Art Slaves

Local Artists Raise Money During 2009 Art Slaves Show and Sale

Dune by Mike Okimoto

The Advertising Association of Northern Nevada’s Art Slaves 2009 Show and Sale returns with this area’s most eclectic collection of art straight from the minds of northern Nevada’s communication professionals and students. The 12th annual Art Slaves group exhibition is showing at Amendment 21 in Reno and is open to the public daily during Reno Artown from July 1-31.

This year’s Art Slaves kick-off event is being held on July 9 at 5 p.m. This family-friendly event is free and includes live music as well as happy hour drink specials from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and free appetizers from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., courtesy of Amendment 21. A silent auction will also be held on July 9th.

More than 70 pieces of art will be submitted in this “anything goes” show of local artistic talent, including fine art, painting, sculpture, mixed medium, ceramics, photography, music, audio/video, written word, and performance art – traditional and experimental. Attendees are sure to be amazed, intrigued, and even left asking “what on earth?”

Art Slaves was started in 1997 as a co-op art show, providing a small group of advertising and marketing professionals a creative outlet to step away from day-to-day direction. Today, Art Slaves has evolved into a philanthropic event, raising more than $12,000 in grant money for University of Nevada, Reno journalism and marketing students.

For more information on the 2009 Art Slaves Show and Sale, contact Frank Haxton at 775.741.1375 and visit www.a2n2.com.

Text by Hannah Serrano
Images provided by Art Slaves