Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2014 Annual Report | Page 22

annual art auction
& community picnic

spring open house
holiday open house

Anderson Ranch’s Annual Art Auction and Community
Picnic is one of the most anticipated days of the year
and brings a valley-wide audience together for one of the
liveliest family-friendly events of the summer season in
Aspen/Snowmass. On Saturday, August 9, our hard-working
kitchen crew served a delicious gourmet picnic, and the
Ranch held a completely paperless auction with the help of
Paddle8 and their iPad bidding technology. Local, national
and international artists contributed artwork for our silent
and live auctions, including pieces from Marina Abramovíc,
Barry X Ball, Sanford Biggers, Trevor Paglen and Nick van
Woert. The event raised $303,100 for Ranch programs.

The Spring and Holiday Open Houses are a wonderful
way for the community to engage with our spring and
fall artists-in-residence and experience the world-class
studios at Anderson Ranch. Twice a year, the Ranch hosts
a small group of emerging and established artists and
gives them access to our state-of-the-art facilities. The
10-week Artists-in-Residence program culminates with
an Open House, and the Ranch invites the community for
a unique opportunity to view the artists in their workspace
and purchase work directly from their studios.

“It always feel so good to be at the Ranch, especially for the Annual Art Auction.
It’s a soulful place. There are people here who are interested in the creative sides
of our brain...and it just feels good to be among them and to support them.”

- Barbara Lee

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