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Café serves up some art

Even though Harbaugh's Café was packed Saturday night, the people were not there to eat. The café, which is located on Illinois Avenue, was host to the SIU School of Art and Design's "Art Over Easy" silent auction.

The money raised from the auction will be used to improve the Glove Factory, which houses some art and design classes.

There were about 140 pieces of art for sale, donated by faculty, students and local artists. The pieces came from people like Marianne Abrahamson and her husband Roy, who had art they did not want to throw away but had no room for.

"The orphan art auction is about recycling art that's too good to do away with," said Kay Pick Zivkovich, an associate professor in the School of Art and Design. "We want to have some fun and collect what we can collect."

At any given time there was approximately 30 people in the café examining and biding on art, which ranged from a painting dating back to 1902 to blown glass to gingerbread houses.

"It's such an eclectic collection," said Zivkovich. "We want everybody to appreciate it."

It was this type of collection that brought Kamika Hopkins-Bey, a former SIUC student, to the event. She had never been to an art auction before and wanted to come, even though she did not bring money to bid on anything.

"I think it's pretty cool," said Hopkins-Bey. "Next time, I will come prepared."

The School of Art and Design is spread out over 11 different buildings on campus. In the 130 years that the School of Art has existed, there has never been one designated building for the program.

"We're the only school of art in Illinois that doesn't have a designated building," said Zivkovich.

She said the department has discussed this issue with University officials, but there are currently no plans to localize the school in one area.

The Glove Factory, located at 408 S. Washington St., is also used as a studio and is an important place for students because it is the stage where they can showcase their work, Zivkovich said.

However, in order to keep with the "Southern at 150" plan, she said the school needs a central location. By hosting events like Saturday's art auction, the art advisory board hopes it will raise awareness of the school's situation.

"We had not had a long-range goal until 'Southern at 150,'" Zivkovich said. "We have a lot of talented faculty and students who need to work with an updated facility and equipment."

Linda Dunn, co-chairwoman of the Art Advisory Board, said the board examined and priced each piece individually. The bidding started at $5 for some pieces, while the more predominant pieces started at more than $100.

"We tried to start out at a starting bid that made it attractive," Dunn said.

The student and faculty are always being asked to donate their work to help out a cause, Zivkovich said. This time, the department wanted to do something that would help the students and faculty in the School of Art and Design.

"It's for us now because it has to be for us now," said Zivkovich.

 

 

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