Celebrate North Carolina Artists and Art
Tickets on sale now
Saturday, November 18 will be a spectacular night out on the town to celebrate the breadth of art and artists in North Carolina at our inaugural Art Bash!
Experience private and live collecting opportunities; culinary delights; and art experiences, including Carolina Roots, a show highlighting rural artists of North Carolina with juror Jeff Bell, Executive Director of the NC Arts Council.
Honorary co-chairs Linda Shropshire Eudy, art collector, enthusiast, and founder of Ella West Gallery, and Liza Roberts, art and culture journalist, author of Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina, and founder of Walter magazine are curating an extraordinary auction!
Individual tickets go on sale September 5. You won’t want to miss this special evening celebrating the incredible artistic talent of our state!
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The Evening
6-6:30pm
VIP and sponsors welcome
6:30pm
Doors open
Private collecting in our open studios, 12 x 12 Artspace Member Showcase, and more
Art experiences including Carolina Roots, an exhibition highlighting rural NC artists and juried by Jeff Bell, Executive Director of the NC Arts Council
8:30pm
Live Art Bid
10-11pm
Live music + desserts
Featured Artists
Honorary co-chairs Linda Shropshire Eudy, art collector, enthusiast, and founder of Ella West Gallery, and Liza Roberts, art and culture journalist, author of Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina, and founder of Walter magazine are curating an extraordinary Live Art Bid including artists:
Paris Alexander
Ivana Beck
Maya Freelon
Mark Hewitt
Beverly McIver
Chieko Murasugi
Peter Glenn Oakley
Michele Yellin
More artists in our Live Art Bid to come! Stay tuned!
Tickets
Don’t miss out on this extraordinary evening! Purchase your ticket online or by calling 919.821.2787.
Tickets are $150. Space is limited.
With your ticket purchase, you will be helping to ensure people of all ages, cultures, and abilities have the opportunity to create, learn, and explore meaningful art experiences: from summer art camp scholarships, one-of-a-kind youth and adult classes, Connect + Create family workshops, to our visual artist residencies, mobile art bus, and more, your support makes possible the joy, creativity, and connection the arts offer across the mosaic of communities in our area.
Meet our Honorary Co-Chairs
Linda Shropshire Eudy
Linda Shropshire Eudy has spent decades as a collector and advocate for the arts. She is on the Board of Trustees for the NC Museum of Art and serves to steward the museum’s permanent collection as a leader of the art acquisition team. As a member of the Black Trustee Alliance, Linda spends time in a national collective community of museum and gallery leaders, ensuring museums and institutions create more space for Black artists and those who are traditionally left out of the art history narrative. Linda studied at NC State University, UNC Chapel Hill, and the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. As a former leader for corporate social responsibility and human rights for a Fortune 100 company, she brings both a passion for art and business acumen to Ella West Gallery, which she recently founded in Durham.
Liza Roberts
Liza Roberts, author of Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina, is an art and culture journalist who first learned of the extraordinary world of art in North Carolina as the editor and general manager of the award-winning Walter magazine, which she founded in 2012 and grew with a talented team of colleagues. The idea for a book about the contemporary art and artists of our state came when she tried to find a book on the subject and learned that there wasn’t one. She is a graduate of Hamilton College and has a masters degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism, and serves on the NC Museum of Art Foundation Board of Directors.
Become a Sponsor
We are accepting sponsorships for Art Bash 2023! As a sponsor you will receive benefits like VIP check-in, recognition on event promotion and signage, ticket privileges for you and your guests, and a credit towards your first Creative Team Building or facility rental in 2024! Learn more about all sponsor benefits below.
Questions? Contact Hannah Parker at hparker@artspacenc.org
Sponsorship Levels
- Presenting $10,000
- Inspire $7,500
- Create $5,000
- Engage $2,500
- Experience $1,500
Sponsorship Benefits
Presenting Sponsor: $10,000
Only 6 Presenting Sponsorships available
- Naming rights to an Art Bash activation – we’ll creatively recognize your company or brand with signage
- Logo recognition on event printed invitation, signage, and program along with social channels and website in all Art Bash promotions
- Ticket privileges for 16 guests: valet parking and skip the line! VIP check-in from 6-6:30
- VIP reserved access of an Artist’s Studio during the cocktail hour from 6-7:30 p.m. for you and your guests to kick off the evening
- Recognition as an Artspace donor during the 2024 calendar year and opportunity for a private guided tour of an exhibition with a champagne toast for up to 25 guests
- $500 credit toward your first Creative Team Building or facility rental in 2024
Inspire Sponsor: $7,500
- Logo recognition on event invitation, signage, and program; social channels and website
- Ticket privileges for 12 guests: valet parking and skip the line! VIP check-in from 6-6:30
- Recognition as an Artspace donor during the 2024 calendar year
- $500 credit toward your first Creative Team Building or facility rental in 2024
Create Sponsor: $5,000
- Logo recognition on event invitation, signage, and program; social channels and website
- Ticket privileges for 8 guests: skip the line! VIP check-in from 6-6:30
- Recognition as an Artspace donor during the 2024 calendar year
- $500 credit toward your first Creative Team Building or facility rental in 2024
Engage Sponsor: $2,500
- Name recognition on event invitation, signage, and program; social channels and website.
- Ticket privileges for 6 guests: skip the line! VIP check-in from 6-6:30.
- Recognition as an Artspace donor during the 2024 calendar year.
- $200 credit toward your first Creative Team Building or facility rental in 2024.
Experience Sponsor: $1,500
- Ticket privileges for 4 guests: skip the line! VIP check-in from 6-6:30.
- Name recognition on event invitation, signage, and website.
- Recognition as an Artspace donor during the 2024 calendar year.
- $100 credit toward your first Creative Team Building or facility rental in 2024.
Friends of Artspace
Contribute $500 and receive 2 tickets to Art Bash. Friends of Artspace are recognized on event signage, event materials, and throughout the event.
Audience
Join up to 400 fellow art collectors, studio artists, makers, and visionaries in support of North Carolina creativity in our historic building in downtown Raleigh. From rising stars in tech industries, leaders of growing businesses, and corporate CEOs to emerging and master artists, and the individuals who support them – we will unite at this spectacular party to connect artists with our collecting guests. Through social media, the audience expands across the Triangle with 17,000+ followers engaged on our Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube channels and 65,000+ unique website visitors annually.
Fundraising Goal
With a goal to raise $100,000, proceeds will help ensure people of all ages, cultures, and abilities have the opportunity to create, learn, and explore meaningful art experiences: from summer art camp scholarships, one-of-a-kind youth and adult classes, Connect + Create family workshops, to our visual artist residencies, mobile art bus, and more, your support makes possible the joy, creativity, and connection the arts offer across the mosaic of communities in our area.
Contact Information
Sponsorship can be paid at the time of commitment with signed letter of intent or invoiced for payment at future date on or before September 2023. Please reach out to us directly if you have any questions or need additional information:
Carly Jones
President + CEO
cjones@artspacenc.org
Hannah Parker
hparker@artspacenc.org
INSPIRE
Debbie + Larry Robbins
ENGAGE
Elizabeth + John Purrington
EXPERIENCE
A.J. Fletcher Foundation
BDO
BFPE International
Andrea Nixon + Brent Friedenberg
HH Architecture
NC SECU
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Richard + Libby Staub
MEDIA SPONSOR
