50/50 FUNDRAISER

SHARING IS CARING:
UAS 50/50 SILENT ART AUCTION FUNDRAISER

Thursday, December 10th, 2015
Doors at 8PM + Auction until 1030PM
@ UAS Main Space (343 11th Avenue SW Calgary)

Untitled Art Society would like to invite you to our 2015 50/50 Silent Art Auction Fundraiser!

Join us on Thursday, December 10th at 8PM to celebrate our first year of full CARFAC funded programming and help us to continue to support emerging art and ideas in Calgary!

SHARING IS CARING features artwork generously donated by incredibly talented artists in support of UAS exhibition and education programming. Revenue earned from the sale of work in the silent auction is split between the artist and UAS, with 50% going directly to the artist and the other 50% going towards supporting future public programming at UAS.

SHARING IS CARING features work generously donated by the following incredibly talented artists:

Dana Buzzee
Jeff Cruz
Svea Ferguson
Andrew Frosst
Tyler Jordan
Kris Lindskoog
Omar Lalani
Matthew Mark
Nate McLeod
Mary-Anne McTrowe
Jay Mosher
Cassandra Paul
Jesse Stilwell
Nicole Kelly Westman
& the very wonderful organization, Avalanche! Institute of Contemporary Art

UAS is a registered charitable organization and will issue tax receipts for all donations made during the auction.

If you cannot make the event but would still like to donate or participate in the silent auction please contact board president Jeremy Pavka at president@uascalgary.org.

ABOUT THE FUNDRAISER:

UAS has undergone many changes in the last two years thanks to a motivated board of directors and staff who are excited about visual art and ideas happening in Calgary. In 2014, we renovated the Untitled Contemporary Art Main Space (343 11th Ave SW) thanks to the generous support of Starcraft Construction. As of 2015 UAS has committed to paying full CARFAC artist fees for all public exhibition and education programs while maintaining sixteen subsidized studio spaces on 10th avenue. UAS Studios provide affordable downtown production space for emerging artists.

With one of the smallest artist-run budgets in Calgary, public fundraising activities form a very important part of our revenue generation. With limited financial and staff resources, it's imperative that fundraisers like this are a success in order to properly support all of our exhibition and education programming. While generating much needed funds for our organization is important, we also strongly believe that artists should receive fair market value for their work. That's why we follow a 50/50 auction model, with 50% of the final sale of work going directly to the artist and 50% going to support future programming at UAS.

We hope that you will help us to spread the word about UAS and our upcoming fundraiser and please ensure to join us on Thursday, December 10th from 8PM!

OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT UAS:

Untitled Art Society is in a unique position to support Calgary’s arts and culture sector by providing spaces and opportunities that foster the development of emerging, experimental, and rigorous artistic practices while animating dialogue centred on contemporary art and ideas in Calgary. If you find that your goals are aligned with ours, we would be excited to discuss exhibition and education sponsorship opportunities. Program sponsorship includes full CARFAC artist fees as well as installation and material support for on-site and off-site public programming.

A Main Space exhibition: $3500.00

Including: CARFAC exhibitions fees paid to artist
            Installation and material support
            CARFAC fee for artist talk or educational program

A Year of +15 Programming: $5000.00

Including: Six exhibitions in our +15 space

Full CARFAC fees paid to each artists
            Installation and material support for each exhibition
            Full CARFAC fee for six artist talks or educational programs

A Year of Main Space programming: $20,000.00

Including: Six exhibitions in our main space

Full CARFAC fees paid to each artists
            Installation and material support for each exhibition
            Full CARFAC fee for six artist talks or educational programs

For more information or to sponsor UAS please contact board president, Jeremy Pavka, at president@uascalgary.org.

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