23rd Annual Benefit Auction
Friday and Saturday, August 8-9, 2008

Bob Trotman, Martin, 2008, poplar, basswood,
tempera, wax, 41 x 23 x 23 in.

Penland Annual Benefit Auction Quick Links

Weekend Schedule

Reservations

Absentee Bidding Information

Shipping Information

Directions to Penland School of Crafts

Local Accommodations

Art For Penland

The Penland School of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction is a gala weekend in the North Carolina mountains featuring the sale of more than 230 works in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, letterpress, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, textiles, and wood. The Penland auction is one of the most important craft collecting events in the Southeast and a perfect opportunity to support Penland's educational programs, which have helped thousands of people to live creative lives.

Admission

Auction weekend tickets, $375 Includes all Friday and Saturday activities

Friday only tickets, $200 Collectors lecture, exhibition preview and cocktail party, dinner, silent and live auctions, music, and dancing

Saturday only tickets $250 Coffee at the studios with Penland’s resident artists, silent auction, lunch and live auction in an air-conditioned tent, reception at the Penland Gallery.

For more information, call 828-765-2359, ext. 45, or send email to

auction@penland.org

Activities take place on the Penland campus in Mitchell County, North Carolina. Meals and live auctions take place in an air-conditioned tent.

Reservations are required.

Esther Shimazu, Adrift, 2008,
stoneware, porcelain, glazes, pigments, 36 x 20 x 25 in.

2008 Penland Annual Auction Catalog PDF
Click the below links to view the catalog.

Friday Silent Auction Catalog PDF

Friday Live Auction Catalog PDF

Saturday Silent Auction Catalog PDF

Saturady Live Auction Catalog PDF

Index of Artists with Biographical Information