Join us at Big (Blue) Deal, Visual Aid’s Art Sale and Fundraiser!
4:00–9:00pm, Saturday, November 14th, 2009
SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street in San Francisco

"The sale of the year...an event not to miss..., attended by groups of art lovers - make that fanatics..." - SF Chronicle

Visual Aid's wildly popular party where 600 works of art are sold at $160 apiece, and an exciting live auction features art and fun luxury items.

Tickets sales begin at 2pm, doors open at 4pm, sales begin at 5pm, and the auction begins at 6:30pm. Party lasts till 9pm.

Enjoy: Great art and people-watching
Listen: Tunes from DJs unk'l funk'l and Toma
Imbibe: Libations from Blue Angel Vodka; Peroni, Blue Moon, Schug Winery & Enkidu Wines.
Taste: Treats from Hugh Groman Catering, Out of Thyme, La Mediterranee, Valencia Whole Foods, D'Sweets and the creme brulee cart.
Obey: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Big Deal is the place to meet and mingle with hundreds of new and seasoned art collectors, students, artists and friends, all vying for great art. Come for the bargains, chill tunes, cocktails, lavish hors d'oeuvres and desserts.

Click on these links for more information:

• Here’s How it Works
• Big Deal Auction and More
• How to Donate Art to BIG DEAL
• How to Volunteer
• Big Deal Artists
• Big Deal Poster
• NEW This Year
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Jennifer Maria Harris, Two Men Singing

Here’s How it Works

• Affordable Fixed Price Art Sale - 600+ works of art by Bay Area artists will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at a fixed price of $160 plus tax.
• Auction – The live and silent auctions will feature works of art donated by some of the region’s top artists, as well as hotel, spa and restaurant packages and other luxury items.
• Big (Blue) Deal Free Drawing – Numerous exciting prizes will be given away via a free drawing. Your sales card will be your drawing entry.

All proceeds from Big Deal benefit Visual Aids programs. Visual Aid encourages professional artists with life-threatening illnesses--such as AIDS and breast cancer--to continue their creative work by providing free art supplies, grants, exhibition opportunities and community.

Affordable Art Sale
A unique model where 600+ original works of art by famous and lesser-known artists alike are sold for the reasonable price of $160, in a “democratic,” first-come, first served basis. New and seasoned collectors line up for the opportunity to purchase exceptional paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and photographs. Those who want to avoid the line can arrive late, and will still have the opportunity to choose from among hundreds of appealing works of art.

This year, a wall of blue artwork will be featured, along with fabulous works by Sandow Birk, Isabel Samaras, John Bonick, David Best, Peter Max Lawrence, Jan Nunn, Suzie Rashkis, and hundreds more, available for $160 each.

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auction


Chris Leib, Two Eggs

Big Deal Auction and More

AUCTION WITH ARTWORK BY Timothy Cummings, Enrique Chagoya, Ann Chamberlain, Jeremy Morgan, Rex Ray, Christina Empedocles, Ferris Plock, Deneane Niebergall, Treasure Frey, J. John Priola, Aondrea Maynard, Gale Antokal, Jose Arenas, Lucy Puls, Jennifer Bain, Donald Bradford, Tim Buckwalter, Igor Josifov, Tyrell Collins, Mitchell Confer, David King, Carol Dalton, Kelly Defayette, Saundra McPherson, Beth Edwards, Michael Jang, James Aarons, Mike Kimball, Michael A. Knutson, Chris Leib, Katja Leibenath, Noah Phyllis Levin, Kara Maria, Eileen Starr Moderbacher, Rob Nehring, Minoru Nishiki, Mark Oberlin, Silvia Poloto, Klari Reis, Angie Renfro, Jennifer Starkweather, Inez Storer, Forrest Williams, John Wood, David Hockney, Laura Kimpton, Tim Yankosky, David Huffman, Joel Hoyer, Elliot Anderson, David Ivan Clark, Paul Gibson, Dennis McNulty, Hugo Kobayashi, David Liittschwager and more.

OTHER FABULOUS AUCTION ITEMS DONATED BY Harry Denton's Starlight Room, Kabuki Springs & Spa, Zuni Café, Costanoa, SF Opera, MAC Cosmetics, Cowgirl Creamery, Joie de Vivre, 24 Hour Fitness, Adventure Cat Sailing Charters, Afro Solo, Beach Blanket Babylon, Best Western Americania, Best Western Carriage Inn, Blue Chalk Café, Bonny Doon Tasting Room, California Institute of Integral Studies, Caramella Skin Couture, Castro Theatre, Castro Villiage Wine Co., Marcy Maloy Photography, Clint Johnson Massage, Cole Hardware, Fisher Weisman, Foreign Cinema, Good Hotel, Immune Enhancement Project, Injeanious, Jewelry by Nicole Repack, Kronos Quartet, Lovejoy's Tea Room, Mane Attraction, Mission Pie, New Conservatory Theater, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Periscope Cellars, Postrio, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Film Society, Snuggie™, Crown and Crumpet, Sports Basement, Supperclub, Teatro Zinzanni, True Massage and Wellness, Man Dance and Zipcar.

CONTRIBUTING AND SUPPORTING GALLERIES INCLUDE Alphonse Berber Gallery, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, Artzone 461, Aurobora Press, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, Bryant Street Gallery, Bucheon Gallery, Cain Schulte Gallery, Cartoon Art Museum, Catharine Clark Gallery, Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Chandler Fine Art and Framing, Corden Potts Gallery, The Crucible, Don Soker Contemporary Art, Donna Seager Gallery, Eastside Editions, Electric Works, Fraenkel Gallery, Gallery 16, Gallery Paule Anglim, George Lawson Gallery, Gregory Lind Gallery, HANG ART, The Lab, Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art, Marx & Zavattero, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, Mina Dresden Gallery, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, Oakland Museum of California, Park Life, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Rayko Photo Center, Reaves Collection, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, SF Camerawork, The Shooting Gallery, Thomas Reynolds Gallery, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Togonon Gallery, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Southern Exposure.

FREE DRAWING WITH PRIZES FURNISHED BY Mission Pie, Jewelry by Nicole Repack, The Lab, New Conservatory Theatre, Mane Attraction, Joie de Vivre Hotels, Lyall Harris Cards and many more.

STELLAR SPONSORS Juxtapoz, Art in America; The Onion; 7x7 Magazine; ePAC Technologies; Bay Times; Artbusiness.com; Ixia; Sterling Art Services, Under Glass Framing & Gallery; Zipcar; A&U Magazine; timothybuckwalter.typepad.com, Yerba Buena Alliance, SOMArts, Hiball and Chris Carnes List.

Please feel free to contact the Visual Aid office if you would like posters or jpegs of our invitation to send to your friends! For more details, please email visaid@visualaid.org.

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donate

Jeanne Vadeboncoeur, Blue Plate Special

How to Donate Art to BIG (Blue) DEAL

Attention artists and collectors: Please support our efforts by making a donation of one or more of your artworks!

We also encourage you to invite friends to participate.

Email us today at bigdeal@visualaid.org or call 415-777-8242 to let us know that you plan to donate your artwork. Contributions are welcomed through November 7th.

We’d love to have your work in house as soon as possible.

Artwork can be dropped off at these location:

VISUAL AID OFFICE: Tuesdays during September and October, 10am-6pm 116 NEW MONTGOMERY, Ste. 640, San Francisco Located 1 block behind SFMOMA, between 2nd & 3rd, Mission & Howard Streets, near Montgomery BART. Please call (415) 777 - 8242 if we can help you by receiving the artwork from you on the street outside Visual Aid, as parking can be challenging.

LAST MINUTE DROP OFF AT SOMARTS GALLERY: Thursday, Nov.12th, 1pm-8pm & Friday, Nov. 13, 10am-6:30pm, 934 Brannan Street between 8th and 9th streets, San Francisco. (near Trader Joe's)

When dropping off your work, please attach: your name, email address, snail mail address, phone number, title, date, medium, size, and name of artist. Wrap your work in plastic, brown paper or bubble wrap if needed.

Also, if you have any suggestions for other artists who may be interested in donating work for our event, please let us know. We really appreciate the support of our arts community.

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volunteer

James Huber, Dalmation (Rex)

VOLUNTEER for Big (Blue) Deal

If you are interested in being part of our incredible team of BIG DEAL event volunteers or installers, or recommending other artists for a donation, please contact our office at (415)777-8242.

We need BIG DEAL installers, art wranglers, wrappers, schleppers, kitchen helpers, volunteers for data entry, phone calls and more. Whether you are interested in spending one afternoon contacting artists, working with the Visual Aid staff, or helping on Big Deal day, we will work with you to find a place on our can-do team of volunteers.

Here are some of the volunteer positions available:

THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER:

ART WRANGLERS 2 needed every Tuesday and Thursday, 10am-5pm

Help us prepare artwork for Big Deal and afterwards.

PHONE CALLERS 4 callers needed for 5 hours per week, hours are flexible.

Gratifying contact with artists donating to Big Deal.

ART SALE PLANNING ASSISTANTS 4 needed every week, shifts are 4 hours long, to be arranged.

We need help with misc. tasks, such as errands, data entry, organizing documentation for auction, etc.

ART TRANSPORTERS 6 movers needed 9:00am – 2:00pm on Thursday, Nov. 6th to move art to SOMARTS (vehicle not necessary). Move artwork to trucks, then unload at event location.

Nov. 12
INSTALLATION TEAM
10 volunteers per shift:
2pm -6:30pm
7:30pm - 10:00pm

Nov. 13
INSTALLATION TEAM
10 volunteers per shift:
10am - 2pm
2pm - 6pm
6pm - 10pm

Framing and installing artwork. No experience required. Need to be able to handle artwork respectfully, hammer nails, attend to details while focusing on the bigger picture, and enjoy teamwork. Help artists fill out forms and check-in artwork. Fun, behind-the-scenes view of the event. Get a sneak preview of the artwork for sale.

Nov. 14 (Big Deal Day)
CATERING TEAM
8 volunteers per shift:
2pm - 6:30pm
5:30pm - 10pm

These jobs would be helping in the kitchen to cut up vegetables, fruit and cheese; arrange platters of food for the event; carry trays of food through a crowded room; create attractive displays of food; pour wine; clean up food areas in event space and kitchen. Pack and clean up kitchen at end of evening.

Nov. 14 (Big Deal Day)
WRAPPING & RUNNING TEAM
22 volunteers needed
3:30pm - 9:30pm

As customers buy artwork, team members take it off the wall and wrap it behind the scenes. This is a high-energy, tightly-knit team. We need your organizational skills, attention to detail, willingness to work and handle artwork respectfully. We need extremely reliable volunteers for this team and the shift runs the duration of the event.

All volunteers receive free admission to the event, and are invited to the Volunteer Dinner Party on November 12th at 6:30pm at SomArts.

Potential volunteers can contact jim@visualaid.org or by phone: 415.777.8242 for more information or to sign-up.

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artists

Isabel Samaras, Nutz

Big Deal Artists

Mari Aaronsouth / Rina Abonnat / Andrea Abrams / Melissa Adams / Linda Adreveno / Brother Bramm (Keith Aguiar) / Benny Alba / Larry Aleshire / Usry Alleyne / Don Anderson / Lynne K. Anderson / Rob Anderson / Mari Andrews / Maira Andrews / Adam J. Ansell / Bob Armstrong / Elizabeth Armstrong / Rodney O'Neal Austin / Rob Badger / Shannon Badiee / Henrique Bagulho / Clair Bain / Oana Barac / Leigh Barbier / Lee Barnes / Lisa Barnes / Scott Barnes / Kelly Barrett / Natalia Becker / John Benko / Deborah Bertola / David Best / Nicole Best / Sandow Birk / Julie Blankenship / Richard Bolingbroke / Tom Bolles / John Bonick / David Booth / Lisa Bostwick / Bill Bowers / Matthias Brandt / Claire Brees / Brandi Brooks / Tim Burns / Bob Burnside / Robert Byler / Apollo Cabrera / Jan Camp / Marsha Campbell /Rene Capone / Gabriel Castellanos / Kevin Cata / Clancy Cavnar / Rebecca Chang / Amy Charles / Jean Cherie / Howie Cherman / Michael Childs / Belinda Chlouber / Chris Cobb / Helen S. Cohen / Robert Concannon / Maria Conlon / Gina M. Contreras / Gordon Cook / Petrina Cooper / Craig M. Corpora / Sylvia Cossich Goodman / Isabell Courtault / Chris Crossen / Charlotte Cunningham / James Curtis / Daniel Dallabrida / Rick Darnell / Flora Davis / Barbara De Groot / Veronica de Jesus / Luz de Korum / Antonio De Lucci / Alicia Debrincat / Lois Parks DeCastro / Christopher DeLange / Robert A. Del-Rose / Dani Devere / Nikos Diaman / MJ Levy Dickson / Jeanne Diller / Rosemary DiNardo / Angelo DiPietrantonio / Brian Dobrow / Richard Dodds / Michael "D'Ken" Domondon / Bill Domonkos / Doug Domonkos / Darin Donovan / Chuck Drees / Jessica Dunne / Katherine Du Tiel / David P. Duckworth / Genevieve Dupre / durkART / Heather Dutton / Anna Efanova / Gunnar Ellam / Steven Elliott / Rebeca Liberty Emmons / Bernadette Emrick / Virginia Erdie / Jamie Erfurdt / Mark Erickson / Marisa Escolar / Fong Fai / David Faulk / Robb Field / Lorrie Fink / Angela Fitzhugh / David Fiveash / Mary Flack / Charmaine Fornoff / Rebecca Fox / Martin Eugene Freeman / Erik Friedman / Jerry Frost / Dana Fuhrer / Taiko Fujimura / Paul Gallo - Gallofornia / Jeremie Garza / Dan Geiger / TebbyGeorge / Cybele Gerachis / Owen Geronimo / Santiago Gervasi / Paul D. Gibson / Biran Gillespie / Katie Gilmartin / Lisa Goldschmid / Daniel Goldstein / Sarah Beth Goncarova / Matt Gonzales / Peter Gravener / Shorty Green / Tama Greenberg / Walter Guerra / Ana B. Guttierrez / Louis J. Gwerder III / dk haas / Kimmy Haines / Marc Ellen Hamel / Wade Hampton / Tsung Wu Han / Jennifer Harris / Lyall Harris / Katinka Hartmetz / Jeanne Hauser / Rey Hauser / Ethan Hayes-Chute / Conrad Hechter / Timothy Helgeson / Taraneh Hemami / German Herrera / Howard Hersh / Maj-Britt Hilstrom / Lisa Hochstein / Lisa Hoffman / Brad Holum / Michelle Scott Hood / Jean Horton / Phillip Hua / James Huber c/o Lee Draper and the Huber Hossner Estate / Laurence C. Hughes / Tedda Hughes / Patricia Hulin and Lynne Todaro / Scott Idleman / Irene Imfeld / Inside Out Art / Mary Isham / Vincent Jackson / Valerie Jacobs / Kurund Jalmi / Martine Jardel / Kim Jensen / Philippe Jestin / Ethel Jimenez / Jody Jock / Doyle Johnson / Alexandra Johnston / Michael Johnstone / Marty Jonas / John Jonas / JONHOMER / Jenny Kahn / Sara Kahn / Rob Kahn / Kathryn Kain / Sandra Kelch / Alan Kelchner / Kate Kellams / Jim Kelley / Doug Kennedy / Laura Kimpton / Geoffrey King / Michele King / Sharon M. Kizziah / Lawrence Klein / Barbara Kleinhans / Mimi Koch / Marianne Kolb / Diane Komater / Audrey Kral / Erica Kremenak / Clare Kuo / Evri Kwong / Richard and Judith Lang / Lisa La Rocca / Christina La Sala / Peter Max Lawrence / Marc Olivie Le Blanc / Hugh Leeman / Victoria Q. Legg / Nancer LeMoins / Helen Leroy-Adler / Ira Lesser / Kyle Levinger / Karen Levinger / Weyman Lew/ Amelia Lewis / David Liittschwager / Bea Kwan Lim / Heike Liss / Jeffrey Long / Michael Lownie / Malcolm Lubliner / Janet Lucroy / Leslie Lusardi / Tarra Lyons / Emily MacDonald / Richard Macias / Pat Kemeny Macias / Scott MacLeod / Stuart "Mid*One" Mahoney / Michelle Mansour / Mandeep Singh Manu / Celia Marais / Edward Moose Maravilla / Mary V. Marsh / Kay Marshall / Liz Maxwell / Noel Mays / Kristine Mays / William McAntin / Jack McCarty / Andrew McClintock / Robin McCloskey / Michael McConnell / Brigitte McReynolds / Tony Meredith / Christopher Michael / Elaine Michaud / James Miles / Doug Miller / Barbara Milman / Victoria Mimiaga / Melinda C. Mollin / Mike Monteiro / Mooshka / Robert Morgan / Leslie Morgan / Maryln Mori / Leroy Morvant / Biff Moshe / Kevin P. Mosley / Margaret Moster / Julie Nelson / Carol Newborg / Jeff Nord / Jane Norling / Hadley Northrop / Jann Nunn / Ian O'Banion / Melody O'Donnell / Suzanne Olmsted / Olson /James Orlando / Sheila O'Rourke / Lollie Ortiz / Christine Owner / Roger Parrodi / Jacquelyn Paull / Matthew Pawlowski / Pamela S. Peniston / Liz Peterson / Phuong Phan / Ghee Phua / Steve Pickering / Matt Pipes / Bobbie Pires / Bill Pirkel / Bruce Pizzichillo & Dari Gordon / Mimi Plumb / Gina Power / Mel Prest / Jim Provenzano / $teven Ra$pa / Radio Free Clear Light / Shilo Randall-Ratner / Suzie Rashkis / Robert Reed / Andreas Reinhardt / Nicole Repack aka Jocelyn Superstar / Fernando Reyes / Samuelle Richardson / Fred Rinne / Cristina Rivera-Hess / Christiane Robbins / Marie Roberts / Cayen Robertson / Veronica Rojas / Dianne Romaine / Elliot Ross / Ronn Rosen / Brion Nuda Rosch / Thierry Rosset / Christine Rossi / Geoff Rothman / Alex Rothwell / Kate Ruddle / Tachina Rudman / Lisa Ryers / Isabel Samaras / Jeremy Sanders / Ron Moultrie Saunders / Steve Savage / Jeff Schomberg / Karen Schmidt / Lilia Scott / Pauline Crowther Scott / Tim Sharman / Addie Shevlin / Heidi Berrin Shonkoff / Kelly Jo Shows / Mike Shriver / Cynthia Siegel / Christopher Silva / Anna M. Simson / Manu Mandeep Singh / Ginger Slonaker / Kim Smith / Ginger Snap / Lynne Sonenberg / Catherine Soto / Sarah Soward / David Spiher / Magda Stanova / Howard Steiermann / Monika Steiner / Terence Stephens / James R. Stewart / Susan Silton / Kirk Stoller / Stefanie Stowers / Ilona Sturm / Anne Subercaseaux / Suicide Prevention / Sabina Sule / JOMBI SUPASTAR / Lisle Taaje / Shimpei Takeda / Ted Taplin / Jonathan Taylor / Tara Thacker / Tracy Timmins / Randy Titchenal / Veerakeat Tongpaiboon / Kent Tool / Jenny Toth / Amy Trachtenberg / Barb Traub / Virginia Trembles / Linda Trunzo / Tami Sloan Tsark / Trish Tunney / Susan Tuttle / Muriel Schmalberg Ullman / Tito Vandermeyden / M. Victoria Vargas / Victoria Veedell / John Vias / Tina Vietmeier / Joan von Briesen / Wolf Von Dem Bussche / Stephen C. Wagner / Ryan Wallace / Jon Steven Walters / George Walters / DAVe Warnke / Allyson Washburn / Vivian Waterloo / Patsy Watts / Willie Weaver-Bey/ Gillian Wee / Shawn J. Weeden / Idell Weiss / Audrey Welch / Celia Welden / Michael Wertz / Joel Wheeler / Virginia White / Vivi Wiitala / Laena Wilder / Jennifer Wildermuth / Laura Williams / Jokie X Wilson / David Wilson / Ginny Wilson / Renee Winick / Nita Winter / Jim Winters / Kristin Winters / Sandy Wood / Jan Wurm / Carmen Wyllie / Laurie Wyman-Heron / Melissa Yarbrough / Chris Ybarra / Joan Yokom / Heather Young / Jade Zabrowski / Eileen Zevallos / Victoria Zurkan

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new

Timothy Buckwalter, That’s Me, Always Fucking Myself Over

NEW This Year

Visual Aid will auction off the first 10 spots in line, to raise funds for Visual Aid’s grants for member artists. The auction will be held via email, beginning Monday, November

Due to the overwhelming number of supporters who camped out in the parking lot in previous years, camping is no longer allowed at SOMArts. Instead, we’ll be there at 5am on Big Deal day to open the gates and start the official line.

Karen Schmidt, Diana

Mitchell Confer, Blue Green View

Scott Idleman, Protection

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