Center for Contemporary Printmaking

An evening of fun, food, and fabulous art...

MONOTHON2012

Live Auction and Party | Saturday, November 17, 2012, 6:00 – 9:00 pm

100 plus prints in the Silent Auction 6 - 8 pm; Live Auction begins at 8 pm.

View Live Auction offerings in our online print gallery, CCP Print Store

To date, Live Auction offerings include:

Betty Ball: Window Seat No. 18, monotype

Currier and Ives: A Home on the Mississippi,1871, hand-colored lithograph

Bryan Nash Gill: Acorn, woodcut print

Wolf Kahn: A painting and a monotype print by this year's benefit co-chair (2 lots)

Emily Mason: a monotype print by this year's benefit co-chair

Will McCarthy: Untitled, monotype

Craig McPherson: New York Water Tunnel, mezzotint print

Malcolm Moran: Lost the Thought, monotype

James Prosek: A new watercolor painting by this CT-based marine illustrator (winning bidder also gets to visit the artist at Easton studio)

John Shearer: Portrait of Mohammed Ali, photogravure print from original photograph

Pamela Sztybel: Untitled, monotype

Julio Valdez: Like the Echo of Bronze, monotype

Plus
Vacation stays in Maine, Martha's Vineyard and Maui

And - for the artists in the crowd, a week in the Helen Frankenthaler printmaking Cottage assisted by CCP Associate Printer Christopher Shore.

     











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Silent Auction 6:00 – 8:00 pm |  Original prints by leading and emerging artists will be offered

 Live Auction 8:00 – 9:00 pm, with Guy Bennett, Auctioneer  |  Artwork by preeminent artists, and other creative opportunities will be offered

Tickets $35.00 per person 

Gallery Preview of Auction Items
Wednesday, November 14 through Saturday, November 17, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

All proceeds from this event support educational and outreach opportunities at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking.

What is the MONOTHON?

The CCP annual marathon of monotype printing, now in its 14th year, starts with printing sessions. Artists sign up work with master printers in art-intensive, five-hour sessions to create original monotypes. This year, Artist's Printing Sessions are scheduled for Sunday, October 21 through Saturday, October 27, two session times per day. A one session Youth Monothon takes place on Sunday, October 28.

View MONOTHON Volunteer Opportunities

Download the Artist Print Session registration form, or call 203-899--7999 to register

What is a Monotype?

Monotype prints are made by drawing or painting with ink directly onto a printing plate. The plate is placed in contact with paper and run through a printing press, producing a one-of-a-kind print.

What Happens During a Printing Session?   

Each MONOTHON artist is assisted by a Master Printer and a Press Assistant. All materials are provided; artists may create up to ten prints during
each session.

How the Silent Auction Works

On November 17, 2012, the MONOTHON2012 Auction and Party begins with a Silent Auction, a showcase of all the prints selected by CCP staff from Artist's Printing Sessions, held in October. The artwork is on view in the gallery downstairs and in the studio space upstairs. An important component of the Silent Auction is the selection of original prints made by young artists during the Youth Monothon on view in the Lithography Studio and the Editions Studio

Each guest at the Auction and Party receives a bid number, upon arrival. To place a bid, the guest writes the bid price and bid number on the card provided beneath the work. Guests are encouraged to bid on the works they are interested in early in the evening. Bidding closes promptly at 8 pm, when the Live Auction proceedings begin! Purchased work is available to take home when the Auction and Party is over, at 9 pm.

Refreshments are served throughout the event, courtesy of our generous donors.
 

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