Make Art for a Good Cause!

My name is Sarah Buckmeier, I am the Special Events Intern for alley's house this fall. alley's house is a wonderful non-profit in Dallas that empowers teen mothers and their children to become independent through support services that we provide for them. We are having our 8th Annual Art Auction fundraiser at Rising Galley on February 4, 2012.

We are currently recruiting artists to participate in our Art Auction. We provide the artist with a 24"x24" canvas that will be auctioned off as silent auction art piece. Each piece is priced with the starting bid at $150. This year alley's house is sharing the proceeds generated by the art piece with the artists 50/50.

Canvases will be available for pick up now through October 28th, 2011 at alley's house located at 4133 Junius Street, Dallas, TX 75246. All art work is to be completed and delivered back to alley’s house on or before Friday January 6th, 2012

I have attached complete details about alley's house 8th Annual Art Auction to this e-mail along with an artist participation form. I know you have many young and talented students and we would love to give them the opportunity to participate in this Art Auction. Please have the students fill out and e-mail me the artist participation form at sarah.buckmeier@alleyshouse.org if they are interested in participating. Please e-mail me if you have any additional questions.
Thank you so much for your support of alley’s house over the past several years and welcome to all the new artists! We are still recruiting artists now for our 8th Annual Art Auction, Incrementum II, Saturday February 4th 2012.

You will be given a 24” x 24” canvas for silent auction inspired by your interpretation of “growth.” The 10 36x48 canvases that will be live auctioned have already been reserved. All canvases are provided to the artists by alley’s house.

Silent auction art works will start with a base bid of $150, however anyone can choose to buy it now for $300. Live auction art works will start bids at 30% of their retail value. alley’s house will split the proceeds from your artwork 50/50 and you will receive free admission the night of the event.

The canvases have been donated and will be available for pick up now through October 28th, 2011 at alley’s house located at 4113 Junius Street, Dallas, TX 75246. All artwork is to be completed and delivered back to alley’s house on or before Friday January 6th, 2012. Please be sure the name of the piece and your name are on the back of the canvas before delivery.

Listed below is all the specific information about the event. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the attached participation form and email it back to me before you pick up your canvas. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know via email or call at 214.824.8700.

Event Details:

What: alley’s house 8th Annual Art Auction, INCREMENTUM II

When: Saturday, February 4th, 2012 from 7-11 pm

Who: An alley’s house event in collaboration with Rising Gallery and FGIII Art.

Where: Rising Gallery

800 Jackson Street

Dallas, TX 75202

Event: Artists will each create one 24” x 24” art piece for silent auction or one 36” x 48” for live auction. All canvases will be provided to the artists by alley’s house. Silent auction art works will start with a base bid of $150; with a “Buy Now!” price of $300. Live auction art works will start bids at 30% of their retail value.

Theme:

“Incrementum” is Latin for growth. alley’s house teaches young mothers the importance of growth and expanding beyond their reach. All artists should create a piece of art inspired by their own interpretation of “growth.”

Net proceeds will benefit alley’s house, a non-profit organization whose mission is “Empowering teen mothers and their children to achieve independence through support services, education and mentoring.”

Mark Bradford at the Dallas Museum of Art

Students from the Visual Arts cluster will have the unique opportunity to meet and dialogue with artist Mark Bradford at the Dallas Museum of Art on Friday October 14 from 11:00 to 3:00 p.m. Bradford's retrospective will open at the DMA on Sunday October 16.

National Portfolio Day

National Portfolio Day is Sunday October 9, 2011 at the Loew's Anatole Hotel located on Stemmons Expressway at Market Center Drive. The event will be held from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. There is a financial aid workshop prior to the event. All visual arts seniors and juniors are encouraged to attend.

2012 Senior Portfolio Blogs

The 2012 Visual Arts Seniors have been hard at work in GT Mentor II building portfolio blogs. Their links have been added to our list - check them out!

Volunteers Needed

Volunteer Activity for Interested Students:

Dallas Art Dealers Association is seeking high school and community college students to be docents for its upcoming Fall Gallery Walk on Sept. 24. This is a great opportunity for students to meet gallery professionals, to work on public speaking skills, and to learn about the business of art as well as about artists.

Orientation for the DADA Docents program is Saturday, Sept. 10 10 a.m.-noon at The MAC, 3120 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas. Molly Kysar, formerly in charge of docent training for the Dallas Museum of Art, is volunteering to train the students. DADA Docents will chose from the participating DADA members and work on Saturday, Sept. 24 at a time to be determined by the DADA members. They will be expected to dress business casual, be on time, be courteous and respectful and to share their enthusiasm and expertise regarding the art on the walls of their chosen gallery.

A pre and post survey will be given to the students for DADA’s Edith Baker Artist Career Development programming.

All high school and community college students are invited, no geographic or age restrictions. Please contact Lisa Taylor, Executive Director of DADA at info@dallasartdealers.org or 214-914-1099.
Lisa Taylor
Director

Welcome Back! All School Collaborative

Welcome to the 2011-2011 Booker T. Washington Visual Arts Blog. Keep up with news from the Visual Arts Department, Artist/Volunteer Opportunities, and other news. As the new year begins, seniors in the GT Mentorship class will be building and maintaining portfolio blogs that will be linked to this site.

On Tuesday August 30 there will be a meeting at 8:15 in room 172 - Ms. Chambliss' room - for ANY Visual Art student interested in participating with the All School Collaborative that will be performed on September 22 and 23. Visual Artists will be creating work for a memorial scene, some visual artists will actually be on stage, and potentially we will be helping in the poster and playbill production. If unable to attend at that particular time, please stop by and talk to Ms. Chambliss