Julie Mehretu, Fracture Etching with aquatint, sugarlift and spit bite, 23" x 28" 2008 Commencement Speaker
The auction, now in its 23rd year, raised a huge amount of money, the majority of which is dedicated solely to student scholarship, but also towards purchasing state of the art, industry standard technology for classrooms.
The auction included more than 200 pieces of contemporary art by some of the country’s most respected and well-known artists, including Will Barnet, Norman Laliberté, Julie Mehretu, Brian Ulrich, Dave Kinsey, George Gabin, and a number of prominent faculty and alumni of the college.
Each year the Live Auction is juried by prominent members of the Art Community. This year's jurors were Tony Fusco of Fusco and Four, Joshua Buckno of the Nielson Gallery and Susan Lanoue from Lanoue Fine Arts. Hundreds of pieces are submitted and of the final twenty or thirty artists chosen for the Live Auction, there are always a hand full of students selected to have their pieces bid on alongside the work of world renowned artists.
Congratulations and thanks are due to all involved in making this night such a success!
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