Collectors Night 2024

Collectors' Night 2024
Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 6pm

Collectors' Night, launched in 1987, is the Visual Arts Center of Richmond's most significant annual fundraising event. The 350-person gala includes a cocktail reception, a silent auction and a seated live auction.  Proceeds from the event support VisArts' community programs, but altruism isn't the only reason art collectors come back to the event year after year. 

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond and its contingent of guest curators work with some of Richmond's most beloved and emerging artists to bring you a lively art auction that is full of fresh pieces to add to your collection.

VisArts was founded in 1963 as the Hand Workshop with the purpose of providing a place for youth to engage in the arts and as a place for artists to learn, create and build community. Each year, VisArts offers more than 1,500 visual and creative arts classes and touches the lives of more than 45,000 people through its exhibitions, community programs, camps, workshops, and special events.

Honor Stephanie McGrath

Consider making a donation to the Visual Arts Center of Richmond in honor of this year's Distinguished Service Award recipient, Stephanie McGrath. The Distinguished Service Award recognizes a longtime friend of VisArts who has demonstrated a sustained and extraordinary commitment to the organization. All donations are 100 percent tax deductible.

Honor Stephanie McGrath
 

Honor Lauri Jenkins

Consider making a donation to the Visual Arts Center of Richmond in honor of this year's Shelly Shepherd Master Teacher Award recipient, Lauri Jenkins. The Shelly Shepherd Master Teacher Award goes to an instructor each year who exemplifies the organization's mission through their excellence, creativity and dedication to their students. All donations are 100 percent tax deductible.

Honor Lauri Jenkins

THANK YOU, SPONSORS

Presenting Sponsor

Preview Party

Master Teacher Award Sponsor

Distinguished Service Award Sponsor

Valet Parking

Silent Auction Sponsor

Signature Cocktail Sponsor

THANK YOU, CORPORATE TABLE SPONSORS

THANK YOU, INDIVIDUAL TABLE SPONSORS

Kate and John Ackerly
Rhona and Ric Arenstein
Jenny Bassett
Julia and Bryan Carr
Blair and Marshall Chambers
Marcia and Jim Collier
Pamela and Patrick De Ridder
Katie DeLuca
Molly Dodge
Ted and Annie Elmore
Laura Fields
Rebecca and Malcolm Gray
Pryor Green and Bryan DeFino
True Harrigan and Jay Collier
Wendy and Steve Humble
Karleigh and Zach Hunt
Jo Kennedy and Bob Johnson

James W. Klaus and Brent Morris
Bill Martin
Sue Ann Messmer
Joseph Papa and JS Fauquet
Celia Rafalko
Carter and Joe Reid
Pamela Royal and CN Jenkins, Jr.
Frankie and Steve Slaughter
Jane Sper and Pat Millen
Vicki Thompson
Clare Tilton and David Poole
Harriett Waldrop
Norvell and Charlie Whitaker
Jean and David White

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT