Big Deal 15, Visual Aid’s Art Sale and Fundraiser Extravaganza!
4:00–9:00pm, Saturday, November 8th, 2008
SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street in San Francisco

"The sale of the year...an event not to miss...,
attended by groups of art lovers - make that fanatics..." - SF Chronicle

Big Deal is Visual Aid’s wildly popular, signature event where over 600 paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures sell on a first come, first served basis for $160 each. A silent and live auction top off the evening. Big Deal is a great place to mingle with hundreds of artists and collectors, art students and friends. One of the fascinating and unique aspects of BIG DEAL, is that it provides a “snapshot” of the artistic activity in the Bay Area - a cross-section of work by students and professional artists - some are household names, some are lesser known, working in all media and styles. A great place to purchase your first work of art at an affordable price!

Enjoy the art and people watching—while green fairies serve Obsello absinthe from glass fountains; and delicious local wines, ale and juices are poured with abandon. Lavish hors d’oeuvres, desserts and a Schoggi imported Swiss chocolate tasting will tempt your palate.
DJ’s N!K and Toma will be on hand spinning awesome grooves.
Tickets sales begin at 3pm, doors open at 4pm, and the sale runs from 5-9:00pm.

Click on these links for more information:

• Here’s How it Works
• Big Deal Auction and More
• How to Donate Art to BIG DEAL
• How to Volunteer
• Big Deal Artists
• Big Deal Poster
• Big Deal Press Release


“Red Hot Poker”, 2008, Mixed Media Monoprint, by Jennifer Bain

Here’s How it Works
• Affordabe Fixed Price Art Sale - 600+ works of art by Bay Area artists will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at a fixed price of $160 plus tax.
• Auction – The auction will feature works of art donated by some of the region’s top artists, as well as spa and restaurant packages, jewelry and other luxury items.
• Big Deal Wheel and Free Drawing – Numerous exciting prizes will be given away via free drawing and at the Big Deal Wheel.

All proceeds from Big Deal benefit Visual Aids programs. Visual Aid encourages professional artists with life-threatening illnesses--such as AIDS and breast cancer--to continue their creative work by providing free art supplies, grants, exhibition opportunities and community.

Affordable Art Sale
A unique model where 600+ original works of art by famous and lesser-known artists alike are sold for the reasonable price of $160, in a “democratic,” first-come, first served basis. New and seasoned collectors line up for the opportunity to purchase exceptional paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and photographs. Those who want to avoid the line can arrive late, and will still have the opportunity to choose from among hundreds of appealing works of art.


“Nesting Season I & II”, 2007, Oil and Wax on Panel, by Aondrea Maynard


“Matterhorn”, 2004, Photograph, by Elliot Anderson

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Big Deal Auction and More

AUCTION WITH ARTWORK BY
Rex Ray, Shepard Fairey, Jennifer Bain, William Wiley, Paul Gibson, Aondrea Maynard, Mike Kimball, J. John Priola, Chris Leib, Sylvia Poloto, Binh Danh, Elena Zolotnitsky, Mark Paron, Ivy Jacobson, Isabel Samaras, John Wood, David King, Michael Rauner, Kara Maria, Igor Josifov, James Aarons, Richard and Judith Lang, David Ivan Clark, Elliot Anderson, Martine Jardel, Kirk Maxson, Saundra McPherson, Enrique Chagoya, Eileen Starr Moderbacher, Joel Hoyer, Gregg Renfrow, Donald Bradford, David Gilhooly, Matt Gonzalez, Inez Storer, Richard Bolingbroke, Aaron Petersen, Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens, Tim Buckwalter, Christo and more.

OTHER FABULOUS AUCTION ITEMS DONATED BY
Jeanine Payer, Guillermo Gómez-Peña & La Pocha Nostra, The Crucible, Supperclub, Kiehls, San Francisco Film Society, diPietro Todd, Chronicle Books, Marcy Maloy Photography, Shu Uemura, Kronos Quartet, Rose’s Café, RayKo Photo Center, Zipcar, Laurel Kleiber, Kiss My Ring, Hotel des Arts, Ithaca Fine Chocolates, MAC Cosmetics, Southern Exposure, AfroSolo, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco Ballet, Petit Appetit, True Massage and Wellness and California Bonzing Company.


“Illegal Alien’s Guide to Critical Theory”, 2007, Lithography on Handmade Paper, by Enrique Chagoya

CONTRIBUTING AND SUPPORTING GALLERIES INCLUDE
Gallery Paule Anglim, Catharine Clark Gallery, LIMN, Bucheon Gallery, The Shooting Gallery, Lincart, Magnolia Editions, Space 47, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, Receiver Gallery, Fraenkel Gallery, Electric Works, Gallery 415, Ampersand Fine Arts, Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Artzone 461, Wylie Wong Asian Art, Dwight-Hackett, Smith Anderson Editions, Braunstein/Quay, HANG, Gregory Lind Gallery, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, Donna Seager Gallery, John Berggruen Gallery, Franklin Bowles Gallery, Scott Nichols Gallery, Redsky Gallery, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Haines Gallery and many more.


“Beneath All We Know #9”, 2008, Collage, by David King

SPIN THE BIG DEAL WHEEL & FREE DRAWING WITH PRIZES
FURNISHED BY
Mission Pie, Ritual Roasters, 826 Valencia, Jewelry by Nicole Repack, The Lab, USGBC-NCC, Galeria de la Raza, New Conservatory Theatre, Mane Attraction, Joie de Vivre Hotels / Good Hotel – Good Pizza, Two Brothers Foundation, Lyall Harris Cards, Troma Team Video and many more.
Big Deal Wheelmeisters: Mr. Tina and Mrs. Vera.

DELICIOUS REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED BY
Schoggi Imported Swiss Chocolates, Zola Açaí Brazilian Superfruit Juice, Hugh Groman Catering, Obsello Absinthe, Out of Thyme Catering and Event Design, Hiball Sparkling Energy Water, La Mediterranee, Trader Joe’s, Green Leaf, Valencia Whole Foods, MacDougall’s Scotch Ale, Stonestreet Winery, Coturri Winery & Vineyard, Frey Vineyards and Winery, Arrowhead Water and more.


“Pork Chop”, 2003, Copperplate Viscosity Etching, by Kara Maria

STELLAR SPONSORS
Juxtapoz, ReadyMade Magazine; Art in America; The Onion; 7x7 Magazine; ePAC Technologies; Bay Times; Artbusiness.com; Ixia; zigzagcast.com, Sterling Art Services, Plein Air, Under Glass Framing & Gallery; Zipcar; DJs N!k and Toma; A&U Magazine; timothybuckwalter.typepad.com, Yerba Buena Alliance and more.

Please feel free to contact the Visual Aid office if you would like posters or jpegs of our invitation to send to your friends! For additional information, please email us at visaid@visualaid.org.


“ Cargo 5”, 2003, Screen Print, by Mike Kimball

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How to Donate Art to BIG DEAL 15

Attention artists and collectors:
Please support our efforts by making a donation of one or more of your artworks!

We also encourage you to invite friends to participate.

Email us today at bigdeal@visualaid.org or call 415-777-8242 to let us know that you plan to donate your artwork. Contributions are welcomed through November 7th.

We’d love to have your work in house as soon as possible.


“All alone is what we are”, 2007, Acrylic on Canvas, by Timothy Buckwalter

Artwork can be dropped off at these location:

VISUAL AID OFFICE: Tuesdays during September and October, 10am-6pm
116 NEW MONTGOMERY, Ste. 640, San Francisco
Located 1 block behind SFMOMA, between 2nd & 3rd, Mission & Howard Streets, near Montgomery BART.
Please call (415) 777 - 8242 if we can help you by receiving the artwork from you on the street outside Visual Aid, as parking can be challenging.

LAST MINUTE DROP OFF AT SOMARTS GALLERY:
Thursday, Nov.6th, 1pm-8pm & Friday, Nov. 7, 10am-6:30pm,
934 Brannan Street between 8th and 9th streets, San Francisco. (near Trader Joe's)For directions call (415) 655.2131, ext.2.

When dropping off your work, please attach:
your name, email address, snail mail address, phone number, title, date, medium, size, and name of artist. Wrap your work in plastic, brown paper or bubble wrap if needed.


Also, if you have any suggestions for other artists who may be interested in donating work for our event, please let us know. We really appreciate the support of our arts community.


“Flicker 11”, 2008, Oil on Aluminum, by Aaron Petersen


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VOLUNTEER for Big Deal 15
If you are interested in being part of our incredible team of BIG DEAL event volunteers or installers, or recommending other artists for a donation, please contact our office at (415)777-8242.

We need BIG DEAL installers, art wranglers, wrappers, schleppers, kitchen helpers, volunteers for data entry, phone calls and more. Whether you are interested in spending one afternoon contacting artists, working with the Visual Aid staff, or helping on Big Deal day, we will work with you to find a place on our can-do team of volunteers.

Here are some of the volunteer positions available:

THROUGHOUT OCTOBER & NOVEMBER:

2 ART WRANGLERS needed every Tuesday, 10am-5pm
Help us prepare artwork for Big Deal.

PHONE CALLERS
4 callers needed for 5 hours per week, hours are flexible.
Gratifying contact with artists donating to Big Deal.

ART SALE PLANNING ASSISTANTS
4 needed every week, shifts are 4 hours long, to be arranged.
We need help with misc. tasks, such as errands, data entry, organizing documentation for auction, etc.

ART SCHLEPPERS
6 movers needed 9:00am – 2:00pm on Thursday, Nov. 6th to move art to SOMARTS
(vehicle not necessary). Move artwork to trucks, then unload at event location.

Nov. 6
INSTALLATION TEAM
10 volunteers per shift:
2pm -6:30pm
7:30pm - 10:00pm

Nov. 7
INSTALLATION TEAM
10 volunteers per shift:
10am - 2pm
2pm - 6pm
6pm - 10pm
Framing and installing artwork. No experience required. Need to be able to handle artwork respectfully, hammer nails, attend to details while focusing on the bigger picture, and enjoy teamwork. Help artists fill out forms and check-in artwork. Fun, behind-the-scenes view of the event. Get a sneak preview of the artwork for sale.

Nov. 8 (Big Deal Day)
CATERING TEAM
8 volunteers per shift:
2pm - 6:30pm
5:30pm - 10pm
These jobs would be helping in the kitchen to cut up vegetables, fruit and cheese; arrange platters of food for the event; carry trays of food through a crowded room; create attractive displays of food; pour wine; clean up food areas in event space and kitchen. Pack and clean up kitchen at end of evening.


“Falling Postcards”, 1996, Pastel, by Donald Bradford

Nov. 8 (Big Deal Day)
WRAPPING & RUNNING TEAM
22 volunteers needed
3:30pm - 9:30pm
As customers buy artwork, team members take it off the wall and wrap it behind the scenes. This is a high-energy, tightly-knit team. We need your organizational skills, attention to detail, willingness to work and handle artwork respectfully. We need extremely reliable volunteers for this team and the shift runs the duration of the event.

All volunteers receive free admission to the event, and are invited to the Volunteer Dinner Party on November 6th at 6:30pm at SomArts.

Potential volunteers can contact bigdeal@visualaid.org or by phone: 415.777.8242 for more information or to sign-up.


“Tulip On Blue”, 2000, C Print Ed. 7/9, by Dietmar Busse

Big Deal Artists

E. Welsh Abad / Linda Adreveno / Larry Aleshire / Kent Alexander / Peter E.V. Allen / Christopher Ambridge / Lynne K. Anderson / Rob Anderson / Mari Andrews / Adam J. Ansell / Veenstra Anton / Andrea Antonaccio / Bob Armstrong / Rick Arnitz / John Felix Arnold III / Price Atarah / Bob Aufuldish / Tom Bacchus / Glenn Bachmann / Rob Badger / Shannon Badiee / Marsha Balian / Leigh Barbier / John Bergholm / Barbara Berkeley / Leo Bersamina / Deborah Bertola / Nicole Best / Deanna L. Beye / Charles Bierwirth / Robert Bilensky / Tesia Blackburn / Julie Blankenship / Tanya Boggs / Tom Bolles / David Booth / Bill Bowers / Linda Lee Boyd / Patricia Brandes / Matthias Brandt / Sara Bright / Robert Brokl / Ingrid Brook-Kothlow / Brandi Brooks / Tim Burns / Bob Burnside / Laura Camerato / Jan Camp / Rene Capone / John Casey / Gregg Cassin / Clancy Cavnar / Amy Charles / Jimmy Chen / Jean Cherie / Howie Cherman / Deborah Childress / Michael Childs / Belinda Chlouber / Chad M. Christensen / Robert Concannon / Lisa Congdon / Petrina Cooper / Craig M. Corpora / Sylvia Cossich Goodman / Monica Crawford / Iliana Crispi / Maeve Croghan / Chris Crossen / Diaz Cruz / Teresa Cunniff / Daniel Dallabrida / Spriggs Dana / John Daniel / Rick Darnell / Barbara De Groot / Luz Decker / Dean DeCocker / Randall deRijk / Angelo Di Pietrantonio / MJ Levy Dickson / Richard Dodds / Doug Domonkos / Darin Donovan / Chuck Drees / Katherine Du Tiel / David P. Duckworth / Lilea Duran / durkART / Heather Dutton / Beth Yarnelle Edwards / Anna Efanova / Gunnar Ellam / Steven Elliott / Rebeca Liberty Emmons / Jamie Erfurdt / Mark Erickson / Marisa Escolar / Vera Fainshtein / Georgianne Fastaia / David Faulk / Gigi Fierro / Joan Finton / Doris Fish / Phillip R. Ford / Jo Ford / Rebecca Fox / Martin Freeman / Erik Friedman / Jerry Frost / Kathy Fujii-Oka / Taiko Fujimura / Jean Gallagher / Mike Garibaldi Frick / Sid Garrison / Jeremie Garza / Janet Gawthrop / Tebby George / Santiago Gervasi / Stephen Gibson / Katie Gilmartin / Lisa Goldschmid / Daniel Goldstein / Sarah Beth Goncarova / Bridget Maria Goodman / Tom Griscom / Andrea Guerra / Priyanka Gupta / Charles Gute / Richard Gutierrez / Leonie Guyer / Louis J. Gwerder III / dk haas / Marc Ellen Hamel / Wade Hampton / April Hankins / Constance Harris / Lyall Harris / Jeanne Hauser / Rey Hauser / Maya Hayuk / Art Hazelwood / Conrad Hechter / Taraneh Hemami / Russell Herman / James Heron / Howard Hersh / Maj-Britt Hilstrom / Beth Hird / horea / Richard Kent Howie / Anne Howson / Phillip Hua / Peggy Huff / Patricia Hulin / William Iaculla / Marianne Iannarone / International LandBuoy Project / Valerie Jacobs / Gigi Janchang / Kimberly Jensen / Ethel Jimenez / Michael Johnstone / Soyoung Jun / Jenny Kahn / Sara Kahn / Kathryn Kain / John Kapellas / Dorian Katz / Sandra Kelch / Pat Kemeny Macias / Doug Kennedy / Eleanor Kent / Jenifer Kent / Helen Key-Morgan / Russel Kiehn / Michele King / David Kirkpatrick / Klaipuet / Laurel Kleiber / Pat Klein / Barbara Kleinhans / Lisa Knoop / Katherine Hisako Kodama / Evri Kwong Kwong / Scooter LaForge / Linus Lancaster / Dorrie Lane / Georg Langer / Linda Larson / Peter Max Lawrence / Hugh Leeman / Nancer LeMoins / Helen Leroy-Adler / Corliss Lesser / Ira Lesser / Barbara Leventhal-Stern / Amy Levine / Audriannah Levine / Constance Lewis / Samuel Lewis / David Liittschwager / Heike Liss / Steven Vasquez Lopez / Michael Lownie / Leslie Lusardi / Tarra Lyons / Richard Macias / Scott MacLeod / Stuart "Mid*One" Mahoney / Mimi Manning / Celia Marais / Mary Marsh / Kay Marshall / Kirk Maxson / Liz Maxwell / Aspen Mays / Kristine Mays / Noel Mays / Alicia McCarthy / Jack McCarty / Andrew McClintock / Robin McCloskey / Brian McDonald / Tony Meredith / Christopher Michael / Doug Miller / Barbara Milman / Victoria Mimiaga / Mike Monteiro / Adam Moore / Carole Moore / Mooshka / Leslie Morgan / Robert Morgan / U.B. Morgan / Maryln Mori / Leroy Morvant / Biff Moshe / Kevin Mosley / Margaret Moster / Tina Moylan / Nikki Mulligan / Mia Nakano / Rob Nehring / John Neilson / Gregory Nelson / Keiko Nelson / Carol Newborg / Richard Newirth / Deneane Niebergall / Jane Norling / Hadley Northrop / Walter Obermeyer / Suzanne Olmsted / James Orlando / Don Osborne / Bruce Pagacz / Mary Pao / Jonas Pascal / Manisha Patel / Jacquelyn Paull / Monica Peck / Pam Peniston / Richard Perri / Richard Pinegar / Matt Pipes / Bill Pirkel / Bruce Pizzichillo / Jennifer Carol Platt / Mimi Plumb / Jan Potts / Mel Prest / Atarah Price / J. John Priola / M. Proenza / Jim Provenzano / $teven Ra$pa / Cherie Raciti / Mark Rain / Gene Ramey / Armando Ramos III / Shilo Randall / Suzie Rashkis / Daniel Raskin / Robert Reed / Charles Reilly / Nicole Repack / Tia Resleure / Fernando Reyes / Arnold Rice / Samuelle Richardson / Cristina Rivera-Hess / RO / Christiane Robbins / Marie Roberts / Linda K. Robinson / Veronica Rojas / Dianne Romaine / David Gremard Romero / Elliot Ross / Thierry Rosset / Christine Rossi / Alex Rothwell / Audrey Roy / Michael Sacramento / Ron Moultrie Saunders / John Schlesinger / Michelle Scott-Hood / Katie Sehr / Kristine Severson / Phyllis Shafer / Danny Shain / Kyle Sharp / Addie Shevlin / Heidi Berrin Shonkoff / Kelly Jo Shows / Mike Shriver / Cynthia Siegel / Ann Simms / Anna M. Simson / Sharon Siskin / Ginger Slonaker / Ginger Snap / M. Solovieva / Sayasane Somboun / Lynne Sonenberg / Loida Sorensen / Sarah Soward / Stacy Speyer / David Spiher / Dana Spriggs / Michel St. Germain / Jeff Stallings / Carolyn Stanford / Loretta Stanford / Livia Stein / Jocelyn Superstar / Hayley Stevens / John-Michael Stevison / Kirk Stoller / Stefanie Stowers / Jombi Supastar / Laura Swanson / Hay Tam / Ted Taplin / Gabrielle Thormann / Tracy Timmins / Rebecca Tinsley / Lynne Todaro / Kent Tool / Jenny Toth / Virgie Tovar / Virginia Trembles / Linda Trunzo / Tami Sloan Tsark / Trish Tunney / Susan Tuttle / Artist Unknown / Eddie Valentine / Kathryn Van Dyke / Tito Vandermeyden / Josefa Vaughan / Victoria Veedell / Anton Veenstra / Pete Villasenor / Andy Vogt / Joan von Briesen / Stephen C. Wagner / George Walters / Jon Steven Walters / Patsy Watts / Willie Weaver-Bey / Gillian Wee / Shawn Weeden / Marcia Weisbrot / Mim Weisburd / Audrey Welch / Michael Wertz / Dierdre White / Charlotte Whitmore / Bob Whyte / Jennifer Wildermuth / Laura Williams / David Wilson / Ginny Wilson / Jokie X Wilson / Renee Winick / Jim Winters / R.W. Witt / John Wood / Joan Woodward / Jan Wurm / Carmen Wyllie / Laurie Wyman-Heron / Melissa Yarbrough / Chris Ybarra / Zezinho / Victoria Zurkan

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“HOPE”, 2008, Offset Lithograph, by Shepard Fairey

“ Chrysler”, 2008, Pigment Print on Rag Paper with Hand Drawing Ed. 3/10, by Paul D. Gibson

“ Untitled (A Sudden Glow)”, 1978, Etching Ed. 5/15, by William Wiley


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