Caritas Village Auction Items for 2014 Benefit

 



Silent Auction to benefit Caritas Village

Friends, family and supporters of The Village will host a fun-filled evening of live music, entertainment and a silent auction at the Parish Hall of The Holy Communion Church located off Perkins Extended just east of the intersection of Walnut Grove at Perkins. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

***Purchase tickets at Caritas Village or go to www.caritasvillage.org.***

 

The Village will host it's first Annual Fundraising Event on Friday, November 7, starting at 6:30 pm. It will feature local news anchor Joe Birch as the Event Emcee and dinner will be offered by Chef Mac Edwards of The Elegant Farmer. Dance troops, artists and musicians will perform throughout the evening to stimulate your mind and soul while representing the common bond and spirit that we know as Caritas.

In addition to the ticket admission of $50, a Silent Auction will be held to include the items presented below.  Any item not sold at the "Buy it Now" price will be available for bids during the Silent Auction.  Note: "Buy it Now" items may be purchased in advance from Caritas Village during normal business hours.  

The Silent Auction will close promptly Friday, November 7, at 8 pm.  Auction officials will declare the winning bids, i.e., winning Bidder, and payment is immediately due. The winning Bidder need not be present however full payment must be received once the winning bid is declared. ALL SALES ARE FINAL.  

Thank you for your ongoing support of The Village.  We anxiously look forward to you joining us for an evening of fun, food, music and more as we raise funds and celebrate Caritas 2014: Live, Love, Share & Learn.

Caritas Village uses art, music, hospitality, theatre, classes, and connections to creatively join people together in common goals from many different ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

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$200 Certificate to Jay Etkin Gallery

Contemporary & Ethnographic Works of Art
942 South Cooper St.
Memphis, TN 38104
901.550.0064

Jay Etkin returns to Memphis in the Cooper Young area with a new gallery named Jay Etkin Gallery Contemporary & Ethnographic Works of Art at 942 S. Cooper. This gallery is aimed at representing local, regional, and international contemporary artists and also important African collections. Etkin, a painter and gallerist, has dedicated his career to abstraction, spending the past 20 years or so on two immense painting projects, "Radio Days" and the "Primal" series.
 
Starting Bid:         N/A
Value:                  $200
Buy It Now:         $200
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Collage Number Two
Artist:  Dani Harris

Collage Number Two is a 16 x 20 original acrylic.

 

Dani Harris, originally from Chicago, trained at Memphis College of Art  where she perfected her skills as an illustrator. This ability was further developed during her early career working as a medical illustrator at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

 

When asked to sum up the thought process behind her work - “When someone looks at my work, I want the viewer to see beyond the technique and feel some type of emotion; whether it is happiness, sadness or discomfort.” I recently read a quote by Dutch artist Roderique Arisiaman – “If you like what you see, it’s good. If you feel what you see, it’s awesome”. My feelings exactly!!

Starting Bid:          $75
Value:                   $300
Buy It Now:          $300
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Looking for that special wedding gift or house-warming present?

Caritas presents this heirloom quality 9" square decorative crystal bowl by Cristal d'Arques.

 

Starting Bid:               N/A
Value:                         $50
BuyItNow:                  $50
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Some people give up for Lent.   Artist, Suzanne Henley, gives small gifts from her heart and soul. 

 

"It's very humbling to me to do the work I do," she said. "I am just so grateful to be able to do it and to see these things that you have no idea are in you and the way they just sort of percolate up and suddenly you are in the middle of a piece of work that you have no idea how you got there. To be part of that mystery of creativity is awesome, truly awesome."

 

For Caritas, Suzanne Henley was inspired to create this matching earring and necklace set using a combination of turquoise, carnelian, agate geode and amber stones.

Starting Bid:                 $75

Value:                          $325                       
Buy It Now:                 $325

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The Happy Butterfly
Artist:  Tammy Groves Thornton

 

  

 The Happy Butterfly is a 24 x 30 orginal acrylic.

Tammy Groves Thornton loves to use bright, vibrant colors to visually electrify and to draw you into the stories being told on canvas.

"I would like to think of my art as a catalyst of change; inspiring and uplifting the spirit and encouraging the heart to love, to see things lovingly, to feel things lovingly, and to change things lovingly. I hope to make the world a better place one picture a time."

Starting Bid:                      N/A

Value:                               $250                      
Buy It Now:                      $250
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Military Man with his Daughter
Artist:  Morris T Howard

Military Man with his Daughter is a 20 x 25 original oil painting. 

Artist, Morris T Howard, channels his former milltary experience through his eyes, heart arms, hands and the very tips of his fingers to capture the essence of the emotion of his subjects in this powerful painting. The artist's intense detail simply commands attention.

Morris T Howard began drawing at the age of five by posing his brother for portraits drawn on paper bags. He recalls the Art Instruction Schools TV series hosted by Norman Rockwell as an early influence. 'He made people look real and that had quite an impact on me.'

Morris prefers to draw and paint the human figure in all its complexities. He considers mastery of draftsmanship to be the greatest asset an artist can possess. The artist believes that drawing is the very foundation of painting. 

Starting Bid:                  $300
Value:                             $700
Buy It Now:                    $700

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