Exhibition and Live Auction: 6 – 10 November 2009

Well-known and emerging New Zealand artists are lining up to offer their works to Richmond Road School’s hugely popular ARt With LoVe auction.

The annual fundraising event – this year called The 5^th Flirtation – is being held at the school on Tuesday, 10 November, at 7pm, with ART + OBJECT auctioneers Ben Plumbly and James Parkinson once again in charge.

The event, which featured on TV One’s Auction House earlier in the year, provides a unique opportunity to purchase works by leading artists at exceptional prices while also raising much-needed funds for the school.

This year, about 40 paintings, photographs, sculptures and objet d’art, will go under the hammer from artists such as Billy Apple, Jacqueline Fahey, Denys Watkins, Vivien Masters, Garth Steeper, Jacqueline Fraser, Dick Frizzell, Otis Frizzell, Geoffrey Heath, Sarah Hillary, Harvey Benge, Grant Sheehan and Gary Freemantle.

Parents at the school are well-represented too with Karl Maughan, John Reynolds, Clinton Phillips, Dave Hood, Robyn Walton, Catherine Carter and Sam Miller-Walters all providing works.

Other artists who have contributed include Mike Whitaker, Deborah Smith, Jennifer Smith, Robyn Hoonhout, Fern Petrie, Guity Evelyn, Michael Linane, Lucy Linanae, John Meadows, Trish Campbell, Anne Lengauer, Yona Lee, Basia Smolnicki, Jan Simmons, Caroline Low, Dylan Horrocks and Casey O’Connell, who won this year’s National Drawing Award.

“ARt with LoVe is a very important fundraiser for us,” says Richmond Road School principal Stephanie Anich. “We have to raise $100,000 every year just to keep the school running so all the proceeds will be used to support our children’s learning and fostering their interest in the arts.

“We are extremely fortunate to have so many passionate and talented New Zealand artists supporting our school and are very grateful for their involvement.”

 

The 5^th Flirtation opens on Friday, 6 November, at 6.30pm at Richmond Road School (Douglas Street entrance).  Free viewing takes place over the weekend of 7 and 8 November from 11am to 4pm, with the auction set for Tuesday, 10 November, at 7pm.