OUT OF THE BOX

What happens when you ask 26 artists to take a simple wooden box and use it within a piece of artwork?
They look at it creatively and adapt it to their unique style,
they incorporate it, cut it, build on it, build in it.

You get 26 unique objects d’art.

Participating Artists

Silent Auction Artworks (ALL ARTWORKS HAVE SOLD)

Aaron Haba "No Words" Materials: Cedar, casting resin and box Value: $1000

Andy Behrle "wavelengths" Materials: wood, found objects, electronics, digital video Value:$500

Casey Curran "Blush" Materials: wood, acrylic, brass Value: $700.00

Dan Loewenstein “Ex-box” Materials: Wood box Value: $500

Dan Loewenstein “Fingers Nails - 2 pints each (SKU# 165-921)” Materials: Mixed media (jars, cold old artist fingers, rusty nails). Value: $600

Gerri Sayler "Pandora's Hope" Materials: de-meshed aluminum fibers, two upholstery tacks Value: $400 Pandora's Hope was created as part of the artist's residency January through December this year at the University of Idaho Prichard Art Gallery. There, she explored the tactile properties of black aluminum mesh to create DARK MATTER, a solo exhibit of multiple installations and small sculpture (Oct. 26—Dec. 23). Of particular interest to her is the material's potential for drawing light from darkness and generating shadows.

June Sekiguchi “The Curio Cabinet” Materials: scroll cut MDF. Value: $500

Maura Donegan "Journey" Materials: Tulle, rayon thread and wood. Value: $500

Markel Uriu “Cyprinus carpio (Dissected)” Materials: common carp drawing (pencil on paper), insect pins, shadowbox Value: $450

Ruth Marie Tomlinson “Preserve” Materials: wax, twigs, brick Value: $590.85 (Two Dot, MT zipcode)

W. Scott Trimble "Sticks in a Stack: Study #1” Material: Wood Value: $750

Suzanne Tidwell “Standard Color Variant” Materials: Yarn Value: $550

Tom Gormally “Fox Hole” Materials: Carved and fabricated wood, stain, paint, flock, and metal screening Value: $950

Alexander Keyes “The zoology attributable to dreams is considerably more modest than that attributable to God.” Materials: Baseball bat, alarm clock, nighttime stories, 12 feet of rope, bronze cast crab, knit hat, metal lamp, inkjet print. Value: $500

Carol Milne "Swatch" Materials: glass: kiln cast lead crystal knitting, borosilicate flameworked needles Value: $1000

Cathy McClure “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Blue Toes, Let’s Play, I Love You, Goodbye!” Dimensions: 19” x 21” x 10” Materials: Eviscerated toys, sound, batteries Value: $750

Connie Sabo “Stack” Materials: wood, newspaper Value: $650

Julia Freeman “Hello, my name is Anita Hill. Hello, my name is Dr. Christine Ford Blasey” Carved 3-D sound waves created from recordings of the first sentences spoken in testimonies by Anita Hill (October 11, 1997) and Dr. Ford Blasey (September 27, 2018). Materials: Glow-in-the-dark Sculply, custom velvet pillow and wood box. Value: $750.00

Katie Miller “Reflection #2” Medium: Hand cut paper, antique mirror, wood Value: $700

Noble Neon: Lia Hall and Cedar Mannon “20 Eyes” Materials: Mirrored acrylic, Stained glass, Argon Value: $750

Mary Coss “Eclipse” Materials: wood, steel wire, light, paper, lexan Value: $500

Paul D. McKee “Adornments” Materials: Paint, found object, recycled fabric, vinyl, industrial flocking, 2-part plastic and wood. Value: $600

Teresa Getty and Jeremy Wineberg “here in multiple happy endings” Materials: acrylic and restructured plexi and vinyl remnants from the Method Gallery exhibition: “here” Value: $500

Todd Jannausch “Time Keeper” Medium: Plywood Box, Glass Jar, Time Value: $700

Damien Davis Jungle (Blackamoors Collage #210) Materials: laser cut plexiglass, stainless steel hardware and wood. Value: $500

Out of the Box A METHOD Gallery Silent Auction Fundraiser