It's Bidding Time @dirtyfranksbar

Fix yourself a cocktail — ROSE CHENEY, a painter brand-new to our space, has already mixed one in oils — and head over to @dirtyfranksbar **ON INSTAGRAM** because it’s time to start bidding on the first 15 contributed works among 75 total that we will offer for this first-ever SAVE DIRTY FRANK’S / SAVE THE WORLD art auction. And keep coming back through this Sunday at 7 PM, when our event, so vital to our survival as a bar and a gallery, concludes. The need for return visits are four additional rounds of artwork — scheduled for 9 PM tonight, 1 PM and 7 PM tomorrow and 1 PM Sunday. Each will have exciting new artists and works in a wide range of media. The common thread is that these 63 artists are sustaining us with their great generosity. So if there's a drink in your hand right now, CHEERS to our saviors!

ROSE CHENEY
“My Quarantini”
oil on canvas
8x8
starting minimum bid: 30.

All Eyes in Dirty Frank's...Starting at 5 PM Friday

We are inside of 24 hours to our first-ever SAVE DIRTY FRANK’S / SAVE THE WORLD auction, a benefit aimed at keeping our doors open (after an upcoming winter hiatus) and keeping our community together. Using the bar’s Instagram (@dirtyfranksbar) as a platform, we will offer 75 CONTRIBUTED WORKS in five distinct but overlapping rounds of artwork, beginning TOMORROW, Friday, January 15, at 5 PM. Bidding on all 75 will continue for the full 50 HOURS of the event, through Sunday, January 17, at 7 PM. Among the first eye-catching pieces available will be this original, hand-drawn illustration from the amazing NATALIE HOPE MCDONALD, which captures a street view of Dirty Frank’s and much of our iconic mural. One thing sets this apart from many other entries in the NHM oeuvre: the artist is offering this as a ONE-OF-A-KIND work. She will not redraw this illustration so it’s truly unique. Just like the beloved watering hole many of us call a second home. See you at the auction!

NATALIE HOPE MCDONALD
“Frank’s 2021”
unique hand-drawn illustration
starting minimum bid: 150.
available for bidding from 5 PM 1/15 to 7 PM 1/17