Empty BOX 2022: Boombox

The Empty BOX: Boombox
WHEN: Saturday, May 7th, 2022, 7 - 10PM
Silent auction closes 9PM
Raffle drawing 9PM

BOX 13’s annual exhibition and fundraiser comes back this year on Saturday May 7th, 2022, as the Empty BOX: Boombox. We are celebrating our 14th year by bringing back the 80’s with good beats, scrunchies, and our best dance moves.

BOX 13 remains one of the only 100% volunteer, artist-run spaces in Houston. Currently we provide affordable studio spaces to 17 local artists, and this season we are scheduled to exhibit solo, group, and curated exhibitions in our 4 gallery spaces for over 30 artists that come to us from across the country. At BOX 13 we are a community that supports one another and our practices – both artistic and professional. We rely on the group as a whole to maintain the space, programs, and execute exhibitions in order to continuously further our mission – to promote the creation and advancement of experimental contemporary art in Houston.

In order to support these initiatives and many more, each year we hold our exhibition and fundraiser, the Empty BOX! The fundraiser exists in two parts. We have the Silent Auction, which is an excellent way to add work from outstanding local, national, and international artists to your collection. We also have our Poor man’s Raffle, offering the chance to win work by current Box 13 Resident Artists. Additionally, donations can be made to the fundraiser by clicking here

Attend the Empty BOX!
We’ve got more than 17 Member Artists in the building, and we know how to throw a party. Live music, cool decor, light bites, and a bar!

Bid on artwork!
Every year we put together a selection of local, national, and international artists. The starting bids are always very reasonable and bidding wars are fun!

Sponsor the Empty BOX!
Sponsorship is crucial to the success of the event, plus you’ll get all kinds of cool perks like handmade items, custom art, swag bags, and guided tours. Not to mention your name will live in infamy on our website (if you want it to, of course). See further details about different sponsorship levels and their perks below.

Donate!
Donate using the button below!

$50 I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Friend
Listing as a sponsor on our website, hand made fabric chain.

$100 Pour Some Sugar on Me
Sponsor
Listing as a sponsor on our website, hand made fabric chain, custom artist postcard.

$250 Eye of The Tiger
Champion
Listing as a sponsor on our website, hand made fabric chain, custom artist postcard, guided studio tour with our Resident Artists.

$500 Take On Me
Art Crowd
Listing as a sponsor on our website, hand made fabric chain, custom artist postcard, guided studio tour with our Resident Artists, 2 swag bags.

$1000 Don’t Stop Believing
Patron
Listing as a sponsor on our website, hand made fabric chain, custom artist postcard, guided studio tour with our Resident Artists, 4 swag bags, private tour of our July round of exhibitions.

Don’t Stop Believing

Take On Me
Amy Dinn

Eye of the Tiger
Carl Holmgren
Lucy VanMeter
Shelly Ware

Pour Some Sugar on Me
Kimberly DePugh
Dan Graur
Hooks-Epstein Galleries
Daniela Koontz
Pepper Paratore
Marc Schindler
Hugo de la Rosa Jimenez

I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Claire Ankenman
Felix Balder
Diana Estrada
Laura Mathus
Karen Olds
Caroline Reeder

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