Art Auction Info
Friday, December 9th 2011
ART AUCTION
Doors open at 6pm, auction begins at 7pm
$5 starting bid on all items!
Questions? Can’t make it in person, but still want to bid? Contact artauction@space1026.com
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Friday, December 2nd
First Friday Art Auction preview night (Facebook event page)
Your first opportunity to check out the available auction items!
We are excited to welcome Psychic Franklin, a freeform cassette tape and record DJ (with special guest DJ Lei-Away playing 90s R&B hip hop)!
7-10pm
Saturday, December 3rd
Saturday Session of the AV Club (Facebook event page)
We welcome the Museum of Children’s Electronic Instruments for a day of audio/visual fun! Learn how to make music with electronic music machines, basic safe circuit bending and creating video art. Play some songs and enjoy refreshments. This is a family-friendly electronic music-making event – please bring your kids!
1pm to 4pm
and then after dark….
American Gangbang: A Love Story (Facebook event page)
A former porn film director, Sam Benjamin has written a fascinating memoir of his journey through the surreal subcultures of the adult entertainment industry. He graduated Brown University in 1999 with the idea that he could be a porn director that made “art”. Sam will be at Space 1026 to give a power point lecture on his harrowing years in the porn industry outlined in his new book “American Gangbang: A Love Story”.
doors 7:30pm, lecture at 8pm
Sunday, December 4th
OPEN STUDIO TOUR! (Facebook event page)
Ever wonder what goes on at Space 1026 in between monthly First Friday openings? Here’s your chance to check out what our over 20 members are up to in their individual and shared studio spaces.
1pm to 4pm
The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, performed by No Face (Facebook event page)
We welcome Philadelphia-based performance artists to perform their play The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, a multi-disciplinary drag show exploring the pressures of adolescence.
More information on No Face here.
doors 7:30pm, performance begins at 8pm
Monday, December 5th
THE NEW DREAMZ SPACE 1026 ART AUCTION PREVIEW PARTY (Facebook event page)
The New Dreamz are performers Rose Luardo and Andrew Jeffrey Wright (www.thenewdreamz.com). Come see their brand new show of short plays and stand up comedy. It is all new and has never been done anywhere before ever.
doors 7:30pm, performance 8pm to 9pm
Tuesday, December 6th
Herstorys, Mysterys (Facebook event page)
What is herstory? Who tells it? Why is it so hard to read?
The olde Pennsylvania City Powerpointe society for baby geniuses, old orphans, new logos, and cosmonaut trannies presents “Herstorys Mersterys”, a powerpoint lecture series.
Tellin’ “history” like it really is: Michelle Gerkovich, Maxine Seckel, Wendy Jane Hyatt, Joanna S. Quigley, Beth Heinly, Wilma Dean, Billy Jean Fatzinger, Scout Gelber, Geraldine Lavin, Abbey Sarver, and Katrina Ohstrom
doors 7:30, powerpoint 8pm
Wednesday, December 7th (Facebook event page)
Sketch Playground with Dan Vetrano
doors 7:30, comedy 8pm
Friday, December 9th
ART AUCTION! (Facebook event page!)
Doors open at 6:00, Auction starts at 7:00pm $5 starting bid on all items!
The annual art auction allows us to continue the 14-year mission of Space 1026. At its core, Space 1026 is a member-run gallery and collective studio space located in Center City Philadelphia, PA. We play an important role in the Philadelphia art community serving as a collaborative and supportive venue for varied gallery programming focusing on emerging artists and exciting non-traditional projects. Space 1026 provides affordable studio space to its members and houses a communal silkscreen facility. In addition to supporting Space 1026 and our undertakings, the art auction provides an accessible way for new audiences to discover and own great art donated by our members and supporters.
Our members work in a wide variety of media – from printmaking to sculpture to video arts – and over the years, Space 1026 has been home to a great number of successful projects, including Comedy Dreamz, Zine of the Month, Holly Holly Hobby Hobby, Harborcoat Press, Best & Better, Never Nothing, Sweatheart, Free News Projects, Small Change Screenings, Cars Will Burn, Cantab Publishing and Megawords Magazine, among many others. We are grateful for the generous donations and enthusiastic crowds that continue to make our art auction successful year after year.
This past year, our monthly gallery exhibitions hosted curated group shows and solo exhibitions featuring works by Jesse Moyihan, Eva Wylie, Jason Urban, Amze Emmons, Becky Suss, Amber Dubois, Steven Riddle, Desert Island, MOMO, Lizz Hickey, Tim Kerr, Jim Houser, Caroline Hwang and many others. We were also pleased to present an exhibition of the personal correspondences from Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz – the first time these letters had been displayed to the public. We regularly hosted a diverse range of programs including comedy revues, art performances, film screenings and music shows.
Please see our Art Auction News Page for details and updates.