Oakwood Arts

ABOUT THIS YEAR’S EVENT

Oakwood Arts’ SOLSTICE auction and event has become a Richmond tradition, officially welcoming summer with a celebration of a diverse group of internationally-recognized and local artists. SOLSTICE serves as our organization’s most significant fundraising event of the year, as well as a way to gather and thank our wonderful community of donors, sponsors, artists, mentors, and community members. 

In order to respect COVID protocols and keep our community safe, SOLSTICE IV offered our guests the opportunity to gather safely at a lively outdoor event at a beautiful private home in historic Shockoe Slip. SOLSTICE IV included an outdoor, ground-level cocktail hour with music and light hors d’oeuvres, culminating in a live rooftop auction of exceptional works by a diverse group of artists (as well as some surprise items up for bid!).

Solstice 2021 Artwork

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Special curated box/experience: Valerie Cassel Oliver's The Dirty South

This experience featured a guided tour for five with curator Valerie Cassel Oliver of The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts as well as a private dinner with Cassel Oliver and five guests at Laura Lee's with guest chef Tiara Smith, the founder and creator of THE DROP OFF CHEF. To remember this experience and dive deeper into the exhibition’s themes, the winner will also go home with a box of items curated by Cassel Oliver that represent The Dirty South and some of its inspirations.

Valerie’s Box Included:

• Catalog of the Dirty South Exhibition

• Kayne West’s “Feel like Pablo” bobblehead

• Sister Gertrude Morgan CD

• Book: Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music by Amiri Baraka

• Book: Hanging Tree Guitars by Freeman Vines

• A Howlin’ Wolf Album

• Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, and Soul coffee mug

• Bearden Puzzle

• Bisa Butler catalog

• Sanford Biggers catalog

Hors d'oeuvres & wine provided bY

Thank you to our sponsors and supporterS

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Bambi & Scott Kelley · Blooms from The Jefferson · Chef Adam Campbell · Andrew Campbell · Designs by Ron · DJ Mikemetic, Ashby Nickerson · Tom Papa · Gordon Stettinius · Jason Tesauro · Daniel White · Ric Withers
and to all those who volunteered!