FERRIN CONTEMPORARY JOINS

CERF+ BENEFIT AUCTION

With Over 300 Works of Art Set for Ebay Auction, The International Ceramic Arts Community Join Forces to Raise Funds for Artists Affected by COVID-19.

During this period of economic and social disruption, a group of galleries, collectors, artists and art-related businesses have joined together in an online ceramic auction to provide direct monetary support to artists and organizations in the craft community and, in doing so, unite the ceramics community in our shared values.

The auction, running on Ebay from Friday, June 19th and ending on Sunday, June 28 at 4 p.m. PDT (https://www.ebay.com/usr/studiopottery ), hosted by Jeffrey Spahn, Jeffrey Spahn Gallery) ).  An online public preview cocktail party, hosted by Everson Museum’s ceramics curator Garth Johnson, brings together donors, artists and the beneficiaries on Thursday, June 25th 7pm EST via Zoom. 

VIRTUAL EVENT

PREVIEW COCKTAIL PARTY

Thursday, June 25, 7 pm EST

Hosted by Garth Johnson, Everson Museum

Guests include Cornelia Carey, CERF+, artists Christa Assad, Lauren Mabry and others involved with the auction as donors and receiving organizations. This program will be live and include conversations about the artworks in the auction from studios and donating galleries.

CERF+ Auction Preview
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Meeting ID: 987 2092 8898

ARTWORKS IN THE AUCTION

EBAY AUCTION | JUNE 19 - 28
Sergei Isupov, “Mother Nature”, 2019, porcelain, slip glaze, 7.5 x 5.5 x 6″
Hollie Lyko Lady & Gentleman no.22″, 2018-2019, dremel-erased place, circe 1950, 10.25 x 10.25 x .75″
Lauren Mabry, “Cylinder 20.10″, 2020, earthenware, slip, glaze, 7.25 x 8.5 x 8.5”.
Kadri Parnamets, “Chevron Pattern Vase”, 2019, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8.5 x 6 x 5″
Peter Pincus, “Flattened Bottle with Inverse Circle”, 2019, colored porcelain, gold luster, 13.5 x 9 x 4″
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Turnpike/Toll No:3, Cup Plate”, 2019, pearlware with screen-print decal, 4 x 4 x .5″
Mara Superior, “Love Birds”, 2019, high-fired porcelian, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze, 5.75 x 7.75 x 1.25″
Michael Simon, “Oval bowl with cut rim”, 2005, stoneware, salt, glaze, 2.25 x 11 x 8″
Kurt Weiser, “Blue and White Cup 1″, 2019, porcelain, glaze, 3.5 x 4 x 4”
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ADDITIONAL ARTISTS IN THE AUCTION

Betty Woodman, Lucie Rie, Josef Albers, Ruth Duckworth, Jun Kaneko, Linda Lopez, Lauren Mabry, Warren Mackenzie, Sergei Isupov, Rose Simpson, Peter Voulkos, Akio Takamori, John Reeve, Jesse Small, Shin-Yu Wang, Patti Warashina, Adrian Saxe, David MacDonald, Ashwini Bhat, and Bobby Silverman, are just several of the world-renowned ceramic artists whose works will be on eBay, to raise funds for artists in need. Bidding begins Friday, June 19th, and ends Sunday, June 28th, at 4:00 pm PDT. The Jeffrey Spahn Gallery created a flipbook, which includes a number of the artists whose work will be in the auction.

The purpose of this auction is two-fold. One, to raise direct funds for artists in need. Two, to unite the ceramics community in solidarity for our shared values. Collectors, gallerists, and artists have united the ceramics community with the majority of proceeds going to the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) along with several other beneficiaries including the Arizona State University Art Museum Ceramic Research Center, Everson Museum of Art, Howard Kottler Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Art Academy, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, and The Studio Potter.

Participating Galleries

Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Duane Reed Gallery, Ferrin Contemporary, Harvey Preston Gallery, Jeffrey Spahn Gallery, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Rago-Wright Auctions and Trax Gallery, with contributions from Peter Held Appraisals and the LEF Foundation.