Editing Tracey Emin (section)

==Charity work==

Emin is well known for her charity work; she has raised over a million pounds for children's charities such as the [[NSPCC]] and for HIV/AIDS charities including the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. She frequently donates original artworks for charity auctions, and has often adopted the role of auctioneer on the charity night to help increase the highest bid.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

In June 2007, on returning from the [[Venice Biennale]], Emin donated a piece of artwork, a handsewn blanket called ''Star Trek Voyager'' to be auctioned at [[Elton John]]'s annual glamorous White Tie & Tiara Ball to raise money for The Elton John AIDS Foundation. The piece of artwork sold for £800,000.<ref name="white"/> Also in June 2007, Emin's neon work ''Keep Me Safe'' reached the highest price ever (at that time) made for one of her neon works of over £60,000.<ref name=autogenerated8/>

Emin has participated in ''[[The Independent]]'' newspaper's ''Christmas Appeal'' for many years, where she has offered for auction bespoke artworks and also drawing lessons with the artist. In December 2006, her lot raised £14,000 for a one-on-one drawing lesson, over champagne and cake, with the artist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/appeals/2006-indy-appeal/independent-appeal-emins-art-lessons-go-for-16314000-in-record-bid-429566.html|title=Emin's art lessons in record bid|work=The Independent|location=London, UK|first=Louise|last=Jury|date=22 December 2006}}</ref> The following year, in December 2007, her lot raised £25,150 for their appeal offering a special unique drawing of the highest bidder's pet embroidered onto a cushion in Emin's trademark style.<ref>Dugan, Emily (21 December 2007), [https://archive.today/20120803203002/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/appeals/indy-appeal/emin-artwork-goes-for-25150-as-auction-raises-more-than-100000-766422.html "Emin artwork goes for 25,150 as auction raises more than 100,000"], ''The Independent''. Retrieved 17 January 2010.</ref>

In January 2008, Emin went to Uganda where she had set up the brand new "Tracey Emin Library"  at the rural Forest High School. She explained in her newspaper column, "Schools here don't have libraries. In fact, rural areas have very little. Most have no doctor, no clinic, no hospital; schools are few and far between. Education cannot afford to be a priority, but it should be... I think this library may be just the beginning."<ref>Emin, Tracey (25 January 2008), [https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/tracey-emin/tracey-emin-my-life-in-a-column-773709.html "Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904214249/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/tracey-emin/tracey-emin-my-life-in-a-column-773709.html |date=4 September 2008 }}, ''The Independent''. Retrieved 16 January 2010.</ref>

On [[Valentine's Day]] 2008, Emin donated a red, heart-shaped neon artwork called ''I Promise To Love You'' (2007) for a charity auction to raise money for [[The Global Fund]], which helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. The auction was called ''(Auction) RED''. The work sold for a record price $220,000,<ref>Gleadall, Colin (19 February 2008), [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/02/19/basales119.xml "Art sales: Bono breaks the mould"]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309110847/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2008%2F02%2F19%2Fbasales119.xml |date=9 March 2008 }}, ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 17 January 2010.</ref> which was much higher than the guide estimates of between $60,000 and $80,000.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

In 2023, Tracey Emin opened TKE Studios in Margate housing affordable spaces for professional artists to work (TKE Studio Members), as well as the ‘Tracey Emin Artist Residency’ (TEAR) programme.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-02 |title=Tracey Emin: 'I'm a much better artist after cancer' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65783981 |access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref> TKE Studio Members include [[Studio Lenca]], [[Vanessa Raw]] and [[Lindsey Mendick]]. Graduates of TEAR include [[Bianca Raffaella]], Helen Teede and Emmie Nume.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About 1 |url=https://www.traceyeminfoundation.com/studio-lenca |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Tracey Emin Foundation |language=en-GB}}</ref>