Architect-related art auction in Tucson this Saturday

[flimflam1500]

I'm sorry to make my first post here a little self-promoting (but I HAVE been visiting modernphoenix for about a year now...) but I think this is something a lot of you might like to see.

This Saturday, January 14, the Tucson Museum of Art (my employer) is holding a birdhouse-themed silent auction as a fundraiser for an upcoming exhibition. Both Rick Joy and Rob Paulus, architects whose work you may know have created birdhouses for us and they are really something to behold...

Rob Paulus

Rick Joy


Follow this link for more pictures and the event invite: http://www.velvetglass.com/tikipages/mu ... ouses.html

If the pieces don't get taken for their "buy it now" prices, they will remain on display and the bidding will continue through the end of the month. If you have any questions feel free to email me.

[hectoracuna]

Oh man, wish I'd had known earlier. Can you get me on the Museum's mailing list FlimFlam?

Awesome list of contributors.

Rand Carlson! (Doing great stuff. Available at select galleries here in the valley)

Herb Stratford! (Force behind resurrection of the Fox Theatre dowtown)

David "Fitz" Fitzimmons!

Simon Donovan!

Maurice Grossman!

Great list, worth checking out just for the visual gratification, but if you can get a Rick Joy birdhouse, WOW.

[flimflam1500]

I wish I'd been able to post those photos earlier but we just saw Rick Joy's for the first time yesterday. It also has a steel stand that weighs around 200 pounds. And I get to move it twice this weekend....

You should check out Dirk Arnold's website too: http://www.endangeredarchitecture.com. He does fantastic work.

If you're interested, all the birdhouses that don't meet their reserve will be on display and up for bid at various retailers in La Encantada until the end of the month.

[modernlover]

And then there's Rob Paulus' website......... http://robpaulus.com/ Check out that loft-style house (Puhler Residence) he did a few years back, faintly reminiscent of Burnette's own place. Ssssmokin'.

[hectoracuna]

Yes, a fantastic link from "The Oracle". Thank you sir. I particularly like the "Barrio Metallico. Having lived in a more-than-110-year-old adobe row house in the Tucson Barrio, I'm delighted to see these modern designs complement and rejuvenate the old barrio neighborhoods.

FlimFlam, for your first post you have certainly given us some tasty treats. Welcome, thanks, and keep 'em coming.

--H