The 2010 Hambidge Art Auction and Performance Gala was held on Thursday, November 18, at the Bradford Gallery, Miami Circle, Atlanta. It was a stellar showcase of art and performances celebrating 75 years of nurturing brilliant artistic exploration and expression. The silent auction featured the work of 125 emerging and established artists from across the country, and special performances occurred throughout the evening. Organic and locally grown cuisine was provided by Sundial Restaurant, and signature cocktails and libations were served.

Auction Curators/Coordinators
Jenny Jensen Minkewicz
Anne Lambert Tracht

Auction Artists

Corinne Adams + Lisa Alembik + Anita Arliss + Linda Armstrong + Meg Aubrey + Peter Bahouth + Radcliffe Bailey + Susan Beallor-Snyder + Bonnie Beauchamp-Cooke + Clem Bedwell + Paul Benjamin + Rick Berman + Daniel Biddy + Joshua Bienko + Mark Boomershine + Christian Bradley West + Teresa Bramlette Reeves + Eileen Braun + Holly Bryan + Lucinda Bunnen + Betsy Cain + Jack Cane + Carolyn Carr + Maurice Clifford + Corrine Colarusso + Kevin Cole + Chris Condon + Don Cooper + Jaynie Crimmins + Elyse Defoor + Jeff Demetriou + Wendy DesChene & Jeff Schmuki + Rebecca DesMarais + Terri Dilling + Helen Durant + Ruth Dusseault + Sarah Emerson + Mary Farmer + Shannon Felsot + Doug Foltz + John Folsom + Tom Francis + Ruth Franklin + Angus Galloway + Marie Garcia + Duane Georges + Rich Gere + Jean Glenn + Matt Haffner + Grady Haugerud + Jenny Henley + Tony Hernandez + Hope Hilton + Judith Holdroyd + Tim Hunter + James Jernigan + Benjamin Jones + Cecelia Kane + Diane Kempler + Mahera Khaleque + Cynthia Knapp + Kathryn Kolb + Caroline Lambert + Judy Lampert + Tracey Lane + Jack Lawing + Mark Leibert + Harriet Leibowitz + Ursula Lentine + Alan Loehl + George Long + Lori-Gene + Ann-Marie Manker + Gordon Mansergh + Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier + Corrina Mensoff + Tom Meyer + Rob Milam + Donna Mintz + Katherine Mitchell + Dana Montlack + Lynne Moody + Tommy Moss + Pam Moxley + Todd Murphy + Michael Murrell + Billy Newman + W. Chester Old + Sonia Osio + Margaret Patterson + Joe Peragine + Mario Petrirena + Junco Pollack + Julie Püttgen + Barbara Pyle + Michael Radyk + Susan Robert + Rana Rochat + Rocio Rodriguez + Dawn Roe + Pamela Rogers + Judy Rushin + Karin Schaller + Barbara Schreiber + Michele Schuff + Tracy Sharp + Sid Smith + Preston Snyder + Whitney Stansell + Ann Stewart + Suzanne Stryk + John Sumner + Jeff Surace + Tom Swanston + Karen Tauches + Dayna Thacker + Penny Treese + Meryl Truett + Lisa Tuttle + Heather Weese + Angela West + Judy Winograd + Whitney Wood + Kathy Yancey

PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATION ARTISTS

James Beck + Blake Beckham + Jerry Cullum + Chelsae Darling + Jordan Dayan + Tim Degroot + Wendy DesChene & Jeff Schmuki + David L. Fisher + Julia Hill + Meredith Hope + Nicole Livieratos + Myron Lo + Dana Lupton + Tim Mack + Sonia Osio + Barbara Panter-Connah + Michele Schuff + Duncan L. Shirah + Jan Smith + Ann Whitley-Singleton

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

MONSANTRA by Wendy Dechene & Jeff Schmuki
Because our food distribution systems are so muddled we want people to think about their food, where it comes from and where it may be going, by taking our remote control, or robotic plants to the streets.

Since practicing as an artist team, Canadian artist Wendy DesChene and US artist Jeff Schmuki, have been awarded a residency at the American Academy in Rome and have exhibited in international institutions, including at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and the Goethe Institute in Egypt.

www.monsantra.com

Untitled Performances by members of the The Imperial Opa

Tim Mack, Myron Lo, Chelsae Darling, Julia Hill, Meredith Hope A series of small intimate performances highlighting some of the varied talents of the Imperial Opa, including stilt walking, juggling, fire eating, levitating wand, and belly dancing.

Atlanta’s largest group of uncommon people doing wondrous things! This is The Imperial Opa Circus: creative entertainment to enchant, dazzle, and amaze.

www.theimperialopa.com

Disguise Machine by Duncan L. Shirah

The Disguise Machine cuts a simple, wearable disguise out of any 4x6 inch postcard.

Duncan Shirah is a sculptor from Atlanta, Georgia, who creates interactive, mechanical art.

Elongation (excerpt) by Gardenhouse Dance
Choreography: Nicole Livieratos
Performer: Blake Beckham
Music: Laura Gibson and the Portland Cello Project

This is an in-process excerpt. This is part of the development of the work Elongation that will ultimately involve multiple sawhorses, a live horse, a performer, video projection and original music.

Gardenhouse Dance founder/director Nicole Livieratos was the first choreographer accepted for a Hambidge residency and has received several awards and honors for her choreography including the Mayor’s Fellowship in the Arts Award for Dance, a King Baudouin Foundation grant, and support from Idea Capital for new ideas in art.

Inside Out by Dana Lupton
Throughout the evening, Lupton will gather kinesthetic movements generated from stories guests share when answering the question, “When you were 14, what artist made a significant impact on your life?” Influenced by Celeste Miller’s choreographic process, Lupton will use this intimate interactive research structure to create original movement phrases inspired by guests’ memories.

Dana Marie Lupton co-founder of Moving in the Spirit, a nationally recognized youth development organization using dance to transform lives.

Death in the Rough by David L. Fisher
Actors: Bob Smith, Allen Stone, Joe McLaughlin, Chris Brooks, Jason Caldwell (Onion Man Productions and Lionheart Theatre Company)

Two men on a golfing outing discover a dead man. Again!

David Fisher is a local playwright and a regular with Onion Man Productions.

“Something will happen,” asserts Jerry Cullum.

Three Elegant Bluegrass Songs by the Rosin Sisters
The Rosin Sisters are Barbara Panter-Connah, Jan Smith and Ann Whitley-Singleton, three fiddlers who combine tight vocal harmonies and energetic instrumentals (including guitar, banjo and bass) drawn from our rich and diverse Southern heritage of Roots music (Appalachian, Cajun, Blues and Honky Tonk).

Three World Folklorica Songs by Potpourri
As the name implies, “Potpourri” is a mixture of freeform genres and personalities, young and older, utilizing percussion, sitar, guitar, flute, and bass led by the captivating Venezuelan voice of Sonio Osio. Eclectic flavors smiling with South American Folklorica and American Sophistication.

DJ, Tim Degroot
The Rare Form DJ Crew is representative of a genderless musical experience that can be translated from a backyard barbecue, to a lounge type setting, to international super-clubs. Founded by DJ’s Tim DeGroot (a.k.a tD) and J. Posey (a.k.a. J.soL), Rare Form started it’s experience in 2001 as a collective of significant proportion and experience.

Lights by Michele Schuff
The installation of multiple cast resin lanterns lit by a singe transformer was inspired by and developed during residencies at The Hambidge Center in 2005 and 2007. The individual lights burn at different intensities, but collectively create a singe form. The lamp symbol has many meanings, but ultimately a lantern will light the dark. Courtesy of Whitespace Gallery.

Michele Schuff is a studio artist with The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and a Fellow of the Hambidge Center and VCCA. Schuff’s work explores themes of light through encaustic painting and three-dimensional cast forms. Her work is held in private collections in the U.S. and U.K. Michele exhibits with Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta.

AUCTION COMMITTEE

Jamie Badoud + Bonnie Beauchamp-Cooke + Lucinda Bunnen + Carolyn Carr + Doug Foltz + Judy Higgins + Yolanda Head + Malissa Ladd + W. Chester Old + Suzanne Shaw + Barb Williams

HOSTS

Yellow Lady Slipper Hosts The Hagedorn Family Foundation + Steve Sachs

Trillium Hosts Lyn & Rick Asbill + Lucinda & Bob Bunnen + Sherry & Jeff Cohen + David J. Harris + Judy & Dave Higgins + Judy & Scott Lampert + Marchant & Ron Martin + Belinda & Ken Reusch + Hazel Sanger + Helen & Doc Schneider + Deb Sudbury + Barb & Thom Williams

Buck-Eye Hosts Alecia Adair-Foltz & Doug Foltz + Mo Akbar & Ed Stephenson + Judy & Dick Allison + Melissa Bunnen Jernigan & James Jernigan + Angelyn & Neal Chandler + Susan & Carl Cofer + Annette Cone-Skelton & Robert Hipps + Susan & Mike Conger + Martha Eskew & Chet Tisdale + Caroline & Peter Finnerty + Judy & Ed Garland + Carol Green Gellerstedt + Nena Griffith + Maggie Hagedorn + Wanda S. Hopkins + Alfred Kennedy & Bill Kenny + Dorothy Yates Kirksley + Malissa Ladd & Bill Peace + Liz Lapidus & Robert Brawner + Rosemary Magee & Ron Grapevine + Elizabeth & David Martin + Donna & Jeff Mintz + Kayla & Rob Osborne + Jerry Pair + Karen & Clay Rolader + John Ryan & Wesley Chenault + Jack Sawyer & Bill Torres + Jennifer & Jeff Seavey + Leckie & Bill Stack + Claire Sterk & Kirk Elifson + Ruth West & Bob Wells + Alice & Don Williams

May Apple Hosts Bruce Cohen + Bonnie Beauchamp-Cooke & George Cooke + Diane Durgin + Anne & Marty Emanuel + Louise S. Gunn + Yolanda & Greg Head + Deborah Hunter + James Warren Jackson + Gordon Mansergh + W. Chester Old & Steven Bennett + Barbara Pyle + Susan Reed + Suzanne Shaw & Daniel Biddy + Dina Woodruff

Hambidge 2010 Art Auction + Performance Gala