The event takes place at Grace and Holy Trinity right off of Broadway, across from Bartle Hall. The picture above is of their event hall. All the art and food was inside that space. In the foreground is a magnificent courtyard that is surrounded by the the rest of the church on three sides. The drinks are served outside.
Vernal and I walked inside and viewed the art at a glance and then headed over to the food. The food is donated from an assortment of local restaurants. They had everything from BBQ to Chinese to Pizza to finger sandwiches, cheese and crackers, hot wings, all sorts of fancy finger foods, and desserts. Yum! We took our plates out to the courtyard to sit on a stone garden wall. From where we were sitting, we could see the power and light building peaking over the courtyard.
We also had a view of the space stations on top of Bartle Hall. It was a nice evening for being outside. We ran into a few friends out in the courtyard and talked for a long time forgetting about the time limit on the silent auction. When we walked back inside there were only a few minutes left. We weren't planning on buying anything but you never know when you might find something that you love and if you can get it for a steal.
Inside, the art is either hung on these sort of partitions or if it is a smaller piece they are set on tables. The white hanging form is where the silent bidding happens.
A lot of people come and the inside is usually full of people. Maybe, that is why we were outside for so long. The high light or funny part of the evening is when the live auction happens. They get real auctioneers and they know how to drive up the price. When the bidding comes down to two people, the auctioneer assistants will run back and forth between the two to have them one up the price. The will even bring the art out for a closer look. They are hounds.Good times!
2 comments:
Are most of the pieces paintings or is there an assortment. I had been thinking that this was all paintings since I knew you were doing one, but the partion looks to be covered in a variety of works.
Since each artist likes to express themselves in different types media, there is an assortment of art pieces. They had everything from paintings, sculpture, mosiac, quilt, tiles, furniture,printing, found objects installations, mixed media, photography, and even Dar's favorite prited panties.
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