The Darkroom Collectors’ Night Presented by March 17, 2018 1 1 Program 6:30 p.m. Schaberg Commons, True F. Luck Gallery and Cabell Courtyard Tent Check In Register with 501 Auctions if you have not yet done so. From your smart phone, visit 501auctions.com/collectorsnight Cocktail Reception Enjoy hors d’oeuvres by MOSAIC and drinks from Belle Isle Craft Spirits, Broadbent Selections and Stone Brewing Co. Bid on items in the silent auction and buy raffle tickets. Prizes include $1,000 worth of wine and a Craft + Design VIP package. At 8 p.m., please begin making your way into the live auction tent. 8:15 p.m. Live Auction Tent Welcome Stefanie Fedor, Executive Director Shelly Shepherd Master Teacher Award Presented to Mary McNeil Presented by Letitia Harris, art educator and former student Distinguished Service Award Presented to Kathryn Gray Presented by Patty Wilkerson, Chair of the Board of Directors Live Auction Ernie Rogers, Auctioneer with Blacktie Benefit Auctions Buy your table’s centerpieces, designed by artist Alyssa Salomon. Silent auction and raffle sales will close at 9:15 p.m. Raffle winners will be announced by committee chair, Kate Ackerly, at the conclusion of the live auction. At the Conclusion of the Event Check Out and Package Pick-Up True F. Luck Gallery 3 About the Visual Arts Center of Richmond The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) has helped adults and children A VisArts Haiku explore their creativity and make art since 1963. Each year, the organization by Dominion Energy touches the lives of more than 33,000 people through its classes, exhibitions, community outreach programs, camps, workshops and special events. on Collectors’ Night Founded in Church Hill as the Hand Workshop, the organization moved to the historic Virginia Dairy building at 1812 West Main Street, where it leased space What does art mean for… for 17 years before purchasing and later renovating the building. Completed your soul? “Soothing. Relaxing. in 2007, the renovation transformed the facility into an inviting and inspiring Fun. And exciting.” 30,000-square-foot arts center, which includes the 1,800-square-foot True F. Luck Gallery. The gallery’s focus is on materials and processes of contemporary artists. Women said that from Each year, VisArts offers more than 800 visual and creative arts classes in clay, McGuire Veterans Center. wood, fiber, painting, photography, printmaking, glass, metal, drawing, writing, They know: Creating decorative arts and other visual media. More than 125 instructors teach for the organization. The Visual Arts Center of Richmond is generously supported art unites people. by CultureWorks, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia That’s so important right now. Commission for the Arts. VisArts is a place Learn more at visarts.org where kids and grown-ups Shelly Shepherd Master Teacher Award create and learn, exploring ideas, beauty. Mary McNeil has been teaching stained glass classes at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond for over So we promise this: 20 years. She works primarily with We’ll keep the lights on, and build middle school students who are an energy grid part of the center’s Art After School program. For the last five years, cleaner, safe, secure— Mary has also taught classes as while you create art that makes part of Studio S, a program that Richmond a great town. provides free art classes to seniors in Richmond’s East End through a partnership with Senior Connections and the Greater Richmond Senior Center. Welcome to tonight’s VisArts Collectors’ Gala. Mary took her first stained glass class at VisArts when it was still the Hand We’re glad you are here. Workshop. She took countless classes with glass instructor Wanda Greenwood Hollberg, then apprenticed with Wanda for two years. Eventually, Mary took over teaching the center’s youth glass classes and hasn’t looked back since. From all your friends at Dominion Energy, supporting the arts. 4 5 Sponsors Distinguished Service Award Recipient Presenting Sponsor Kathryn Gray Kathryn Gray has been involved at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond since 2006, first as a member of the board of Reception and Preview Party Sponsor directors, then as a volunteer. She joined VisArts’ board of directors in 2007, and one of her first assignments Distinguished Service Master Teacher Award was to help define the center’s new gallery Award Sponsor Sponsor space. When Kathryn became the chair Susan and Hossein Sadid Alexandria McGrath of the board’s education committee, her Priscilla Burbank and Mike Schewel focus shifted to the center’s art classes. She spearheaded the effort to improve Media Sponsor Signature Cocktail Sponsor Visual Arts Creative Ambassadors VisArts’ online presence and championed an investment in updated registration software, helping attract and enroll more Valet Parking Sponsor students. As an active student of oil painting, Kathryn makes daily practice of her art a priority. The studio space she has occupied at VisArts since 2013 provides the perfect combination of accessibility and inspiration. Her daily encounters with other resident artists, VisArts faculty and students of all ages offer further sources Table Sponsors of creative inspiration. Over the years, her artwork has been exhibited in group shows at VisArts’ True F. Luck Gallery, VMFA’s Studio School, glave kocen gallery, the Woman’s Club of Richmond and Nimrod Summer Art Camp. Kathryn is also Kate and John Ackerly Anne Grier Kristen and Michael Neese an active member of Ikebana of Richmond and regularly participates in monthly Rhona and Ric Arenstein Haley Buick GMC Katherine and Jack Nelson workshops, studying Ikenobo, the oldest classical form of Japanese flower Nancy and Scott Belleman & Jill and Monroe Harris Karen Palen arranging. Pat Millen and Jane Sper Heritage Wealth Advisors Debbie and Joel Ray Spencer and Tammy and Brian Jackson Torrey and David Shuford Bartholomew Broadbent & As the 2015 chair of the Collectors’ Night committee, Kathryn advocated for Celia Rafalko and Rick Sample Pamela Royal Jenkins and Cheryl Slokker C.N. Jenkins, Jr. Georgeann Broth and Frankie and Steve Slaughter several big improvements to the fundraiser. She shepherded the event’s move to Vivian Keasler Julep’s New Southern Cuisine Julie and Andy Valerie an online auction platform, a decision which led to increased engagement and, Genworth Financial Suezy and Drew Keller Jill and Mark Webb ultimately, more bids. She also pioneered the event’s guest curator program, glave kocen gallery & Sue Ann Messmer and Tamra and Jeffrey Wilt Claire Tilton which pairs artists with savvy, local collectors who get the opportunity to select Candela Books Patty and William Wilkerson Jenna and Don Mosman the piece the artist will donate to the auction. Kathryn Gray and Alex Nyerges Virginia Museum of Fine Arts When she’s not contributing her time to VisArts, the VMFA, Richmond’s annual Special Support Provided By ChinaFest celebration, the Council of Historic Richmond and other organizations in Richmond, Kathryn enjoys playing competitive tennis and traveling. She Anna Kardos Photography Event Technologies moved to Richmond in 2006 with her husband, Alex Nyerges, who is the Belle Isle Craft Spirits Fan Frame & Fine Art, Inc. Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Kathryn and Alex have one son, Broadbent Selections MOSAIC Catering + Events Classic Party Rentals of Virginia Stone Brewing Co. Robert. 6 7 Silent Auction Art The silent auction closes at 9:15 p.m. CERAMICS AND GLASS OPENING BUY IT ARTIST TITLE DESCRIPTION BID NOW Mark Trezise* Fish in the Blue Fused Glass $350 $2,800 Annegret Massey* Owl Clay $130 $1,040 Erin & Grant Hot Sculpted and Flameworked A New Day $4,500 $34,000 Garmezy Glass Antique Lace Collar Sandblasted/Engraved ½” Plate Barbara Atkinson* $1,000 $7,200 #5 Glass on Wood and Steel Frame Green Crystalline Jeff Vick Porcelain $200 $1,000 Bottle Paul Klassett* Flower (Red) Ceramic Flower Mounted to Wood $45 $340 Paul Klassett* Lilly (Purple) Ceramic Flower Mounted to Wood $45 $300 Sean Donlon Topper Glass $1,850 $14,800 Claire McCarty untitled Stoneware, Crackle Glaze $150 $800 Julie Elkins DNA Stoneware $600 $8,000 Al Pellenberg untitled Livear #4 $250 $1,400 FIBER OPENING BUY IT ARTIST TITLE DESCRIPTION BID NOW Kristin Polich Division Fabric, Yarn, Monofilament $200 $1,600 Oil Pastels, Graphite, Latex Paint, Michael Birch- self-portrait: Glitter, Rubber Stamp on Synthetic $450 $3,600 Pierce irrepressible Paper PAINTING AND DRAWING OPENING BUY IT ARTIST TITLE DESCRIPTION BID NOW Arcadia Lost Series: Amie Oliver Ink Wash on Polypropylene Paper $1,000 $7,400 Angel's Wake Stephen Clark Modus Operandi I Oil, Coldwax, Enamel on Panel $2,400 $14,000 Kathleen Markowitz While Listening Acrylic on Canvas $1,500 $12,000 *100% Donation 8 9 Silent Auction Art Silent Auction Art OPENING BUY IT ARTIST TITLE DESCRIPTION PRINTMAKING & PHOTOGRAPHY BID NOW OPENING BUY IT ARTIST TITLE DESCRIPTION BID NOW Oil Pastels, Graphite, Latex Paint, Michael Pierce Mon Lapin Glitter, Rubber Stamp on Synthetic $300 $2,400 Dennis Winston Reflections: USDA Woodcut Print $1,000 $8,000 Paper Image Transfer, Collage, and 23K Hillary Waters Fayle untitled Handcut Paper $600 $3,600 Blythe King A Matter of Time $400 $4,000 Gold Leaf on Illustration Board Karen Blair Sunrise Oil on Canvas $2,000 $16,000 Ron Johnson untitled Photograph $250 $2,000 Handles Kirsten Kindler Hand Cut Assemblage on Plastic Film $1,250 $10,000 Mary Holland The Traveller Gelli Print Collage $600 $2,800 Constellation Pensive Girl