Collectors’ Night
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host its 34th Annual Collectors’ Night on March 7, 2020 from 6-10 p.m. Guests enjoy a cocktail reception, silent auction and seated live auction. All proceeds from Collectors’ Night benefit VisArts.
Each year, VisArts recognizes a longtime friend with the Distinguished Service Award. The recipient is an individual who has demonstrated a sustained and extraordinary commitment to the organization. The 2020 Distinguished Service Award recipients are Bill and Pam Royall.
History of the Event: Collectors’ Night, launched in 1987, is the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s most significant annual fundraising event. The 350-person gala is held in every March and includes a cocktail reception, a silent auction and a seated live auction. Proceeds from the event support VisArts’ outreach programs. VisArts—and its contingent of guest curators—works with some of Richmond’s most beloved artists, and the result is an art auction that’s full of local artwork.
2020 LIVE AUCTION ART
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David Camden
Raku Pottery
Clay and rakuSpecial thanks to the artist for this 100% donation
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Frankie Slaughter
New Territories
Oil collageSelected by guest curator Lizzie Carter Oliver
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Barbara Atkinson
Hanging Antique Lace Collar
Sandblasted glassSpecial thanks to the artist for this 100% donation
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Alex Nyerges
Havana Balcony
Archival print on acrylicCourtesy of glave kocen gallery
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Sarah Gayle Carter
Practice Makes Perfect
Oil on cradled birch panelCourtesy of glave kocen gallery
Selected by guest curator Carter Reid
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Gabriel Ofiesh
Rainbow Moonstone Pendant
18k gold and sterling silver rainbow moonstone pendantSelected by guest curator Lizzie Carter Oliver
Special thanks to the artist for this 100% donation
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Emily White
Ode to an Osage Orange
Gelatin silver printSpecial thanks to the artist for this 100% donation
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Mary Scurlock
Disclosed; j, x, z
Mixed media on panelCourtesy of Quirk Gallery
Selected by guest curator Sarah Powers
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Aimee Joyaux
Gem Clip
Acrylic, shellac, crayon, pastel, oil stick on canvasCourtesey of Quirk Gallery
Selected by guest curator Geraldine Duskin
Special thanks to the artist for this 100% donation
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Kiara Pelissier
Copper Blue Coral Polyp Cluster
Blown glass with gold leafSelected by guest curator Caroline Cobb Wright
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Laura Loe
Shades
Oil on birch panelSpecial thanks to the artist for this 100% donation
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Sarah Irvin
Fresh Formulate
Ink on yupoCourtesy of Page Bond Gallery
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Diego Sanchez
Composition #117
Flashe on paperCourtesy of Quirk Gallery
Special thanks to the artist for this 100% donation -
Robert Walz
Unclouded
23.7 hand gilded gold leaf over graphite drawing on stone paperCourtesy of Quirk Gallery
Selected by guest curators Kathryn Gray & Alex Nyerges -
Andrea Donnelly
Temporal Cartography #4
Handwoven cotton, pigment, dye, and cotton backingCourtesy of Reynolds Gallery
Selected by guest curator Park Myers
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Josh George
One Last Love Letter
Mixed media on canvasCourtesy of glave kocen gallery
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Bernard Martin
Felix with Motherwell
Oil and acrylic on canvasCourtesy of ADA Gallery
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Mark Rickey
A Wrinkle in Tiger
Brazilian walnut and European beech base and stretchers; “tiger” maple, dyed and carved topSelected by guest curator Ted Elmore
Special thanks to the artist for this 100% donation
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Leigh Suggs
Untitled (Hide & Seek)
Handcut acrylic on yupoCourtesy of Reynolds Gallery
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Gordon Stettinius
Backboard, Isle of Palms, 2017
Gelatin silver photographSpecial thanks to the artist for this 100% donation
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Louis Poole
Blue House, 2020
Oil on canvas over panelSelected by guest curator Page Bond
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Andras Bality
VA Wine Country
Oil on canvasCourtesy of Reynolds Gallery
Selected by guest curator Michaeline Sander