Visual Aid's BIG DEAL 2010

BIG, BIG DEAL Art Sale and Fundraiser  

Tickets $50 at the door.

Big Deal day is Saturday, November 13, 2010

On-site Ticket sales begin at 2pm,

Preview 4-5pm,

Auction 6:30pm

Event ends at 9pm

Click here for a SNEAK PREVIEW of Big Deal art!

Enjoy:  Great art and people-watching

Listen:  Tunes from great DJ's (tba)

Imbibe:  Blue Angel Vodka martinis, Barefoot Wine and Bubbly, Peroni and Blue Moon Brewing Company beers and Hiball energy drinks.

Taste:  Mouthwatering treats from Creole Catering Company, The Only Cookie, La Mediterranee, Valencia Whole Foods, Heartbaker and the creme brûlée cart.

Put Your Hands in the Air: Auctioneer David Sobon will energize the crowd with an exciting live auction

Feel Great: while helping raise funds for Visual Aid--providing free art supplies, grants, exhibition opportunities and community to artists living with AIDS, breast cancer, diabetes, Hep C and other life-threatening illnesses.

Obey:   Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

BIG DEAL is Visual Aid’s wildly popular party where 500 works of art are sold at $165 apiece, and an exciting live auction features art and fun luxury items. Come for the great art, bargains, people-watching, chill tunes, cocktails, lavish hors d’oeuvres and desserts.

Auction features paintings, prints, drawings and photographs by Christo, Jeremy Morgan, Robin Denevan, Jerome Caja, Rex Ray, Monica Steiner, Mel Prest, David Liittschwager, Allyson Hollingsworth, Ian McDonald, Marianne Kolb, Tim Yankosky, Mimi Plumb, Silvia Poloto, Mark Paron, Lucy Puls, Pamela Wilson-Ryckman, Jorge Colombo, Addie Shevlin, Martin Eugene Freeman, Margaret Herscher, John Wood, Elena Zolotnitsky, Joel Hoyer, Yvette Molina, Martine Jardel, Angela Simione, David King, Jennifer Bain, David Dashiell and more.

Note: For a sneak preview of the show, visit the Visual Aid Gallery, 57 Post Street, Open Tuesday - Fridays, 2-6pm, on view now through November 10th. Visitors have the opportunity to pre-bid on selected works from the Big Deal auction.

Luxurious spa treatments, travel, restaurants, shopping and theater packages include exclusive goodies from CostaBaja Resort and Spa, Jeanine Payer, Periscope Cellars, Foreign Cinema, Boon Hotel + Spa, Costanoa, Kabuki Springs and Spa, San Francisco Ballet, Harry Denton's Starlight Room, Unite Eurotherapy, A.C.T., Kerastase, OCMA Store, Bossa, San Francisco Symphony, Avalon Hotel and Spa, The Fillmore, Chronicle Books, Lovejoy's Tea Room, Another Monkey, Nicole Best Photography, Macy's, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Supperclub, Tony's Pizza Napoletana, Yoshi's San Francisco, The Governor Hotel, Castro Village Wine Company, Joie de Vivre, Beach Blanket Babylon, Castro Theatre, Mission Pie, Crown and Crumpet, diPietro Todd Salon, Kronos Quartet, Lombardi Sports, Hotel Durant, Immune Enhancement Project, Barber Lounge, Argonaut Hotel, 2223 Restaurant, Karibu Kenya, Peet’s Coffee and Tea, Gabriella Cafe, Jewelry by Nicole Repack, 24 Hour Fitness, Andalu, Cowgirl Creamery, Zipcar, Sports Basement, California Institute of Integral Studies and Magic Theatre.

Contributing galleries and museums include: Gallery Paule Anglim, Catharine Clark Gallery, Fraenkel Gallery, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, Michael Kohn Gallery, Rena Bransten Gallery, Electric Works Gallery, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, Asian Art Museum, Intersection for the Arts, SFMOMA, The Lab, City Art Gallery, Oakland Museum of California, Southern Exposure, Cartoon Art Museum, RayKo Photo, SF Camerawork, 57^th Street Gallery, The Crucible, 20x200, Cain Schulte Contemporary Art , Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Hespe Gallery, Que Pasa Glass, Gregory Lind Gallery, Sue Greenwood Fine Art and HANG ART.

The Fixed Price Sale features fabulous works of art from Jessica Abraham, Larry Aleshire, Kent Alexander, Don Anderson, Lynne K. Anderson, Bob Aufuldish, Margie Babon, Oana Barac-Matei, Lisa and Lee Barnes, Julie Blankenship, Richard Bolingbroke, Lisa Bostwick, Johnny Botts, Matthias Brandt, Tim Burns, Robert Byler, Elizabeth Blakeley, Rene Capone, Joshua Chaney, Amy Charles, Joie Rey Cohen, Joie Rey Cohen, Isabelle Courtault, Daniel Dallabrida, Renee de Cossio, Joey DeRuy, Angelo Di Pietrantonio, Richard Dodds, Darin Donovan, Chuck Drees, Anna Efanova, Bernadette Emrick, Virginia Erdie, Jamie Erfurdt, Georgianne Fastaia, David Faulk, Megan Fister, Rebecca Fox, Taiko Fujimura, Jack Fulton, Janet Gawthrop, Hadass Gerson, Stephen Gibson, Daniel Goldstein, dk haas, Marc Ellen Hamel, Colette Hannahan, Jeanne Hauser, Heather Sparks, Joel Hoyer, Phillip Hua, Matthew F. Hudson, Scott Idleman, Mary Isham, Ivy Jacobsen, Doyle Johnson, Jordy Jones, Mike Kabler, Sara Kahn, Alan Kelchner, Doug Kennedy, Natasha Khoruzhenko, Heidi Klauser, Barbara Kleinhans, Lisa Knoop, Leah Korican, Clare Kuo, Peter Max Lawrence, Kurt Lee, Katja Leibenath, Kyle Levinger, Hava Liberman, Emily Loen, Steven Vasquez Lopez, Michael Lownie, Cathy Lu, Leslie Lusardi, Kara Maria, Mary V. Marsh, Jack Mattingly, Tom McCarthy, Robin McCloskey, Barbara Milman, Leslie Morgan, U.B. Morgan, Robert Morgan, Leroy Morvant, Kevin P. Mosley, Jeremy Novy, Jann Nunn, Suzanne Olmsted, Russ Osterweil, Karah Parks, Pamela S. Peniston, Frank Pietronigro, Bruce Pizzichillo & Dari Gordon, Robert Reed, Nicole Repack aka Jocelyn Superstar, Samuelle Richardson, Fred Rinne, Marie Roberts, Veronica Rojas, Thierry Rosset, Christine Rossi, Alex Rothwell, Kimberly Rowe, Ashley Lauren Saks, William Salit, Pauline Crowther Scott, Lilia Scott, Mike Shriver, Karen Slovak, Annie Sprinkle, Howard Steiermann, Emma Schacter Sterling, Stefanie Stowers, James Strickland, Angela Summers, Andrea Traber, Barb Traub, Warren Travis, Amanda Triplett, Linda Trunzo, Trish Tunney, Muriel Schmalberg Ullman, Eddie Valentine, Victoria Veedell, Nuella Walter, Gillian Wee, Marcia Weisbrot, Paulette Wellington, David Wilson, Ginny Wilson, Jokie X Wilson, Laurie Wyman-Heron, James Wyman-Heron, Jade Zabrowski and hundreds more.

Thank you to our angel Sponsors: Ixia, Sterling Art Services, Underglass, Spot Design, Fastframe, Peter Kirkeby Fine Art and Framing, Epac, SF Weekly, Bay Times, Chris Carnes List, 7x7, A&U Magazine, Juxtapoz and CRPR.

NOTE: The Top Ten spots are auctioned off online. Check back for details. Other than that, in the Big Deal tradition, your ticket does not guarantee your place in line, you must join the queue to establish your line number. Simply give your name to the cashier when you reach the head of the line to receive your ticket/sales card.

To volunteer for Big Deal, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/bigdealvolunteer2010

To donate artwork, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/bigdealartist2010

Or contact bigdeal@visualaid.org, contact 415-777-8242.

Pictured: David King, Easy as Pie, print.