GRAPE ARTS

Grape Arts is Art Saint Louis’ Signature Fund Raiser, presented annually for 18 years in early spring. It’s an exciting afternoon of wine tastings with silent and live auctions of fine art and donations from the community, accompanied by music and appetizers. The event raises funds for Art Saint Louis, its community programs and exhibits.

18TH ANNUAL GRAPE ARTS FUND RAISER

MARCH 21, 2010

Plans are already under way for Art Saint Louis' Grape Arts XVIII event! Please save the date and join us on Sunday, March 21, 2010, for our 18th annual Signature Fund Raiser to be held at Windows Off Washington in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

Held from 2-6 p.m., Grape Arts XVIII will be an exciting and energetic afternoon of fine art & fine wine. There will be four silent auctions and one mini-live auction where guests were able to bid on hundreds of original artworks, unique items and gift certificates for area restaurants & businesses.

In addition to the silent auctions, there will be two unique types of wine tastings presented throughout the afternoon: from 2-4 p.m. fifteen wineries & wine merchants will pour wines for guests during our Informal Tastings; then, from 4-5:30 p.m., guests were directed to the main event ballroom where they are seated at tables of nine for Formal Tastings, during which guests are then treated to international, national and regional wines poured & presented by local, national and international wine afficianados, vintners, wine merchants, restaurateurs, and collectors.

Highlights from last year's Grape Arts XVII, held March 22, 2009: (top, l to r) ASL Board members Libby Reuter & JP Cartmill; Benefit Committee members Christine Warta & John Casey; Aurelia Dunagan & artist Robert Schleicher; (middle) artists Ruth Kolker, Naomi Runtz & Marion Noll; ASL Associate Director Robin Hirsch with Board members Sun Smith-Fôret & Libby Reuter; (lower) Charlene Penn & Tim Puchta of Adam Puchta Winery; Benefit committee member Janice Bernstien, Interns Sarah Hadef, Tara Boberg, Kristen McMillion, artists & Benefit Committee members Valra Werner & Carla Dawson; Corporate sponsor David Pocost, Commercial Letter, Inc., ASL Board Vice President, Ellen Gale, and artist & Benefit Committee member Mariane Baer.

Please consider participating in 2010's not-to-be-missed event, Grape Arts XVIII, and join us as a guest, donating artist, auction donor, sponsor, underwriter, and/or wine host. Downloadable participation forms are posted below:

WINE HOSTS

If you are a vintner, wine merchant, restaurateur, collector, or other wine aficianado, we'd love for you to participate in our event by serving as an Informal and/or Formal Wine Host at Grape Arts XVIII. To participate, please click here for a downloadable Wine Host Participation form and here for a Wine Host Levels & Benefits form.

ARTISTS

Last year over 100 artists donated original artworks for Grape Arts. Artists donating work valued at $100 or more will receive ONE complimentary, non-transferable reservation to the event. To donate artwork, please click here for a downloadable form.

AUCTION DONORS

To donate non-art items for the Grape Arts XVIII auction, including gift or dining certificates, items, goods, or cash, please click here for a downloadable Auction Donation form and click here to view the ASL Info & Donor Benefits sheet.

EVENT SPONSORS & UNDERWITERS

To participate in Grape Arts XVIII at a higher level of support such as a Major Sponsor or Event Underwriter, please click here to view our Sponsorship Levels sheet and click here for a downloadable Auction Donation form.

GUESTS

To purchase individual tickets or a table (9 guests) at Grape Arts XVIII, please click here for a downloadable Table Reservation form.

For your convenience, you may purchase your Grape Arts XVIII tickets online via Paypal--just select your reservation level and click the pay button below:

Grape Arts Reservation

Individual $60.00 2 Individuals $120.00 Table $500.00 Corporate Table $700.00 Gold Patron $100.00 2 Gold Patrons $200.00 Gold Patron Table $1,000.00 Gold Patron Corporate Table $1,200.00

Art Saint Louis 2010 Benefit Committee

Marianne Baer, Greg Barth, Janice Bernstein, JP Cartmill, John Casey, Jane Colvin, Carla Dawson, Laurie Meier, Kate Poss, Jane Reed, Pamela Ryan, Christine Warta, Debbie Stiefermann, Valra Werner, Angelia Young, Barbara Zucker.

If you have questions or would like to support 2010's Grape Arts XVIII event as a sponsor, donor or committee member, contact Christine Malinee, Marketing & Development Director, at 314/241-4810 (3#) or christine@artstlouis.org.