Bidding on the Unknown at Featherstone's Anonymous Art Show
Art aficionados gather in the Virginia Weston Besse Gallery at Featherstone.
Art aficionados gather in the Virginia Weston Besse Gallery at Featherstone.
Joyce Faucette, left, with Marilyn Monroe peruse the paintings.
Joyce Faucette, left, with Marilyn Monroe peruse the paintings.
Bids add up on Emily Keith's painting of the Bangs shuck shack.
Bids add up on Emily Keith's painting of the Bangs shuck shack.
Six by six canvases featured any medium; painting, drawing, photography and mixed media.
Six by six canvases featured any medium; painting, drawing, photography and mixed media.
Potential buyers could bid on as many pieces of art as they chose.
Potential buyers could bid on as many pieces of art as they chose.
Hellie Newmann casts an appreciative eye on the art.
Hellie Newmann casts an appreciative eye on the art.
Mixed media piece on SSA boats featured ferry tickets.
Mixed media piece on SSA boats featured ferry tickets.
Rolling the dice to decide the winning bidder.
Rolling the dice to decide the winning bidder.
Posie Haeger, right, wins Donna Straw's mini.
Posie Haeger, right, wins Donna Straw's mini.
Photographer Bob Avakian with two of his winners; Louise Clough and Allyson Getsinger.
Photographer Bob Avakian with two of his winners; Louise Clough and Allyson Getsinger.
Kanta Lipsky with her Anne Besse Shepherd mini.
Kanta Lipsky with her Anne Besse Shepherd mini.
Looking in at the Virginia Weston Besse Gallery.
Looking in at the Virginia Weston Besse Gallery.
The artists were given a six-by-six canvas and asked to do whatever they wanted, as long as they didn't sign the final piece.
Featherstone hung the anonymous art and viewers had the chance to bid on the ones they liked. When six people wrote their name beneath a particular work, the dice was rolled to determine which name - one through six - would walk away and learn the creator of their newly purchased treasure.