Saturday 27 June 2009

UPPER HUTT SALON

ART AUCTION

Expressions is pleased to welcome back all previous exhibitors to the 2009 Upper Hutt Salon.

You are invited to sample a selection of visual art from a diverse range of artisans alongside featured works from the Pumpkin Cottage Collection.

Artworks excluding works from the collection are available for purchase by Tender or Auction.

The Upper Hutt Salon Art Auction will be a night to remember!  Guests are invited to dress in 19th Century period costume and soak up the atmosphere of the evening.

6.30pm

Please join us for musical performances on the Expressions Steinway Concert Grand Piano in the Genesis Energy Theatre prior to the auction commencing.

7pm

Guests Auctioneer Wayne Shindler from Shindler Auctions will begin auctioning works from the Upper Hutt Salon.

Contact us now for your buyer number.

A fundraising event for the newly gifted

Pumpkin Cottage Paintings Collection

Exhibition - Mount Marua Gallery

15 May 2009 - 28 June 2009

Free Entry

Art Auction - Genesis Energy Theatre

Saturday 27 June 2009

Gold Coin Entry

Upper Hutt Salon 2009

After the success of the Upper Hutt Salon in 2007 Expressions would like to again welcome back all previous exhibitors to the 2009 Upper Hutt Salon. During the previous exhibition we sold 70 works generating over $16,000 in sales with over half of that being donated to the Expressions Concert Grand Piano Fund. Expressions also recorded close to 3000 visitors through the exhibition in the four weeks it was open.

Having purchased the Expressions Steinway Concert Grand Piano in 2008 after a two year fundraising campaign, Expressions is now raising funds for the development and care of a permanent visual arts collection for the city. Recently the Expressions Arts and Entertainment Trust accepted the generous gift of the Pumpkin Cottage Collection from Ernest and Shirley Cosgrove which will be housed and cared for at Expressions.

The Pumpkin Cottage Collection is the first component of a permanent collection for the city. We are pleased to be gifted a well rationalised collection which has both local and national relevance in relation to the development of New Zealand painting.

The money raised from the Upper Hutt Salon will help towards the maintenance and care of the collection to national museum and gallery standards and as a result ensure access to the collection for future generations.

The 2009 Upper Hutt Salon will exclusively feature works by previous exhibitors at Expressions. The brief is open, there is no overriding theme for the works; however the exhibition will be presented in a French ‘Salon’ style, floor to ceiling hang and culminate in a French Salon themed auction in the final week on Saturday the 27th of June at 7.00pm

Contract of Sale