You are cordially invited to attend

The 10th Annual t r a n s f o r m e r

Silent Auction & Benefit Party

Friday, November 15, 2013, 8-11pm

Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th Street, NW

Featuring over 200 artworks by locally, nationally, and internationally based
emerging & established artists

Savories, sweets, and drinks provided by several of Washington DC’s finest restaurants.

Music by DJs Yellow Fever, DJ Natty Boom, + special guests

Attendance is $150 if purchased on or before November 1
$175 after November 1

Advance Ticket Purchase is Required

Silent Auction bidding will take place from 8 – 9:30pm

Auction sales will be announced starting at 9:45pm

Cash, Check, Visa, Mastercard, and AMEX payment will be accepted for all artwork purchases

All artwork will need to be picked up at Transformer or delivered by HMB post-Auction

Auction proceeds benefit t r a n s f o r m e r programs

Valet Parking will be available

Many thanks to our Diplomatic Chair, The Ambassador of Colombia,

His Excellency Carlos Urrutia

AUCTION HOST COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Ami Aronson, Shigeko Bork, Connie Carter, Kate Damon, Andrea Evers, Carole Feld, Izette Folger, Debroah Kalkstein, Janice Kim, Grace Koh, Ann Luskey, Allison Marvin, Pilar O'Leary, Dana Rooney

AUCTION HOST COMMITTEE (as of 10.31.13)

Platinum (Members of Transformer’s Visionary Leaders’ Circle)
James Alefantis, Brian Baker - Bad Religion, Shigeko & Tim Bork, Katherine Bradley, Matthew Thompson & Gerry Coates, Kate Damon - kaze design, Chris Dorobek - DorobekInsider.com, Izette & Neil Folger, John Olson & Tom Kim, Ann Luskey, Beth Wehrle & Matthew Miller, Pilar & Bill O'Leary, Matt Voorhees - Anybill

Gold
Andrea Evers & Brian Aitken, Susan Alefantis, Marion C. Blakey, Susan & Fred Bollerer, Carole Feld & David C. Levy, Mirella & Dani Levinas, Pilar & Bill O'Leary, Janice Kim & Anthony Otten, M. Cameron Shosh - Century 21 Redwood Realty

Silver
Jana Abel - J. Abel Interiors, LTD., Sylvia Ripley & Christopher - Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Deborah Kalkstein & Carlos Bachrach, Alison & Tom Cassels, Bitsey Folger, Susan Joseph & Ken Gallo, Dale A. Mott & Ken P. Hyle, Lorie Peters, Irene Roth, Jane Stetson, David Hatfield & Sidney Stolz, Margaret Heiner & Oliver Tostmann

Bronze
Carolyn S. Alper, Sharon Asbill, Cornelius Baker, Annie Lou Berman, David Brock, Susan & Dixon Butler, Kevin O. Ward & Thomas L. Callhan II, Louis Cardenas, Connie Carter, Greg Albright & Wes Combs, Yvette Rivera & G. Allen Dale, Kay Kendall & Jack Davies, Praveen Fernandes, Nancy Meakem & Arkadi Gerney, Tara & Steve Goldenberg, Gigi Hafizi, MD, Bill Wallace & Thom Haller, Mia Guizzetti Hayes & Peters Hayes, Robert Heggestad, Heather Urban Holtzman, Fred Hubig - LuxuryDC, Maria Hutcheson, Andrea Kirstein, Julia Eisman & Brian Komar, Jason Levergood, Kathlene Collins & David Lowenstein, Lydia & Scott Logan, Allison & Chris Marvin, Semi Nasseri, Ilyse Hogue & John Neffinger, Trent Nichols, Sarah Tanguy & Lucian Perkins, Joe Rodota - Forward Observer, Inc., Marnie & Howard Owens, Peter Pappas, Dana & Tim Rooney - All Around Technology, Judith Penski & Robin Rose, Molly Ruppert, Robert Harris & Scott Sabiston, Paul Sherrill, Paul So - Hamiltonian Artists, José Solís Betancourt, Jessica Springsteen, Steve Stuart, Daren Thomas, Grach Koh & Luca Tortorelli, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Trager, Marc Albert & Stephen Tschida, Septime Webre, Brian Wolff

SPONSORS (as of 10.31.13)

Optimus Prime
Bernstein Family Foundation
Buck’s Fishing & Camping
Comet Ping Pong
DC Magazine
kaze design
S&R Foundation

Elita One
Altria
Design Cuisine
EDENS
HMB Art Transfer
RJ Whyte Event Production
Wine Traditions, Ltd.

Ultra Magnus
The Bonner Group
FURTHERMORE
JBG
Rippeteau Architects, PC
Think Make Build
VeeV

Alpha Trion
Alhar Enterprises
Evers & Co. Real Estate Inc.
FitzGibbon Media
HapstakDemetriou+
J.P. Morgan

RESTAURANT SPONSORS (as of 10.29.13)
American Ice Company
Bistrot Lepic & Wine Bar
Buck's Fishing & Camping
Cava Mezze
Chef Geoff's
Chez Billy
Chix
Comet Ping Pong
Edward Marc Chocolatier
Estadio
Founding Farmers
Fresh Crunch Pickles
The Hamilton
Izakaya Seki
Kushi
L'Enfant Cafe
Maketto
Marvin
Paisley Fig
RedRocks
Room 11
RSVP Catering
Spilled Milk Catering
Toki Underground
Very Good Cupcakes
Zaytinya

Please visit transformerdc.org for updates on participating artists and other Auction details.

Images of selected works from the 2013 Auction (l. to r.): William A.
Newman, Honeybee on Our Space, 2013; Mariah Anne Johnson, Pattern
Study 2, 2012; Francis Michael Terzano, Lindsay, 2010; Jae Ko, Yellow,
2012; Caitlin Teal Price, RA-Print-26, 2009; John Bohl, Nail, 2012.