Lawrence Art Auction boasts record year

The Lawrence Arts Center is deeming the 2005 Lawrence Art Auction the most successful ever.

The 25th annual auction raised $76,565 after art sales, ticket sales and sponsorships. This figure represents an increase of more than $10,000 over last year’s proceeds. A record 667 people attended the event Saturday at the center, 940 N.H. Forty percent of items offered in the live auction sold for more than retail value.

Here are a few more record-setting totals from the auction, which benefits the center’s gallery exhibition program:

• Amount raised from art sales: $64,490
• Amount raised from ticket sales: $4,075
• Amount raised from sponsorships: $8,000

Sales highlights include Ron Hinton’s “Sculptural Wall Form,” valued at $950, which sold for $2,000; Roger Shimomura’s print “Two Nisei,” valued at $750, which sold for $1,900; and Lisa Grossman’s painting “Darkness Falls on the Konza Prairie,” valued at $1,200, which sold for $1,900.

Community theater to have auditions

Baldwin City Community Theatre will have auditions from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday for its summer musical.

This summer’s show is Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Once Upon a Mattress.”

Auditions will be at the community theater office at 816 High St. Call-backs are scheduled for Monday.

Those interested in auditioning should be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song of their choice. Bring sheet music in the appropriate key or bring a karaoke accompaniment CD, without the vocal sound track. Approximately 40 cast members are needed for this production.

For more information, e-mail baldwincitycommunitytheatre@yahoo.com

Performances are scheduled for June 25, 28-30 and July 1-3 at Baldwin Junior High School.

Art Guild to feature framer, printmaker

The Lawrence Art Guild’s monthly meeting is 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Monday at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

Ron Koerperich, owner of Artist Collection and Custom Framing in Topeka, will be the guest speaker. He is an expert in conservation and reversible mounting methods for valuable, original or limited-edition pieces.

Koerperich will speak to the group about framing and conservation. He will discuss his new state-of-the-art printer that allows artists and photographers the option of producing a small run of limited-edition prints using a variety of watercolor papers, photo papers and canvas up to 44 inches wide and 6 feet long.