marginendeavour artwork for Newcastle University Fine Art postcard auction 2019

Artwork delivered for Newcastle University Fine Art Postcard Auction

I have just delivered the latest marginendeavour artwork to Newcastle University Fine Art Department to be included in the 2019 Postcard Auction.

 

Each year, the fourth year Fine Art students of Newcastle University raise funds to finance taking their degree show to London. As part of their fundraising, it has become tradition to host an annual Fine Art Postcard Auction. Artists from across the UK, ex-alumni and students have been asked to submit their creations ‘on a postcard’ (or any other preferred format) to be exhibited and auctioned professionally. 

The auction is always a popular event, attracting artworks from acclaimed local and international artists and interest from galleries and collectors nationwide.

This year the auction will take place on Friday November 29th 2019 in the Newcastle University Fine Art Building. 

4:30 pm - Doors and bar opens

5pm - Silent Auction commences 

6:30pm - Live Auction commences 

Artworks will be displayed in The Long Gallery before the event.

For those who cannot make the event, there is also an option to go on the postcard auction website  to view and bid on the works.

https://nclpostcardauction2019.format.com/

Newcastle University Postcard Auction

The annual Newcastle University Postcard Auction took place on Friday night. The final year undergraduate Fine Art students organise the event as a fundraiser. The students use the proceeds from the postcard auction together with earnings from their other fundraising efforts to support the cost of the students’ final Degree Show installation and catalogue, fees, venue hire and a critique that has become an annual tradition at the end of the academic year.

The quality of artworks up for grabs was as good as ever. Donated work by current students was shown alongside the work of alumni, staff and a range of international contemporary artists.

Here are some of the works that were up for grabs

Sam Ainsley, You ain't goin' anywhere'

Maria Chevska, 'Telepath B'

Sir Quentin Blake

Toby Phips Lloyd, 'Talking Water: notes from a performance or an artist, a philosopher and a psychoanalyst walk into a bar'

Tom Hume, Orange Rainbow

They even got a mention in the Courier newspaper:

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/famous-artists-send-postcards-support-10530756xx

One of the auction's organisers, Holly Wheeler, has provided me with some photos from the event.

As you can see, the artwork was displayed in a professional manner and the given the range of artworks available, there was something to suit anyone and everyone.

At the moment the exact amount raised has not been calculated, but I hope that the students are pleased with how the event went, and the proceeds do justice to the amount of effort put into organising the auction and the artworks available.