VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to announce it will host a Surreally Fine Art Auction on November 20, 2010 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public. The evening kicks-off at 6:00 pm with a preview of the live auction and opening of the silent auction. The live auction will begin at 7:00 pm with curator Clint Willour serving as auctioneer. The silent auction will close at 8:30 pm.
There will be a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres will be served. All proceeds from the event will benefit GAC’s exhibition and education programs. Visitors may preview auction items Thursday, November 18 through Saturday, November 20, from 11 am to 5 pm daily.

Included in this year’s selection are works by Keith Carter, Margaret Smithers-Crump, Kim Squaglia, Ann Stautberg, Frank X. Tolbert2, Jean Wetta and others. There will be a color engraving by Salvador Dalí, Hell, from his series illustrating The Divine Comedy. Dixie Friend Gay has donated two color prints of the studies for her mosaic murals at Texas A&M University Galveston’s new Ocean and Coastal Studies Building.

Works of art have been generously donated by artists, galleries and collectors.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Galveston Arts Center and all of its public programming, including free admission at all times to exhibitions of contemporary art, the presentation of art education outreach programs for underserved populations in our community, and the production of ArtWalk, one of Galveston’s favorite destination events.

Galveston Arts Center is currently located at 2501 Market at 25th Streets in historic downtown Galveston.

Pictured above: Keith Carter, detail Walking Raven, 1/35, 2009, Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph, 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches, Courtesy the artist and McMurtrey Gallery, Houston.