Auction at Brick Church

LOVELL —  Monday, August 6, 13 regional artists in various media have generously donated original art works built around carved wooden duck heads, to be auctioned to benefit the Belfry Fund of the Brick Church for the Performing Arts.

There will be music by Birds on a Wire, stories, a duck joke competition, cheese and quackers (sorry), auctioneering by the talented David Neufeld – and some lovely art, on sale to the highest bidders.

A wide variety of duck-themed art will be on the block, from beautiful settings of ducks in a silvery marsh created by metal artist Rod Blood and painter Pat Thurston, to a unique quilted duck by fabric artist Martha Goldsmith, to Jonathan Crowe’s faux-Egyptian bas-relief carving of a duck "god."

The event will be lighthearted, but its purpose is serious. To complete the restoration of the historic Brick Church building, the belfry must be rebuilt this fall – and fundraising is crucial. The Art Duck-o Auction is the second benefit event toward this important goal.

The auction begins at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, August 6, at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts on Christian Hill Road in Lovell Village. Admission to the auction evening is free. Please come and bring friends to make this urgent and delightful occasion a success.