PRESS RELEASE

September 30, 2003

Contact:
Katie Sproles, (541) 346-0942, ksproles@darkwing.uoregon.edu


EVENT ADVISORY
Oct. 18 Auction of 'Plate Art' to Benefit UO Museum of Art


EVENT: "The Artful Plate: Dishing Up Art" preview exhibition and auction to benefit the University of Oregon Museum of Art's renovation and expansion project.

DATE: Saturday, Oct. 18

TIME: Preview Exhibition: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Auction: 6 p.m.

LOCATION: Exhibition: Maple and Oak Rooms; Auction: Ballroom Erb Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th Ave., on the UO campus

BACKGROUND:
Unique works of art designed and donated by more than 40 regional artists will go to the highest bidders during the $100-a-person "The Artful Plate: Dishing Up Art" dinner, auction and dance.

Prior to the auction, the public may preview and place sealed bids on the works of art at a free exhibition from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Maple and Oak rooms of the Erb Memorial Union.

Objects to be auctioned range from an acrylic painting created by Mark Clarke to Mike Leckie's cast glass, copper and marble "Harvest Plate." Among other artists who have donated their creations are Robert Canaga, Margaret Coe, Yuji Hiratsuka, David Joyce, Beverly Soasey,
Christine Sundt, Kate Wagle, Jane West and Betsy Wolfston.

"The artists gloriously rose to the challenge of taking the standard form of the plate and creating something else," says David Turner, UO Museum of Art director. "We hope the public will join us in celebrating the artists' creativity in adapting their artwork to this theme at both the preview and auction."

For more information, call the UO Museum of Art, (541) 346-0765.


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