Join us this month as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) hosts an auction of groundbreaking work from the School’s faculty and alums. A celebration of SAIC’s artists, designers, and scholars, A Happening Auction Party and SAIC Art Auction 2022 will raise critical funds for student scholarships.
SAIC ART AUCTION
Support student scholarships. Browse and buy works from world-renowned SAIC alums and faculty.
SAIC ART AUCTION 2022 ARTISTS
- Herman Aguirre
- Bassim Al-Shaker
- Candida Alvarez
- Aviv Benn
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Katherine Bernhardt
- Sanford Biggers
- Wafaa Bilal
- Phyllis Bramson
- Roger Brown
- Brian Calvin
- Nick Cave
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Susanna Coffey
- william cordova
- Paula Crown
- Susanne Doremus
- Mari Eastman
- Lora Fosberg
- Josh Garber
- Maria Gaspar
- Judith Geichman
- John Gerrard
- Beate Geissler & Oliver Sann
- Jeffrey Gibson
- Luis Gispert
- Michelle Grabner
- Katya Grokhovsky
- Diana Guerrero-Maciá
- Daniel Gunn
- Jacob Hashimoto
- Pablo Helguera
- Andrew Holmquist
- Patrick Dean Hubbell
- Richard Hull
- Richard Hunt
- Jessica Jackson Hutchins
- Michiko Itatani
- Wadsworth Jarrell
- Rashid Johnson
- Eduardo Kac
- Arnold J. Kemp
- Rosy Keyser
- Shaurya Kumar
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Ellen Lanyon
- Judy Ledgerwood
- Riva Lehrer
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José Lerma
- Tony Lewis
- Robert Lostutter
- Jim Lutes
- Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
- Yvette Mayorga
- Ayanah Moor
- Rebecca Morris
- LeRoy Neiman
- William J. O’Brien
- Angel Otero
- Lorraine Peltz
- Dawit L. Petros
- Jefferson Pinder
- Jaume Plensa
- Cheryl Pope
- Zak Prekop
- Celeste Rapone
- Scott Reeder
- Tyson Reeder
- Pedro Reyes
- Richard Rezac
- Suellen Rocca
- Elizabeth Rupprecht
- Carrie Schneider
- Claire Sherman
- Rebecca Shore
- Diane Simpson
- Nyugen Smith
- Deb Sokolow
- Cameron Spratley
- Dannielle Tegeder
- Jan Tichy
- Orkideh Torabi
- Xavier Toubes
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Karl Wirsum
- Adrian Wong
- Sarp Kerem Yavuz
- Mary Lou Zelazny
- Molly Zuckerman-Hartung
A HAPPENING AUCTION PARTY
ART + PERFORMANCE + SPONTANEITY + EMBRACE OF LIFE = A HAPPENING
On November 11, you’re invited to A Happening Auction Party, a benefit celebrating the SAIC community and world-renowned artists and designers who generously donated works for our virtual art auction. Inspired by Allan Kaprow’s interactive and riotous Happenings of the 1950s and 1960s, this incomparable evening will include a live auction of exclusive pieces from alums and faculty. Proceeds from ticket and auction sales will benefit student scholarships.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2022
6:30 P.M.
SAIC GALLERIES, 33 E. WASHINGTON ST., CHICAGO
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
LIVE AUCTION
The following works from SAIC alums will be available exclusively at A Happening Auction Party. This exciting live auction will be facilitated by Hindman.
Roger Brown (BFA 1968, MFA 1970), Hank Williams, Honky Tonk Man, 1991, color silkscreen, framed, 44 x 44 in., Edition of 75 (#29/75)
Estimated Value: $25,000
Ellen Lanyon (BFA 1948, HON 2007), Birthday Cake, 1975, colored pencil on black paper, framed, 23 3/4 × 17 3/4 in.
Estimated Value: $4,500
Suellen Rocca (BFA 1964, HON 2016), Ancestor Signs, 1999–2012, graphite on paper, signed in graphite, framed, 30 3/4 x 38 1/4 in.
Estimated Value: $10,000
A gift from the Suellen Rocca family trust and Matthew Marks Gallery.
Elizabeth Rupprecht (BFA 1954, MFA 1965), Untitled, 1980, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 in.
Estimated Value: $10,000
Karl Wirsum (BFA 1961, HON 2016), Mr. Fancy Pants, drawing on heavy paper, framed, 19 x 24 1/2 in.
Estimated Value: $10,000-15,000
A gift from the Wirsum/Gunn family.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
MAKE A GIFT
An SAIC education inspires the next generation to see the world not just as it is, but as it can be. Your gift ensures all students have access to SAIC’s world-renowned art and design education, regardless of economic status.
SPONSORS
MICHIGAN AVENUE SPONSOR
WASHINGTON STREET SPONSOR
The McBreen Family
MEDIA PARTNERS
VENDOR PARTNERSHIP
Interested in becoming a sponsor?
Contact Dana Horst Sullivan, associate director of corporate and foundation relations, dhorst@saic.edu
Contact Dana Horst Sullivan, associate director of corporate and foundation relations, dhorst@saic.edu
SAIC AUCTION COMMITTEE
Thank you to our committee members:
Melissa Behm (SAIC’s Board of Governors)
Silvia Beltrametti (Lecturer, Art History, Theory, and Criticism)
Chanel Coney
Elissa Efroymson
Erica Jackson
Abby Pucker
Alexa Rice
Beth Rosen (SAIC’s Board of Governors)
Hunt Tackbary
Vincent Uribe (BA and BFA 2013)
CONTACT
A Happening Auction Party
Aidan Korte, assistant director of engagement and events, saicevents@saic.edu
SAIC Art Auction 2022
Torsten Johnson, executive assistant, Office of the President, tjohnson19@saic.edu
Scholarships and Student Support
Reneé Finnell, executive director of individual giving, rfinnell@saic.edu
