The 11th annual Autumn Art Auction at the North Dakota Museum of Art on Nov. 7 will offer live music by Jazz on Tap and appetizers to go along with the sale of 56 pieces of art.
The event at the Museum of Art on the UND campus in Grand Forks will begin at 6:30 p.m. with music and appetizers.
The auctioneer, Ross Rolshoven, a collector of early Western settlement and American Indian art and artifacts, will start the bidding at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $30 for members, $35 for nonmembers in advance and $40 for nonmembers at the door.
You can see the artworks at North Dakota Museum of Art or online at www.ndmoa.com/ .
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Museum Director Laurel Reuter said the auction was all about gifts -- both for the purchasers of the art and for the museum.
"Years ago, I decided that the museum should take responsibility for growing an audience for our own artists," Reuter said in a news release. "Our mantra became, 'If we don't support them, who is going to?'"
Not all of the artists with works in the auction live locally, but all have some relationship with the Museum of Art or the region, she said.
This year, there are significant works in the auction by artists who have recently shown at North Dakota Museum of Art, including Aganetha Dyck, Zoran Mojsilov, Chuck Kimmerle, Ewa Tarsia, Vivienne Morgan and Pirjo Berg. Other artists are Walter Piehl, the first winner of the Bush Foundation's $100,000 Enduring Vision Award; and two new Native artists from Winnipeg: Lita Fontaine and Scott Stephens.
When you buy through the Autumn Art Auction, the price includes framing or presentation, a news release said.
The auction co-chairmen are Marie Strinden and Benjamin Klipfel. Strinden was raised in Fargo and attended New York University, receiving her B.F.A. in Acting in 2005. Strinden and Klipfel met and bonded over theater and art, among other interests.
Klipfel has worked on plays for East Grand Forks High School, the Fire Hall Theatre and Crimson Creek Players.
Auctioneer for the evening Ross Rolshoven, a member of the board of directors for the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame in Medora, is a legal investigator who handles high-profile cases involving corporate, civil and criminal matters. He owns and operates Great Plains Claims Inc.
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Absentee bidding is possible by mail or telephone. Call the museum at (701) 777-4195 to order tickets, receive an auction catalog or register for absentee bidding.
Appetizers for the event will be donated by Whitey's, Bronze Boot, Dakota Harvest Bakers, Rhombus Guys, the Museum Cafe and Blue Moose Bar & Grill.
