Second Annual ARTy Party Showcase, Lottery, & Auction
The P站视频 University School of the Arts is hosting its Second Annual Arty Party & Auction to raise funds for the 鈥淓xcellence in the Arts鈥 Fund on Oct. 29, 2025. This fund has funded opportunities for research grants, student audition funds, and other scholarly needs. In our inaugural year, three dance productions and one music workshop were funded with the monies raised from the 2024 Arty Party.
The event includes a VIP Reception and Lottery: Showcase performance, silent auction, basket raffle, and major prize drawing that helps support the exceptional faculty and student body in their visual and performance research, as well as conference and audition attendance.
The School of the Arts thanks you for your participation from the bottom of our heARTS.
- A reception with open bar and butlered hors d鈥檕euvres
- Canvas tote
- Entered in the VIP art lottery
- Entrance to the showcase
- First 50 VIPs in attendance: A work of student art
- Access to the auction, major prize drawing, and the basket raffle
- Access to the auction, major prize drawing, and the basket raffle
- Lower lobby music performance
- Cash bar
- Entrance to the showcase
A 90-minute reception in the art gallery with hors d鈥檕euvres, wine, and beer, featuring a signature drink, is included in your ticket price. The works for the art lottery will be on display for your review. The basket raffle, the online silent auction, and major prize raffle will also be active. At 7:30 p.m., you will join other guests to enjoy a showcase of the emerging artists until 8:15 p.m., at which time we will draw the winners of the art lottery and the major prize. Basket and auction winners will be posted at their respective tables.
NEW THIS YEAR: The VIP ticket will include a customized Marine Canvas Tote with zipper as our thank-you gift. The first 50 VIPs in attendance will also receive a piece of student art.
VIP ticket gets you:
You will have access to the online auction, the basket raffle, and a cash bar. There will be a small ensemble from the Music Department performing in the lower lobby before the showcase. At 7:30 p.m., the showcase will start; after its conclusion, the major prize drawing will happen, and the basket and auction winners will be posted outside at their respective tables.
Showcase ticket gets you:
For every 10 VIP tickets sold, a piece of art will be given away to a VIP attendee. Does it get better than that? Yes 鈥 if you are a lottery winner, you will get to select the artwork from our gallery walls. So, spend some time looking at the reception, you could be a winner! If all VIP tickets are sold, there will be 10 opportunities to give away artworks. The number of lottery opportunities is based on the number of VIP tickets sold. So, invite your friends!
Check back soon to purchase VIP and showcase tickets!
Check back soon to view silent auction prizes online, before the day-of!
- VIP Reception with Open Bar and Butlered Hors D'oeuvres
- Silent Auction
- Basket Raffle
- Major Prize Drawing
- Clarinet Trio Performance
- Major Prize Drawn
- VIP Auction Lottery for Artworks
- Basket winners will be posted by the baskets
- Silent auction winners will be notified by the Online Auction app
| Time | Event | Details |
| 6 p.m. | Doors Open | 听 |
| 6:30 - 7:15 p.m. |
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Online fundraising available before the evening of the ARTy. |
| 7:30 - 8:15 p.m. | Performance by our Emerging Artists | Meanwhile in the gallery/silent auction items and winnings are finalized. |
| 8:15 - 8:30 p.m. |
Appreciations and Introductions |
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| 8:30 - 9 p.m. | Lottery Winner Selects Their Artworks | 听 |
| 9 p.m. | Doors Close | 听 |
The P站视频 School of the Arts houses the oldest major on the campus, Art Education, listed in the first catalog in 1926. It is also home to the D'Angelo Department of Music, Dance Department, and Theatre program, as well as Art, Design, and Communication majors. Our majors perform regularly in high-level productions of 颁辞辫辫茅濒颈补, Swan Lake, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Threepenny Opera, The Seagull, jazz ensemble, and various student performances. In the Art, Design, and Communication Department, students are engaged in art-making for shows in our Cummings Art Gallery and problem-solving for regional non-profits and businesses through design applications, such as logo development. In the 2025-26 school year, the School of the Arts will produce more than 74 performances/exhibitions.
