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SILENT AUCTION + RAFFLE + DEMOS
Silent Auction 2017
Our silent auction will use mobile bidding technology for the first time this year, making participating easier and more accessible than ever before. Bid on auction items with the convenience of your mobile phone from anywhere, at any time! Registration for this event is as easy as sending a text message. You won’t want to miss the opportunity to win outstanding artworks donated by our fair artists and other fabulous prizes.
Register, bid, and preview auction items by visiting HEARDMKT2017.AUCTION-BID.ORG
The auction opens online on February 17 and continues until the close of bidding Saturday, March 4, at 9:00 p.m. Fair visitors can view the auction items in the south pre-function area of Steele Auditorium during the Best of Show event on Friday, March 3, and during regular fair hours on Saturday, March 4. Winners will be notified by text message at the close of the auction on Saturday night and will be given free admission to the fair on Sunday, March 5, to pick up their auction items. Shipping of purchased items may be arranged at an additional cost.
Raffle 2017
Raffle tickets will be on sale throughout the fair weekend. Please consider purchasing raffle tickets sold by our fair volunteers at locations throughout the Heard Museum campus. Raffle drawings will be held several times during the weekend. You do not need to be present to win one of the outstanding artworks created and donated by participating fair artists.
Buy more tickets to increase your chances of winning!
• $2 – 1 TICKET
• $10 – 6 TICKETS
• $30 – 20 TICKETS
We thank our Heard Fair artists and other community supporters for their generous donations to both the silent auction and raffle. All proceeds from the silent auction and raffle go to support the mission and programs of the Heard Museum, including support for the Indian Fair & Market.
Artist Demonstrations
Watch the masters at work creating new pieces! You’ll have the opportunity to see the creative magic unfold in the artist demonstration area (Area K, adjacent to the Steele Auditorium), throughout the weekend:
• RON CARLOS (Piipaash), pottery
• ARIC CHOPITO (Zuni), weavings and personal attire
• ERNEST HONANIE (Hopi), carvings
• PETER RAY JAMES (Navajo), diverse art
• ROY KADY (Navajo), weavings
• MARLOWE KATONEY (Navajo), weavings
• ROYCE MANUEL (Salt River Pima-Maricopa), diverse art
• JILLI OYENQUE (Ohkay Owingeh), baskets
• YOLANDA HART STEVENS (Piipaash-Quechan), diverse art
• NORBERT PESHLAKAI (Navajo), jewelry
• MELANIE SAINZ (Ho-Chunk Nation), beadwork
• CHARLENE SANCHEZ REANO (San Felipe), jewelry
• LOA RYAN and TERESA RYAN (both Tsimshian), baskets
• KEVIN SEKAKUKU (Hopi), carvings
• SARAH SOCKBESON (Penobscot), baskets
• TOHONO O’ODHAM COMMUNITY ACTION (TOCA), baskets and diverse art
• LOUIS VALENZUELA (Yoeme), diverse art
• TODD WESTIKA (Zuni), sculpture
• ROSIE YELLOWHAIR (Navajo), sand painting.
