Event Listing - City Events, Organizations
Thu May 8

Visual Aid presents:

SPRING FORWARD Art Auction


Tel. 415-777-8242
Email SPRING FORWARD Art Auction
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$50
Tickets

Location
Date and Time
InterContinental San Francisco
888 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 map
cross street: 5th Street
district: SoMa

Thu May 8 (6:00pm-9:00pm)

Description
7th Annual Auction features contemporary art and luxury items valued at $100,000. Proceeds support Visual Aid's programs for artists with life-threatening illnesses and AIDS service organizations designated by Academy of Friends.

Come early to preview and plan your auction strategy. Savor champagne cocktails, wine and hors d'oeuvres before the main event. Celebrity auctioneer Stephen Tourell of Toomey-Tourell Fine Art will lead an exciting live auction.

Top galleries have donated works by acclaimed artists including Ross Bleckner, William Wiley, Michael Beck, Isabel Samaras, Timothy Cummings, Maria Porges, Robin Denevan, Frank Lobdell, John Bonick, David Gilhooly & more.

Visual Aid is a Bay Area non-profit organization whose mission is to encourage artists with life-threatening illnesses to continue their creative work. The organization provides direct services including free art supplies, exhibition opportunities & community, while promoting dialogue around illness and art.