This
year's event will honor our 2011 Vision Award
Honorees, Fred Baldwin & Wendy Watriss, founders of FotoFest and features CPW's 33rd annual
benefit auction of contemporary and classic photographs.
Auction proceeds directly
support the creative programs of the Center for Photography at
Woodstock, a not-for-profit arts and
educational organization. Please support the arts.
Click here to preview Auction artworks and to bid online!
2011 BENEFIT GALA HONORING
Fred Baldwin & Wendy Watriss, founders of FotoFest
Presented by Elinor Carucci & Ricardo Viera
Benefit co-chairs: W.M. Hunt, Nion McEvoy, & Jed Root
Benefit committee: Gay Block, Dr. Robert A. Calvert in memoriam, Ben Fink, Howard & Ellen Greenberg, John & Carola Herrin, James Kempner, Frazier King, Elizabeth Kitchen, Dr. Richard & Paul Leggett, Celina Lundsford, Howard Maisel & Eve France, Doug & Teresa Menuez, Joaquim PIava, Mary Lawrence Porter, Margot Roosevelt, Rolf Sachs, Maarten Schilt, Randy West, Madeline Yale, Andy Young & Jonathan Van Meter.
Featuring CPW's 33rd Annual Benefit Auction of Contemporary & Classic Photographs
The Benefit Gala Auction will be held at the Bearsville Theater which is located at 291 Tinker Street (Route 212), Bearsville, NY 12498.
3:00-4:30 pm
Cocktail reception, live music, light supper with wine and special desserts
4:30-5:30 pm
Vision Awards Reception and Ceremony featuring a Tribute Film by Dennis O'Clair
5:30-7:00 pm
Live auction of contemporary and classic photographs with auctioneer Daile Kaplan, Swann's
$2,000 Patron Table for 8
- Eight tickets to the cocktail reception, light supper, dessert, wine and premium table seating for Benefit Gala, Vision Award Reception & Ceremony, and Live Auction
- Listing on event program
- Estimated tax-deductible amount: $1400
- Individual ticket to the cocktail reception, light supper, dessert, wine and best table seating for Benefit Gala, Vision Award Reception & Ceremony, and Live Auction
- Estimated tax-deductible amount: $425
$250 Friend Ticket
- Individual ticket to the cocktail reception, light supper, dessert, wine and preferred table seating for Benefit Gala, Vision Award Reception & Ceremony, and Live Auction
- Estimated tax-deductible amount: $175
$100 Ticket
- Individual ticket to the cocktail reception, light supper, dessert, wine and table seating for Benefit Gala, Vision Award Reception & Ceremony, and Live Auction
- Estimated tax-deductible amount: $25
$35 Auction Only Ticket - ($25 for CPW members)
- 5:00 p.m. admission to Live Auction only, including catalog, admission for you and a guest, complimentary wine and desserts.
We look forward to having you join us for this very special celebration!
If you cannot attend this great evening, but wish to contribute to support the Center for Photography's work, please call (845) 679-9957, or email babs@cpw.org
Proceeds from the Benefit Gala Auction, which is CPW's single most important fundraising event of the year, are essential to CPW's programs, including exhibitions, publications, artist residencies, workshops, fellowships, services for artists, and more. Through these porgrams we assist artist working in photography and related media and engaging audiences through opportunities in which creation, discovery, and learning are made possible.
We thank you for supporting the Center for Photography at Woodstock.
At the Center for Photography at Woodstock's Galleries:
September 10 - October 9, 2011
Opening reception on Saturday, September 9, from 5-7pm
59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY
CPW's galleries are free and open to the public, Wed-Sun, 12pm-5pm & by appointment
At the DUMBO Arts Festival:
September 22 - 25, 2011
Opening reception on Friday, September 23, from 5:30pm-9pm
111 Front Street, Gallery #200, Brooklyn, NY
The galleries are free and open to the public, Fri-Sun, 12pm-5pm
For more information about any of the above events and programs, please contact CPW at (845) 679-9957 or info@cpw.org