SPECIAL EVENTS

The WWE Superstars Unveil Their Art Prowess at the WrestleManiArt Show & Auction.

It's the chance to see real “action-painting” when more than a dozen World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars and Divas summon their fine art skills to further the cause of literacy. WrestleManiArt, a charity Art Auction, is one of the high-profile events leading up to the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania taking place Sunday, April 5, 2009, before a sell-out crowd at Houston’s Reliant Stadium and a global television audience of millions.

WWE’s Superstars and Divas will be “going Picasso” to create original paintings, sculpture and comic artworks which will be auctioned off to benefit The Houston Public Library Foundation. The artwork of WWE Superstars Triple H, Edge, Big Show, Jeff and Matt Hardy, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Mickie James, Kung Fu Naki, Beth Phoenix, Santino Marella, CM Punk, Eve and Vickie Guerrero will be on display and available for purchase at auction.

Mr. Lawler, the current color commentator for WWE’s Monday Night RAW telecast and member of WWE’s Hall of Fame, is a versatile artist who penned a WrestleMania-themed comic strip in The Orlando Sentinel to promote last year’s pay-per-view spectacular, WrestleMania XXIV.

Attending dignitaries are slated to include Houston Mayor Bill White and his wife Andrea, Susan Bischoff, President, Houston Public Library Foundation, WWE CEO Linda McMahon, WWE COO Donna Goldsmith, along with hundreds of local Houstonites and art-lovers.

Where: The Julia Ideson Building, the historic landmark former home of the Houston Public Library, at 500 McKinney Street, Houston.