The Baths Auction is seeking a number of works for a three day charity event taking place inside the historic Govanhill Baths from March 17th – 19th, 2011.
Proceeds of the auction will support the Govanhill Baths Community Trust and its campaign to restore the building to public use. Artists will have the option of a full (100% of proceeds to charity) or partial (50% to charity 50% back to artist) donation of their works.

Auction Format

The auction will take place in two parts: first, a three day exhibition and silent auction, and secondly, a live auction on the evening of the 19th. All accepted works will be for sale in the silent auction with a starting bid of £20. All following bids must be made in £10 increments or more. Fully donated works (100% to charity) will be marked as such at the exhibition. A selection of the most sought after works from the silent auction will move on to the live auction to be sold alongside works from invited well-established artists.

Eligibility

In accordance with the Govanhill Baths Community Trust‘s primary aims of benefiting the local area, one third of exhibited work at the Bath’s auction will be selected from applicants within the Govanhill community. The remaining two thirds are open to all artists working in any auctionable media. All accepted work must be delivered to the Govanhill Baths Community Trust office by March 1st and be ready to display upon delivery.

How to apply

All applications must be submitted via e-mail to artatbaths@gmail.com and must include the following:
*your name and contact information. Please also include a note as to whether you are a member of the Govanhill community or not. If so, please briefly tell us in what way.
*images (.jpgs under 1MB each) of up to 5 works.

• title of work(s), media, dimensions, year, file name of corresponding image, and whether you wish to fully donate the piece or make a partial donation.
• maximum 250 word c.v. or bio.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications in February. An online catalog of accepted works will be created shortly after notification.

More information can be found at www.bathsauction.com

The campaign

“March is the 10th Anniversary of the campaign to re-open the Baths and the auction is part of a programme of activities to raise funds and awareness about the Govanhill Baths campaign. It is an important time for the campaign as we are close to negotiating funds and access to the building which will allow us to initiate a phase one project to move our offices into the building and start running some activities, some of which will be art related. In subsequent phases we will be opening up other areas of the Baths for use by the community as a social, health, creative, recreational and overall wellbeing space. The ultimate objective remains to open the whole building including the three pools but given the current financial climate a phased approach is more realistic.”

More information at www.govanhillbaths.com