ArtSpan presents:

Benefit Art Show & Auction 2011

Saturday, March 26, 6:45-9:30pm (6:00 for VIPs)

SOMArts Bay Gallery

934 Brannan Street, SF

ONLINE TICKET SALES CLOSE AT 6pm on FRIDAY, MARCH 25

Tickets will be available at the door until sold out:

$75 for VIP tickets at the door

$35 for General tickets at the door

VIP Ticket

$75 in advance / $50 for members (Admits One)

VIP Reception (6:00 - 6:45pm) features:
* Exclusive preview of artwork starting at 6pm

* Champagne cocktail reception

*Gourmet hors d’oeuvres by Hibiscus Oakland Executive Chef Sara Kirnon,
EOS restaurant, Swan Oyster Depot, and Taboun

* Preferred seating for live auction
* 5% discount on art purchases (up to $50 per purchase)

General Ticket

$25 in advance / $35 at the door (Admits One)

* Open bar

* Light hors d'oeuvres

Bid on more than 170 original artworks by established and emerging artists in live and silent auctions at San Francisco's premier visual art event! Nibble snacks from Thomas John Events catering and sip luscious cocktails from an open bar, featuring Pernod Absinthe Green Beast Punch, while bidding on fabulous, affordable local art!

Proceeds from the auction benefit all of ArtSpan’s programs, including Art for City Youth, providing arts education to 700 under-served youth, and San Francisco Open Studios, the city’s largest free visual arts event held each year featuring over 800 artists.

* First Silent Auction Section will close at 7:30pm
* Live Auction will begin at 8:15pm
* Creative Cocktail Attire Encouraged

Physical tickets will not be issued.
Your name will be on the guest list at the check-in table when you arrive.
Questions? Call (415) 861-9838.

General Tickets will be available at the door for $35.

First and Second place awards will be bestowed in the following categories: Representational, Abstract, Figurative, Fine Craft, Sculpture, and Photography. Jurors will also present Juror's Choice awards.

Awards Jury:

Justin Hoover, Curator, SOMArts Cultural Center; Ellen Mahoney, Mahoney Suter Art Advisorys;
Lizanne Suter, Mahoney Suter Art Advisors

Auctioneer:

Risley Sams

Thank you to ArtSpan's Donating Artists:

Diane Abt, Zue Acker, Jhina Alvarado, Don Anderson, Jack M. Androvich, Bob Armstrong, Kathryn Arnold, David Avery, Jenny Balisle, Oana Barac-Matei, Suzy Barnard, Richard Bolingbroke, Susan Bostrom-Wong, Johnny Botts, Brandi Brooks, Rena Buchgraber, Brent Bushnell, Lise Carlson, Sofia Carmi, Stacey Carter, Rebecca K. Chang, Lee Cline, Helen Scheuer Cohen, Linda Colnett, Maeve Croghan, Sidnea D'Amico, Herb Dang, Flora Davis, Nadine Defranoux, Monica Denevan, Robin Denevan, Raymond Difley, Paule Dubois Dupuis, Aximillion Helga Duson, Renee Eaton, Anna Efanova, Bernadette Emrick, miles owen epstein, Jennifer Ewing, Fong Fai, Ana I. Fernandez, Linda J. Fitch, John Fitzsimmons, Kat Flyn, Rebecca Fox, Elizabeth Fracchia, Taiko Fujimura, Annie Galvin, Katie Gilmartin, Kurt Glowienke, John R. Goldie, Mirto Golino, Kristin Grahn Kyono, Sevilla Granger, Florence Gray, Jane Grimm, Jana Grover, Louis J. Gwerder III, dk haas, Marc Ellen Hamel, Mikhail Haramati, Lyall Harris, Jeanne Hauser, Audrey Heller, Monika Henschke, Soña Holman, Anne Howson, Phillip Hua, Hilla Hueber, Cristina Ibarra, Joseph Illick, Uma Rani Iyli, Ivy Jacobsen, Martine Jardel, Randall Jay, Carol Jessen, Philippe Jestin, Doyle G. Johnson, Phylis Johnson-Silk, Soad A. Kader, Marie Kelzer, Christine Kendrick, Mike Kimball, Barbara Kleinhans, andrew knipe, Lisa Knoop, Katherine Hisako Kodama, Rachel Kolenda, Dimitri Kourouniotis, Elana Kundell, Katja Leibenath, Leslie Lowinger, Robert Lowrey, Tatiana Lyskova, Maggie Malloy, Kay Marshall, Alan Mazzetti, Marti McKee, Jody McMillan, Saundra McPherson, John F. Melvin, Erika Meriaux, Andrzej Michael Karwacki, Marcia Middleton,Misho, Gloria Morales, Leslie Morgan, Carrie Nardello, Sonja Navin, Julie Nelson, Zannah Noe, Hadley Northrop, Priscilla Otani, Joel Peirano, Xavier Phelp, Chessa Piker-Ward, Heather Polley, Silvia Poloto, Patricia Preble, Nanci Price Scoular, Kristina Quinones, Shilo Randall Ratner, Lucky Rapp, Gurpran Rau, Judy Reed, Robert Reed, Eric Rewitzer, Fernando Reyes, William Rhodes, Brian Rich, Samuelle Richardson, Carol Rienecker, Heather N. Robinson, Wendy Robushi, Karl Roeseler, Thierry Rosset, Lynn Rubenzer, Tachina Rudman-Young, Lisa Ryers, Ali Saif, William Salit, Sherry L. Schaffer, Jill Schneider, Greta & Manu Schnetzler, Thea Schrack, Brian Schuck, Valerie Scott, Steven M. Scotten, Mercedes Segesvary, Janet Seifert, Mel Solomon, Toru Sugita, Michael-Che Swisher, Elizabeth Tana, Deloris Thomas, Cynthia Tom, Veerakeat TongPaiBoon, Trish Tunney, Susan Tuttle, Charity Vargas, Victoria Veedell, Pep Ventosa, Aaron Vonk, Melissa Wagner, Stephen C. Wagner, Kay Weber, Audrey Welch, Cecilia Welden, Jennifer Wildermuth, Hilary Williams, Laura Williams, Jane R. Willson, Mirang Wonne, Gavin Worth, Roxanne Worthington, Rene Yañez, Rio Yañez, Melissa Yarbrough, Soo-Hwa Yuan

Thank you to ArtSpan’s Generous Sponsors:

Abbey Leffe, ABC7 KGO-TV, Ace Mailing, A.C.T., Bocadillos, City Car Share, Cole Hardware, Karla Dierks Personal Training, Devlin/McNally Construction, EOS restaurant, Eventbrite, Farley's Coffee, Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant, flour + water, Il Fornaio, Green Pawz, Hibiscus Oakland  Executive Chef Sara Kirnon, Korbel, Hoegarden, Hunt Littlefield, Musical Art Quintet, Pernod Absinthe, Public Glass, Radio-Coteau, Ravenswood Winery, Rocket Postcards, San Francisco Opera, Secession Art and Design, See’s Candies, SF Architecture, SF Bay Guardian, SFMOMA, SOMArts, Sons & Daughter restaurant, Stella Artois, Swan Oyster Depot, Taboun, Thomas John Events, Torani, Trader Joe's, Vichy Springs Resort, Visual Aid, Watson Adventures,
Wine Country Vacation Rental

Program support by The Bill Graham Foundation, Blick Art Materials, Fleishhacker Foundation, Grants for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission / Cultural Equity Grants, San Francisco Travel,
and Zellerbach Family Fund

Auction Committee:

Al Cosio; Brian Bonner, Brian Cullen; Kathleen Ford; Vanessa Marsh; Matt McKinley; John Melvin;
Tachina Rudman-Young; Risley Sams, Co-chair; Charlie Villyard; Monique Wilms

ArtSpan Board of Directors:

Michael Yochum, Chairman, Paula Marcheschi, Vice-chairman, Dan Teree, Treasurer, Vicki Shipkowitz, Secretary, John J. Davis, Al Cosio, Andrea Georgiana, Leslie Lowinger, Alan Mazzetti, Matt McKinley,
John Melvin, Carrie Nardello, Risley Sams, David Steele, Neal Strickberger

ArtSpan Staff:

Heather Holt Villyard, Executive Director / Jennifer Mullen, Program and Event Director / Lindsay Barrick, Communications and Operations Manager / Cristina Ibarra, ACY Program Manager