MassArt holds virtual auction to fund student scholarships
April 4, 2021 GMT
BOSTON (AP) The Massachusetts College of Art and Design is holding a virtual auction to help support student scholarships.
The silent auction portion of the fundraising event ends at noon on April 11, while a live auction takes place online on the evening of April 10. The 32nd annual MassArt Auction is the second conducted online due to the pandemic.
Artists who have had their works juried into the auction donate either 50% or 100% of the sale price to support MassArt scholarships.
The two auctions will feature over 300 works from MassArt students, graduates, members of the faculty and others.
MassArts to host 32nd annual auction virtually April 10
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BOSTON Massachusetts College of Art and Design recently announced that its 32nd MassArt Auction will be held at 8 p.m. April 10.
Participants can visit http://massartauction.org/bid to register for the live and silent auctions, which will offer more than 325 works by artists including Blane De St. Croix, Emily Eveleth, Stanley Whitney and Kehinde Wiley.
The works featured in this year’s auction span a variety of mediums such as painting, jewelry, sculpture and photography. Notably, some pieces reflect momentous events from the past year, including work inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic by Ellen Shattuck Pierce, Will Kastrinakis and Carly Blais.