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OCTC Art Auction

Friday, April 11, 2025, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, OCTC Downtown Campus, Room 8.

by Hailey Ballard

Owensboro, KY (04/02/2025) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is excited to announce an upcoming Art Auction on Friday, April 11, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the OCTC Downtown Campus, Room 8. This event will raise funds to support the Associate in Fine Arts - Visual Arts (AFA-VA) program, with a focus on providing scholarships for students enrolled in the program.

The auction will feature artworks donated by the owner of Studio 105, following the studio's recent closure. These exclusive pieces will be available for bidding in a live auction, while prints will be available in a silent auction.

Guests will enjoy an evening with hors d'oeuvres and wine refreshments served throughout the event. The schedule includes a social and preview hour from 5:00 to 6:00 PM, featuring live music, a fiddle and guitar duet by Scott Napier and Mackenzie Bell, followed by the live and silent auctions from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

"We are so grateful to Jamie Dewitt at Studio 105 for generously donating this diverse collection of valuable original artwork. This event is an exciting opportunity for the community to come together to support our tenacious visual art students and take home some stunning, one-of-a-kind art, all in one memorable evening. Funds raised will directly support our students by funding visual art scholarships at OCTC for the first time ever." said Abbi Ruppert, Art Instructor and Art Program Coordinator.

All proceeds from the event will directly benefit the AFA-VA program, ensuring continued support for students pursuing their passion for the visual arts. OCTC is grateful to Open Door Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for sponsoring this special event.

For more information, please contact Abbi Ruppert at 270-686-4531 or abbi.ruppert@kctcs.edu.

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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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