charity case 8: a Frustratingly Successful Hit
By Amanda Nicole on December 1, 2007 - 8:46pm
one cool word magazine has done it again. The little arts magazine that could spun a fantastic idea and wove it into cold hard cash as well as exposure for local visual artists.
Last night's event was a charity art show of local talents set against a backdrop of live acoustic music. As I made my way along the walls of original artwork, each stuck with a single push pin and brandishing a tiny piece of Scotch tape with a price ranging from $4 to $25 written on it, sold signs were appearing faster than I could gain on them. I would point to a lovely photograph or unusual sketch and murmur to my guy, "Ooh, I like that one," move away and low and behold, a sold sign would appear. I actually didn't even spot anyone putting them up, they just materialized and as they did, people would quickly look around to see if their second and third choices had been snagged. If their luck was anything like mine, they would be sorely disappointed.
The three pieces I really did want to purchase were sold, and at the third I threw up my hands and said, "Well, bad for me, but good for them." For those prices, you'd be a fool not to snag something.
We left at nine, and the show still had an hour left, but pretty much every piece was boasting a sold sign and wall space was growing whiter and push pins dotted them like a map of where you've been.
We did manage to snag the last available table at Caffe Barney though, so not all was lost. I just wish I was looking at an original piece of art over my desk right now, instead of a pile of dictionaries.
