Full Auction Schedule and Preview

If you’ve been peeking into the Interstitial Arts Foundation’s Flickr account, you may have noticed images of all the lovely art and jewelry coming up. For those of you who’ve been clamoring to know when this or that piece is due to go live so you can pounce on it right away, we’ve now worked out the full schedule and we’re happy to share it with you.

First, take a look at all of the pieces we’ve recieved for the auction. Click the thumbnails for bigger pictures and descriptions or just hover for their titles:

It’s all very tempting, we know. The images in the gallery above are arranged in order of bidding start date, so it includes the few pieces whose auctions have ended. As to the others, we’ve listed the dates you can start bidding on them below. We may have a few extra pieces at the end, but this list represents the schedule of what we have on hand right now:

Click here for the full auction schedule.

Interfictions 2 Publication and Readings + First Auction Ends Soon

The first week of the auction is coming to an end. The first auction closes tomorrow, so get your bids in now. The price is still shockingly low! As always, we’ll have auctions going live every day next week. Check the gallery below to see a preview of some of the items.

This week also marked the official publication date of the anthology we’re all here to celebrate: Interfictions 2 You can now buy the book from major retailers, discriminating indie bookstores, and online outfits like Amazon.com and Powells.com. If ebooks are your thing, head over to the publisher’s website to purchase an electronic copy.

Along with Interfictions 2: The Book! you can also read eight amazing interstitial stories in the Interfictions Annex (for free). Artists based their creations on stories from the book and the annex, so you should definitely check them out.

Now that the book is out, Interfictions authors are starting to give reading, including very odd and wonderful interstitial collaborations of words and music. Last night was the first. Check out this YouTube playlist of the performances:

To find out about Interfictions readings in your area, visit the IAF’s website.

The Interfictions 2 Auction Will Begin November 1

The wait is almost over! The second Interfictions auction will begin in less than two weeks. A wide array of artists – dollmakers, painters, jewelry-crafters, knitters, and more – were invited to create pieces inspired by the border-crossing works in the first and second Interfictions anthologies. Through the alchemy of word and imagination and raw materials they have created over 30 stunning pieces, ranging from an evocatively alien sculpture by Jane Washburn (inspired by Theodora Goss’ “Child-Empress of Mars”), an eloquent necklace by SToNZ (inspired by “Valentines” by Shira Lipkin), complex and exquisite handmade art books from Wendy Ellertson and Erzebet Yellowboy (of Papaveria Press), a hat that can be both worn and read from Kate Schaefer, and many other intriguing pieces that are themselves works of interstitial art: illustration and handcraft, fine art and utilitarian . . . all and none of the above.

The auction is set to begin on November 1st and will run through early December. All of these pieces make excellent holiday gifts. Opening bids will range from $10 – $50, though of course the value of many is much higher. All proceeds go toward supporting the Interstitial Arts Foundation and its projects.

Subcribe to our feed through your feedreader, LiveJournal, Dreamwidth, or via email to get notification when the first piece goes live. And just to tempt you a bit more, check out this auction preview: