freshART

Creatives and collectors will come together in support of children at Behringer-Crawford 26^th annual freshART Auction on September 16.

Several dozen of the region’s top artists, selected from a pool of applicants, will spend part of their weekend in Devou Park creating original works of art, which will be sold just hours later. freshART guests will have the chance to interact with the artists, learn more about their art and bid on a wide range of one-of-kind creations, including watercolors, oils, charcoal, ceramics, carvings, fabric art, sculpture and more.

Artists will begin working in Devou Park en plein air on Saturday morning, completing their works in time for the program, which will take place in the museum’s outdoor amphitheater from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Guests will preview the artwork during a cocktail hour followed by dinner and what usually proves to be a very lively auction, which will be conducted by auctioneer David Wallace. Music will be provided by the Cliff Daley Band.

Tickets to freshART are $80 per guest or $125 for hosts, tax included. A variety of sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information or for tickets, call 859-491-4003 or email info@bcmuseum.

A portion of the sale price of each auctioned piece will go to the artist; the balance will be donated to the museum, benefiting area children through BCM’s educational programs.  Submitted artworks will be judged by a panel of experts, with $1000 in cash prizes awarded to the first, second and third-place entries by the William & Patricia Applegate Fund.

In addition to freshART, the event also will include a silentART auction of previously completed works by additional local artists. The silentART auction opens to the public for bidding at the museum on Saturday, August 18 and continues through September 16.  A silentART reception, with an opportunity to meet the artists, takes place at BCM from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, September 1. A portion of the purchase price of silentART auction items also will be donated to the museum’s youth education.

Since freshART began in 1992, more than a half million dollars has been raised, bringing educational and cultural activities to nearly a quarter-million Northern Kentucky children.

freshART sponsors to date include: BB&T; U.S. Bank; Bellevue Family Dentistry; Schneller Plumbing, Heating & Air; Covington Independent Schools; Design Direct, LLC; Zalla Companies; Pendery Insurance;Taft, Stettinius & Holister; U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management; 5/3 Bank; Bellevue Family Dentistry; Adams, Stepner, Woltemann & Dusing, PLLC and Jackson Interiors.

Additional sponsors include Ruth Faragher and Family, Jack and Phyllis Moreland, Leo and Kathy Calderon, Mark and Kate Neikirk, Tom and Connie O’Donnell, Joann Brown, Sue and Don Corken, Bob and Brenda Reineke, Greg and Katie Shumate, Dick and Pam Spoor and Tom and Gerry Zembrodt.

Behringer-Crawford Museum is supported in part by our members, the City of Covington, Kenton County Fiscal Court, ArtsWave, Kentucky Arts Council, the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame and The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. US Bank Foundation.