7th Annual Art & Soul Charity Auction

at
The Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852

Friday, June 12, 2009
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Tickets are $150 per personArt jury: Julia Burke, The National Gallery of Art; Tim Davis, International Visions Gallery; and Claudia Rousseau, Montgomery College

Join 39 artists and Honorary Co-Chairs Catherine Leggett and Constance Morella on Friday, June 12, 2009 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., for NCCF's 7th Annual Art & Soul Charity Auction at The Music Center at Strathmore. 56 pieces of orignal art - from textiles to glass and oil on canvas will be featured.

JC Hayward of WUSA-TV Channel 9 will host the live auction featuring works by youth from the Greentree Adolescent Program (GAP) and noted artists Kari Minnick and Ellen Sinel. The silent auction will feature Gifts from the Soul (non-art items) and juried pieces from regional artists. In addition, guests will enjoy music by Sony recording artist Julia Nixon, the premier of NCCF's new image, and the presentation of this year's Spirit of Humanitarian Awards (see complete list below).

Regional Artists in the Silent Auction

Lila Asher, Tom Block , Jacques Bodelle, Cynthia Jawitz Brower , Richard Dana , Katherine Dilworth , Mike Edelman , Susan Fleischmann , Nancy Frankel , Susan Goldman , Bud Hensgen, Ellen Hill, Phyliss Hoffman, Micheline Klagsbrun, Joan Konkel, Andrea Kraus, Elaine Langerman, Richard Lasner, Bonny Lundy, Mary Mallia, Anne Marchand, Joyce McCarten, Jane McElvany-Coonce, Laurie Mertens, Dominie Nash, Mara Odette, Peter Otim, Susan Due Pearcy, Anne Elise Pemberton, Phyllis Plattner, Beverly Ress, Robert Sanabria, Sherry Zvares Sanabria, Elzbieta Sikorska, Jill Tanenbaum, Ruth Viktoria Ward, Diane Weiner, Ellyn Weiss, Ann Zahn

Art & Soul Charity Auction tickets are $150 per person and can be purchased by contacting Heidi Coons at (301) 365-4480, extension 114. Proceeds from the evening benefit the groundbreaking of the Freddie Mac Foundation Youth Activities Center (YAC), NCCF’s sole cultural arts and recreational facility on the Bethesda Campus.

If you are interested in becoming an Art & Soul Charity Auction sponsor or would like to donate a Gifts from the Soul item for the silent auction please click HERE .

If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact Alisha Matlock, Director of Volunteers and In-Kind Resources at (301) 365-4480, extension 113 or amatlock[at]nccf-cares.org