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# Shhh! Artists’ work goes on the block By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/shhh-artists-work-goes-on-the-block-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2006-05-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:49:05.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Venice, #archive-import

VENICE — More than 500 emerging and established Southern California artists will donate original works of art and photography for the Venice Art Walk’s silent and live auctions, or will open the doors of their working studios to the public for tours from May 20-21.

The 27th annual Venice Art Walk and Auctions has expanded to two days raises funds for the Venice Family Clinic, the largest free clinic in the United States, and supports its work in providing medical care to uninsured individuals and families in Los Angeles County who would otherwise have no access to health care.

SATURDAY, MAY 20 ■ “Architecture as Art” Self-Driving Tours: Docents walk you through architecturally significant Venice homes along Ocean Front Walk. Begin at Westminster School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice Noon to 4 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person. ■ “Auction Party” live and silent art auctions: A Saturday night bash featuring 400 works by renowned LA-area artists, presided over by honorary co-chairs Will Ferrell and Viveca Paulin at Track 16 Gallery and Berman/Turner Projects in Santa Monica. Silent art auction: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Live art auction: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. Tickets are $50 in advance; $75 at the door Live and silent art auctions preview free to public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 21 ■ Venice Art Walk in Venice. The legendary Southern California art event continues with a photography auction, cuisine, studio tours and exhibits and live entertainment. Catch a shuttle or head out on foot to view special exhibits and the private studios of more than 60 artists. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. Studios and exhibitions open from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Begin at Westminster School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice Tickets are $50 per person Children 12 and under admitted free ■ This year for the first time the Venice Art Walk features an all new silent auction called “Focus on Photography,” with more than 130 pieces of fine art photography to bid on. A special exhibit “The House is Small, But the Welcome is Big,” will be featured. It is photographs by South African women living with HIV, a body of photography that gives a human face to the continuing global AIDS crisis and its impact on the lives of 15 HIV-infected mothers and children in Khayelitsha, an impoverished township in Cape Town. 11:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Westminster School. ■ Ceramics, cartoons and graphics silent art auctions: Featuring works by national artists. 11:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Westminster School ■ Deals and Steals silent auction: Travel getaways, restaurant certificates, jewelry collectibles, sports and entertainment tickets and more. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Westminster School ■ Food Faire: Westside restaurants dish out their own creative works 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Westminster School ■ Live jazz and entertainment: On the main stage Noon to 6 p.m. Westminster School Sunday tickets are $50 per person. Children under 12 admitted free.

The public may preview the ceramics, cartoon, graphics and photography silent art auction on Saturday, May 20, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Westminster School. All proceeds from the Venice Art Walk and auctions support Venice Family Clinic. Founded in 1970, the clinic provides services to 22,000 low-income, men, women, children, teens, and seniors living in Los Angeles County who lack private insurance.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 12, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/051206.pdf?ref=smdp.com)