Pitt-Bradford Plans Second Annual
Auction for the Arts Gala
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will roll out the red carpet for its second annual gala art auction to benefit the Pitt-Bradford Arts Endowment.
The Hollywood-themed evening begins at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 in Blaisdell Hall at the university and includes a live and silent auction, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and entertainment both before and after the auction.
“The auction committee has outdone itself in putting together a Hollywood-venue event that will ‘wow’ everyone,” said Gail McDonough, chairwoman of the committee. “While last year’s event was extremely successful, this year’s promises to be even better.”
Tickets for the auction are $65 and may be purchased by calling Patty Colosimo, assistant director of arts programming, at 814-362-5155. Tickets will not be available the night of the auction.
A pair of musicians from the Southern Tier Symphony will play classical music and movie themes with Emily Tunstall-Frack on cello and Julia Tunstall on flute as guests arrive and browse the silent auction during the cocktail portion of the evening.
The evening will end with popular music from the Golden Age of Hollywood as well as show tunes sung by Lynne Shannon accompanied by John Kytic on grand piano.
Items for the live auction include a weekend in Boston at the Marriott’s Custom House overlooking Boston Harbor complete with a $250 travel gift card; a one-of-a-kind eight-piece set of W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. stag-handled steak knives donated by the company; and a numbered lithograph by renowned folk artist Jane Woostser Scott, “Concert on the Lawn.”
Other items include fine collectibles, including Baccarat, Murano and Waterford crystal; a kayak, and a hand-crafted terrarium designed and created by Pitt-Bradford’s master gardener Bob Harris from rare woods.
In all, more than 40 items and packages will be available, starting at $35. Featured items can be seen and bid on at www.upb.pitt.edu/artauction.aspx. Those unable to attend the evening’s auction can also submit bids online.
“Once again, individuals and businesses in the community have been extremely generous in donating items and providing sponsorships for this worthwhile cause,” McDonough said.
Thanks to corporate sponsors, all of the proceeds from the evening will go to the Arts Endowment Fund, which supports the university’s premier Prism Series, curriculum-based Spectrum Series and popular children’s series now in its third year, Kaleidoscope.
Corporate level sponsors include American Refining Group, Bradford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Group, Luis Gonzales, M.D., Manning & Napier Foundation, Metz & Associates Ltd., Zippo Manufacturing Co. and two anonymous donors.
Pictured, Bob Harris, a staff member at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, who crafted an antique-style terrarium out of Australian silkwood for the annual Auction for the Arts gala. Harris also has a show, Around the Home with Bob Harris, Saturday mornings on 1490 WESB.
The Hollywood-themed evening begins at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 in Blaisdell Hall at the university and includes a live and silent auction, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and entertainment both before and after the auction.
“The auction committee has outdone itself in putting together a Hollywood-venue event that will ‘wow’ everyone,” said Gail McDonough, chairwoman of the committee. “While last year’s event was extremely successful, this year’s promises to be even better.”
Tickets for the auction are $65 and may be purchased by calling Patty Colosimo, assistant director of arts programming, at 814-362-5155. Tickets will not be available the night of the auction.
A pair of musicians from the Southern Tier Symphony will play classical music and movie themes with Emily Tunstall-Frack on cello and Julia Tunstall on flute as guests arrive and browse the silent auction during the cocktail portion of the evening.The evening will end with popular music from the Golden Age of Hollywood as well as show tunes sung by Lynne Shannon accompanied by John Kytic on grand piano.
Items for the live auction include a weekend in Boston at the Marriott’s Custom House overlooking Boston Harbor complete with a $250 travel gift card; a one-of-a-kind eight-piece set of W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. stag-handled steak knives donated by the company; and a numbered lithograph by renowned folk artist Jane Woostser Scott, “Concert on the Lawn.”
Other items include fine collectibles, including Baccarat, Murano and Waterford crystal; a kayak, and a hand-crafted terrarium designed and created by Pitt-Bradford’s master gardener Bob Harris from rare woods.
In all, more than 40 items and packages will be available, starting at $35. Featured items can be seen and bid on at www.upb.pitt.edu/artauction.aspx. Those unable to attend the evening’s auction can also submit bids online.
“Once again, individuals and businesses in the community have been extremely generous in donating items and providing sponsorships for this worthwhile cause,” McDonough said.
Thanks to corporate sponsors, all of the proceeds from the evening will go to the Arts Endowment Fund, which supports the university’s premier Prism Series, curriculum-based Spectrum Series and popular children’s series now in its third year, Kaleidoscope.
Corporate level sponsors include American Refining Group, Bradford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Group, Luis Gonzales, M.D., Manning & Napier Foundation, Metz & Associates Ltd., Zippo Manufacturing Co. and two anonymous donors.
Pictured, Bob Harris, a staff member at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, who crafted an antique-style terrarium out of Australian silkwood for the annual Auction for the Arts gala. Harris also has a show, Around the Home with Bob Harris, Saturday mornings on 1490 WESB.
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