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The Hair BallSilent AuctionWalton Ford RaffleIS183 Art School's Hair Ball presents an exclusive, hair-raising opportunity to support art education in the Berkshires by participating in a raffle for the original Walton Ford study, Blue Crab. Blue Crab is a study for "False Face" (1991), one of Walton Ford's first watercolor paintings to reference natural history. Blue Crab is valued at $4,000. It measures 11 1/2" x 9" and is watercolor and graphite on paper.The New Yorker magazine recently described Ford as "dazzling" (Profile, Jan 26, 2009). Ford is represented by the Paul Kasmin Gallery, NYC. To view his biography and selected works please visit www.paulkasmingallery.com. To see Walton Ford's YouTube Self Portrait click here. Only 99 raffle tickets will be sold at $50. each, or three tickets for $125. Tickets can be purchased by contacting hairball.raffle@gmail.com or at 413.281.1637. Any remaining tickets will be sold at The Hair Ball silent auction/dance party blowout, Saturday, March 14, 2009 at Shakespeare & Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre in Lenox.
Fine Art Auction Preview - Event ReCapat Mission Bar & TapasThursday, February 26th from 7 - 9pm The Fine Art Preview Thursday night was fantastic! The 22 pieces of art donated by faculty and local artists (see list of artists below) will be hanging for two weeks at Mission, so stop by to see them before the Hair Ball on March 14th. A very special thank you goes to Cindy Kelly and Rebecca Weinman who helped collect the art and to Seth Nash and Kris Anderson for hanging the pieces at Mission. Also, a BIG thank you goes to Jim Benson and his staff at Mission. Not only was the food delicious but the presentation was spectacular! Visit Rural Intelligence online magazine for coverage of the event. Less than 2 weeks until the Hair Ball!! THANK YOU to our Artists: Yura Adams, Scott Barrow, Michael Boroniec, Leslee Carsewll, John Clarke, Walton Ford, Ogden Gigli, Meryl Joseph, Jennifer Kimball, Kit Latham, Melissa Lillie, Vaal London-Kane, Linda Novick, Michaek Rousseau, Karen Arp-Sandel, Howard Shapiro, Ben Tritt, Rebecca Weinman, Will Wendt and Brent Whitney.
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