Celebrate the FIFA World Cup with HOT ITALIAN's Art of the Ball!

HOT ITALIAN and Friends of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission are teaming up to offer soccer fans a new way to show your love of the game. Six local artists have created works of art using soccer balls as their canvases, and we're auctioning them off during the 2014 FIFA World Cup! 100% of the proceeds from the auction will go to Friends of the Arts Commission, to support arts education programming in local schools.

The balls are on display at HOT ITALIAN (16th & Q Midtown) and can be viewed during the World Cup games June 12-July 13. Bidding ends July 13. Online bids are being accepted at www.biddingowl.com/ArtoftheBall.