Hello everyone. I wanted to let you know that I curated a very compelling auction this Oct 9, entitled Belonging: The Art of American Fraternal Societies. Check out the catalog. The main image above gives you a good, quick view of some of the items and long press release is available here. BTW David Byrne is a fan! He wrote a foreword for a book co-written by the main contributor to the auction and collects this material!

We are having a reception with Lisa Stone as guest speaker two days before the auction - Tuesday, Oct 7 from 6 - 8 PM, with talk at 7PM. She is an art star and is a big fan of this material and has collected for years. She restored a lodge many years ago and used to take students on an art tour of eccentric Wisconsin where the lodge resides. RSVP if you can with [email protected]. Hope to see you bidding during the auction on Thursday, Oct 9 starting at 10 am CDT! This is a cool auction! Take a look!