Second Fox Theatre benefit art auction next week

Outstanding artists from the Golden Plains of America are making their creations available for auction as a benefit for the historic Fox Theatre of McCook, Nebraska.

The second Fox Theatre Benefit Art Show & Auction will take place Saturday night, April 14, on the stage of the Fox, which is beginning its 85th year as a show place for the visual and performing arts,

"The art auction is the theatre's major fundraiser," said Lloyd Benjamin, the president of the Fox's governing board. Known as The Alliance for the Encouragement of Visual and Performing Arts, the organization needs to raise more than a million dollars for the complete restoration of the historic theatre.

"The art auction provides a big boost for us in our capital campaign," Benjamin said.

The art creations of painters, photographers and sculptors from Southwest Nebraska are the major focus of the benefit art show and auction, but the quality of the event has attracted contributions from artists who now live in other states and collectors who live in McCook but have acquired paintings from around the world.

The complete list of art auction offerings follows:

2012 Fox Benefit Art Show & Auction

FEATURED ARTISTS

1. JOHN ANDERSON, McCook, artistic ropery, "Rope Basket."

2. JUDY ANDERSON, McCook, jewelry creations, "Turquoise & Pewter."

3. JANET BAMESBERGER: Indianola, handmade quilt, "Husker Quilt."

4. MARY BENNETT: McCook, oil painting, "Chimney Rock."

5. JOHN CLESSON: McCook, stained glass fabrication, "Clematis Wreath."

6. KAY CLESSON: McCook, oil painting, "Poppies."

7. BILL COE, Stratton, topographic photography, "Tree and Mill."

8. SARAH CRAW, Omaha, oil painting, "Full of Hot Air."

9. JEREMY DANIELS, Hastings, pastel painting, "Marsh Moon."

10. DON DERNOVICH, Culbertson, oil painting, "He Who Speaks."

11. EMILY GESCHWENTNER: McCook, mixed media, "Planted: Jeremiah 17:7-8."

12. GARY GINTHER: Cambridge, bronze sculpture, "Thunder."

13. DEB GOODENBERGER: McCook, pastel painting, "Summer Sky."

14. CASSANDRA HARRISON: England, textile depiction, "Fox Theatre."

15. BRADY HESS, Omaha, color photography, "Country Roads."

16. RICK JOHNSON, McCook, watercolor painting, "The Old Farm House."

17. ANNE KENNEDY, McCook, pastel painting, "Running Waters."

18. CONNIE KLECKNER: McCook, acrylic painting, "The River in Winter."

19. BILL LONGNECKER: McCook, oil painting, "Nebraska Sunset."

20. MICHELLE LYTLE: McCook, pencil drawing, "Wrinkled & Worn."

21. FRANCINE MARTIN: McCook, stained glass, "Rennie Rose."

22. TOR OLSON: McCook, landscape photography, "Ending a Day on M Hill."

23. HENRI PETER, Lausanne, Switzerland, oil painting, Title Unknown.

24. RITA DOYLE ROBERTS: Monte Vista, Colorado, oil painting, "Side Door."

25. JACK STEVENS, McCook, artistic photography, "Maroon Bells near Aspen."

26. NORMA STEVENS, McCook, watercolor painting, "Menagerie of Reds."

27. RAY WALTER, McCook, artistic photography,"After the Storm."

28. VICTORIA WETSCH, Billings, Montana, stained glass creation,

"Clematis Wreath."

29. CHARLES ZELLER: Bartley, leather and bent wood, "Boot Jack."