The Friends of the Davison Art
Center is hosting its first-ever online auction featuring many pieces of fine
art including works by internationally-exhibiting photographers, Wesleyan
faculty, alumni, and friends. The online
auction hosted by Bidding for Good runs for three weeks, from October 15, 2013
through November 9, 2013 and will be accessed at http://fdac.wesleyan.edu. As part of Wesleyan’s Homecoming/Family
Weekend the Friends will also host a silent auction and free champagne
reception at the Alsop House Saturday November 2, 2013 from 3pm to 6pm. Come get an up-close look at the pieces in
the online auction and bid on additional items such as theater tickets, signed
books, private tours, one-on-one classes, and handicrafts. Founded in 1962, the Friends of the Davison
Art Center includes more than 300 members and is dedicated to supporting the
Davison Art Center collection.
The online auction will feature
fine artists including works by photographers Marion Belanger, Jen Davis, Dru
Donovan, Joel Wellington Fischer, Curran Hatleberg, and John Lehr as well as
Wesleyan faculty Julia Randall, Sasha Rudensky, David Schorr, Keiji Shinohara,
Wesleyan alumni including Eli Durst, Lindsay Keys, Daria Lombroso, Juliana
Romano, friends Matthew Grubb, Will McCarthy, Peter Waite, and more.
The silent auction will include a
preview of the works in the online auction as well as additional works by artists
including Lee Berman, Connie Brown, Roslyn Carrier-Brault, Michael Danchak,
Jackie Etling, Stan Klaneski, and Kathy de Mayo. It will also include items such as a family
photography session, a one-on-one Alexander Technique lesson, a private yoga class,
an original composition, signed books, private tours, CFA theater tickets,
tickets to Long Wharf, gift certificates, handcrafts, and more.
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The Friends of the Davison Art
Center was established in 1962 to help expand and support the Davison Art Center
at Wesleyan University. The Davison Art
Center holds approximately 18,000 prints and 6,000 photographs in one of the
foremost collections of prints and photographs at an American college or
university.
