexico Border Health Association created a local HIV/AIDS partnership to provide assistance to nonprofit organizations in the region working on this critical health problem. With support from AIDS United, the collaboration became the Border AIDS Partnership, a bi-national and tri-state funding collaborative that provides funding for HIV/AIDS education and prevention activities in El Paso, Southern New Mexico, and Ciudad Juárez. BAP now operates as an independent 501c3 nonprofit.

Since 1996, the Border AIDS Partnership has distributed more than $2.3 million to support innovative HIV prevention and education programs. Previous grantees include Centro Caritativo Para Atención de Enfermos de Sida, University Medical Center of El Paso’s Teen Advisory Board, Programa Compañeros, support group HIVida, Actúa y Toma El Control, Opportunity Center for the Homeless, and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Families & Youth, Inc.

For more information or to purchase tickets for the Spotlight event, call 915-533-4020 or find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/borderaidspartnership. Tickets may be purchased at https://art.virtualgalas.org/.