REAP Art Auction
Rural Art Goes Under the Hammer In time for Christmas!
An impressive range of rural art, photography and crafts are set to go under the auctioneers hammer at The Cheshire Cheese Pub in Longnor at 4.30pm on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008.
Beautiful limited edition photographs, original artwork and unique craft objects lovingly created will be available at competitive prices auctioned off by Leek's professional auctioneer Bruce Daniel of 'Daniel and Sons' in a fun environment - and in time to make your loved ones Christmas stockings!
The fundraising event aims to assist the continuation of REAP's (Rural Education and Arts Project) community work and promote the rich mix of local, professional artists, craft persons and creatives who have each donated a piece of artwork in support of the organisation.
REAP's offices (at The Corner Office, Bank House, Market Place, Longor) will be open from 2pm - 3.30pm to view all pieces, with the actual Auction taking place at The Cheshire Cheese Pub, Longnor at 4.30 pm.
Tina Ball, REAP's Projects Director says: The regions artists, photographers and craftspeople have gifted us some beautiful work for this fundraising event. We hope that families and friends come down and take advantage of this unique occasion to get something beautiful for their loved ones. REAP Is committed to supporting rural artists and 100% of funds raised will go towards trying to maintain the organisations role through these challenging financial times.
If you've never been to an auction before - don't worry - one of the friendly REAP team will be on hand to help you do your bidding.
So, whether you are looking for an original artwork, an early Christmas present, or whether you simply want to demonstrate your support for the work of REAP, please come along and join us for an exciting, arts-filled afternoon....and if you can't wait, REAP's ground floor space will be open to the public, to view all of the artwork on offer from Saturday 15th November onwards.
More Details
More information on the artists and artworks available will be announced towards the end of October, in the meantime for any further details or directions, please contact REAP (or call in to the office) on: 01298 83500 / enquiries@reapweb.org.uk
last updated: 13-11-2008 11:57