THE first ‘postcard’ art has been submitted for a special fundraising event taking place in February.
Wells & Mendip Museum is partnering with the Rotary Club of Wells to stage an exhibition of postcard-sized artworks which will be auctioned to raise funds for the Museum, and Rotary.
Artists are being asked to submit up to three unframed pieces of art measuring 10cm x 15cm or 12cm x 18cm in any medium (though not giclee prints), and pieces are welcomed from beginners to professionals. Submissions must be handed to the Museum, A2 Gallery or Black Dog Studios in Tor Street by 3pm on Saturday, February 8.
The ‘postcards’ have been coming in and they are in a great variety of media. One includes a piece of rock. Some of them will be by well-known artists, but all will be anonymous.
All the cards will be displayed in the Museum Lecture Hall from 4pm to 8pm on Thursday, February 20; 10am to 6pm on Friday, February 21; and 10am to 5pm on Saturday, February 22. During this period, ‘silent auction’ confidential bids can be made in person for individual pieces. There will be a reserve price of £20 on all of them. Additionally, a catalogue has been set up on the Wells Rotary website with the facility to enter confidential bids online. Online bidding will close at 5pm on February 22.
The catalogue and page for registering bids can be accessed at rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=1230