November 6, 2009, 6-9PM, Live Auction begins 6:30PM
The 2009 Art Auction included Louisville's first online visual art auction, as well as, live and silent auctions held at the LVAA Water Tower on November, 6. The auction offered nearly 200 pieces of art contributed by the area's finest visual artists, art patrons, collectors, CFAC and Hite Art Institute alumni and respected galleries. Thanks to the generosity of the 350+ participants in this year's auction, the event generated $34,00 for the Children's Fine Art Classes program and $12,000 for the University of Louisville Hite Art Institute's Mary Spencer Nay Scholarship Endowment.
Special thanks to all of the individuals, foundations and corporations who helped make the 2009 Art Auction a financial (and fun!) success!
2009 Art Auction Committee
Jackie Timmons, Chair
Judy Hanekamp
Mary Sasse
James Grubola
John Begley
Stefi Chilton
Anne Braun
Chuck Swanson
Susan Hallenberg
Paula Whittle
Benton Keith, Past Chair
Mary Margaret Carlton
Penny Leach
Shannon Westerman
Louisville Visual Art Association and Children's Fine Art Classes
For 85 years, Children's Fine Art Classes (CFAC) have been the heart and soul of the Louisville Visual
Art Association. This year, 28 dedicated art educators will provide studio art instruction for over
750 young artists, ages 8-18. CFAC provides quality instruction, individual recognition and life changing
encouragement to visually talented youth - regardless of their economic circumstances - at 32 convenient sites around the Louisville Metro area. Your support directly benefits Children's
Fine Art Classes - America's premiere scholarship-based Visual Art education program.
University of Louisville Hite Art Institute and the Mary Spencer Nay Scholarship
Art and education were the touchstones of Louisville native Mary Spencer Nay's life. From her
enrollment in the first Children's Fine Art Class in 1925, and throughout her celebrated career - as the first Director of the Art Center Association and as the first full-time faculty member of
the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Louisville - to her retirement as a studio artist in
Provincetown until her death in 1995. Today, her legacy continues to impact the visual arts through
an annual scholarship offered to an incoming freshman art student at the University of Louisville.
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