Event

SOIL art Auction

SOIL Artist Run Gallery in Pioneer Square will host its annual art auction fundraiser this year in King Street Station.

Starting at 6PM guests will enjoy food and drinks,along with performance installations. Two silent auctions between 6 and 7:45 will feature great artwork that guests can bid on. Ace Auctioneer Laura Michalek will begin the live auction at 8PM with artwork by artists such as Whiting Tennis, Mary Ann Peters, Jonas Wood and every current member of SOIL!

When the doors open at 6 guests can experience installations by the following local artists:

1. Seattle composer Nat Evans offers The Loamy Lounge - an immersive multi-sensory installation. Auction attendees will be invited to relax amidst the soil of lowland forests of Washington, and sip a simple warm mushroom broth. Songs popular with casino lounge singers will be slowed down to become soothing, ambient music to further the loamy immersion.

2. LET'S is a team of Seattle artists consisting of Andy Arkley, Courtney Barnebey and Peter Lynch. LET'S will install a visualization of a LET'S dump run titled PILEPILE.

3. Video artist Guy Merrill will take the auction visitor on a wild audio-visual trip down a wormhole!

Tickets purchased on line at BPT will automatically be entered in a drawing for "Pink Geode" a paint object by SOIL member Margie Livingston. Ticket holder must be present at auction to win!