3rd Annual Art Appreciation Awards

Name: 3rd Annual Art Appreciation Awards
Start: 2025-01-23T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-23T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Verona Villa

Schedule

Thu Jan 23 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Verona Villa | Frisco, TX

Visual Arts Guild of Frisco invites you to attend their 3rd Annual Art Appreciation Awards dinner and Art Auction celebrating the visual arts community presented by Verona Villa - Jason Young and family!
Join us at Verona Villa in Frisco, TX January 23, 2025 to celebrate a year in review with our artistic awards, music, food, and art on display for auction. Take home a piece of beauty and help us announce the partners, supporters, artists, and special honors. We appreciate the artists in our community and the partners who bring opportunity, education, and spaces to create and connect!

Artists may submit art below and please read the 80/20 art auction prospectus on Smarter Entry (see link)
We look forward to sharing out the art auction link to start bidding 1 day prior to the event...more to come!
A special thank you to our Artist of the Year award creator, Kat Warwick - The Art Life Way
Seating, Call for Art Auction, and Sponsorship opportunities to support local art and artists are now available. Soon we will be announcing our nominees for: Artist of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Community Partner of the Year, Emerging Artist of the Year, Member's Favorite and more...
Please consider a mutually beneficial sponsorship level that would support our VAGF mission to provide opportunities for local visual artists to promote their work and cultivate public appreciation for the visual arts:
* Sponsorship Opportunities – see Tickets
* General Admission Ticket $40 includes buffet dinner, dessert, non-alcoholic beverage, and awards ceremony (complimentary beer/wine will be served).
* Art Exhibit and Awards 80/20 Silent Auction - Submission Deadline 1.16.2025
Artists may submit up to 2 of your artworks to Smarter Entry for silent auction that will also be in contest for two categories of Cash Awards: Board Choice and Audience Favorite (VAGF will retain 20% and Artist will receive 80% of auctioned price) 80/20 requirements: Deadline to enter 1.16.25. 24x24in max size (including the frame). The submission fee is the $40 (this is / includes your general admission ticket when you submit your art via Smarter Entry "2025 AAA Art Auction". No additional purchase necessary for artists who submit artwork to the auction), and you must be present to participate, open theme, and open to anyone.
* Raffle items are being collected. If you wish to contribute, please contact [email protected] by January 16, 2025.