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"Rising Stars" Live Auction Items List
Martin Janecky
Finale/6
2011
33.5” x 11” x 12”
Estimated Value: $8,800
Michael Janis
The Magician
37”x19”x2”
Estimated Value: $6,500
Sung Soo Kim
Rediscovery 100305
12.5” x 9.5” x 7.5”
Estimated Value: $4,400
Mielle Riggie
Patience
14”x10”x11”
Estimated Value: $4,000
Einar and Jamex de la Torre
"El Visionario" (Liebe)
blown glass, mixed media
2003
27" x 11" x 11"
Estimated Value: $8,000
Stephanie Trenchard
4 Bloomsbury Teapots
4-Part Painted & Sculpted Inclusions in Sand Cast Glass
2011
11.5" x 10" x 4.25"
Estimated Value: $4,000
Vivian Wang
Tweedy
Cast glass and stoneware, steel base
2011
23” x 9” x 8”
Estimated Value: $6,400
Julius Wieland
Small Pink Cloud
Borosilicate glass
2010
40 x 30 x 15 cm
Estimated Value: $ 6,500
Red, Hot and Blow – A Capital Experience!
Photo (left to right): Grand Salon of the Renwick Gallery, Washington Glass School Sign, DC Glassworks
Hosted by: Timothy Tate
This spectacular Washington, D.C. trip will highlight some of the nation’s best collections, the most
generous and astute collectors and your own hidden creativity in one 2 day odyssey thru the mid Atlantic region. Highlights of this trip will include:
• A private tour of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery with the extremely articulate Curator, Nicholas Bell. A rare experience to see behind the scenes of a national treasure.
• A dinner at collector Laurel Mendelson’s magnificent home and collection from her Dale Chihuly Wall to her Howard Ben Tre stairwell commission.
• A visit to the Washington Glass School….home to 3 separate SOFA artists and dozens of regional sculptors. Not only will you see one of the busiest studios in the country, but you will also be supplied with a gaffer and a torch to produce your own lampworked marble or jewelry piece. You will also see behind the scenes of Tim Tates video work.
• A Red Hot Tomale Dinner with our own hot tomale, collector Giselle Huberman. She and her husband Ben will host a spectacular homemade Mexican meal while sharing their thoughtful and expansive collection in their unusual and beautiful duplex condo.
• A visit to DC Glassworks, where you will be provided with a rollup blank and a gaffer and you will be able to blow any shaped glass vase you desire. Release your inner Lino! Make your gaffer earn his keep!
• So many other related experiences. The Smithsonian American Art Gallery’s Luce Education Centers Glass Collection, The contemporary clay studios next to the glass school, Red Dirt Studio and Flux Studio. Your host and chauffer artist Tim Tate (finally something he’s qualified for!) will be happy to make any side trips you folks would enjoy!
A Day in Venice with Leslie Genninger
Hosted by: Leslie Genninger
Package Includes:
Leslie will pick you up at your hotel in a private water taxi and escort you to the world famous Island of Murano where you will visit some of the finest artists working today in the world of Murano Glass. You will have a private in-depth viewing of these artists' studios and have the chance to observe them designing, blowing, or cold working their latest Masterpieces. You will also have the unique experience of blowing glass with Bertino, one of the finest Venetian Glass Masters who has been blowing glass for over 45 years. You can also visit the finest Venetian Mirror and Chandelier factories where Leslie made the exclusive collection for the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. You will dine at the renowned Lele’s restaurant: Busa alla Torre, and enjoy one of the finest seafood meals with Bellini, antipastini, risotto, frito misto and the best home baked biscotti! Taxi back to Venice to Leslie's gallery in the beautiful Dorsoduro Sestiere, in Campiello Barbaro and enjoy a refreshing Prosecco, while you choose a special gift from her most recent jewelry collection. Her husband, Architect Michele Benzoni, will then take you on an architectural sunset walking tour of Palladio’s 15th C. Masterpieces. Tour for Two: Priceless!!!.......With your Donation of $2500 to Wheaton this unique tour can be yours. Leslie will happily help you with finding the best accommodations in a private Palazzo, apartment or hotel depending on your preferences. She will also help you with your dining choices and additional activities throughout your stay in Venice. As the Venetians say: “Se vedemo a Venexia! A presto!
All That Glitters In Chicago
A Dazzling Experience For Four Glass Collectors
Photo (left to right): Art Institute of Chicago Façade, Fairmont Hotel, Lalique Showroom, Museum of Contemporary Art Facade
Hosted by: Bonnie Marx
2 Nights – 3 Days – 4 Collectors
Hotel – Glass Tours – Theatre Tickets
• Two rooms for two nights at the Fairmont Chicago, a luxury hotel located near Grant Park and Millennium Park
• Escorted experience to visit five exceptional private glass collections including “Foodie Grazing” receptions hosted by the Chicago collectors
• Guided tour of the Art Institute of Chicago, a participating museum in the 50th Anniversary of Glass in 2012
• Tour of the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
• Tour of three Chicago glass galleries
• Tour of the new “Lalique” showroom in the Merchandise Mart of Chicago, the only showroom in the United States focusing on Lalique architectural elements including sconces, tables, chandeliers and fountains
• Four tickets to a live theatre performance
• Ground transportation and tour arrangements provided by Bonnie Marx.
*This Experience cannot be available during SOFA Chicago week
A Day in Philadelphia
Photo(left to right): Philadelphia Museum of Art, Steven Starr Restaurant (Buddakan), National Museum of American Jewish History
Hosted by: Penny and Sheldon Bernick
Penny and Sheldon Bernick are delighted to offer you a Philly Experience!
• Visit the collection of Penny and Sheldon Bernick.
• Enjoy brunch and the view from the terrace across from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• For the afternoon, you may enjoy a private tour with a docent at one of Philadelphia's museums...choose from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts or the new National Museum of American Jewish History. (all museum tours must be arranged in advance)
• Or enjoy an afternoon visit to another remarkable glass collection in suburban Philadelphia.
• Dinner at a Starr restaurant. Steven Starr has become one of the premiere restauranteurs in the nation. Whether you desire a French bistro experience, an Asian feast or Pub food, a Starr restaurant is the place to go in Philly!
• And, if you MUST do the tourist thing, we can take your photo at the Rocky statue and cheer as you run up the Art Museum steps! And, of course we can eat cheese steaks and fries if you must have traditional Philly food.
Casting Party and Dinner!
Photo (left to right): Hank Adams ladling hot glass into a sand mold, prepared sand mold, glass cooling in the mold.
Hosted by: Hank Adams, Suzie Merighi and Larry Merighi
Enjoy a day casting glass with Hank Adams! Up to six people can spend the day together creating their own 'cast glass art'. Learn sand casting techniques and create your own molds under the watchful eye of Hank and his team. You do the creating and they will do the heavy lifting.
That evening you can discuss your newly discovered talents over a relaxing dinner at the home of Suzy and Larry Merighi. Dinner will include special 'edible castings' created by Keith Ragone and Terry Fox. Lunch is included.
Date to be mutually agreed upon.
Martin Janecky
Finale/6
2011
33.5” x 11” x 12”
Estimated Value: $8,800
Michael Janis
The Magician
37”x19”x2”
Estimated Value: $6,500
Sung Soo Kim
Rediscovery 100305
12.5” x 9.5” x 7.5”
Estimated Value: $4,400
Mielle Riggie
Patience
14”x10”x11”
Estimated Value: $4,000
Einar and Jamex de la Torre
"El Visionario" (Liebe)
blown glass, mixed media
2003
27" x 11" x 11"
Estimated Value: $8,000
Stephanie Trenchard
4 Bloomsbury Teapots
4-Part Painted & Sculpted Inclusions in Sand Cast Glass
2011
11.5" x 10" x 4.25"
Estimated Value: $4,000
Vivian Wang
Tweedy
Cast glass and stoneware, steel base
2011
23” x 9” x 8”
Estimated Value: $6,400
Julius Wieland
Small Pink Cloud
Borosilicate glass
2010
40 x 30 x 15 cm
Estimated Value: $ 6,500
Red, Hot and Blow – A Capital Experience!
Photo (left to right): Grand Salon of the Renwick Gallery, Washington Glass School Sign, DC Glassworks
Hosted by: Timothy Tate
This spectacular Washington, D.C. trip will highlight some of the nation’s best collections, the most
generous and astute collectors and your own hidden creativity in one 2 day odyssey thru the mid Atlantic region. Highlights of this trip will include:
• A private tour of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery with the extremely articulate Curator, Nicholas Bell. A rare experience to see behind the scenes of a national treasure.
• A dinner at collector Laurel Mendelson’s magnificent home and collection from her Dale Chihuly Wall to her Howard Ben Tre stairwell commission.
• A visit to the Washington Glass School….home to 3 separate SOFA artists and dozens of regional sculptors. Not only will you see one of the busiest studios in the country, but you will also be supplied with a gaffer and a torch to produce your own lampworked marble or jewelry piece. You will also see behind the scenes of Tim Tates video work.
• A Red Hot Tomale Dinner with our own hot tomale, collector Giselle Huberman. She and her husband Ben will host a spectacular homemade Mexican meal while sharing their thoughtful and expansive collection in their unusual and beautiful duplex condo.
• A visit to DC Glassworks, where you will be provided with a rollup blank and a gaffer and you will be able to blow any shaped glass vase you desire. Release your inner Lino! Make your gaffer earn his keep!
• So many other related experiences. The Smithsonian American Art Gallery’s Luce Education Centers Glass Collection, The contemporary clay studios next to the glass school, Red Dirt Studio and Flux Studio. Your host and chauffer artist Tim Tate (finally something he’s qualified for!) will be happy to make any side trips you folks would enjoy!
A Day in Venice with Leslie Genninger
Hosted by: Leslie Genninger
Package Includes:
Leslie will pick you up at your hotel in a private water taxi and escort you to the world famous Island of Murano where you will visit some of the finest artists working today in the world of Murano Glass. You will have a private in-depth viewing of these artists' studios and have the chance to observe them designing, blowing, or cold working their latest Masterpieces. You will also have the unique experience of blowing glass with Bertino, one of the finest Venetian Glass Masters who has been blowing glass for over 45 years. You can also visit the finest Venetian Mirror and Chandelier factories where Leslie made the exclusive collection for the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. You will dine at the renowned Lele’s restaurant: Busa alla Torre, and enjoy one of the finest seafood meals with Bellini, antipastini, risotto, frito misto and the best home baked biscotti! Taxi back to Venice to Leslie's gallery in the beautiful Dorsoduro Sestiere, in Campiello Barbaro and enjoy a refreshing Prosecco, while you choose a special gift from her most recent jewelry collection. Her husband, Architect Michele Benzoni, will then take you on an architectural sunset walking tour of Palladio’s 15th C. Masterpieces. Tour for Two: Priceless!!!.......With your Donation of $2500 to Wheaton this unique tour can be yours. Leslie will happily help you with finding the best accommodations in a private Palazzo, apartment or hotel depending on your preferences. She will also help you with your dining choices and additional activities throughout your stay in Venice. As the Venetians say: “Se vedemo a Venexia! A presto!
All That Glitters In Chicago
A Dazzling Experience For Four Glass Collectors
Photo (left to right): Art Institute of Chicago Façade, Fairmont Hotel, Lalique Showroom, Museum of Contemporary Art Facade
Hosted by: Bonnie Marx
2 Nights – 3 Days – 4 Collectors
Hotel – Glass Tours – Theatre Tickets
• Two rooms for two nights at the Fairmont Chicago, a luxury hotel located near Grant Park and Millennium Park
• Escorted experience to visit five exceptional private glass collections including “Foodie Grazing” receptions hosted by the Chicago collectors
• Guided tour of the Art Institute of Chicago, a participating museum in the 50th Anniversary of Glass in 2012
• Tour of the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
• Tour of three Chicago glass galleries
• Tour of the new “Lalique” showroom in the Merchandise Mart of Chicago, the only showroom in the United States focusing on Lalique architectural elements including sconces, tables, chandeliers and fountains
• Four tickets to a live theatre performance
• Ground transportation and tour arrangements provided by Bonnie Marx.
*This Experience cannot be available during SOFA Chicago week
A Day in Philadelphia
Photo(left to right): Philadelphia Museum of Art, Steven Starr Restaurant (Buddakan), National Museum of American Jewish History
Hosted by: Penny and Sheldon Bernick
Penny and Sheldon Bernick are delighted to offer you a Philly Experience!
• Visit the collection of Penny and Sheldon Bernick.
• Enjoy brunch and the view from the terrace across from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• For the afternoon, you may enjoy a private tour with a docent at one of Philadelphia's museums...choose from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts or the new National Museum of American Jewish History. (all museum tours must be arranged in advance)
• Or enjoy an afternoon visit to another remarkable glass collection in suburban Philadelphia.
• Dinner at a Starr restaurant. Steven Starr has become one of the premiere restauranteurs in the nation. Whether you desire a French bistro experience, an Asian feast or Pub food, a Starr restaurant is the place to go in Philly!
• And, if you MUST do the tourist thing, we can take your photo at the Rocky statue and cheer as you run up the Art Museum steps! And, of course we can eat cheese steaks and fries if you must have traditional Philly food.
Casting Party and Dinner!
Photo (left to right): Hank Adams ladling hot glass into a sand mold, prepared sand mold, glass cooling in the mold.
Hosted by: Hank Adams, Suzie Merighi and Larry Merighi
Enjoy a day casting glass with Hank Adams! Up to six people can spend the day together creating their own 'cast glass art'. Learn sand casting techniques and create your own molds under the watchful eye of Hank and his team. You do the creating and they will do the heavy lifting.
That evening you can discuss your newly discovered talents over a relaxing dinner at the home of Suzy and Larry Merighi. Dinner will include special 'edible castings' created by Keith Ragone and Terry Fox. Lunch is included.
Date to be mutually agreed upon.
Check back as items will be added as we get all the details!
At the close of auction, payment can be made using cash, check or credit
(Discover, Master Card, Visa, American Express).
Winning bidders may pick up their artworks after 11:00 on Sunday.
