It’s that great time of year! The annual Banner Auction, sponsored by the Avalon Foundation, begins today until Saturday on Dover Street. All lovers of local artist, get ready.
To help potential bidders, the Spy got a sneak preview yesterday of the 36 images up for bid this year.
Local artists participate each year to create pieces of original fine artwork on canvas material impervious to weather. Each banner is an original, one-of-a-kind work of art.
The banners are 30” by 40”.
Banners may be created from a variety of mediums. There have been banners produced in oil paint, acrylic paint, photographic art, mosaics and three dimensional art.
The banners are hung from lampposts in downtown Easton before Plein Air-Easton! in July and remain until April. They are then taken down; the two sides of the banner are separated and cleaned in preparation for the annual auction.
Banners may be bid on by online bidding or at the Banner Auction.
On May 14, 2016 the banners will be auctioned at an exhilarating and entertaining Banner Auction. This event is held in the Waterfowl Festival Building in downtown Easton, Maryland.
The banners are displayed at the Avalon in advance of the auction to allow the public an opportunity to preview them.
The first $100.00 dollars of a banner sale goes to pay for the cost of the banner. From the proceeds, 75% goes to the artist and 25% is used in support of the work of the Avalon Foundation.
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