Welcome to Let’s Get Free’s first online auction.
The auction opens at 6 pm on November 19th and ends midnight on December 10th. You can place a bid on your smart phone or at a computer or tablet in the gallery or at home anytime
How it Works:
- Find the piece you want to bid on and click bid. Keep the title and number at hand. You can search at the bottom of the website if needed.
- Create an account by entering name, email and phone #
- You must bid at least $5 more than the last bid.
- You will receive emails if someone outbids you.
- Final bid received by midnight on December 10th wins piece.
- A Let’s Get Free volunteer will follow up with you by email/phone to coordinate payment and pick up of your winning piece.
- You can pay in cash on pick up or digitally through venmo: @lets-getfree cashapp:$letsgetfreePGH or send money to a friend on Paypal for no service fee -> letsgetfreepa@gmail.com or Click the Donate button on LGF’s site.
- Art Pick Up is on Sunday December 19 between 12 and 3 at the Brew House 711 21st Street. If this time doesn’t work for you we can make other arrangements.
Questions or for more info contact:
auctionlgf@gmail.com
All money raised goes directly to
Let’s Get Free: The Women & Trans Prisoner Defense Committee
The titles are linked to artists statements and more info about the pieces. The starting bid prices are linked to the auction page for the piece.
Artists in Solidarity
Left Red Brick Wall
Prices listed are the starting bid.
1. What They Say What They Said (cop) by DS Kinsel, Screenprint – $150
2. What They Say What They Said (Hoody) by DS Kinsel, Screenprint – $150
3. Seeds for Sharing by Leif Sudorn, Quilt – $100
4. The Power of Nature by Jane Hein, Stainglass – $100
5. Momento Mori by Harriet Steinbrock Smith, screenprinted textiles – $60
6. I Lift You Up by Ginger Brooks Takahashi, embroidery on paper – $60
8. Fear/Security by Josh Macphee, Screenprint – $50
9. Incarceration by Alexander Sutlic, Sculpture – $40
10. Free Ahed by Julie Mallis, Digital Print – $65
Left Back White Wall
11. Futuros Fugaces: Armory Chinampas by Fernando MartÍ, Digital Print- $60
12. Honey I’m Home by Jess X, Screenprint – $50
13. Mass Incarceration is a Labor Issue by Meredith Stern,
2 color Reduction Linoleum Block Print, $80
14. O WIND TAKE ME TO MY COUNTRY by Jess X, Relief Print – Letter Press – $80
15. Carpenter Cats by Meredith Stern, 9 color Reduction Linoleum Block Print – $100
16. Peonies by Kristine Virsis, Screenprint of a papercut – $70
17. Armillaria by Roger Peat, Relief Print Letter Press – $50
18. Futuros Fugaces: Bicis Ball Court by Fernando MartÍ, Digital Print- $60
19. Libertad para todxs (Freedom for everyone) by Andrea Narno,
Linocuts over repurposed fabrics, sewing – $100
20. Gratitude for Every Breath by Sarah Farahat, Screenprint – $30
21. Geometry of the Heart by Melanie Cervantes, Screenprint – $35
22. Untitled by Maybe Sadeghi, gouache on paper – $40
23. Movie Night by Maybe Sadeghi, gouache on paper – $50
Left Floating Wall
24. Empty Pedestals: Robert E. Lee, New Orleans, Louisiana by Shaun Slifer,
Marker & ink on paper – $40
25. Empty Pedestals: Christopher Columbus, PGH, Pennsylvania by Shaun Slifer,
Marker & ink on paper – $40
26. Empty Pedestals: Dick Dowling, Houston, Texas by Shaun Slifer, Marker & ink on paper – $40
27. Rooting (from Glissant) by Christine Lorenz, Mixed media (graphite, acrylic, mylar and collage) – $25
28. Getting Free by Sista2Sista & Naomi’s Project Collab (mixed media) – $40
29. The Eidolon Palm by M Raven, acrylic on canvas – $30
30. Futuros Fugaces- Saúco y Manzanilla by Fernando MartÍ, Digital Print- $60
31. Prayer Hands by Jessie Nixon Alexander – colored pencils – NFS
32. Lineal Apparitions by M Raven, acrylic on canvas – $30
33. Freedom of Breath by M. McCubbins, collage – $20
34. Humanity II by John Boudreau, acrylic paint on canvas – $30
35. Despite Yearning for More by Anita Arguello, photograph – $25
36. See Me by Leslie Stem, colored pens – $25
37. Together by Leslie Stem, colored pens – $25
38. Feel Me by Leslie Stem, colored pens – $25
39. Homegrown by Sue Abramson, salt print – $45
40. Roots of Solidarity, Branches of Love by Lulu Obaditch,
acrylic on canvas board – $35
41. Keeping the Heart Soft by Kendra Russo,
wet felted wool with eco print design – $35
42.We Persevere When We Get Stuck by Meredith stern,
Relief Print, one color linoleum print – $60
43. Layering Wishes by Hanna du Plessis, Watercolor and ink – $30
44. Attack of the Internal Destructor by Tricia Burmeister,
Acrylic & collage on Canvas – $40
45. Move at the Speed of Trust by Devon Cohen, Papercut – $75
46. Tears of Restoration by Alex Abramson, hand drawn sketch digitally edited in photoshop – $50
47. Freedom is a Practice by Noam Keim, acrylic on wood – $75
Artists in Prison
Center Floating Wall
48. Heart bloom by Nichole “Pariah” Hollingsworth, Acrylic on canvas – $60
49. Empathy is the Seed by Latosha Gross, Cross Stitch – $30
50. Empathy by Darrell Van Mastrigt – Acrylic on Canvas – $75
51. Grandma’s Hair by Dominic Newsome – brown, white and black ink pens – $75
52. Live Like… by Betty Heron, Cross Stitch – $40
53. Agave by Brian Hindson, Acrylic on canvas board – $40
54. Kindred Souls by Duane Montney, Acrylic with charcoal – $100
55. Love Each Other by Mark Loughney, ink, colored pencil – NFS
56. It Requires All of Us by Mark Loughney, ink – $45
Right Floating Wall
57. Love Grows by Amy Pencille, Cross Stitch – $30
58. Seasons by Amanda Hein, Embroidery on hanky – $40
59. Regret by Todd “Hyung-Rae” Tarselli, Painting w/ instant coffee, white pencil on paper bag – $300
60. Empathy the Good Mother by James Boyd, Watercolor – $45
61. Harmony by Marilyn Dobrolenski, Acrylic on Canvas board – $60
62. Solidarity by Jessica Strohl, acrylic on paper – $25
63. Empathy is the Seed by Jessica Strohl, acrylic on paper – $25
64. Hope as Ephemerality by Shane Daly,
Colored pencil on black drawing paper – $45
65. “Editha Dorothea” Life after FSL by Marius Mason, Watercolor – $25
66. Jessica by Marius Mason, Watercolor – $25
67. Ashley by Marius Mason, Watercolor – $25
68. Kay Kay by Marius Mason, Watercolor – $25
69. Power of the People by Sara Richardson – $30
70. Compassion by Louisa Reyes, pencil – $15
71. Solidarity Builds Change by Charmaine Pfender – Colored Pencil – NFS
71 a. Truth is the Water by Marsha Scaggs, Cross Stitch – $25
72 .We Bloom Together by Natasha Stover, Acrylic – $20
73. Solidarity is the Bloomage by Marsha Scaggs, Cross Stitch – $25
74. Truth by Darrell Van Mastrigt, Acrylic on canvas – $25
75. Black Lives Matter by Todd “Hyung-Rae” Tarselli – $30
76. Every Sentence comes to an end by Gary Farlow, color pencil – $25
Pedestals on Right
77. Salvageable by Zhi Kai – inquire if interested
78. Transformation Zhi Kai- inquire if interested
79. Wishing Wells Bruce Bainbridge, Popsicle Sticks, paint, glue, thread, paper – $25
80. Fragmendedsymmetry by Maksim “Max” Illarionov, Paper and ballpoint pent – $20
Right White Brick Wall
81. Primal Pump (top) Elena House-Hay, acrylic on paper – $50
82. Primal Pump (bottom), acrylic on paper – $50
83. We as a Society by Jurijus Kadamovas, Graphite, acrylic, colored pencil, and pieces of stucco from crumbled death row wall – $40
84. Our Kind of Society by Jurijus Kadamovas, Graphite, acrylic, colored pencil, and pieces of stucco from crumbled death row wall – $40
85. Universal Wings by Kevin Dowling, Acrylic on Canvas – $40
86. Rising Truth by Kevin Dowling, Acrylic on Canvas – $40
87. Tranzending by Kal – El, acrylic – $75
88. Plant a Seed and Watch It Grow by Denise Crump, acrylic painting – $25
89. Don’t Judge Me by John Zenc, Marker on paper – $25
90. Color Fancy #1 by John Zenc, Marker on paper – $25
Let’s Get Free’s Collection (not for sale)
Right Back Wall and Back of Center Floating Wall
(This collection can be borrowed for public display)
91. Sheena King by Chris St. Pierre, acrylic on canvas – 2020
92. Redemption by Jenn Gooch, 10 foot Hand Woven tapestry made with 30 letters – 2018
93. Deer by Todd “Hyung-Rae” Tarselli, Digital print of acrylic painting on leaf – 2017
94. Still Hoping (For that ‘Wake Up Free’) by Darrell Van Mastrigt, acrylic on canvas board – 2020
95. What We Lose by Elena House-Hay, watercolor – 2020
96. Life Sentence by Augusto Gallardo, pencil – 2005
97. The Key, Todd “Hyung-Rae” Tarselli, Pastel on Black Paper – 2020
98. Solitary by Todd “Hyung-Rae” Tarselli, Instant coffee on a paper bag- 2020
99. This Life is Killing Me by Duane Montney, Pencil and Ink – 2020