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Wednesday May 5, 2010 | by Andrew Page

Call for Entries: June 2nd deadline for Red Hot Party and Juried Auction
FILED UNDER: Award, Call for Submissions, Events, News
In the glass world, the typical auction fundraiser works something like this: Artists are asked to donate a work and, in return, he or she helps support an institution while getting exposure to the collectors in attendance—as well as some modest percentage of the sales price. That’s the way it’s been working for years at institutions such as the Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pilchuck, UrbanGlass and the National Liberty Museum, to name just a few of the better-known glass auctions that reach out to artists every year for donated work. The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, however, has been taking a different approach. Its annual “Red Hot Party and Juried Auction“ is a novel blend of fund-raising and head-to-head competition that pits artists against one another. Selected works are auctioned off to support the institution with no percentage returned to the artists. However, three of the donated works will be chosen — two by an expert jury, one by those attending the actual auction — for generous cash prizes. The top two prizes of $10,000 and $5,000 both include a week of studio time at the Museum of Glass’s fabled hotshop.

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