Local Art Gallery Holding Silent Auction June 16

Gallery Aferro will hold its 4th
annual silent auction and unsilent party, with live jazz by William
Spaulding Quartet, on June 16 from 7 to 10 pm. This event
features hundreds of artworks for
bid, novel entertainments, homemade local foodstuffs and strong
signature cocktails as well as icy beer from Hunterdon Brewery.

Gallery Aferro is located at 73 Market St.

For one night only unique artworks by emerging and established artists
will be available for sale.  Tickets are on sale on aferro.org for $20 in advance
or $25 at the door. VIP Tickets which include the option for advance
bidding at 6 PM are $100 in advance or $150 at the door.


All proceeds make possible Gallery Aferro’s year-round exhibitions,
award-winning artist residencies, publications and expanding education
program. More than 80 artists have donated artworks and experiences,
including personal portrait sessions, a custom 140-character “tweet”
done as a letterpress print, artist-led tours from Iron Maiden Artist
Tours and other offerings “impossible to classify but sure to thrill”.

Gallery Aferro has exhibited over 500 local, national and
international artists, granted workspace to more than 60 artists,
created 19 publications, including a sound art CD and feminist art
history handouts, collaborated with dozens of other community-based
organizations, hosted and created talks, screenings and demonstrations
for high schools, colleges, universities, professional and senior
groups, created off-site exhibition opportunities for NJ artists and
expand the  education program connecting Newark’s young women with
creative experiences and computer literacy. Work by Gallery Aferro
students will be included in the Newark Museum’s major exhibition,
“Angels and Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th Century American Art,” on view
in September 2012.


Artists include: Alicia Ackerman, Ben Altman, Ruby Amanze, Kenseth
Armstead, Les Ayre, Anonda Bell, Katrina Bello, Gianluca Bianchino, Terry Bodie
Sam Bornstein, Justin Borucki, Karlos Carcamo, Patricia Cazorla, Marcy
Chevali, Lane Cooper, Andrew Demirjian, Florine Demosthene, Dahlia
Elsayed, Alyssa Fanning, Jerry Gant, Doron Gild, Tai Hwa Goh, Allan
Gorman, Christopher Guerra, Malik Hardaway-Whitaker, Christine Heller,
James Horner, Lisa Iglesias, Joe Iurato, Darren Jones, Mona Kamal,
Valeri Larko, JC Lenochan, Nadja Marcin, Karen Margolis, Vikki
Michalios, Anne McKeown, Maria Driscoll McMahon, Bud McNichol,
Geoffrey Owen Miller, Naomi Miller and Iron Maiden Artist Tours, Traci
Molloy, Alex Morel, Kate Okeson, Marshall Okin,Yoko Ono, Nell Painter,
Sarah Nicole Phillips, Ryan Roa, Steve Rossi, Seth Ruggles
Hiler-Destino, Liz Sales, Lee Sherry, Abigail Simon, Laurinda
Stockwell, Stan Sudol, Kai Vierstra, Christine Wagner, Joe Waks, Emma
Wilcox, Andrew Wilkinson, Bahar Yurukoglu and Polina Zaitseva.