OffCenter Arts 2024
Little House Auction!
>>Preview during ABQ Artwalk, Friday, May 3, 5-8 p.m. at FUSION, 708 1st St NW
>>Little House Auction, Friday, May 10, 5-8 p.m. at FUSION, 708 1st St NW<<
OffCenter’s beloved fundraiser is BACK! We were thrilled to host the Little House Auction this May, once again at FUSION! In addition to being the most fun - this event is an important fundraiser for our organization. Thanks to event sponsor Mama’s Minerals & gallery partner Lapis Room for key support!
This year: members of our donor & volunteer groups will get special early access to the Auction! Find details on becoming a part of our donor & volunteer groups here.
The Little House Auction will be at FUSION again this year, located at 708 1st St SW. Learn more about this fantastic arts organization & venue here.
Thank you to the 170+ local artists that created Little Houses for OffCenter to Auction!
Come to FUSION on Friday, May 10 for the Little House Auction, 5-8 p.m.
*Free to attend
*170+ mini masterpieces on display!
*Big Hearts benefit exhibition featuring woodcuts, paintings, and fiber art all to benefit OffCenter Community Arts Project!
*Silent Auction: bid on your favorite houses! Tables close between 7 & 8 p.m.
Join us for a Preview of over 90 of the houses plus some other extra special artwork during ABQ Artwalk on Friday, May 3 from 5-8 p.m. at FUSION.
*Free to attend! Drop by FUSION anytime between 5-8 p.m. during ABQ Artwalk.
*Plus, our friends at Harwood Arts Center are bringing their current Social Practice art project Shelter to share with us all during Artwalk! Shelter centers ideas of home, safety and survival in response to Albuquerque’s housing crisis. Food, water and shelter are basic needs every one of us shares. Harwood invite people of all viewpoints and experiences to consider housing as a human right while they embellish Tyvek houses with art and poetry. This is an all ages collaborative project and participants are asked to leave their houses with Harwood to be included in an installation for an exhibition at Harwood and elsewhere in the community.
And then join us for food, music, fun, and to bid on your favorite houses at the Little House Auction on Friday, May 10 from 5-8 p.m.
Sponsors help make this important fundraiser even more impactful for OffCenter!
Thank you to event sponsor Mama’s Minerals and gallery partner Lapis Room for your support!
Find all the details on sponsorship levels here and reach out to Mika with questions or for other ways to support!
Thank you for making the 2023 Little House Auction a wonderful success!
This year EVERY SINGLE HOUSE at the auction was bid on and purchased! Thank you to ALL of our artists and everyone that came and bid at the auction for making this happen!
Little Houses were created by artists as young as 7 and artists that have been making art work professionally for decades! For some of you, this exhibit was the first time you publicly shared your work - and your work held it's own alongside the work of international and nationally exhibiting artists! This is the same magic that we see everyday at OffCenter. Open Studio and OffCenter classes and programs are for EVERYONE! Whoever you are and wherever you are in your creative journey -- we have room for you to come and create with us at OffCenter.
$8,899 is enough to cover our rent for more than four months! It's enough to pay our administrative costs for nearly the whole year! Or to cover payroll for one month! Every bid and donation -- whether you purchased a single raffle ticket or bid hundreds of dollars -- adds up to have a huge impact!
The funds raised by this event go toward OffCenter's operating costs: the overhead it takes to keep the doors open, the lights on, the staff paid, and Open Studio running smoothly! These are monthly costs that need monthly support.
If you've come by recently to make art or say hi, you've probably noticed our Open Studio hours are busy!! We regularly reach capacity and would love to be able to expand our hours. But we need more monthly donors at every level to support that.
Adding a recurring donation of $10, $25, or $100 a month can be an easy way to support OffCenter and have a BIG impact on our work! OffCenter is here for everyone. A monthly gift can be your way to expand access to art making and social interaction for everyone!
The beauty of OffCenter's tagline Make Art, Buy Art, Meet New Friends was in full effect for the Little House event this year! You all MADE so many beautiful, fun, and fanciful Little Houses to share with us; you came out and BOUGHT every single one of those houses (!!!!) and there were new friends made & familiar friends reconnected with. It was a wonderful evening and we're so grateful to all of you for making it happen.
THANK YOU to the many volunteers that helped on the Little House committee, lent a hand during check in, set up, or during the auction! You sold raffle tickets, solved problems, and kept the fun in this fundraiser! So much gratitude to Little House committee chair Sally Bergen; volunteers Jeanne DeCosta, Scott Sandlin, Claire Lissance, Kiber Selig, Chamizal MacPherson, Christine West, Karen Nunez, and the entire OffCenter board! (Special thanks to board member Phil Hughes-Luing for his time and care in the Little House hospital tending to our most fragile Little Houses!)
Special thanks to Ron Breen and Terry Bluhm who donated and cut all the Little House wood blanks for us! Your generosity is amazing!
We couldn't have done it without the fantastic team at FUSION who hung the exhibit and supported the event at every step!
Thanks to Lapis Room gallery and their generous artists for sharing their work for the exhibit. It's also not too late to purchase a painting from the exhibit and support OffCenter! Through May 31, 20% of proceeds of the paintings that were featured at the Little House exhibit will go directly to OffCenter! Stop by Lapis Room or contact them directly for information.
And of course: the Little House Artists! There's no auction without the generous gift of the art you each created and shared with us to auction!!! Your time, energy, and creativity is what makes this event so special.
THANK YOU!!!
Your Donation = Community Investment
Want to support OffCenter but can’t make it to the Little House Auction? Make a donation today and help keep OffCenter thriving! Whether you can donate $5 or $5,000, your support is needed, appreciated, and impactful.
