La Familia Artist Career Opportunities

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

La Familia Gallery's First Facebook Fundraiser Auction Closes Friday (tomorrow)


LA FAMILIA GALLERY INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPECIAL ONLINE FUNDRAISING EVENT.

As artists, we’re asked to donate our work to a variety of causes. This month, the artists of La Familia are donating the sales of our work to support our fellow artists, and the growth of our cooperative gallery.

Aqua Art Miami, a key satellite show of Art Basel, is a selectively juried exhibition that’s an incredible opportunity for emerging artists to expand their reach to the international art scene. The artists of La Familia Gallery have been invited to participate in the 2009 Aqua Art Miami exhibition, and we need your help to get there!

This is your chance to bid on pieces from your favorite La Familia artists and potentially collect them for less than regular gallery prices. Of course, you can always stake your claim on a piece and “buy it now” as well!

AUCTION GUIDELINES

1. Click on the images below to see the work that’s for sale.
2. RSVP for the event if you'd like to bid, so that you have the ability to make comments.
3. The caption below each piece contains all of the information you’ll need to make a bid, including: end date for each individual auction, minimum bid, suggested bidding increments and a “Buy It Now” price.
4. Place your bid as a “comment” below the image of the piece that you want.
5. Each auction will last 5 days. If you choose to “Buy It Now,” the auction for that piece ends immediately after the “Buy It Now” bid is placed. Otherwise, at 5pm PST on the end of the 5th day, the highest bid wins the piece.
6. We will contact the winners of each individual auction to discuss the steps for payment. Please be prepared to pay within 48 hours; otherwise, artwork will be go to the next bidder down, or be put back into the auction. La Familia Gallery accepts cash, check or credit card.
7. All sales are final.
8. Auction prices do not include shipping costs. If necessary, artwork can be shipped via UPS; costs will be added to the total cost of the work based on size, weight and destination.
9. We will be making this auction available as a public link. If you want to bid on a piece but don’t have a Facebook account, you have a few options:
-Ask a friend with a Facebook account to bid for you!
-Email us at auction@lafamiliallc.com to let us know what bid you want to place. Please keep in mind, however, that there may be delays in response time for this option, so you may get out-bid.

Help the artists of La Familia Gallery take advantage of a key career-building opportunity by making a bid on your favorite piece below. Auctions will last 5 days for each piece, and we’ll be adding new pieces every few days—so make sure you check back often!


THIS WEEK:
Caudled Milk (mixed media), Chris Sheridan (painting), Christine Rivers (photography), Don DeLeva (painting), Joseph Guggino (giclee), Jeanette Jones (painting), Kate Protage (painting), Thomas Krueger (photography) and Sara Everett (woodcut).

NEXT WEEK:
More work from some of the above artists, plus Angela Scott (painting), Harry Woods (photography), Kathy Liao (painting), Lanae Rivers-Woods (digital prints) and Michelle Anderst (painting).

Prices have been set by the artists. 100% of the proceeds from all sales in the Aqua Art Fundraiser Auction go toward funding La Familia Gallery’s participation in Aqua Art Miami.