Art Showcase & Auction
May 07, 2011

Renowned American metal sculptor Albert Paley may be known as the Man of Steel but on May 7th in Rochester, New York, he’ll be known as something else: Survivor. On July 26, 2002, Paley, 30 feet in the air, was cutting a piece of metal with a blowtorch when a gas line burst engulfing him in flames. He was rushed to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester with third degree burns over 30% of his body. I came close to dying and was put on life support. After a month in the Burn Unit and two operations for skin grafts I came home to begin the arduous process of physical therapy accompanied by several other minor surgeries. It was a long road to healing.
The experience was humbling and the journey life changing. It made Albert and his wife, Frances, realize the importance of helping the victims and families who have endured the painful physical and psychological suffering of burn injury treatment. On May 7th, from 7 to 9pm, Albert and Frances will open the new studio (an area the size of an airplane hangar filled with steel, machinery, art and creative energy) for the Inaugural Finger Lakes Region Gateway to Healing Art Showcase and Auction, an event benefiting the Finger Lakes Regional Burn Association, an independent not-for profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of burn related issues and helping burn survivors and their families medically, financially and psychologically.The event will highlight Paley’s work and creative process. He and Frances will be on hand to speak of their experience and the importance of supporting the Finger Lakes Regional Burn Association. We invite you to attend this special event. It will be a night of art, inspiration, hope and healing.
Tickets for the event are $100 and can be obtained by contacting the Finger Lakes Regional
Burn Association at www.flrba.com or 585-482-6770 or purchase online by following button below