ART PRESENT: A Mosaic of Community Gifts

Installation/Auction Exhibition: January 23 to March 23, 2009

Please join this ‘art census 2009’ celebration by creating art to be donated, as well as purchasing works of art to be auctioned.

The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette marks its 100th anniversary in 2009, and we need our whole artful community to help us celebrate! An exciting cross-section representing our community’s talents, generosity and love of art is planned as the perfect jumpstart to begin the museum’s next 100 years. Don’t miss out on this once-in-a-century show.

This ‘All-for-Auction’ Fundraising Exhibit in the museum’s large East Gallery will open for viewing and bidding on Friday, January 23, 2009. Bidding will close on Saturday, March 21, 2009.

Our 8½“ x 11” creative gifts (500-1000?) will together become a giant mosaic. Local public artist Linda Vanderkolk (aka Ann Ohnimus) will oversee the installation, with the help of many necessary community volunteers.

Artists:  We need many different artists to register. With your $5 registration fee you receive a specific 8½” x 11” pop-in/pop-out type frame to fill. Any signatures only on the backs (or hidden) please, to add auction mystery & excitement.

At end of exhibit, the bidding page list of who was interested in their work will be available to each artist.
All even numbered frames - horizontal format
All odd numbered frames - vertical format

• All work will at first be anonymous to viewers (leave us a business-size card w/name). Artists may reveal themselves later if wish!
• Numbered frames on the wall will match numbered pages (with their titles) in our bidding notebooks.
• Original works only. Quality materials are best. There are no media limits if it can work within our specific frame and size.
• We’d love to see best efforts by a full-decades range of participants: Artists, Designers, Crafters, Students, Professionals, Teachers, Senior Citizens, Children, Neighbors, International Friends, etc.  We hope many families will want to create one artwork together.
• Wonderful works getting high bids will most help our art museum succeed for another 100 years!  (Tell friends about your work.)

Art-Loving Bidders: Get a ‘B-number’: there will be something for everyone here! For this museum fundraiser, you’re encouraged to come with friends & colleagues to place silent auction bids in numbered notebook pages for the duration of the exhibit. Return often to rebid as necessary! Classrooms, offices, etc. can pool funds toward works to decorate their shared spaces. The show may close with exciting day-long or evening community events - possibly a live auction to finish the highest bid and celebrity works!

Volunteers: We welcome and need your help facilitating end-of-exhibit purchases/pick-up, etc. Please help us spread the word by sending email notices to friends or talking to neighbors and groups, so the exhibit fully represents the best of our community’s creativity and reflects the full range of artistic goods & services found in our area. Encourage your ‘local celebrity’ friends to submit a piece!
(Do you know anyone who has connections to either ‘local celebrities’ or semi-famous artists who might be willing to participate?)  

Registration: $5 (cash or checks) per frame from the museum gift shop. Frame numbers are on the bottom right corner of the glass front.

Delivery: As finished, bring your artworks in the registered museum frames back to the museum shop (by March 1) during regular museum hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Art-Purchase Pick-up:   Tuesday, March 24 and/or Wednesday, March 25, 2009. We may donate any unsold works. Thank you, all!

Call the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette at 742-1128 ext. 102 for more information.