You are cordially invited to join us for the 5th Annual Art Over Easy Event on Friday, December 4th from 7-9:30pm at the Surplus Gallery of the Glove Factory, 432 S. Washington in Carbondale. Tickets are $25 per person and will be available for purchase at the door the night of the event.
The Silent and Live Auction will provide everyone the chance to purchase beautiful art and the opportunity for SIUC to showcase the tremendous talent that comes from the School of Art & Design and Southern Illinois area. For a sampling of some of the great art that will be auctioned off and learn more about this event, please visit this link: http://artanddesign.siuc.edu/newsevents/artovereasy/index.html
Art Over Easy began December 10, 2004 at Harbaugh's Cafe. That first event had a few dozen art lovers in attendance and raised just over $5,000. AOE has since grown to average over 250 guests and in four years has raised over $70,000 to benefit our nationally ranked and internationally known School of Art & Design.
This year is a particularly critical one for us. December 31, 2009 is the closing date for a major challenge grant from the Windgate Foundation: we have been offered a dollar-for dollar match of up to $250,000 in Foundation funds to support student scholarships, and up to $250,000 to support research by our students and our faculty. This is a rare opportunity and honor. We received the pledge based on the high regard for us in the art and design educational community. Funds generated at Art Over Easy will be applied towards this match. We believe this will be the best-attended and highest earning Art Over Easy yet.
If you need more information, please contact me at the information below or Tracee Norris, Director of Development for the College of Liberal Arts, at (618) 453-4563, tnorris@siu.edu.
We look forward to seeing you.
With all best regards,
Peter Chametzky
Director, School of Art and Design
& Associate Professor of Art History
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901
pchamet@siu.edu
(618) 453-8632
http://artanddesign.siuc.edu/newsevents/artovereasy/index.html
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