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Off the Wall Gala 2026

Name: Off the Wall Gala 2026
Start: 2026-10-17T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-17T21:30:00-04:00
Location: FRANK Gallery

October 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Steal the art before someone else does! For this one unforgettable night, you get to choose an original artwork valued at $450 or more, pluck it off the wall, and take it home. Enjoy an open bar, delicious food, and the thrill of the countdown in person, or participate virtually with delivered wine and appetizers. Join us at 6 pm on Saturday, October 17, for our 16th annual Gala supporting FRANK Gallery’s mission to enrich our community through art.

How does it work?

With the purchase of an Art Ticket, your name is entered into a pool with other art ticket holders. During the gala, the names of art ticket holders will be drawn at random (this is the fun part!) and read out loud by our emcee, local radio personality, Aaron Keck. Once called, you’ll have one minute to choose your favorite piece of art “off the wall” to take home. It gets exciting as you never know what piece will go next! This event will be hybrid, meaning we’ll offer a limited amount of in-person art and companion tickets, and some online virtual tickets! In-person guests will enjoy a full bar, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and light snacks. Online guests have the same chance to select art off the wall, but receive a tasty wine and cheese box to enjoy from the comfort of their home.

Silent Auction

In addition to the incredible artwork, this year’s Gala will feature an exciting and robust silent auction with an amazing selection of items, including gift cards to your favorite local businesses, fabulous vacation rentals, unique experiences, and more!

Login to our auction site, BiddingOwl, today! There’s something for everyone —and every bid helps support FRANK Gallery. The Silent Auction is now OPEN, happy bidding! Bidding ends October 17th at midnight.

VIRTUAL ACCESS

For Virtual Gala ticket holders only.

Get Zoom ready: If you don’t have Zoom installed on your device, go to https://zoom.us to download the Zoom app.

Check in from 6 pm to 6:30 pm on Saturday

Please orient yourself with the features and layout of Zoom, and use “chat” to ask us questions during the event, Feel free to call us at the gallery if you have questions before the event.

During the Gala

Keep yourself muted.

Then when your name is called for the Off The Wall drawing, turn on your camera and your mic.

Tell us the number of the art you are choosing, and the artist’s name.

Also, write your number selection on a piece of paper and hold it up to the camera so we can be sure we heard you correctly!

Donated Artworks

All of the artwork (donated by our generous artists!) is valued at or above the price of a ticket! Preview the works here or download the Gala program. Also, please visit the gallery the week before the Gala to get your printed program and see all the donated art hanging.

DOWNLOAD GALA PROGRAM

Alan Dehmer, Second Day, Gum bichromate photographic print, 31.5” x 30″ (framed)

Ali Givens, Untitled, textile collage, 24″ x 30″

Amy Deystone, The Mountains She Climbed, ceramic, 14″ x 18″ x 18″

Amy Deystone; Quiet Mind Dinner Set (includes 4 place settings with dinner plate, lunch/salad plate, bread/dessert plate and shallow bowl); Ceramic

Anita Wolfenden, Dawn, mixed media, 16″ x 20″

Barbara Tyroler, Hudson River Valley 3, framed photograph, 22″ x 14″

Barbara Tyroler; Richard, from the University of Maryland Pool Series; framed photograph, 16″ x 20″

Bill McAllister; Prayer for Peace, Angkor Wat; Photograph, 20″w x 24″h

Bill McAllister; Vineyard, Galacia; Photograph, 40″w x 16″h

Brent Arnold, Alleviation, encaustic on panel, 24″ x 36″

Carol Retsch-Bogart and Linda Prager; Indigo Vases with the Orange Dot; monoprint in oil; 17″ x 21″ and Ceramic Vessel – Stoneware, 8.5″ x 9″

Carol Retsch-Bogart, Growing by Inches; mixed media including Japanese textiles, collage, paint – framed; 24″ x 30″

Carol Retsch-Bogart, Street Life; mixed media with ink, paint, collage – framed; 24″ x 30″

Carroll Lassiter, December Sunset, oil on panel, 16″ x 20″

Carroll Lassiter, Late June Clouds, oil on panel, 16″ x 20″

Chris Boerner, Natural Edge Maple Bowl, Spalted Curly Maple Wood, 11″ x 6″

Clarke Munford, Burgundy Farmhouse at Dusk, oil on linen in custom floater frame, 9″ x 12″

Dan Gottlieb; Homage to Jasper, Alberta Canada; UV print and acrylic paint on panel, 34″ x 42″

Dan Gottlieb; Winds Blow Through the Day, NSW Australia; UV print and metallic acrylic paint on panel, 24″ x 36″

Donna Stubbs, Laugh Track; mixed media including acrylic, fabric, paper, image transfer, monoprint, charcoal, and pencil; 20″ x 20″

Donna Stubbs, Moon Jelly; mixed media on canvas, including acrylic, vintage wall coverings, 1940s children’s book pages, image transfer, marker, charcoal, and pencil; 24″ x 48″

Dorrie Casey, DIVINATION; Salvaged sheet copper, ground wire pigtails, sheet silver, copper sanding disc, lift from a kitchen canner, pieces of Archie’s childhood erector set, beads, vinyl washers; 23″ x 23″

Dorrie Casey, ILLUMINATION; discarded splines from LL Bean children’s furniture, found in a bag of kindling; wooden beads from old abacus, beads from the Durham Scrap Exchange, brass screws; 23″ x 23″

Elijah Kell, Sky & Stone (Elemental Echoes series), glass sculpture, 19″ x 4″

Eric Seritella, Fervent, Glass, 3.7″ x 6″ x 6″

Gordon Jameson, Deposition, Oil, 32″ x 36″

Gordon Jameson, Plush, Oil, 36″ x 36″

Jane Filer, untitled, paper mache, 10” x 8” x 5”

John Rosenthal, MoMA—Warhol’s “Double Elvis”, Archival Digital Print, Framed 31” x 24”

Karen Day, Echoes of Stone, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas paper, framed 18″ x 22”

Karen Day, Urban Eclipse, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 16″ x 16”

Katherine Armacost; Northern Lights; Oil on Panel; 12″ x 12″

Keith Allen; Holier Than Thou; oak, pine, maple, and milk paint; 21″ wide x 16.5″ deep x 25″ high

Keith Allen; Just as Holier Than Thou, But a Little Bigger; oak, pine, maple, and milk paint; 22.5″ wide x 18″ deep x 25″ high

Lah Boh, Ophelia, Oil painting on canvas, 49″ x 35″

Lew Graham, Gray Circles, Encaustic on board, 17.5″ x 17.5″ (framed)

Ley Killeya; Let the World Dream Otherwise; acrylic on canvas; 24″ x 24″

Ley Killeya; Saint, Trickster, Fool Divine; acrylic on canvas; 24″ x 24″

Lila Bacon, Thoughts of Ukraine, acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 30″

Linda Prager, As the Sun Sets, mixed media painting, 18″ x 18″

Linda Prager, Jewelry Quartet; rutilated quartz, 18″ sterling silver necklace; quartz, 19.5″ sterling silver necklace; rutilated quartz and silver earrings; smokey quartz and gold-filled earrings

Luna Lee Ray, Evaporation Cycle, Mixed Media on Panel, 36″ x 48″

Luna Lee Ray, Remus, Mixed media on panel, 18″ x 24″

Luna Lee Ray, Winter’s Tangle 2, Mixed Media on panel, 18″ x 24″

Marguerite Gignoux, Bloom; Hand-dyed silk organza, machine- and hand-stitched, mounted on a wooden stretcher; 40″ x 35″

Mary Lee Kerr, Lagom, ceramic, 29″h x 7.5″w x 7.5″d

Mary Lee Kerr, Sentinel, ceramic, 30.5″h x 6″w x 6″d

Michele Maynard, PINWHEEL QUILT no. 2, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”

Michele Maynard, PINWHEEL QUILT no. 3, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”

Mirinda Kossoff, Handmade chain with champagne topaz necklace; heavy handmade oxidized sterling chain with a sterling-set champagne topaz drop and toggle clasp, 16.5″ long

Natalia Adamson, Glowing Peaks at Colchuck Lake, Oil on Canvas, 22″ x 28″

Natalie Boorman, Celestial, Naked Raku fired clay, 11”w x 7”high

Natalie Boorman, Rendering Peace, Naked Raku fired clay, 12”w x 7”high

Nathan Kotecki, 2026:19, acrylic and graphite on wood panel, 16″ x 12″

Nerys Levy, Natural Forces #3, Acrylic ink and paint on paper, 30″ x 23″

Nerys Levy; October noon, Morgan Glen, Carrboro; Mixed media watercolor on paper, 17″ x 11″

Pearl Arnold, Crumpled #3, watercolor, 25″ x 37″

Peg Bachenheimer and Carol Retsch-Bogart collaboration, Urban Fragments, framed collage in encaustic wax, 18″ x 18″

Peg Bachenheimer, Along the Creek, oil on canvas, 24″ x 24″

Peg Bachenheimer, Misty Light, Acrylic on canvas framed, 48″ x 36″

Peg Bachenheimer, Rough Water, Encaustic on panel, 16″ x 20″ (framed)

Pete Sack, On becoming a ghost for the third time, Watercolor and oil on paper, 18″ x 15″

Peter Filene, One Another, Photocollage, 27″ x 20″

Peter Filene, Said and Done, Photocollage, 27″ x 20″

Phillip Welch; One Large Bird, Untitled; Dyed Figured Maple, 28” x 10″ x 8″

R. Scott Horner, Collision of Space, Acrylic on canvas, 40” x 30”

R. Scott Horner, Round the Bend, Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 18”

Rebecca McLaughlin Neigher; LBD (Little Black Dress); 14k gold necklace, teardrop pearl, faceted onyx beads, and 20k gold beads; 18″

Rose Warner, Morning Crossing; Threads, Paint, Canvas; 20″ x 24″

Sasha Bakaric; Diatom-Inspired Tiles, group of 6; stoneware clay, 15.5″ x 12″

Selden Lamoureux, Morganucodon First Eve, ceramic, 22″ x 4″ x 4″

Shelly Hehenberger and Luna Lee Ray collaboration; Inception, acrylic collage on wood, 30″ x 30″

Shelly Hehenberger and Luna Lee Ray collaboration; Microflora, acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 24″

Shelly Hehenberger and Luna Lee Ray collaboration; So this is how you swim inward, Mixed media, 28″ x 22″

Shelly Hehenberger, Green Novelty, Oil and cold wax medium on wood, 18″ x 18″

Shelly Hehenberger, Silver Echelon, oil and cold wax medium on wood, 36″ x 24″

Susan Finer, Science Fiction, acrylic on board, 40″ x 40″

Susan Finer, Sensitive Creatures 4, Fiber and Mixed Media, 24″ x 19″

Susan Paulsen, Farmhouse Oasis; Oil on Arches Oil Paper, mounted on hardboard; 9″ x 17″

Susan Paulsen, Tobacco Sheds II, Oil on cradled panel, 11″ x 14″

Tama Hochbaum, CORONA: Ultramarine/Violet, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 20″ x 20″

Theresa P-Tan, Life with P; Acrylic, Oil Pastel, and Collage on gallery-wrapped canvas; 30″ x 24″

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MASTERPIECE SPONSORS

Sue Hunter &
Chuck Garrison

COLLECTOR’S CIRCLE SPONSORS

PATRON’S CIRCLE SPONSORS

Bonnie Layman &
Gordon Jameson

Linda Prager &
Michael Parker

Richard & Carole Nussbaum

Karen Robinson & Richard Garner

Donation in memory of

Jo Anne Earp

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