Make Your Mark!
Art Gallery of Mississauga’s 12th Annual Art Auction
April 23, 2015, 7 PM
Art Gallery of Mississauga
300 City Centre Drive.
Mississauga, ON L5B 3C1
artgalleryofmississauga.com
Follow the red dot to the AGM! Tickets are now on sale for the Art Gallery of Mississauga's 12th Annual Art Auction: Make Your Mark! This year, the gallery’s annual fundraiser is transformed into Peel Region’s most exciting art party of the season. Make your mark with a red dot – and open up the opportunity for arts and culture in Mississauga!
This year, Make Your Mark! features a carefully curated selection of original work from nationally known, regional and emerging artists. The AGM’s 12th Annual Auction includes artworks by Maria Bida Albulet, Avantika Bawa, Jason Brown, Susan Clark, Karen Darling, Benjamin Freedman, Toni Hafkenscheid, Libby Hague, Warren Hoyano, Joshua Jensen-Nagle, Lila Lewis Irving, Morris Lum, Oliver Pauk, Ed Pien, Sarah Sands Phillips, Abraham Anghik Ruben, Rena Sava, Michael Vickers, Chih-Chien Wang, and many more.
The Auction will be opened with remarks by Mayor Bonnie Crombie and hosted by prominent TV personality Randy Persaud. Proceeds from the auction go directly back into the community, through exhibitions, artist projects and workshops, youth education and community-based programmes. The past few years have resulted in record breaking attendance numbers at the AGM. Show your support towards the future of arts and culture in Mississauga by supporting the momentum of the gallery.
PADDLE 8:
New this year, the Art Gallery of Mississauga will be partnering with Paddle8.
Paddle8 is a New York based auction house specializing in auctions of art and design with non-profits on benefit auctions, offering collectors the chance to bid on carefully sourced works. To date, Paddle8 has partnered with over 200 non-profit organizations worldwide to present their benefit auctions online, dramatically expanding the audience of supporters and fundraising results for each auction.
All works in the AGM’s 12th Annual Art Auction will be available for viewing and bidding online. Advance bidding will begin online through Paddle8 from:
APRIL 8 – APRIL 23, 12:00 PM, EST
All bids from the Paddle8 auction period will be transferred over to the Live Auction event. A reserve bid may be placed on Paddle8.
TICKETS:
Contact the AGM at 905 896 5088 to purchase a ticket or visit the AGM website.
Each ticket serves as a $75.00 voucher redeemable for a Live Auction item or piece of art.
SPECIAL EVENTS:
EXHIBITION PREVIEW
Thursday, April 16 – Sunday, April 19
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 6 pm
FREE
Come view the works in the Annual Auction and meet the artists!
REGIONAL ARTIST STUDIO TOUR
Sunday, April 19, 12 – 3:30 pm
$10 Non-members | FREE for AGM members (Includes Transportation) | RSVP
See the talent that exists right in your own backyard! Join the AGM for a tour of the studios of notable regional artists Robin Hollingdrake, Eileen Menzel and Lila Lewis Irving.
Meet at the AGM, 300 City Centre Dr. Bus departs at 12 PM and returns to the AGM around 3:30 PM.
HERB & DOROTHY 50 x 50
Saturday, April 18, 2 pm
FREE
Special screening of this documentary about a seemingly ordinary New York couple, Herb and Dorothy Vogel, who filled their humble one-bedroom New York apartment with a world class contemporary art collection and who in 2008, chose to donate 2500 works of art to 50 institutions in the United States.
SISTER WENDY'S AMERICAN COLLECTION
Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19
Gallery operation hours | FREE
The AGM will be screening this beloved PBS series throughout the preview weekend. Renowned art historian Sister Wendy Beckett brings her knowledge, enthusiasm, and insight to contemporary art, making a difficult subject accessible and stimulating to all.
ABOUT THE ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA
The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is a public, not-for-profit, art gallery located in the Mississauga Civic Centre, right on Celebration Square and across from Square One Mall. The AGM is proud to admit people free of charge, serve communities, and provide positive visual art experiences for all visitors.
Engage. Think. Inspire. This phrase opens the dialogue at the AGM. The Gallery connects with the people of Mississauga through the collection and presentation of relevant works from a range of periods and movements in Canadian art. Expressing multiple ideas and concepts, this visual art translates into meaningful cultural and social experiences for all audiences. The AGM employs innovative education, artist projects and other forms of dialogue to advance critical enquiry and community connection to the visual arts. The mandate of the Gallery is to "bring art to the community and the community to art."
Directions to the AGM, as well as transit routes and other information, can be found on our website.
CONTACT:
Shellie Zhang - Communications
905-896-5893
shellie.zhang@mississauga.ca
SPONSORS:
The AGM would like to thank our sponsors and contributors for their generous support towards the gallery. The 12th Annual Art Auction is presented with the support of Sheridan College, Mississauga Life: Spirit of the City, Rogers TV, Colio Estate Wines, Cobs Bread, the Mississauga Arts Council, New Concept Framing, City of Mississauga Print Services, C Café & C Banquets, the Kipling Gallery, Bau-Xi Gallery Contemporary Fine Art, and the Harbour Gallery.
