We interrupt our series on last weekend's New York Contemporary Art Fairs to bring you coverage of last night's ArtSpan Benefit Auction, held at SomARTS. I attended wearing an awesome piece by Joui Turandot (below):
With over 160 pieces of art available for bid, there was plenty to see. Veerakeat TongPaiBoon (below top) had a couple works in in the silent auction, as well as one in the live auction:
Photograph by Kent Wisner (above bottom) and painting by Susan Bostrom Wong (below):
Elana Kundell had a small painting (below):
Kim Smith had a vintage materials collage (below):
Mixed media print by Taiko Fujimura (below):
Piece by Jessica Niello (below):
Mike Kimball painting (below):
Mixed media piece by Susannah Kopcho (below):
Prize-winning painting by Veerakeat TongPaiBoon (below):
I caught up with artist Leslie Morgan by her painting (below):
Watercolored etching by Leslie Lowinger (below):
Juror's Choice mixed media piece by Stephen Wagner (below):
Painting by Michele De Sha (below):
Mixed media piece bye Jana Grover (below):
Barbara Kleinhans' painting (below) won second prize for Non-Representational:
This painting by Katja Leibenath (below) was selected for the live auction:
Also in the live auction was this mixed media piece by Sidnea D'Amico (below):
Juror's Choice winning pieces by Emily Clauson (below top) and Ivy Jacobsen (below bottom) were both in the live auction:
Katie Gilmartin's print, "The Red Menace," was selected for the live auction:
Risley Sams donned a tuxedo for his role as auctioneer. As a member of the ArtSpan Board of Directors, artist Mike Kimball (below center) was one of the many volunteers at the event:
Proceeds from the auction will fund ArtSpan's programs, such as Art for City Youth and SF Open Studios. Below is a piece by a "super-emerging" artist from a local elementary school:
Erika Meriaux's "Rape of Europa" was the first item on the block:
Barbara Kleinhans' painting was next up:
Painting by Jenny Balisle (below):
The only sculpture in the live auction:
Painting by Alan Mazzetti (below):
Painting by Robin Denevan (below):
Painting by Clare Kuo (below):
The final piece on the block was a painting by Veerakeat TongPaiBoon (below):
In the last round of the silent auction to close was this drawing by Don Anderson (below):
Mixed Media by Linda Sanders Colnett (below):
Painting by Raymond Difley (below):
Painting by Lee Cline (below):
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