On December 16th Masters & Pelavin had the pleasure of hosting the 6th Annual Art in a Box Art Sale and Party.

This year we had 208 pieces of art from 188 artists, a considerable increase from last year. The quality of the art was wonderful and so was the exhibition. The week before the party Valentina DuBasky and Andrea Piccolo, directors of Art in a Box, put all of the work up online and sent out e-mails to our list urging collectors to buy online in advance of the party.

By the time the show went up well over half of the art was spoken for. When the party was over and the website taken down we had sold close to 90% of the art!


Judith Linhares, Summer, 2010, gouache on paper, 11 x 9.5 inches

I think a few words describing the party are in order. This was definitely the biggest party our gallery space has ever seen. It was a riot of artists, collectors and friends. It is the first time I have ever not been able to say hello to all of our guests. I think I can honestly say that all the the organizers were bowled over by the attendance.

Thanks to the generousity of our artists and collectors Art in a Box has more funds this year than ever before to continue their projects which bring art to children and young people. Projects that assist children in need, teach environmentalism through art, or further the education of young artists.

I would like to thank everyone involved in this year's event; our wonderful volunteers and students who helped us put the show up, our collectors who give us a sense of joy and fulfillment and of course our artists.

This is a partial list of the artists that participated: Susan Amons, Daisy Craddock, Ford Crull, Gregory Crane, Chris Costan, Catherine Courtenaye, Stephanie Dworkin, Yale Epstein, Tara Fracalossi, Shingo Francis, Tamara Gonzales, Greta Gundersen, Ruth Hardinger, Joseph Haske, Robert Janz, Marc Katano,Cindy Kane, Barbara Kassel, Judith Linhares, Judith Miller, Margaret Neill, Linda Lee Nichols, Helen Oji, Bobbie Oliver, charles Ramsburg, Mark Saltz, Paula Sweet, Pia Stern, Josette Urso, Rhonda Tymeson, Susan Wanklyn. A special thanks to Karen Santry and her wonderful students, Michelle Carl and Ngayin Cheng. If one person who donated had not done so the event would not have been the same, so thank you all!

Lastly but never least, a big thank you to Todd Masters for his curatorial direction and infinite patience, not to mention the gift of cool music by dj GoodMusic.