April 4, 2014
Dear Artist,
We are delighted to notify you of your acceptance in Paint for Preservation 2014, Seventh Annual Wet Paint Auction on Sunday, July 13, 2014 to benefit the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust. Our juror this year was Dan Kany, art historian, author, and art critic for the Maine Sunday Telegram/Portland Press Herald.
Some important dates:
By April 12th :
In order to include your name as a participating artist in full page ads in both Maine Home + Design and Maine magazine, we will need to receive your response to this email by April 12th, confirming your participation in this event.
By April 18th :
If you have regional collectors of your work who you would like to be invited to the Wet Paint Auction, please email 3 to 5 names and their snail mail addresses by April 18th so that we can send them a “Save the Date” postcard and subsequent invitation.
We would also like you to email us a hi-res photo of you that will be included in a spread of the participating artists. If you have not yet sent a 3 to 5 line bio to be used in the spread and by the auctioneer, please send that as well.
And last but not least, we would appreciate it if you could email us the contact information for your local newspaper. We will be sending out a press release about the event to all the artists’ newspapers and will be including your name as a local artist who will be participating in the event.
In late May, we will be mailing additional information regarding the detailed schedule for the day of the event, the possible painting locations in Cape Elizabeth from which you may choose, etc. At that time, we will ask you to select your contribution level (50, 75 or 100% of the auction price of your painting). Please note that this is a no-reserve auction.
Thank you for your support of the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and for your interest in the Wet Paint Auction! We will be in touch.
Best regards,
Claudia Dricot
Wet Paint Auction Committee
207-899-5039
