Golden foundation to hold charity art auction for artists
NEW BERLIN – To celebrate the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation’s 20th-year anniversary, the non-profit group is holding a once in a decade event this Saturday to help fund Golden’s artist-in-residency program.
Every year, the foundation hosts about 20 visiting artists selected by an independent committee made up of alternating museum directors, curators and other art-world professionals, said foundation program director, Emma Golden.
The selected artists are offered a one-month stay in New Berlin at a special farmhouse residence where they are given access to the vast array of paints and materials available at the Golden Artist Colors headquarters.
Those artists can then, in-turn, donate some work back to the foundation, which is sold to help support other future artists. More than 160 different artists donated their work over the last several years to make this Saturday’s art auction benefit possible, said Golden.
The auction is actually three different auctions. There is an on-going online auction that began July 1. Saturday, there will be a silent auction in the loft gallery from 4:30 to 6:45 p.m., and a live auction in Golden’s upper café gallery, from 6:45 until 8 p.m.
Tickets for the charity are $55 at the door, and many of the works up for auction are valued at over a $1,000. There will be prize drawings and an open bar.
The galleries at Golden Artist, located at 188 Bell Road, New Berlin, are free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
“You have amazing access to the resources of the Golden Artist paint,” said Leigh Yardley, who was offered a stay at the art residency in 2015.
Yardley has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Lesley University, College of Art and Design in Cambridge Massachusetts. She lives just outside Hamilton, and is an adjunct instructor of art at Morrisville State College. She has been an exhibiting artist since 1994.
Yardley explained many artists struggle with costs and access to materials.
Speaking of her residency at Golden, Yardley said, “It allows you to strip yourself away from the day to day responsibilities we all have. You have 30 days of absolutely no interruption of the creative process.”
While in the residence, artists often join the workers at Golden to help create tailored paint and other products. The interactions are a two-way street for Golden, because of the benefits gained from consulting with active, professional artists. The artists gain nearly unlimited access to materials and the staff who make them.
“You have the ability to play with brand-new materials. Some are still at the development phase,” said Yardley.
“Imagine you’re an artist, you’re in the world’s biggest art store, it’s 5 o’clock at night, and you’re locked inside,” described Golden CEO Mark Golden.
“They have access to the precious materials of art, and they have the time to experience and experiment with different mediums. Someone who creates with oil might try water-based or acrylic paints,” he said. “There is an opportunity to explore so many different ways to create an image.”
The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts was created in 1997 as a tribute to the couple’s love of art, said Emma Golden. The foundation is a non-profit entity separated from the for-profit business, Golden Artist Colors Inc., and run by a independent committee, she explained.
Sam Golden began his fascination with the art world in the 1930’s. Working hand-in-hand with artists in New York City, he is credited with creating the first acrylic paints in the 1940’s
“He worked directly with artists,” said Emma, “They would say, ‘Hey Sam, would you make me this?’”
The couple first moved to area and lived in a farmhouse near where the current Golden Artist building is now. The company employs more than 200 employees locally.
“He loved being that small piece of an artist’s day,” said Emma of her grandfather. “He would go into a gallery and say that’s my paint.”
Pictured: Sam and Adele Golden Foundation Program Director Emma Golden stands ready to bid, in one of the three art galleries at Golden Artist Colors, in New Berlin. The foundation will hold a major fundraiser this weekend to help sponsor and house visiting artists.
Every year, the foundation hosts about 20 visiting artists selected by an independent committee made up of alternating museum directors, curators and other art-world professionals, said foundation program director, Emma Golden.
The selected artists are offered a one-month stay in New Berlin at a special farmhouse residence where they are given access to the vast array of paints and materials available at the Golden Artist Colors headquarters.
Those artists can then, in-turn, donate some work back to the foundation, which is sold to help support other future artists. More than 160 different artists donated their work over the last several years to make this Saturday’s art auction benefit possible, said Golden.
The auction is actually three different auctions. There is an on-going online auction that began July 1. Saturday, there will be a silent auction in the loft gallery from 4:30 to 6:45 p.m., and a live auction in Golden’s upper café gallery, from 6:45 until 8 p.m.
Tickets for the charity are $55 at the door, and many of the works up for auction are valued at over a $1,000. There will be prize drawings and an open bar.
The galleries at Golden Artist, located at 188 Bell Road, New Berlin, are free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
“You have amazing access to the resources of the Golden Artist paint,” said Leigh Yardley, who was offered a stay at the art residency in 2015.
Yardley has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Lesley University, College of Art and Design in Cambridge Massachusetts. She lives just outside Hamilton, and is an adjunct instructor of art at Morrisville State College. She has been an exhibiting artist since 1994.
Yardley explained many artists struggle with costs and access to materials.
Speaking of her residency at Golden, Yardley said, “It allows you to strip yourself away from the day to day responsibilities we all have. You have 30 days of absolutely no interruption of the creative process.”
While in the residence, artists often join the workers at Golden to help create tailored paint and other products. The interactions are a two-way street for Golden, because of the benefits gained from consulting with active, professional artists. The artists gain nearly unlimited access to materials and the staff who make them.
“You have the ability to play with brand-new materials. Some are still at the development phase,” said Yardley.
“Imagine you’re an artist, you’re in the world’s biggest art store, it’s 5 o’clock at night, and you’re locked inside,” described Golden CEO Mark Golden.
“They have access to the precious materials of art, and they have the time to experience and experiment with different mediums. Someone who creates with oil might try water-based or acrylic paints,” he said. “There is an opportunity to explore so many different ways to create an image.”
The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts was created in 1997 as a tribute to the couple’s love of art, said Emma Golden. The foundation is a non-profit entity separated from the for-profit business, Golden Artist Colors Inc., and run by a independent committee, she explained.
Sam Golden began his fascination with the art world in the 1930’s. Working hand-in-hand with artists in New York City, he is credited with creating the first acrylic paints in the 1940’s
“He worked directly with artists,” said Emma, “They would say, ‘Hey Sam, would you make me this?’”
The couple first moved to area and lived in a farmhouse near where the current Golden Artist building is now. The company employs more than 200 employees locally.
“He loved being that small piece of an artist’s day,” said Emma of her grandfather. “He would go into a gallery and say that’s my paint.”
Pictured: Sam and Adele Golden Foundation Program Director Emma Golden stands ready to bid, in one of the three art galleries at Golden Artist Colors, in New Berlin. The foundation will hold a major fundraiser this weekend to help sponsor and house visiting artists.
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