A couple of days ago I received the following email from the photographer, Travis Fullerton, about a a recent fire near 1708 Gallery in Richmond, VA.
I am not sure if it has made it onto the news up in DC, but we had a close call with a fire at 1708 Gallery this past weekend. An abondoned building 2 doors down went up, and was a total loss. The gallery suffered minor water damage in the basement, and some minor smoke damage. I will paste a couple links about the fire below.The timing for this sort of event is never good, but it is particularly bad this time around. This month is the gallery's annual live auction. This event contributes greatly to the annual budget of our little non-profit gallery in Richmond. So, with the fire, our need for support is even greater. I was hoping you might be willing to post some information about us for your readers.
There are still tickets available for the event and there is some really great work available. There are several components to the auction, with work for collectors with various budgets. There is work by gallery members, regional artists, as well as national artists like Sally Mann and Ed Paschke.
Travis provided the following links:
Richmond Times-Dispatch Article
Check out the 1708 Gallery web site for more details on the upcoming auction. This is a particularly great time to support such a fantastic arts organization and to pick up some fantastic art.
Wow! This is the first I'm hearing about this. I have a piece in that auction. Well, I've been told that 1708 is a pretty hot gallery. (sorry). --fitts
Posted by: Michael Fitts | Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 02:20 PM