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23rd Annual Benefit Auction
Friday and Saturday, August 8-9, 2008The Penland School of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction is a gala weekend in the North Carolina mountains featuring the sale of more than 200 works in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, letterpress, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, textiles, and wood. The Penland auction is one of the most important craft collecting events in the Southeast and a perfect opportunity to support Penland's educational programs, which have helped thousands of people to live creative lives.
Auction Weekend Tickets: $375 includes all Friday and Saturday activities.
Friday Only Tickets: $200
Collector's lecture, cocktail party, exhibition preview and silent auction, dinner, live auction, dessert party, live music, and dancingSaturday Only Tickets: $250
Coffee at the studios with Penland's resident artists, silent auction, lunch and live auction in an air-conditioned tent, reception at the Penland GalleryInvitations will be mailed in June. For more information or early reservations send e-mail to auction@penland.org or call 828-765-2339, ext. 45.
Illustrated auction catalog and online preview will be available in July. Absentee bids are accepted with a $25 bidder fee.
All proceeds benefit Penland School of Crafts.
You can see a gallery of photographs from the 2007 auction here.
You can look at the catalog from the 2007 auction here.
Bob Trotman, Martin, 2008, poplar, basswood, tempera, wax, 41 x 23 x 23 in.
This piece will be featured in the 2008 auction.
