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Munakata donates art to annual auction for homeless artists

4 piece of art

4 piece of art

  • April 29, 2011 8:00am

Grace Munakata, professor of art, has donated "Big Cats," an acrylic, mixed media and collage on ragboard, image size  21 1/4" x 32 5/8” (irregular format), to the annual Hospitality House Community Arts Program Auction set for May 12.

Hospitality House, in San Francisco, provides instruction, a safe space to work and art materials for homeless and poor who otherwise have no access to artmaking. They also provide multiple venues for these artists to exhibit and sell their work. 

“Creating regularly, and making something only they, as an individual can make, can bring a vital sense of ‘ownership,’ belonging and ‘self,’ to these individuals, who own so little in our culture,” said Munakata, a regular contributor to the auction.

The auction will feature approximately 150 pieces of artwork by both Hospitality House artists and others.

Munakata says starting prices for the artwork are often about one-third of retail value. Admission to the auction is $40 in advance, or $50 at the door.

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