The Santa Paula Art Museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year is back in person! Sixty works of art will be up for grabs during the Museum’s 13th Annual Fine Art Auction Fundraiser on Saturday, August 19, 2023. The silent auction featuring 40 fine art pieces will run from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The live auction featuring 20 museum-quality artworks will run from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. led by professional auctioneer John Eubanks of California Auctioneers. Admission to the auction event is $15.00 for SPAM members and $20.00 for non-members. All proceeds benefit the Santa Paula Art Museum, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Guests will be invited to bid on artworks by historic Southern California artists like Jessie Arms Botke, Cornelis Botke, Douglas Shively, Paul Lauritz, Samuel Hyde Harris, and Ralph Holmes, as well as contemporary pieces by artists including Susan Petty, Gail Pidduck, Gary Ray, and more.

Click here to preview the 20 live auction artworks (the silent auction artworks are not available to preview). The live auction artworks can also be previewed in person on the first and second floors of the Museum during regular business hours.

Header image: “Central California” by Gary Ray (b. 1952), Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches (canvas size).

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