Engineering professor’s artwork raises volunteer hours for charitable organizations

November 25, 2010

David Taylor, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, recently witnessed his photographic art assist local not-for-profit organizations. It all happened through the work of Ottawa Timeraisers, a group dedicated to “bringing people to causes and causes to people”.

Each year Timeraiser puts out a call to artists and, following a juried selection process, purchases a number of the submissions which it later auctions off at a gala evening.  But this auction is unique since the bidding is not in dollars - instead, the auction’s currency is volunteer hours with one or more of the registered nonprofit organizations.

His first year with Timeraiser, Taylor enjoyed seeing his art piece “Tree Line”  raise the maximum number of hours (125) permissible in a bid for a single art piece at this year’s event held at the National Gallery of Canada. Taylor says of the event, “it has to be the best of both worlds: to be paid as an artist to help raise volunteers for a wide range of not-for-profit organizations”.  He encourages anyone seeking to connect with not-for-profit agencies to consider Timeraiser’s annual event.

More information about Timeraiser is available on their website: www.Timeraiser.ca, while other samples of Taylor’s art can be viewed at www.davidtaylorphotostudio.com.

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