1  Diem Chau
Pines, 2007
Embroidered silk on porcelain plate
8.5" x 6" x 1"

In Pines, Diem Chau creates a small porcelain plate with a hand-embroidered figure whose three-dimensional woven hair swings below the rim of the plate in an elegant fashion.

A Vietnam native, Diem Chau and her family came to America as refugees in 1986. Chau is a BFA graduate from Cornish College of the Arts and has received an Artist Trust GAP Grant and a PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Award. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles.

Chau combines common mediums and common means to create delicate vignettes of fleeting memory, gesture and form, resulting in works that combine egalitarian sensibility and minimalist restraint. Her work touches on the value of storytelling, myths and its ability to connect us to each other through cultural and humanistic similarities. Chau's current work drifts into new territory by exploring the periphery of the narrative, moments forgotten and faded or too brief to retain. Recently, Chau was hand-picked by Nike for their 2010 "Write the Future" campaign.

DONOR: Diem Chau
VALUE: $600

2  Sonya Clark
Afro Abe II
$5 bill and thread
22" x19 1/2" framed

In Afro Abe II, Abraham Lincoln is given a new hairdo. A five dollar bill is hand-stitched with thread to simulate African American hair. He is crowned with the hair of those he helped to emancipate. This piece was made in honor of Lincoln's fellow statesman, Barack Obama, and celebrates our first African American president.

Internationally renowned fiber artist Sonya Clark has spent years creating pieces representative of hairdressing as the origin of fiber art. Her whimsical yet powerful work deals with concepts of race, identity, aesthetics, commodity and the subjective idea of what it means to be civilized. Her work has been featured in institutions such as the Newark Museum of Art, the Museum of Art and Design, the Boise Art Museum and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art. Clark’s work was most recently included in Bellevue Arts Museum’s 2009 exhibit ÜberPortrait.

DONOR: Sonya Clark
VALUE: $1,500 (framed by Gallery Frames in Seattle)

In Adam Naming the Animals, Cappy Thompson paints the biblical scene with Adam dressed in Medieval clothing, while he and the animals are depicted in a flattened Medieval style upon a red, clay background.

Glass painter Cappy Thompson has received international acclaim for her mytho-poetic narratives. Her work has been featured in both private and public collections world-wide, including institutions such as the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Museum of Glass and Sea-Tac Airport. In 2001, she received the John Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. Also a BAM board member, she expanded her craft two years ago when she began working in clay as a visiting artist at Pottery Northwest. Her work evokes two ancient and prolific cultures both known for their pictorial narratives as she fuses Greek pottery with a Medieval stained-glass aesthetic and emotional intensity. In the fall of 2009, Thompson exhibited Dreamscapes: heaven and earth at the Traver Gallery in Tacoma.

DONOR: Cappy Thompson
VALUE: $1,800

4  Patricia Tschetter
Thank You, Michael Monroe
Oxidized Argentium silver, 22K gold, 18K yellow gold, steel, 0.14 tew diamonds
3.75" x 2.25" x .625"

Patricia Tschetter created this beautiful piece of jewelry in honor BAM's Director Emeritus Michael W. Monroe. It resembles flowers found in nature and can be worn as a brooch or pendant.

Dallas-based jewelry artist Patricia Tschetter began her career after having been a Marriage and Family Therapist. A Niche finalist in 2005, 2009 and 2010, her work was chosen by the World Gold Council for their 2009 campaign. She has published articles in jewelry and art magazines, including Keum-boo and Granulation for Art Jewelry, and will be featured in the upcoming book 500 Gemstone Jewels. Her work juxtaposes ancient granulation techniques with contemporary forms and non-traditional materials, thereby achieving balance and making her work accessible to a large audience.

DONOR: Patricia Tschetter, Fair Booth J-09
VALUE: $1,950

A gorgeous every day wearable branch-like pin, Shadow #2 is a perfect compliment to any outfit!

Trained as a sculptor, Ken Loeber has exhibited his jewelry nationally and internationally for over 30 years. In February 2002, Loeber survived a severe stroke which left him without the use of his right hand. Fortunately, he is left-handed and has many colleagues and friends who encouraged him to return to his studio and work. With new equipment and great determination, Loeber continues to design and create 18K gold and sterling silver jewelry with his partner, fiber artist Dona Look. Loeber recently received the Lakefront Festival of Arts Jewelry Award from the Milwaukee Art Museum in 2009. His work has been featured in institutions such as the American Craft Museum and the Racine Art Museum.

DONOR: Ken Loeber
VALUE: $2,800

6  Liebherr Brand Wine Cooler and Handblown Robert Dane Glass Goblets
Wine Storage Cabinet
Stainless steel, glass, beechwood
17" x 19"

Liebherr is one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery, known for their innovative and beautiful designs. The Wine Storage Cabinet is ideal for storing wine for long periods of time, allowing them to mature to perfection. Depending on what temperature the appliance is set at, it can also be used for keeping white or red wine at exactly the right temperature for serving. Its stainless steel surround, 3 beechwood shelves, LED ceiling lighting and insulated glass door all strike the right note of “form meets function" - perfect for the modern lifestyle. This must-have item is brought to you by Albert Lee Appliances, a family-owned and operated business that has served the Northwest region since 1939.

Tutti Frutti Goblets
Four blown glass goblets
2 wine glasses: 12" x 3"; 2 martini glasses: 8 1/2" x 4 3/4"

These one-of-a-kind goblets by Nantucket-based glass artist Robert Dane are handblown in the Venetian Tradition with bright colors and undulating shapes. They are the perfect compliment to any intimate dinner! Restrictions: Hand wash only.

Robert Dane manipulates glass into sculptural forms with a variety of techniques, including blowing and hot-working solid glass. He was one of 14 artists featured in the 2006 Bellevue Arts Museum exhibition Studio Glass: Decorative and Functional Objects.

DONORS: Albert Lee Appliance & and Robert Dane, Dane Gallery
VALUE: $3,000

7  Mary Lee Hu
Gold Earrings
18K and 22K gold
1 1/8" x 1 1/2" (28 mm x 37 mm)
Signs of Life Magazine

A fantastic example of Mary Lee Hu's intricate goldsmith work, these hexagonal earrings are twined and fabricated in 18K and 22K gold, and are accompanied by a copy of the literary magazine Signs of Life. They are donated by Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery which shows the work of 55 Northwest, national and international jewelry artists, as well as antique and vintage jewelry.

Artist Mary Lee Hu started metalsmithing in high school at the age of sixteen. During her second year of graduate school, Hu began to investigate weaving and knotting techniques with wire. She wanted to emulate the lines in her sketches in her metalwork. Hu quickly noticed that the twined wire recreated this effect. She uses metal to replicate the intricate interlacing processes from fiber art to create a striking linear pattern with the reflective properties of metal. Much later, the artist also became involved with the Society of North American Goldsmiths. Hu served as president and was also a contributing member to the development of the organization. She is also involved with the American Craft Council and the World Crafts Council. Hu is a former esteemed professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, and has exhibited extensively national and internationally.

DONOR: Karen Lorene and Facèré Art Gallery
VALUE: $4,200

8  Catharine Newell
Memory Notes: Collection IV
Vanilla Kiln formed glass elements with rust powder detail
40" x 30" x 1"

Exploring psychological relationships, Memory Notes: Collection IV is a series of 25 dream-like images of the human form gently slipping or cascading off the wall.

Catharine Newell, recognized for her distinctive figurative work using glass powders, exhibits her unique approach to kiln working internationally. 2010 exhibitions include Collect at Saatchi Gallery in London, Art Chicago and Her Story at Ken Saunders Gallery in Chicago. An ardent educator, Newell’s teaching history includes Master classes at Pilchuck Glass School and Corning, as well as venues across Europe and the UK, Australia, China and Norway. Her work has been acquired for the permanent collections of Swedish Hospital, Hotel Murano, Bullseye Glass Company, Hunter Museum of American Art, University of Miami Lowe Museum and Tsinghua University Museum in Beijing.  Newell maintains a private studio in Portland, Oregon.

DONOR: Catharine Newell
VALUE: $5,400

Internationally acclaimed furniture artist and sculptor Garry Knox Bennett takes that which is utilitarian and transports it into the realm of the sculptural. Seize your chance to bid on the whimsical Joe's Chair, drawn from the Prototype Series in 2003.

Garry Knox Bennett's lighthearted approach with numerous historical references, literal puns and visual jokes belies a deep commitment to thought, form, function, beauty and comfort. “Bennett elevates the chair from the floor of functionality to the domain of the sculptural by asserting the autonomous dimension of the surface from its chairness," says BAM’s Director of Curatorial Affairs/Artistic Director Stefano Catalani.

DONOR: Garry Knox Bennett
VALUE: $6,500

10  Bernadette Monroe
Primavera
Oil on linen
20" x 20"

In Primavera, ochre, yellow, green and black hues convey the sense of warm spring foliage with a slightly apprehensive feel. 

Bernadette Monroe graduated from Cranbrook Academy of Art where she met her husband, Bellevue Arts Museum's Director Emeritus Michael W. Monroe. She has taught advanced studio art and art history for over 30 years and was nominated as a Fairfax County, Virginia, Teacher of the Year in 2001. A current resident of Bellevue, Monroe has assisted young people at Children's Hospital in finding a visual form for their life experience.

DONOR: Bernadette Monroe
VALUE: $1,000 (framed)

11  Walla Walla Foundry Tour, Dinner and Wine Tasting
Foundry Tour for Eight People

Join Squire Broel and Mark Anderson as your special hosts for a "behind the scenes" tour of Walla Walla Foundry, which casts sculpture for artists such as Deborah Butterfield, Jim Dine, Tom Otterness, Maya Lin and Dale Chihuly. Up to eight guests will enjoy a relaxed dining experience, hosted and prepared by Broel and Anderson. Regional and local fare creatively prepared will be paired beautifully with Foundry Vineyard wines, a collaborative effort between Squire Broel and Mark Anderson. This intimately sized winery project is a merging of their passions for art and wine. Last year, Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate rated their Artisan Blend 90 points, which featured a Deborah Butterfield sculpture on the label. The lucky winners of this item won't want to miss out on this unique opportunity for expanded conversations about art and wine and the hidden treasures that exist east of the mountains.

DONOR: Squire Broel and Walla Walla Foundry and Winery
VALUE: $900

12  David Chatt
Green Bracelet
Green Swarovsky beads, thread
2 1/2" x 8"
2 Hands, 20 Years, and a Billion Beads Catalog

This shimmering Green Bracelet by artist David Chatt is made out of Swarovski beads, thread, time and lots of love. In 2005, Chatt had an exhibition and the accompanying catalog, 2 Hands, 20 Years, and a Billion Beads, now exists in limited quantity and is coveted by bead artisans around the nation.

Like a crow, David Chatt is attracted to things that sparkle. Like a crazy person he is drawn to the intricate, some would say, obsessive-compulsive nature of beadworking. He can’t really explain why he does it other than to say that beads and thread are the tools that feel right in his hands. The painstaking process of sewing thousands of tiny class beads one to the next cannot be hurried. There is something within him that finds this laborious process compelling beyond reason. Chatt has been a glass art instructor at Penland School of Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School and Pratt Fine Arts Center.

DONOR: David Chatt
VALUE: $1,700

Aaron Levine’s Diffusion is a small but powerful visual statement. This decorative parquetry table made from Bloodwood and Lacewood tesselated top is fabricated from hand-sawn veneers and the leg structure is Bubinga. A finely crafted piece!

Son of the Northwest figurative bronze sculptor Phillip Levine, Aaron Levine applies his sculptural background and his formal academic training in the arts and sciences to explore the fusion of art, science and philosophy through furniture forms.  Levine graduated with a degree in ceramics from Colorado State University. Later, he taught art and design at a local college. There, he was introduced to fine furniture making and has pursued it since. Aaron’s distinctive vision is to help expand the range of contemporary studio furniture. The artist lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, where nature is what ultimately informs his art.

DONOR: Aaron Levine
VALUE: $4,000

14  Patrick Maher
Egg
Formed brass plate, steel rivets, forged steel base
9" x 9" x 14"

Egg is a large, metal, Fabergé-like steel and brass egg. The overlapping forms are a prevalent feature in Maher's work. Its central peephole opens up to a secret scene of a light flooding onto a tiny chair.

Seattle-based blacksmith Patrick Maher studied at the Art Institute of Boston and Cornish College of Art in Seattle, and currently teaches at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle. Since 1992, Maher's playful, imaginative work has blurred the line between past and present, striving for a sense of timelessness. He contrasts historical and mythological subjects with modern materials, forms and techniques, making the viewer question their place and role in history. A regular teaching artists at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Maher finds it intriguing to work with students on a variety of concepts that occur within the design and technical processes. Maher has a love for working with hot metal, using a hammer over his anvil. He brings steel to life, creating motion in intriguing ways within the framework of a strong sense of design.

DONOR: Patrick Maher
VALUE: $2,000

In Catherine Eaton Skinner's Running With The Dogs, the lone silhouette of a figure chases after the silhouettes of two dogs. The slightly sinister scenery is offset by the details and sense of movement and joy.

Dividing her time between Seattle and Santa Fe, Catherine Eaton Skinner has been selected for numerous invitational gallery and museum exhibitions around the country. Her artwork is included in the 2009 book Speak For the Trees, published by Andria Friesen. In December 2008, Skinner released her first book, Unleashed, a visual anthology portraying her passion for animals of the world and her relationship among them. Her use of the figure, human or animal, enables her to explore the nature of existence while the act of repitition allows her to step outside the idea of self and embrace the sense of a larger continuum.

Her artwork is displayed in corporate collections including The Boeing Company, Virginia Mason Medical Center and Swedish Orthopedic Medical Center, as well as extensive private collections. She is currently featured in The Art of Discovery: The Northwest Art Collection of the Junior League of Seattle exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum, in partnership with the Junior League of Seattle. She has served on many Northwest non-profit boards, including Pratt Fine Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery.

DONOR: Friesen Gallery and Catherine Eaton Skinner
VALUE: $5,500 (framed by Allison & Ross, Seattle)

Original Basket Drawing’s energetic sweeps of gold, purple and orange paint scatter across the paper forming an electrifying image of Dale Chiluhy's traditional basket form. A perfect piece to complete any art collection!

Co-founder of the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington, Dale Chihuly was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 1968 to work at the Venini factory in Venice, Italy. His well-known series of works include baskets, persians and seaforms. His glass sculptures are included in over 200 museum collections worldwide. In 1995, he embarked on the international project, Chihuly Over Venice, where chandeliers were suspended over canals and the piazza of Venice. In 1999, he mounted Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem, an exhibition of large-scale sculptures at the Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem. “I like to draw, so I'm always squeezing in a drawing here and there. I don't know anyone who has as much fun drawing as I do," he says.

DONORS: Leslie and Dale Chihuly
VALUE: $8,000 (framed)

17  Debora Moore
Pink Lady Slipper – Branch
Hot, sculpted glass
19" x 15" x 4"

Debora Moore’s hand-blown glass piece is influenced by nature. The artist creates elegant sculptures of flowers and branches. Pink Lady Slipper – Branch is a glass botanical work whose hyperrealism straddles the line between imagination and reality.

Debora Moore’s work is comprised entirely of blown and sculpted glass inspired by botanical studies. Moore has studied at both the Pratt Fine Arts Center and the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington. She has been an instructor at Pilchuck, Pratt and at Tacoma’s Hilltop Artist-in-Residence Program. In 1998, she was accepted as a member in the African American Design Archive at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. Her work was also included in the Artistry of Orchids exhibition held in 2000 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. In 2005, Moore was an artist-in-residence at both the Museum of Glass in Tacoma and at Abate Zanetti in Murano, Italy. In 2007, she was awarded the Rakow Commission with inclusion in the permanent collection of the Corning Museum of Glass. She was selected in 2009 to participate in the 9th Northwest Biennial at the Tacoma Art Museum. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, most recently as part of an exhibition in Ebeltoft, Denmark.

DONOR: Debora Moore
VALUE: $8,000

18  Ron Kent
Wood
9 1/2" x 18 1/2" diameter

The key to Ron Kent’s translucent wooden vessel is its thinness, delicate design and simplicity. Kent’s work involves working with light and form, rather than just the turned wood bowl itself.

Ron Kent is known to many as a master craftsman in the realm of wood art, with work in leading museums from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Louvre, he has never accepted that he should be limited to any particular medium, process or form. Kent has created a new tradition for the exotic island he has come to call home. Hawaii has craft traditions that involve wood bowls that have existed for generations, with classic examples exhibited in their museums.

DONOR: Ron Kent
VALUE: $8,000

19  Alan Jones
Autumn Maple, 2009
Oil on linen
64" x 80"

This painting by Bainbridge Island artist Alan Jones is a statement piece that evokes a classic sense of Northwest surroundings.

The work of Alan Jones is painted on location in the forests and clearings around his home on beautiful Bainbridge Island. He works outside with his easel becoming a part of the forest itself. Rain or shine, he can be found dodging branches that fall from a winter storm or risking injuries from wild deer running across the woods. The woods are his muse as well as his art studio. Jones uses many layers of oil paint, thus allowing the paintings to evolve with the ever-changing seasons and his response to the energy of the Northwest lanscape setting. He studied art at Pratt Institute in New York.

DONOR: Alan Jones
VALUE: $10,000

20  Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles
Red Bird With Medicine
Blown and sculpted glass, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, beads
44" x 11" x 6"

Red Bird with Medicine is part of the artist duo's 2010 Totem Series.

Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles's dynamic collaboration began in 1992 and is thriving today. They are both inspired by spiritual beliefs, by rituals and artworks of ancient cultures, by ancient architecture and by the role of women in history and pre-history. They have journeyed independently to Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia to meet people and learn of their traditions. Their most recent works reflect the fruits of these travels and their own life's philosophy. They work primarily with glass, blowing, sculpting and casting; and with steel, designing and fabricating what is needed to complete their sculptures. Their works include a myriad of adornment elements, including found objects and beads from Africa, Asia, China, the Phillipines and many other countries. They have been affiliated with Pratt Fine Arts Center and Pilchuck Glass School since 1986 and have received scholarships, awards and grants for their artistic and teaching efforts.

DONORS: Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles
VALUE: $15,000

21  Pohlman Knowles Studio
Centerpieces, 2010
Glass, wrought iron ring
15" x 7"

Each centerpiece is comprised of a pair of hand-sculpted glass leaf forms held together with a wrought iron ring. They come with the accompanying flowers and vases. Make them yours!

DONORS: Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles
VALUE: $1,000 Guaranteed Bid, a pair

View photos to see how the centerpieces were created >

22  Love the Shoe Package featuring Beth Levine
Green Shoes and Reception/Tour for the Center for Design Research

These size 8 AA vintage 1950s party shoes, reminiscent of something Mrs. Astor would have worn to a night on the town, are a true showpiece. They were recently featured in the Bellevue Arts Museum exhibit Beth Levine: First Lady of Shoes. Intended to be showcased rather than worn, they come with the shoe stand and pedestal, as well as the exhibition catalog.

This package also includes a reception and tour with Paula Reeese of the Center for Design Research. The center features a collection of fascinating objects assembled over the past 60 years from the world travels of legendary designer and educator Sara Little Turnbull. The impact of design on the world’s cultures can be clearly seen – artifacts of Tribal Africa mingle with Parisian haute couture. Enjoy wine and cheese in the design studio in downtown Seattle, while getting an insider’s peek at the re-establishment of this exciting and important collection.

DONORS: Renate Raymond, Paula Rees and the Sara Little Center for Design Research
VALUE: $800

Restrictions: For up to 10 guests. Tour to be scheduled after August 1st and must be a mutually agreeable date for both parties.

Photo: Team Photogenic

23  Michael W. Monroe
Midday and Midnight
Crow Quill and sepia ink on 100% linen
18 1/2" x 18 1/2" framed

What more can we say about Michael W. Monroe? A native of Racine, Wisconsin, Michael Monroe graduated with an MFA degree in design from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He holds a BS degree in art education from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and did additional studies at the School of the Art Institute and the American Academy of Art, both in Chicago. He suggests the lucky winner hang them vertically with the sun above the moon.

DONOR: Michael Monroe
VALUE: $1,000 (framed by Gallery Frames in Seattle)

24  Akio Takamori
Duet
2009
Hand Lithography, Archival inkjet, Hand Painted Collage
21 1/4" x 26 1/2"

Akio Takamori studied at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo before apprenticing with a traditional folk potter in Koishiwara, Japan. He came to the United States in 1974. Akio Takamori studied at Kansas City Art Institute, receiving his BFA in 1976. He earned his MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1978. His work is represented in many public collections, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the American Craft Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan. He was awarded National Endowments for the Arts grants in 1986, 1988 and 1992. In 2001, he was awarded the Virginia A. Groot Foundation grant and in 2006, he received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award.

DONOR: James Harris Gallery, Akio Takamori
VALUE: $1,900 (framed)

25  Steve Jensen
Studio Party for Twenty and Canoe in Moonlight
Oil on recycled wood
12" x 29"

For the past two decades, Steve Jensen has developed a body of sculptural work derived from his experiences and the landscapes he encounters. The experiences encompass both his heritage and a broader contemporary circumstance. The landscape is our seas, waterways, forests and mountains. The abundant beauty of the world's available natural resources and the precariousness of the relationship that we maintain is what inspires him. Canoe in Moonlight features a floaty, ethereal twilit scene, and is made of oil on recycled wood.                                           

Please join Steve Jensen and Vincent Lipe for a rendezvous reception. Bring 20 of your friends or family and tour Jensen’s 3000 sq. foot Capital Hill sculpture and painting studio, followed by a private tour of their personal collection of Northwest artists in the upstairs penthouse loft. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be provided.

DONORS: Steve Jensen and Vincent Lipe
VALUE: $2,000

26  Michael Neiman
Diamond Anniversary Table
Pau Ferro, Mahogany, Amboyna Burl woods
15 1/2" x 49 1/2" x 31 1/4"

This entry or consul table will add drama and class to any room. The gorgeous table top consists of diamond patterns in Pau Ferro (Bolivian Rosewood) and Mahogany (natural and ebonized) surrounded by a band of Amboyna Burl.

35 years of woodworking have not put a damper on Michael Neiman's enthusiasm for his craft. He still feels a great sense of excitement and gratification with the process of creating. From finding the perfect wood from around the world to calculating design, the process continually presents new challenges. The natural beauty of the wood never ceases to amaze or inspire him. Blending the use of modern tools and machinery with ones that have stood the test of time together with the mastery of skill and technique contribute to his ultimate goal of intricate craftsmanship. The fact that each piece is a work of art that will be handed down for generations brings him great satisfaction.

DONOR: Northwest Fine Woodworking
VALUE:  $2,950

27  Kenojuak Ashevak
Birds Make Me Happy
Etching and Aquatint; Limited Edition of 50
38" x 36" framed

This piece is a numbered edition 8 of 50. It features an emblematic rusty-orange owl flanked by a symmetrical pair of stylized yellow and brown sea birds. The composition reflects the artist's profound respect for nature. The etching has been numbered and signed by the artist in her Inuktitut language.

Canadian-based Kenojuak Ashevak has been hailed as a leading contemporary Innuit artist. Her work is evocative of ancient myths and legends, but her focus is on exploring line, form and color.

DONOR: John and Joyce Price
VALUE: $2,150 (framed by Gallery Frames in Seattle)

28  Dinner With The Hosts With The Mosts!
Intimate dinner for 6 people hosted by Stefano Catalani and Bob Swain

This rare and wonderful opportunity offers a glimpse into the private life of BAM’s Director of Curatorial Affairs/ Artistic Director Stefano Catalani. Experience a fantastic Italian-style home-cooked meal prepared by a man of many talents. Enjoy an intimate evening with plenty of wit and sparkling conversation. Then take a guided tour of their home designed by nationally acclaimed architect Robert Swain, where you will discover artistic treasures and secret hiding places.

DONORS: Stefano Catalani and Robert Edson Swain
VALUE: $1,200

29 Dion Zwirner
Strata 3, 2007
Mixed Media on Paper
8 3/4" x 7 1/4"

In Strata 3, the canvas is awash with a symphony of intense colors.

Dion Zwirner's important new body of work on paper continues the artist's investigation of the space between representation and abstraction. Landscape is still the source of inspiration. A new, bolder color palette overlays passages of elegant, restrained drawing. The artist confounds the traditional devices for suggesting depth of field by alternately allowing and then denying the viewer access to the spaces she explores. Overall, the connection to landscape is discernible, but not labored.

Her recent exhibitions include Recent Works on Paper, March 2008; New Paintings, October 2006; New Paintings, November 2004; and Meditations, March 2003.

DONOR: Dion Zwirner
VALUE: $450