The New City Arts fundraising soiree features drinks on the patio, family-style dinner, artist performances, a raffle, and live and silent art auctions at The Wool Factory from 6-9:30PM on May 7, 2025. This beloved annual event supports our low-commission gallery, residencies, fellowships, and artist programs.
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At The Wool Factory from 6-9:30PM on May 7, 2025
6-6:45PM ► Happy Hour, Silent Auction Opens, Performance 🥂
Silent Auction Artists: Abby Kasonik, Benita Mayo, Ceejay Renner-Thomas, Clay Witt, Elena Yu, Emma Terry, Franchell Mack Brown, Frank Phillips, Hank Ehrenfried, Jack O’Neil, Kaki Dimock, Kirsten Hemrich, Lara Call Gastinger, Laura Josephine Snyder, Lauren Williams, Marisa Williamson, Neda Karar, Patrick Costello, Roger Williams, Somé Louis, Ted Hardin, Tobiah Mundt, Tori Cherry
7PM ► Dinner Begins, Silent Auction Open During Dinner 🍽️
7:40PM ► Live Auction 🎨
Live Auction Artists: Abigail Dudley, Asa Jackson, Carrie Mae Weems, Cassie Guy, Clay Witt, Dean Dass, Evan Mooney, Franchell Mack Brown, John Borden Evans, Megan Elizabeth Read, Sam Abell, Sarah Boyts Yoder
8:30PM ► Artists Share 🎥
Featuring Underground Shorts Media, Jonah Tobias, Lindsey Leahy, Derrick Waller, MaKshya Tolbert, Elena Yu
9:00PM ► Silent Auction Ends 🛎️
Party continues until 9:30
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🎟️ All dinner attendees receive a bid number. The event is sold-out.
📣 To bid on artwork without a dinner ticket, you will need a proxy bidding number to bid. $25 tickets to bid on work by proxy can be purchased here.
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Live Auction Title Sponsor: $5,000 (only 1 available)
“Presented by” designation for the art auction, with logo displayed on main event screen throughout the event
Logo printed on all auction paddles
Title-level recognition on our welcome board, and “presented by” designation on all relevant promotional media
Table, dinner, and drinks for eight (8) guests
Special acknowledgement at the event
Special feature on social media
Three (3) complimentary raffle tickets for each guest
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Patron Table Sponsor: $2,500
Table, dinner, and drinks for eight (8) guests
Patron-level recognition on our welcome board
“Co-presented by” designation on promotional media
Special acknowledgement at the event
Special feature on social media
Two (2) complimentary raffle tickets for each guest
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Enthusiast Table Sponsor: $1,500
Table, dinner, and drinks for eight (8) guests
Enthusiast-level recognition on our welcome board
“Sponsored by” designation on promotional media
One (1) complimentary raffle ticket for each guest
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Supporter (Individual Seat): $130
Includes dinner and drinks for 1 guest.
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Sponsor a Seat for an Artist: $130
Can’t make it? Sponsor a seat for an artist! Includes dinner and drinks for an artist whose work New City Arts has presented through exhibitions, residencies, fellowships, or grants.
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New City Arts envisions the Charlottesville area as a place where a thriving group of local artists unsettles and transforms our community to work toward a more just, beautiful future.
Proceeds from this event support monthly exhibitions at our low-commission gallery, annual artist fellowships, biannual artist residencies, grantmaking events for artists, and artist-led programs, including events throughout our 15th exhibition season. Each exhibiting artist receives a $1,250 exhibition honorarium, professional show documentation, installation support, and expenses covered for artist-led programming like lunches, talks, and opening receptions. Curatorial power is held by artists and community members who select each season, and all events at the gallery are free to attend. Resident artists and artist fellows receive honoraria, studio space grants, and staff support for their project-based work. Our annual grantmaking event has awarded over $52,000 in funds for individual artists over the last 12 years. We support approximately 100 Charlottesville area artists and 5,000 community members each year through these core programs and events like artwork exchanges; arts education opportunities for all ages; internships; and opportunities to gather, rest, connect, and create.
Live Auction Artwork
Silent Auction Artwork
Sponsors
Presenting Event Sponsor
The Wool Factory
Patron Table Sponsor
BRW Architects
Raffle Sponsors
Framebridge
Ethos Wine & Tea
New City Artist Exchange Artists: Adrienne Dent, Angela Kaye Corpuz, Autumn Jefferson, Ben Frye, Emma Terry, Daisy Dee, Hannah Kade, Jack O'Neil, Jenny Mikulski, Wilfred Henry
Quirk Hotel Richmond
Tupelo Floral Company
Enthusiast Table Sponsors
Betty & Joshua Li-Simpson
Brittany Fan
Carrington Alvarez & Shreve Ariail
Derrick J. Waller & Sarah Waller
Eleis & Jonas Te Paske
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia
Kaki Dimock & Deborah Rutter
Kira & Tyler Hogan
The Lazaro Family
Maria Gall & Jane Grizzle
Phaeton Gallery
Rachel Baker & James Burnett
Tom Lidbetter & Marisa Williamson
UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts
