Join us at the Santa Paula Art Museum for a special, in-person preview reception to kick off our virtual Fine Art Auction Fundraiser! Enjoy a glass of wine and delicious hors d’oeuvres while you view 20 stunning auction artworks by some of Ventura County’s most popular historical and contemporary artists. Admission to the reception is free.

This year’s virtual auction includes artworks by historical California artists Jessie Arms Botke, Cornelis Botke, Douglas Shively and Manuel Valencia, as well as contemporary pieces by Linda Brown, Lynn Hanson, Debra Holladay, Norman Kirk, George Lockwood, Lisa Skyheart Marshall, Gina Niebergall, Susan Petty, Gail Pidduck, Dan Schultz, Jules Smith and Andrea Vargas. SPAM’s annual Fine Art Auction is the Museum’s biggest fundraiser each year. All proceeds benefit the Santa Paula Art Museum, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and the thousands of children and families the Museum serves each year through free educational programs.

About Our Virtual Auction:

Online bidding opens Saturday, August 13, 2022, on Bidsquare.com. Bidding closes at 4:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday, August 27, 2022. Click here to preregister to bid on Bidsquare.

You can also support the Museum by purchasing raffle tickets for a chance to win one of two paintings by historic Santa Paula artists Jessie Arms Botke and Cornelis Botke. Raffle tickets start at $50.00. Click here to view the raffle artworks and to purchase raffle tickets.

Auction sponsored by Bank of the Sierra and Rotary Club of Santa Paula.

HEADER IMAGE: Untitled by Jessie Arms Botke, Oil on board, 12.75 x 15.75 inches (canvas size). Available in the Fine Art Auction Fundraiser.