It's Clear (or colored, or twisted, or frosted, or etched) as Glass!

Gallery Belleau

Creative individuals work in all kinds of media, including some that may not readily come to mind when discussing the subject of art.

Take glass: We carry liquids in it and drink from it. It keeps the weather out of our houses; and in our cars, it protects us wind and debris as we drive, while letting us clearly see the road ahead. Yes, glass is practical.

But it's also beautiful, a medium of artistic expression. Artisans like Chris Belleau shape it while molten, creating beautiful objects like flowers and the Permanent Wave (shown above), capturing fluid motion in a solid object! Larry Winslow turns it into exquisite stained glass lamps. Dorian Webb and Bonnie Perry use it to create fine jewelry. Fire and Ice Studios and Tracy Glover make the practical beautiful. And Alice Benvie Gebhart creates decorative interpretations of everyday surroundings.

So, let's lift a glass to the creative spirit expressed in the Arts Auction!

Larry Winslow

Dorian Webb

Bonnie Perry

Fire and Ice Studios

Tracy Glover

Alice Benvie Gebhart

We've Been Adding Items to the Rhode Island PBS Arts Auction!

So many artists and galleries came through with exceptional donations in the last ten days that our auction staff has been scrambling to show them all - and their descriptions - on our site. As of today, about three dozen new pieces (including Al Albrektson's "Low Tide" - shown) have been added. We actually have about a dozen more to photograph, write up and post!

Visit our website anytime and see the artworks donated in support of Rhode Island PBS. And you can bid right now online! Later this month, from October 16 through 24, please drop by the Rhode Island Convention Center to see our collection in person.

In addition, you can see many our fine artworks on our preview show currently running on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (digital 36.1) and WSBE Learn (digital 36.2).

Your High Bid Supports a Great Cause!

This auction supports the Rhode Island PBS Programming Fund, helping provide fine, public television programming for all of Southeastern New England.

A Debt of Gratitude:

None of this would be possible without our donors, sponsors, partners, volunteers - and everyone who bids. To all of you, our benefactors: Thank You!

Ahhh...Arts Auction

 

The 2010 Arts Auction is a "multi-media event" – in more ways than one. First, there are all the fine works by renowned and emerging local artists and artisans. The media used for artistic expression are as diverse as the artists themselves: oil, pastels, watercolor; steel, bronze, copper; clay, glass, plaster. Landscapes, portraits, and still lifes represent a variety of styles from abstract to realism, modern to traditional. Sculptures, kinetics, jewelry, pottery, and textiles satisfy the tactile sense, while stunning photography proves life does imitate art.


The way the Art Auction will be made accessible to art collectors and the public is its own multi-media event, too – in person, on television, and on the Internet.


1. Beginning October 1 through October 24, works will be available for online browsing and bidding at www.ripbs.org.


2. WSBE Rhode Island PBS produced a special half-hour television program to showcase selected pieces, as well as profiles of several artists at work. This preview show, entitled, Rhode Island PBS Arts Auction Collection 2010, airs throughout October on WSBE Rhode Island PBS and WSBE Learn. See dates and times below.


3. For those who prefer a more up-close-and-personal view of the art:

• The complete collection of donated works will be on Gallery Style Exhibit at the Rhode Island Convention Center (RICC) Lobby in Providence, from October 16 through 24.
• On October 22, the opening night of the Providence Fine Furnishing Show, Rhode Island PBS will host an Artists Reception at the RICC. The public is invited to meet some of the artists, and browse the artwork.
• A special Rhode Island PBS Fine Arts Exhibit will be featured in the Providence Fine Furnishings Show, October 22 through 24.

All bids will be accepted online exclusively. Internet access to the auction items will available at secure laptop stations set up at the RICC. The 2010 Art Auction ends online on October 24. The gallery exhibit in the RICC lobby is free. For more information, visit www.ripbs.org or call 401-222-3636, ext 327. For details and tickets to the Providence Fine Furnishings Show, visit www.finefurnishingsshow.com.

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WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits over the air on digital 36.1 on Cox/Verizon FiOS/Full Channel cable 08, Dish 7776, and DirecTV 36; WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2, Cox 808, Verizon 478, Full Channel 109, Comcast 294.

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Rhode Island PBS Arts Auction Collection 2010 

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

WSBE Rhode Island PBS will air Rhode Island PBS Arts Auction Collection 2010 over the air on digital 36.1, on Cox/Verizon FiOS/Full Channel cable 08 (Comcast subscribers: please check cable listings for channel number), Dish 7776, and DirecTV 36:


10/1/2010 8:30 PM
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WSBE Learn will air Rhode Island PBS Arts Auction Collection 2010 over the air on digital 36.2, Cox 808, Verizon 478, Full Channel 109, Comcast 294 on:


10/1/2010   9:00 PM
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