:SOMETHING NEW FOR THIS AUCTION!
KCAC’s Annual Auction has been a success for years. For this, the 28th year, we are changing things up a bit. As you all know Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, is the Honorary Chairman for the KCAC 28th Annual Benefit Art Auction to be held on Saturday, February 19, 2011.
He has also graciously agreed to collaborate with KCAC and create a very special package for the Auction – Lunch and a private tour at the Nelson-Atkins. The winning bidder will receive:
- You and up to 9 guests can participate
- You will share a private tour led by highly respected Museum curator Jan Schall, the Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum
- The group will then be treated to lunch in Rozzelle Court
- Julián Zugazagoitia will join you for lunch!
This is a priceless auction item. Think of getting to know Julián and being on the inside track as he shares his initial impressions of the Kansas City art scene, his hopes for collaborative engagement with other members of the Kansas City art community, his ideas about the Museum’s collection and direction, and maybe even some of the ground-breaking initiatives he’s considering.
Come to the Auction and bid on this exciting package.
Find out more: www.kansascityartistscoalition.org/auction/auction/html
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:WAIT THERE’S MORE!
Hallmark Cards, Inc. has generously donated one of their 16 pieces by Philomene Bennett to the Kansas City ArtistsCoalition (KCAC) in recognition of her contributions to the Kansas City arts community and support of the Coalition, which she co-founded in 1975. Paintings from this period of Bennett’s work epitomize her style and technique, and rarely come up for sale. Noon offers the serious collector a chance to complete or start their collection of Kansas City artists and support the Kansas City Artists Coalition. All proceeds from the sale will support the new International Artists Residency, a KCAC program bringing international artists to Kansas City to live and work.
This item is available by sealed bid only.
A Sealed Bid Form along with instructions is available at the Artists Coalition or on-line at:
www.kansascityartistscoalition.org/auction/auction/html
Call the Kansas City Artists Coalition with any questions: 816-421-5222.
Artwork Title: Noon | by Philomene Bennett | Acrylic, 82″x72″ | Valued at $9,500
Philomene Bennett’s influence on the Kansas City arts community is at least as important as barbecue is to Kansas City cuisine. Immediately recognizable and nationally renowned, her work hangs in museum and corporate permanent collections across the United States.
This Auction item is available only through sealed bid. Contact the Artists Coalition at 816-421-5222.
A sealed bid form will be available soon on the KCAC web page.
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Read all about this year’s auction on our web site: http://www.kansascityartistscoalition.org/auction/auction.html
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: ABOUT THE KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION
The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC), an artist-centered, artist-run alternative space, presents a variety of contemporary visual art exhibitions in its Mallin Gallery, Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery and the Underground. The Artists Coalition provides many programs and services for artists and the community. In our three galleries we produce approximately twenty-one exhibitions annually of work by emerging and mid-career artists. Other projects include: the Lighton International Artists Exchange Program and Money for Artists Promotion grants; Open Studios; and www.kansascityartistscoalition.org. We also publish Artists Directories and catalogs for our Open Studios events, mostly recently ARTNOW. In addition, we sponsor lectures and performance art and conduct Artists’ Toolkits, (professional development workshops for visual artists). In just a few months we will open the Kansas City International Artists Residency Program.
Kansas City Artists Coalition is a Warhol Initiative recipient. This project of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is to strengthen artist-centered organizations. KCAC was one of nine organizations to receive this award in 2002. The Initiative was granted to the Artists Coalition because of our strong programming and our commitment to artists.
The Kansas City Artists Coalition the region’s largest and oldest artist centered organization. We take pride in promoting contemporary visual arts in Kansas City and the surrounding region.
FMI: visit www.KansasCityArtistsCoalition.org
The Artists Coalition was created to change the lives of Kansas City visual artists and to promote visual arts awareness and artistic culture in the Midwest and the surrounding region.
