The MCN Silent Auction is coming up. Can you top last year's Elvis Mr. Potato Head? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37591725/ns/business-consumer_news/t/new-role-elvis-mr-potato-head/ You should try! Prizes awarded for the auction item that brings in the most cash, and for the most unusual item.
Here's what to do: Come to Atlanta for MCN's annual meeting, November 16-19. Bring items to be auctioned off Bid and win items on Friday, November 18. Support MCN's Scholarship Fund Items of any sort--seriously useful or cheerfully unrelated to museum work--that may be attractive to bidders (and carried by airline passengers) are encouraged. Exhibition catalogues and other institutional publications are always popular. Equally great and easy to carry are museum bags, clothing, and other souvenirs. Think about something you couldn't resist, and bring that. Donations need not be tangible things--some popular lots in recent years have consisted of services or special half-price registration for professional events. Don't be shy, all you artists and crafters out there! Show off your photography, paintings, knitting, embroidery, prints or anything else that will fit into a suitcase. Show off your creativity and help us raise some bucks! Auction items will be accepted at the Conference Registration Desk on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday until noon. You may bid on items throughout the day Friday, until tables in the Exhibit Hall close at 5:30. You never know what will be offered, so be sure to get to the Exhibit Hall during breaks Friday to place your bids. Items will be added throughout the morning on Friday and the bidding will end during Friday evening's reception. Be sure to arrive at 5:00 to see how your items are doing and outbid your competition. Tables will close starting at 5:30 pm. Winners may take items along or pick them up at the Conference Registration desk on Saturday. See you soon! Marla Misunas Collections Information Manager Collections Information and Access San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 415-357-4186 (voice) Explore Modern Art www.sfmoma.org/collections<http://www.sfmoma.org/collections> I also need a few stalwart volunteers to help on Thursday. If interested, please email me off-list at mmisunas[at]sfmoma.org. The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you.
