Preview Reception and Silent Auction, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Sunday, August 21
Silent Auction continues, Noon to 3:00 PM
Live Auction begins at 4:00 PM
WET PAINT FACTS
Registration for WET PAINT can be done in advance online here (online registration closes: August 19), faxed or sent via postal mail by printing the pdf form, or submitted in person on Saturday, August 20 from 8:00 - 10:00 am.Registrations will also be accepted at artwork drop-off.
We encourage you to pre-register if you would like to be included in the WET PAINT Program. If your registration is received by August 1st your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address may be used in the Program if specified on the form.
Artists may submit up to three artworks in any medium.
In the spirit of "wet paint", we encourage you to submit art created "en plein air", or your most recent work.
Artwork submitted by children 12 and under will be installed in the Corridor Gallery for display and silent auction.
Works are to be submitted no later than 3 pm on Saturday, August 20.
All work will initially be placed in the Silent Auction. The public will be able to bid on works during the Preview Reception on Saturday, August 20 and again on Sunday, August 21 from noon to 3:00 pm.
Selected works from the Silent Auction will go to the Live Auction on Sunday, August 21 at 4 pm; live auction bidding will begin at the last amount on the bid sheet.
Artists who submit work will be admitted free with one guest to Saturday's Preview Reception; Members $10; non-members $15.
NEW for 2011
This year we are asking artists to put two brief bio facts on the back of their artwork. This has been requested for by Wet Paint bidders, and we will also use som e of this information during the live auction.
Examples:
- John Smith is the owner of XYZ Gallery in Anytown, RI - John Smith paints landscapes and also works in ceramics
- Pam Jones began painting at 13 years old
- Pam Jones has exhibited at the Blank Museum
Artists who create a work of art for Wet Paint on Saturday (August 20) will be given a complimentary Norman Bird Sanctuary membership. To be eligible, artists must park in the NBS main lot and check in at the NBS
office on Saturday.
ALSO non-participating NBS members may attend the Preview Reception for a $10 admission fee.
Wet Paint 2011 Committee Chairs R. Brooke Roberts Jessica Hagen Thomas Eberhardt
