Auction Items
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Bread-making Class for Two!
$300101
Picnic in A Box!
$70102
Glass Making Class
$155
103
Home Bartending Class
$425Have a cocktail fan in your life?
How about a private home cocktail class for 4?
Let our partners Cecil Usher and Cat Cannon of Mindful Hospitality host a cocktail class in your home! Cocktail classes are some of the most fun events they host. They're intimate, hands-on with some drunk history tossed in for good measure - what's not to love?
Mindful Hospitality Group is a bar consulting, education, and events group that looks to continually help grow the hospitality industry through education, thoughtfulness, and craft.
Donated by Mindful Hospitality Group
The event will be in accordance with state and county health and safety regulations and determined by the folks at Mindful Hospitality.
The winner of this auction item will be connected directly with the folks at Mindful Hospitality Group to schedule. Must be 21 years or older.
**Offer expires on 12/31/21.
104
Virtual Distillery Experience
$145105
Sewickley Tea & Movie Package
$85
108
Studio Booth Package
$400109
Private Tour of CMOA
$200Private Tour of the Carnegie Museum of Art
Looking to explore Pittsburgh once the pandemic is behind us? Take a private guided tour for twelve of one at Pittsburgh's most celebrated institutions. You and f of your closest friends will accompany Sam Badger, Director of Advancement at Carnegie Museum of Art on a guided tour of the Museum's exhibits and collection. Parking will be included.
*tour will be in accordance with state and county health and safety regulations and determined by management at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
Donated by Sam Badger, Director of Advancement at Carnegie Museum of Art
Curated by Nancy Traina, President of FRIENDS of Pittsburgh Opera
110
Flotation Tank Experience!
$952020 Continuing to stress you out? Wash away your stress at the new Victory Float Lounge in Lawrenceville. Receive two (60) minutes floats for you and someone special!
Located in the heart of lower Lawrenceville, Victory Float Lounge is a safe, clean, and ready to help you live a more stress-free, mindful, and healthy life. Spend an hour or more in 12" of water filled with one ton of Epsom salt. The solution makes you so buoyant that anyone can float effortlessly.
Recent studies suggest time spent floating in a sensory deprivation tank has some benefits such as muscle relaxation, better sleep, decrease in pain, and decreased stress and anxiety.
(A sensory deprivation tank, also called an isolation tank or flotation tank, is used for restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST). It is a dark, soundproof tank that is filled with a foot or less of saltwater)
Donated by Victory Float Lounge
111
New Year's Eve Dinner For 4
$215
113
Private Tour of the MF
$105
114
Labriola Gift Basket
$130Labriola Italian Market Gift Basket
Give the gift of authentic Italian cooking essentials from Labriola Italian Market. This gift basket includes all the essentials for any well stocked Italian pantry.
*Winner will need to pick up a basket at a pre-determined time, date & location by both the winner and Pittsburgh Opera. This item cannot be shipped.
Graciously donated by Nancy Traina, Annie Futrell, and Judith Matheny, members of the FRIENDS of Pittsburgh Opera
116
Resident Artist Home Concert
$10000
Resident Artist Home Concert
If you have an appetite for great music, then we have just the prize for you! You can host a concert featuring Pittsburgh Opera's acclaimed Resident Artists. Imagine a program of the most popular opera arias and ensembles as well as selections from Broadway and the great American songbook performed by the very artists you heard this evening. Glorious operatic music, performed by these wonderful artists in the intimacy of your own home will make for an unforgettable evening. You will enjoy 45 minutes of exquisitely curated music, designed just for you by the Pittsburgh Opera music staff. All you need is a tuned piano and some friends to invite over for a perfect concert evening!
The scheduling of this concert will happen post COVID-19 when it is safe to return to social gatherings as determined by state and county guidelines.
Click here for this year's Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists!
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Custom House Watercolor
$165Looking for a housewarming or holiday gift for that someone special!?
8 by 10" custom watercolor home portrait
Elizabeth Thogerson is an accomplished artist and formerly trained opera singer! Her style is colorful and cozy, eclectic, fun, and simple. Make space on your walls for the things that fill your heart!
The winner of this auction item can contact Elizabeth directly for this custom piece. Offer expires June 30th, 2021
Donated by Elizabeth Thogerson
202
"Apples and bittersweet "
$540"Apples and bittersweet" is an oil painting by Anna Singer. Ms. Singer is a renowned opera singer (and artist) in Pittsburgh and New York City and radio host for the classical music station WQED right here in Pittsburgh! Anna is also a proud team fundraising member on Team Diva.
This original piece is an 8 x 10 oil painting on panel, framed with taupe and gold accent. Total size. 12 x 14
**Local pick up in Pittsburgh only. Winner and Pittsburgh Opera will agree upon a specific date and time of pick up at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters in the Strip District.
Donated by Anna Singer
408
4 Night Bermuda Getaway
$2200