Spiva Center for the Arts’ annual flagship exhibitions — the Jo Mueller Small Works Auction and PhotoSpiva — will kick off this weekend, giving patrons the opportunity to buy the work of accomplished area artists and to view the finest work in contemporary photography nationwide.
The auction will run through Friday, May 13, in the Regional Gallery and the photography exhibition will close the following day in the Main Gallery.
This marks the first year that the Small Works Auction has been renamed in the memory of Jo Mueller, longtime Spiva director who died last year. The auction was instituted under her tenure, and it has become one of the art center’s largest annual fundraisers, second only to its annual St. Avips Ball.
The auction allows patrons to submit silent bids on unframed, small-format artworks created by Spiva member artists. The auction is popular because of its opportunity to buy