Washington Project for the Arts 2009 Art Auction Gala
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Katzen Arts Center at the American University
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Advanced Patron Opportunities Now Available.
Indulge Your Passion for the Arts and be part of Washington’s most eclectic and creative fundraising event. Now in its 28th year, the WPA Art Auction has become one of the hottest tickets of the season, routinely selling out several weeks in advance. Secure your seat now to ensure that you have the opportunity to engage with more than 400 artists, collectors, business leaders and contemporaries. Your corporate or individual support will directly and immediately assist the WPA mission to promote emerging and established artists in the greater DC metropolitan region. Not to mention it’s a very fun evening!
For the second year in a row the event will be held at the Katzen Arts Center on the campus of the American University. This year WPA has been given access to the American University Museum providing a unique opportunity for the artwork to be showcased in a six week exhibition leading up to the auction. This extended exhibition timeline will allow for thousands of people to view the auction artwork providing extra exposure for not only the artists but also the event patrons and corporate sponsors. A not-to-miss event leading up to the Auction will be the Exhibition Preview & Curator Talks on Thursday, February 26.
Individual Patrons - REGISTER>
Titanium Twenty seats at $300 = $6000 ($3,388 tax deduction)
Platinum Ten seats @ $300 = $3000 ($1,694 tax deduction)
Gold Four seats @ $300 = $1200 ($678 tax deduction)
Silver Two seats @ $300 = $600 ($339 tax deduction)
Bronze One seat @ $300 ($169 tax deduction)
Corporate Patrons - REGISTER>
Elite Patron
Two Tables of 10
$25,000 ($22,388 tax deduction)
- Cocktail reception, seated dinner, auction bidding
and dessert reception - Private cocktail party and tour of the auction works
by an independent curator - Full-page color ad with premier placement in the
auction catalogue - Logo on auction invitation and website
- Banner ad and link on auction website
- Year round recognition as donor on WPA website
and select printed materials
Premier Patron
Table of 10
$10,000 ($8,694 tax deduction)
- Cocktail reception, seated dinner, auction bidding
and dessert reception - Cocktails with curators of the auction at exhibition
preview on Feb 19 - Full-page color ad with prominent placement in
auction catalogue - Logo on auction website
- Year round recognition as donor on WPA website
and select printed materials
Patron
Table of 10
$5000 ($3,694 tax deduction)
- Cocktail reception, seated dinner, auction bidding
and dessert reception - Full-page color ad in auction catalogue
- Year round recognition as donor on WPA website
and select printed materials
Four seats
$2000 ($1,478 tax deduction)
- Cocktail reception, seated dinner, auction bidding and
dessert reception - 1/2-page color ad in auction catalogue
- Year round recognition as donor on WPA website and
select printed materials
Are you a Guest of a specific person and need to register your seat?
- GUEST REGISTRATION>
Please send any questions to aatkinson [at] wpadc.org / 202-234-7103x5
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2009 Auction Curators
Margaret Boozer (Table Sculpture Curator)
Director, Red Dirt Studio, Mt. Ranier, MD
Georgia Deal
Professor & Printmaking Program Head,
Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC
Mark Alice Durant
Professor, Department of Visual Arts
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Kimberly Gladfelter Graham
Independent Curator & Private Consultant, Baltimore, MD
Daniel Kunitz
Art Critic for The Village Voice, & former Editor of
The Paris Review and Art Review Magazine, New York, NY
Luis Silva
Professor & Chair of the Department of Art,
American University, Washington, DC
Matthew Witkovsky
Chair of the Department of Photography,
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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