Graphic courtesy Jeffrey Jenkins
FOR MILDRED’S SAKE!
An Art Sale to Benefit the New MILDRED’S LANE INC
Saturday, December 2, 2023
6:30-8:30 PM
Pierogi Gallery
177 N 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
For Mildred’s Sake! is a blind art sale — all artworks are wrapped in brown paper, concealing the artist’s identity.
Tickets for these famous mystery packages donated by over 100 artists are $300, and larger donations receive special edition prints and custom experiences with select artists.
WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT
☞ No.1 = $300 buys ONE (1) brown-paper-package
☞ No. 2 = $1,000 buys ONE (1) brown-paper-package and a special edition print by Mark Dion
☞ No.3 = $4,000 or more buys THREE (3) brown-paper-packages, a special edition print by Mark Dion, and an individualized artist experience of your choice:
Tour the Museum of Natural History with Mark Dion
Studio visit & fly fishing with James Prosek and J. Morgan Puett
Brooklyn waterfront walk with David Brooks
Foraging with Laura Chávez Silverman of The Outside Institute
(more details below)
Tour of the American Museum of Natural History with Mark Dion
Tour the collection of the Museum of Natural History in New York with Mark Dion.
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A Short but Leaky History of Water, Infrastructure, and Geologic Avifaunal Events (as seen from the Brooklyn waterfront) with David Brooks
A casual, quixotically curious stroll in which artist David Brooks will note various peculiarities along the Brooklyn Bridge waterfront that illustrate the idiosyncrasies of New York's interface with the natural world and deep time. As can be glimpsed from various aspects of the stroll, the city and the natural world have always and will continue to define each other in myriad ways.
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An artfully fishy adventure with James Prosek & J. Morgan Puett
A visit to James Prosek’s studio where he will tour you through his process; With J. Morgan Puett tagging along as muse, We will go fishing at a special place nearby Easton, Connecticut. Along the way, we will discuss how humans can communicate with non-humans through the interface of the lure.
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Guided Foraging Walk & Wild Nibbles with Laura Chávez Silverman
Founding naturalist of The Outside Institute, Laura Chávez Silverman shares her deep love and knowledge of Lenapehoking (Upper Delaware Valley) during this private guided walk under the forest canopy. Participants will see with new eyes, gain perspective on interconnected systems and learn about the edible and medicinal properties of local flora, fauna and fungi. A tasting of botanical beverages and snacks based on wild-foraged ingredients such as shagbark hickory, spicebush, sassafras, pawpaw, black walnut, ramps and hen of the woods will be shared.
* Date to be decided upon mutual convenience of artist(s) and ticket-buyer(s)
* Pick-up your packages during the event, or send us flat-rate shipping fee and we will send your mystery package by mail.
THANK YOU – For Mildred’s Sake!
Participating Artists
Yasi Alipour
Phillip Andrew Lewis
Suzanne Anker
Uri Aran
Bahar Behbahani
Rachel Berwick
Ellen Berkenblit
Bob Braine
David Brooks
Gabo Camnitzer
Francis Cape
Ivana Carman
James Casabere
Nathan Catlin
Lenka Clayton
Nathan Coley
Liz Collins
Scott Constable
Grayson Cox
Moyra Davey
Hilary Devaney
Francesca DiMattio
Mark Dion
Billy Dufala
Delphine Fawundu
Coco Fusco
GFLK (Till Krause)
Hope Ginsburg
Baris Gokturk
Jill Goldman
Alastair Gordon
Teri Hackett
Ben Hagari
Ellen Harvey
Hugh Hayden
Pablo Helguera
Klara Hobza
Lisa Hoke
William Horberg
David Humphrey
Florian Hüttner
Jeffrey Jenkins
Ryan Johnson
Michael Joo
Mary Kenealy
Jon Kessler
Mathias Kessler
Cameron Klavsen
Richard Klein
KK Kozik
William Lamson
Robert Longo
Tora Lopez
Abby Lutz
Daniel Maier-Reimer
Gabriel Martinez
Mary Mattingly
John Miller
Matt Mullican
Nils Norman
Virginia Overton
Claire Pentecost
Liza Phillips
Bradley Pitts
James Prosek
J. Morgan Puett
Rebecca Purcell
Leslie Reed
Duke Riley
Alexis Rockman
Aura Rosenberg
Jon Rubin
Kathy Ruttenberg
Tom Sachs
Jess Segall
Nancy Shaver
Ward Shelley
Dana Sherwood
Jason Simon
Kiki Smith
Shelley Spector
A.L. Steiner
Rachel Stern
Stipan Tadić
Dannielle Tegeder
Jared Thorne
Spencer Tinkham
Meg Turner
Sam Van Aken
VIROSA
Tomas Vu
Caroline Wallner
Leslie Wayne
Julia Whitney Barnes
Elzie Williams III
Jeff Williams
Paula Wilson
Caroline Woolard
William Wylie
Ivy Yinn
Mary Lou Zelazny
Fundraising Committee
Nick Bennett, David Brooks, Mark Dion, Alastair Gordon, Jill Goldman, Pablo Helguera,
Asti Hustvedt, Jon Kessler, Abby Lutz, Richard Klein, J. Morgan Puett, Tomas Vu
We are proud to announce the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ( DVAA ) is our provisional FISCAL SPONSOR while transitioning to the pending 501(c)(3) entity. We are strengthening and building our cultural community through this unique partnership!
This ensures all donations are tax-deductible.
