Artcite Inc., Windsor’s non-profit, Artist-RunnCentre for the Contemporary Arts, was pleased to present:
“Doin’ the Louvre”: Artcite’s 30th annual
Christmas FUN(d)raising exhibition and sale.
For the gift they will enjoy for years to come:
give the gift of ART!
(Or-at our crazy
prices–add to your OWN fine art collection!)
ORIGINAL ART–paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, mixed media, sculpture– and artist-made gift items (holiday ornaments, books, toys, cards, ‘art wear’, jewellery, etc.) created by established and emerging Windsor and Detroit area artists will all be exhibited “salon style” (floor to 15′ ceiling, ala “The Louvre”), with all work priced for Christmas giving!
BIG sale prices for these one-of-a-kind art pieces start at 99cents! — and NOTHING is priced over $99.99!
Shopping for unique X-mas items has never been so easy!
2011 was our biggest-ever DTL, with more than 1000 artworks (!) by 140 Windsor & Detroit area artists,
including:
Lupita Amaya; Kyle Archibald; Mary Atkinson; Joshua Babcock; Jeff Bassett; Jamie Baxter; Justin Black; Dan Bombardier; Steve Boni; Leesa Bringas; Collette Broeders; Karla Brouillette; Mark Buckner; Jean Bull; Denise Calzavara; Sherry Campeau; Michael Carlyle; Elaine Carr; Michelle Chappus; Judy Chappus; Elaine & Steve Chauvin ; Rashmi Dadwal; Josephine Durante; Chad Riley + Danielle Shaw; Joe De Angelis; Mackenzie Darrach; Judy Depassio; Chloe Deroy; Michelle Dobrin; Erica Douglas; Nicole Drouillard; Michelle Emery; Michael Estabalaya; Fatima Fakih; Deb Dunlop; Arfa Fardoqi; Shane Fawler; Karen Ferencik; Nicola Ferguson; Marge Ferraro;; Nora Franko; Denise Franzoi; Maggie Fong; Kewy Gammie; Anton Gold; Susan Gold; Laura Gould; Scott Gregory; John Hanlan; David Hanna; Kristyn Hartford; Bernard Helling; Rene Helling-Laur; Arturo Herrera; Julie Homenuik; Jessica M. Howick; Dennis Hunkler; Susan Iatonna; Bruce Jamieson; Ed & Ruth Janzen; Gerry& Melissa Kaiser; Meghan Krauss; Albin Kristy; Kenneth Labute; Tim Lachance; Sarah Lachrnce; Neda Laketic; Dongni Li; Hanaka Lindsey; Jaron Loban; Lori Lorimer; Yanni Lu; Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald; Suzanne Marentette; Jeanette N. Marshall; Elizabeth Matlack; Tommy Mayberry; Sergio Mazzotta; Sharron McGlashan; Evelyn McLean; Mary McNamara; Riaz Mehmood; Lori Moore; Denis Tetreault Monica Radulescu; Tony Mosna; Jim Mroczkowski; Sue Evoy Ozeer ; Walter Petrichyn; Valerie Pearson; Jon Pickell; Samuel Pollock; William Post; Reannon Price; Thomas Provost; Linda Renaud Fisher; Erin Rhea; Gina Lori Riley; Sarah M. Robbins; Pearl Roberts; Piera Rock; Victor Romao; Lynda Ruddock-Rousseau; Alice Sacharoff; Irene Sekersley; Taylor Sheppard; Donita Simpson; Natalie Sinn; Michael Sklenka; A.G. Smith; Laurie Smith; Adele Steinburg; Stephen Surlin; Jessica Terpstra; Edmund Teves; Samantha Therrien; Phoenix Thomas; Theresa Tremblay; Gulnaz Turdalieva; Maryanne Van Wattegham; Jodi Vanderbeke; Nicolette Westfall; Terrence Whalen; Sandi Wheaton; Rachel Willie; Jennifer Willet; Rachel Willie; Holly Wolter; Elaine Woods; WCCA students; and others! (let us know if we missed you!)
BONUS FEATURE – DTL RAFFLE WALL!
Couldn’t decide what to purchase for your loved ones–or for yourself ?????
As in past years, we offered our gallery visitors the chance to win original artworks by distinguished Windsor artists!
A $2 ticket (3 for $5) could win an artwork valued at $500-$2000!
DTL 2011 featured raffle artists (who have donated paintings, prints and photographs)n were:
Douglas Bedard
Leesa Bringas
Stephen Gibb
Matthew Hawtin
Barbara Murawski
But wait, there was more!
Our always amazing (and crazy) vintage toys,
assorted objects, and holiday displays
in Artcite’s gallery windows!
(Sorry – these are from members collections and are not for sale)
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS without whom we could not staged such a massive event:
Lupita Amaya, Jeff Bassett, Mark Buckner, Leesa Bringas, Christine Burchnall, Steve Daigle, Chloe DeRoy, Margie Ferraro, Susan Gold, Laura Gould, Dave Hanna, Matthew Hawtin, Bernard Helling, Dennis Hunkler, Suzanne Konyha, Martin McNamara Lobzun, Yanni Lu, Christopher Mangin, Esther Rabinovitch, Piera Rock, Natalie and Jasmine Sinn, AG Smith, Adele Steinberg, Samantha Therrien and Nicolette Westfall for their invaluable assistance with art intake, hanging and DTL sales!
Special mentions to Esther Rabinovitch, Susan Gold, Christine Burchnall, Terrence and Nick Whalen for lending us their fabulous vintage toys, castles and objets des Hannukah and Xmas, and to Chris Mangin, Kewy Gammie, Steve Daigle and Bernard Helling for their painstaking detail work on assembling our ever-popular Artcite holiday window displays.
Tip o’ the hat to Sam Therrien, Leesa Bringas, Steve Daigle, Sue Ellen Evoy Ozeer, Esther Rabinovitch, Natalie Sinn, Tena Campbell, Amelia Daigle, Bernard Helling, Christine Burchnall and rest of the Artcite DTL sales staff for the opening night sales, red-dotting and raffle tix sales marathon! Thanks, too, to Suzanne Konyha for preparing the always-outstanding reception edibles (and to Steve Daigle for food delivery) and Joe DeAngelis for his always-great pizza; thanks, also, to very hard-working reception “Barkeeps” Stephen Pender and Natalie Sinn.
Lastly, but most importantly, thanks to the many post-Christmas elves who helped with this year’s exceptionally speedy “UNdoin’ the Louvre” exhibition take-down: Dennis Hunkler, Christopher Mangin, Nicolette Westfall, Samantha Therrien, Natalie Sinn, Yanni Lu, Mark Buckner, Shameer Saif, and as always, Bernard Helling and Christine Burchnall.
A BIG THANKS, too, to Kewy Gammie for assisting us with getting our January mailing out in a timely manner!
If we forgot anyone, our profuse apologies, but yay! to all!
DTL proceeds will help support our ongoing Programming and Operating costs, Artcite’s member services and resource centre.
Many, many thanks to renowned Windsor artists Douglas Bedard, Leesa Bringas, Stephen Gibb, Matthew Hawtin and Barbara Murawski, who generously donated some really great original artworks for our 16th DTL art-raffle.
Thanks again for your participation in another great Doin’ the Louvre!
Doin’ the Louvre sales proceeds benefit the participating artists and Artcite Programming and Operations.
Artcite is supported by the fundraising efforts of its members and volunteers, and by the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Windsor.
2011 was our 30th annual “DOIN’ THE LOUVRE”.
Watch for our 31 annual Doin’ the Louvre in December 2012—the entry deadline is approaching fast! (November 2012).