Raffle Prints and Silent Auction Items
Purchase a raffle image to support the Photoworks gallery, education and community programs. Thanks to the generosity of our faculty, exhibitors and guest jurors, we are offering a limited number of selected prints priced at $100 each. Prints are displayed in the Photoworks Gallery at Glen Echo Park. While supplies last.
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Silent Auction Items:
No minimum bid on any item.
You may bid by sending an email with the item name and your bid amount through the form below. Once we receive an opening bid, an item will remain available for competing bids until 9 pm the following day. We will update you if you are outbid on the item during this window. Winning bidders will be given 24 hours to complete payment through the Donate button at glenechophotoworks.org.
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COCKTAIL PARTY & DIRECTOR’S TOUR: KATZEN ARTS CENTER
Spend a once-in-a-lifetime evening at the Katzen Arts Center with Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen, who will lead a private tour of the exhibit of your choice. Begin with a cocktail reception in your home or at the Photoworks Gallery, followed by an unforgettable evening at one of the area’s hottest art venues. A wonderful way to entertain up to 20 of your closest friends -- or bid as a group! To be scheduled on a mutually agreeable date. Choose any exhibition during the 2022-2023 season. Photoworks will provide wine and cheese for up to 20 guests.
Fair Market Value: Priceless
Minimum Bid: $500
Guarantee It Now: $1,200
Donated by Jack Rasmussen of The Katzen Arts Center and by the Auction Committee.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S PHOTOGRAPHY: ONE WEEK OF SUMMER CAMP
Enroll your young photographer in "The Basics of Film Photography for Teens" Camp for Youth. This class runs Monday to Friday, June 27 - July 1 from 9am - 12:30pm at the Photoworks Studio. This week of photography will introduce photography by using different cameras: pinhole box, paint can, 35mm and 120 b/w film. Ages 13 - 18.
Fair Market Value: $425
Minimum Bid: $250
Guarantee It Now: $425
Donated by Karen Keating.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S SUMMER CAMP -- INTERMEDIATE FILM PHOTOGRAPHY
Intermediate students 13 to 18 will learn the art of film photography in this one week camp July 18 - 22 from 9 am - 12:30 pm. This class is for students with prior b/w film experience using 35mm cameras. There will be a review camera controls and an introduction to darkroom procedures. After exploring Glen Echo Park thru their lens and practicing film and printing skills in the darkroom, each student will produce a set of five to seven images. Editing and sequencing will be practiced. (Some 35mm cameras will be available.)
Fair Market Value: $375
Minimum Bid: $200
Guarantee It Now: $375
Donated by Karen Keating.
INVITE JOHN GOSSAGE TO DINNER -- A PARTY FOR EIGHT
Entertain up to eight guests at an intimate dinner party with John Gossage. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get to know one of the most well-known contemporary photographers in America, noted for his intellectually engaging, subversive, and well-crafted images and books. One critic has noted that “Gossage is always about the luxuriance of what goes unnoticed, what goes unseen, until his pictures call your attention to it.” Hosted by the Photoworks Board at your home or one of ours. Subject to availability on a mutually agreeable date with two weeks notice.
Fair Market Value: $1,000
Minimum Bid: $400
Guarantee It Now: $1,200
Donated By John Gossage and the Photoworks Board.
PORTRAIT SESSION WITH REDEAT WON
A chance to sit for the photographer who created the “Modern Muse” series. Inspired by Avedon, Penn, Rembrandt, and Modigliani, Red brings a collaborative approach to her work, resulting in timeless and honest portrayals of her subjects. Red will work with you to create an 8x11" portrait, which will be printed on silver gelatin multi grade fiber archival paper. Portrait session will include photo shoot at a location to be determined mutually.
Fair Market Value: $400
Minimum Bid: $100
Guarantee It Now: $500
Donated by Redeat Won.
ONLINE COOKING CLASS -- SALT WATER FARM
Join an online cooking class with Annemarie Ahearn, author of "Full Moon Suppers” and “Modern Country Cooking” and add new skills and recipes to your repertoire. A beloved teacher, Annemarie emphasizes resourcefulness in the kitchen and an instinctive approach to cooking that connects what happens in the kitchen to the bounty of the harvest in any season. This $75 gift certificate is good for a single zoom class of your choice.
Donated by Annemarie Ahearn.
Fair Market Value: $75
Minimum Bid: $40
Guarantee It Now: $80
CUDDLE UP IN RED NEON
A signed archival giclee print, matted and framed, of the iconic “Cuddle Up” in Glen Echo Park. Matted, framed, and signed by artist and Photoworks faculty member Frank Van Riper. Image is 13x19 inches. Framed to 18x23 inches.
Fair Market Value: $250
Minimum Bid: $125
Guarantee It Now: $300
Donated by Frank Van Riper.
AMY TOENSING PRINT -- JERSEY SHORE SERIES
Own a print by acclaimed National Geographic photographer Amy Toensing. A photojournalist and filmmaker, Amy is known for her intimate stories about the lives of ordinary people. In this image from Amy’s “Jersey Shore” series, friends enjoy the cool, stormy water of Seaside Heights, New Jersey. This 16x20 inch unsigned print is dry-mounted.
Fair Market Value: $700
Minimum Bid: $300
Guarantee It Now: $750
Donated by Amy Toensing.
“WORLD OF WIDOWS” PRINT BY AMY TOENSING
National Geographic photographer Amy Toensing’s documentary project “A World of Widows” documents the strength of her subjects in the face of extreme hardship. In this image, a 95-year-old widow lies in the courtyard of the Amar Bari Ashram in the Gyan Gudari neighborhood of Vrindavan, India. This 16x20 inch unsigned print is dry-mounted.
Fair Market Value: $700
Minimum Bid: $300
Guarantee It Now: $750
Donated by Amy Toensing.
WOOD CUT PRINT BY SOPHIE MCDOWELL
“Willow Grove (2018)” is a 18x12 inch multiblock woodcut print by artist Sophie McDowell. Sophie’s process involves carving and printing multi-block woodcuts to create large-scale art installations. Sophie is currently working on a body of work titled “In Between Land.”
Fair Market Value: $150
Minimum Bid: $50
Guarantee It Now: $200
Donated by Sophie McDowell.
FOCUS ON THE STORY -- BOOK SET
Named one of Kickstarter’s “project we love,” Focus on the Story has published two art books featuring images of iconic moments in our collective American history. In “UnPresidented: The Inauguration of Donald J. Trump and the People’s Response” and “Transition: The End of an UnPresidented Four Years,” Focus on the Story captures the mood of the country through black and white photographs taken by street photographers in the nation’s capital during the Trump administration years through the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Fair Market Value: $100
Minimum Bid: $25
Guarantee It Now: $125
Donated by Joe Newman.
CHRIS SUSPECT PRINT -- “SICK IN TBLISI”
Take home this framed 26 ½ x 19” print by street and documentary photographer Chris Suspect. Chris has published photographs in the Washington Post, City Paper, CNN, The Atlantic, Forbes, and many other media outlets throughout the world. His work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Photo District News, LFI Magazine and on the Leica Camera Blog.
Fair Market Value: $1,200
Minimum Bid: $500
Guarantee It Now: $1,500
Donated by Chris Suspect.
REDEAT WONA PALLADIUM PRINT
"Milu the Muse" by Redeat Wona is an 11x15 inch signed palladium print from Red’s Modern Muse Series. Printed on Hahnemhle Platinum Rag Fine Art Paper. In making these images, the artist invites her sitters to come as they are and then gets to know them by spending hours at a time listening to their values. They share personal stories about their backgrounds and experiences and discuss how they navigate this world being a woman. Through these conversations, the artist develops a deeper understanding that helps her photograph her subjects using a medium format film camera. The Modern Muse Series has been photographed in trips to Ethiopia in collaboration with her muses -- strangers whom Red gets to know intimately through the process of photographing them.
Fair Market Value: $500
Minimum Bid: $100
Guarantee It Now: $600
Donated by Redeat Wona.
CHRIS SUSPECT FRAMED PRINT -- WOMAN IN SHADOW OF PALM TREE
Bid for this 17 ¼” x 13 ¼ inch framed print of “Woman in Shadow of Palm Tree” by street and documentary photographer Chris Suspect. Hailing from the Washington, DC area, Chris has been featured in the Huffington Post, Photo District News, LFI Magazine and on the Leica Camera Blog. He also has published photographs in the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, CNN, The Atlantic, Forbes and many other media outlets in the US, Germany, Canada and Brazil.
Fair Market Value: $600
Minimum Bid: $300
Guarantee It Now: $800
DANCING IN THE DARKROOM PARTY
Host a private party for up to eight people in the Photoworks darkroom. Your music selection will set the vibe as darkroom instructors Karen Keating, Peter Kozloski and Bruce Falkinburg lead your guests in creating one-of-a-kind images to take home. The Dancing in the Darkroom Party includes 2 bottles of red wine, 2 bottles of white wine, 2 six packs of IPA beer, and 3 bottles of seltzer water. Food provided includes guacamole and salsa; vegetables and dip; a platter of wrap sandwiches and cookies. To be scheduled on a mutually agreeable date.
Fair Market Value: $400
Minimum Bid: $200
Guarantee It Now: $600
Donated by Karen Keating, Peter Kozloski, Bruce Falkenburg, and Amy Walker.
DAVID MYERS SERIES -- IMAGES FROM NAPLES ITALY
A portfolio of five black and white images from Naples Italy. Each printed approximately 8x12 on 11x14 paper, using archival inks and paper.
Fair Market Value: $500
Minimum Bid: $200
Guarantee It Now: $600
Donated by David Myers.
'THE DONUT HOLE' FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH BY PHILIP TAPLIN
Philip Taplin is a longtime fine art photographer and resident of Washington, D.C. His work focuses on commercial roadside architecture of the mid-20th century. His photographs of iconic American structures - buildings in the shape of the products they sell - has spanned more than 30 years.
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Fair Market Value: $700
Minimum Bid: $200
Guarantee It Now: $800
Donated by Philip Taplin
