Big Muddy Art - Benefit Auction

We had a fun and successful auction. 145 people attended - more than 100 more than our last auction! Auctioneer John Harrison from the Callaway Livestock Auction led the bidding, and he rocked it!

All but two pieces met their minimum bid and most received as much or more than their retail value. That feels good for everyone.

We had fantastic food donated by Tellers, Addison's, Coley's, HyVee and several of our dear friends.

Thanks to the generous donations of our artist friends, we raised $8,000 for Missouri River Relief programs. Thank you to Orr Street Studios for donating the space, and for all the volunteers and art lovers that made it possible!

50% of proceeds went to the artists, with the rest supporting Missouri River Relief, although many artists donated all of their proceeds to MRR. 

We are grateful to our event partners for making this possible! 

• Our generous and talented artist friends for sharing their vision and making this possible.
• Orr Street Studios – for donating the space
• Columbia Art League – for helping us get the word out
• Diana Papoulias, Anne Jacobson and Elena Vega – our wonderful committee