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Penland's Annual Benefit Auction
Join us for the 28th Penland School of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction! August 9 – 10, 2013 The Penland School of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction is a gala weekend in the North Carolina Mountains featuring the sale of more than 240 works in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, letterpress, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, textiles, and wood. The Penland auction is one of the most important craft collecting events in the Southeast and a perfect opportunity to support Penland's educational programs, which have helped thousands of people live creative lives.
Auction Weekend Tickets $375 Includes all Friday and Saturday activities
Friday, August 9 Friday-only Tickets $200 Cocktail party, exhibition preview and silent auction, dinner, live auction, dessert party, live music, and dancing
Saturday, August 10 Saturday-only Tickets $250 Coffee at the studios with Penland's resident artists, silent auction, lunch, live auction, and a reception at the Penland Gallery
Click here to reserve your tickets online.
Absentee bids are accepted with a $25 bidder fee. Click here for complete information about absentee bidding.
For additional information, call 828-765-2359, ext. 40 or email
Email Newsletters We're continuing our series of electronic Penland Benefit Auction newsletters, featuring artists whose work will be a part of this year's auction. We have invited trustees, staff members, collectors and friends to write about pieces that will be included in the 2013 benefit auction and to comment on living with the works they have purchased in past auctions. Click below to read archived newsletters:
If you're not receiving the auction newsletter and would like to, please click the link below: Sign up for the Benefit Auction Newsletter
Or email Volunteering Interested in volunteering for the 28th Annual Benefit Auction? Follow the links below to the 2013 Volunteer Letter and an online registration form. Auction Volunteer Letter (.doc format) Online Volunteer Registration Form
About Last Year... 27th Annual Penland School of Crafts Benefit Auction, August 10 – 11, 2012 Penland’s 27th Annual Benefit Auction on August 10 and 11, 2012 was a smashing success, with a total income (including ticket sales, art sales, donations, advertising, and corporate sponsorship) of $650,301, for a net income of approximately $484,301. New records were set this year for ticket sales and donations to the Fund-a-Need request. This year’s Fund-a-Need, an initiative which invites patrons to make direct contributions to a particular project, raised $90,750 to equip Penland’s forthcoming new Drawing, Painting, and Books Arts studios.
Six hundred and thirty-six patrons and artists attended the auction, while 217 volunteers worked with Penland’s staff to run the event. Two hundred and forty-eight current and former Penland instructors, resident artists, and core fellows contributed a total of 237 works in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals, painting, paper, photography, printmaking, textiles, wood, and mixed media.
During the weekend, Penland honored Jason Pollen, textile artist, former president of the National Surface Design Association, retired chair of fiber department at the Kansas City Art Institute, and fiery tango dancer, as our 2012 Outstanding Artist Educator. Kathryn Gremley, Penland's gallery director, David Houston, curator of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American, and glass artists Beth Lipman and Daniel Clayman presented a gallery talk previewing a number of the auction pieces.
Penland’s resident artists welcomed patrons to their studios on Saturday morning for the ever-popular Coffee at the Barns event, and our core fellowship students showed their work in an impressive open house. Friday afternoon and evening's musical entertainment was provided by Asheville close-harmony trio the Swayback Sisters.
The board and staff of Penland School thanks everyone who came together to make our largest fundraising event of the year such a great success. We hope to do great things with your support. 2012 Slide Shows A slide show of images from the 2012 Annual Benefit Auction can be viewed here. 2012 Online Catalog |
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