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April Issue 2006
University of South
Carolina in Columbia, SC, to hold 51st Annual USC Art Auction
Apr. 18, 2006
More than 100 pieces of sculpture, photography, paintings, prints
and ceramic works by University of South Carolina art faculty
and students will go to the highest bidder at the 51st Annual
USC Art Auction on Apr. 18, 2006.
The popular event will begin at 7pm at the McGee Auction Gallery, at 725 Meeting St. in West Columbia, SC, which has donated its gallery and services. A preview party will take place at 6pm, and art will be on display beginning at 1pm that day for public viewing.
The event is free and open to the public.
Auctioneers for the 2006 auction will be Carroll McGee and Holli McGee Roberts. Mana Hewitt, director of USC's McMaster Gallery, organized the auction.
The event is sponsored by the department of art in USC's College of Arts and Sciences. Proceeds from the auctioned works are divided between the artists and the USC art scholarship and gallery fund. Credit cards and checks will be accepted. The 2005 auction raised more than $19,000, up from $16,000 in 2004.
For more information, call Mana Hewitt at 803/777-7480 or 803/777-4236.
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