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July 27, 2005
Most art gallery fundraising events are black-tie affairs that show artwork sale for thousands of dollars while attendees sip on drinks as expensive as the average college student's bar tab from an entire weekend.
The Henry Art Gallery will bend the rules with Bashville, this year's western-themed version of its annual fundraiser. Rather than requiring formal attire, the Henry recommends patrons dress as cowboys and cowgirls.
While tickets aren't quite as cheap as a keg party, they start at the modest price of $35 for Henry members, $40 for the general public, $125 for preview tickets (early entrance prior to the auctions) and $500 for the Rhinestone Cowboy Artist Tickets.
Although preview and rhinestone tickets include early entry and a private performance by singer Sarah Rudinoff with Rick Miller on guitar, visitors serious about buying inexpensive art might think twice about saddling up for the expensive tickets. Those who pony up $125 for the early-entry tickets will also receive a special Bashville belt buckle.
Bashville might be the perfect place for college students to beautify their rooms. All pieces for sale start at a mere $300, with an auction that will scale non-purchased works down to $150 and then $75, with auction winners taking their pieces home at the end of the night. With more than 200 artists auctioning work, there should be something for everyone.
If live auctions aren't your thing -- or if you're just feeling lucky -- the gallery will hold a raffle with prizes tht will include hotel accommodations, dinner, wine and more.
Not everyone attending will be a genuine cowpoke, so if western isn't your style don't be deterred. Photographer Alice Wheeler (known for her shots of Nirvana from the Bleach days to months before Cobain's death) will take portraits of the willing, decked out in cowboy regalia or not.
Bashville definitely spells party for all -- everyone over 21 that is. Drinks will be served by The Wandering Cafe while KEXP's Riz Rollins DJs.
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