Houston, TX- Houston Center for Photography proudly announces its 2011 Print Auction. This event, HCP’s largest annual fundraiser, will take place Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at the Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, TX 77027. At 6pm, the evening kicks-off with cocktails, entertainment and a preview of the silent and live auctions. Dinner will be served at 6:45pm. World- renowned auctioneer, Rick Wester, will conduct the auction of live prints beginning at 7:15 p.m. The silent auction will close 15 minutes after the live auction is completed. Tickets are available for purchase on HCP’s website at www.hcponline.org or by phone; contact Sandy Vitrano at (713) 529-4755, extension 17. Individual tickets to the event are $150. Table sponsorships are available at $1,500 or $3,000 (table for 10) and $300 (Individual Ticket). Absentee bids are welcome. Silent Auction works are available for pre-auction purchase on HCP’s website (www.hcponline.org) with a “Buy It Now” option. For questions, reservations or to request a catalog, please contact Sandy Vitrano at sandy@hcponline.org or 713-529-4755, ext. 17. All works can be previewed during HCP’s auction exhibition from January 21 – February 21, 2011.
Each year, HCP holds a print auction where artists, galleries and collectors from around the world donate fine photographic works to be auctioned for the benefit of HCP’s general operation. Representing over 90 established and mid-career photographic artists with work collected in museum and private sectors, the selection is an impressive catalog of both vintage and contemporary fine art prints. One-hundred percent of sales from the auction will go to the continued exhibition, educational, outreach, and publication work that HCP provides to not only the Houston community but to the international photography community.
Related Events:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s membership group, Photo Forum, will be co-hosting a tour of the auction exhibition in the HCP galleries. The tour will be held on Monday, February 21, 2011 at HCP beginning at 6 p.m., led by Anne Tucker, Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Clint Willour, Curator, Galveston Arts Center. This event is co-sponsored by Photo Forum and is free and open to the public. Drinks will be served.
AUCTION CHAIR
Libbie Masterson
AUCTION COMMITTEE
Deborah Bay
Gemma DeSantos
Jason Dibley
Bevin Bering Dubrowski
Patricia Eifel
Tracy Xavia Karner
Frazier King
Isa Leshko
Ed Osowski
Laura Torgerson
Wade Wilson
Madeline Yale
HOST COMMITTEE
Catherine Anspon
Laura Bacon
Blakely Bering
Brittany Cassin
Howard Hilliard
Molly Hipp Hubbard
Mavis Kelsey III
Sussana Kise
Poppi Massey
Kristen Nix
Sue Schwartz
2011 PRINT AUCTION ARTISTS
Anonymous
Arezu
Dave Anderson
Anderson and Lowe
Jeffrey Becom
Chuy Benitez
Julie Blackmon
Colin Blakely
Kate Breakey
Gay Block
David Brown
Nan Brown
Peter Brown
Dan Burkholder
Laura Burlton
Keith Carter
Caleb Cole
Jamie Lee Curtis
Scott Dalton
Dornith Doherty
Elaine Duigenan
Jon Edwards
Matt Eich
J. Henry Fair
Harold Feinstein
Brian Finke
Allen Frame
Jane Fulton Alt
Stan Gaz
Stanley Greene
David Halliday
Tom Hawkins
Susan Hayre Thelwell
Joel Enrique Hernandez
David Halliday
German Herrera
Paul Hester
Tim Hetherington
Henry Horenstein
Jennifer Hudson
Bill Jacobsen
Sharon Joines
Lance Keimig
Lisa Kereszi
Ferit Kuyas
Laurie Lambrecht
William Lamson
Isa Leshko
Jeff Chein Hsing Liao
O. Rufus Lovett
John Mann
Scott Martin
Rania Matar
Monika Merva
Jean Miele
Rizwan Mirza
Andrea Modica
James Nakagawa
Nancy Newberry
Newman Photo
Lori Nix
Ann Pallesen
Tatiana Parcero
Susan Plum
Susana Raab
Ellen Rennard
Justine Reyes
Ken Rosenthal
Jay Rusovich
Lynne Saville
Bastienne Schmidt
Bill Schwab
George Seeley
Jennifer Shaw
Art Shay
Lauren E. Simonutti
Joni Sternbach
Jane Tam
Maggie Taylor
Brad Temkin
Kadir van Lohuizen
Lori Vrba
Jennah Ward
Bradford Washburn
John McWilliams
Todd Webb
Ernest Withers
George Zimbel
Ion Zupcu
DIRECTORS' PORTFOLIO ARTISTS
Deborah Bay
Bevin Bering
Shelley Calton
Mike Cemo
Jeff DeBevec
Stephan Hillerbrand
Howard Hilliard
Frazier King
Geoffrey Koslov
Libbie Masterson
Luis Mesa
Royce Ann Sline
Kathryn Urbanek
Paul Zeigler
AUCTION SPONSORS
Julie and Drew Alexander; Laura and Tom Bacon; Patricia Eifel and James Belli; Marcia and Charlie Gerhardt; Bob Gulley, Sally and John Hopper, Kathryn and Tim Lee; Joan and Stanford Alexander; Becky and Mike Cemo; Wendy and Mavis Kelsey; Mickey and Mike Marvins; Celia and Jay Munisteri; Robin and Sandy Stuart; Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen; Amy and Christopher Ashby, Laura and Todd Torgerson; Kevin Bassler, Susan and Patrick Cook; Deborah Bay and Edgar Browning; Kelly and Norman Bering, Bevin and Dan Dubrowski; Cindi and Bob Blakely; Jereann Chaney; John Cleary Gallery; Sherry and James Kempner; Frazier King, Betty Pecore and Howard Hilliard; Barbara and Geoffrey Koslov; Libbie Masterson; Muffy and Mike McLanahan; Maria and Luis Mesa; Wade Wilson Art
HCP would also like to thank UBS, framing sponsor Larson-Juhl, and media sponsor PaperCity