CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART
ARTSY
February 1st, 2019
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art
is offering its annual “Art You Love” benefit auction in partnership with Artsy,
the global online art platform. Featuring fifty works of art by leading and
emerging artists connected with Maine, the CMCA auction is an opportunity
to purchase art you love and support CMCA’s exhibitions and educational
programming for all ages.
This is the first year CMCA is partnering with Artsy to bring its benefit art
auction to a global collecting market. “The Artsy platform allows people to
bid on works of art to benefit CMCA, no matter where they are located,” says
CMCA director Suzette McAvoy. “We have so many terrific contemporary
artists here in Maine and working with Artsy makes it possible for us to
introduce their art to collectors, both near and far.”
Bidding for CMCA’s “Art You Love” auction, cmcanow.org/auction, opens at
noon on Thursday, February 14, and runs through 5pm EST on Thursday,
February 28. At the close of the auction, successful bidders will be notified
by Artsy and CMCA to make arrangements for shipment of the art directly to the buyers.
Artists contributing to the 2019 CMCA Benefit Art Auction include:
Jeff Ackerman, Daniel Anselmi, Bo Bartlett, John Bisbee, Mattina Blue, Katherine Bradford,
Jenny Brillhart, Tom Butler, Sam Cady, Ann Craven, Lois Dodd, David Driskell, Betsy Eby,
Carol Eisenberg, Jeff Epstein, Inka Essenhigh, Melanie Essex, Donna Festa, Alan Fishman,
Thomas Flanagan, Kathleen Florance, Elizabeth Fox, Linden Frederick, Peter Halley,
Alison Hildreth, Cassie Jones, Alex Katz, Fred Kellogg, Sal Taylor Kydd, Amy Lowry,
Jonathan Mess, K. Min, Kayla Mohammadi, Anne Neely, Ni Rong, Kate Russo, Claire Seidl,
Anneli Skaar, Emilie Stark-Menneg, Sara Stites, Barbara Sullivan, Greta Van Campen,
Don Voisine, John Walker, SB Walker, William Wegman, Kathy Weinberg, Shoshannah White,
James Wolfe, and Dudley Zopp.
CMCA has held a benefit fine art auction showcasing work by national and emerging artists
associated with Maine for over 40 years. For assistance or further information on this year’s
“Art You Love” auction, please call CMCA at 207-701-5005 or email jkablack@cmcanow.org.
