Riverside Arts Center 2025 Giving Tuesday Raffle
For this year’s Giving Tuesday, we’re raffling off two original works by some of our favorite local artists: Thomas Rosenbaum and Ingrid Ankerson!
Details
- Tickets are $5 each.
- Raffle tickets can be purchased online or at Ypsi Fine Arts Club meetings!
- Online raffle sales end on December 2nd at 11:59pm ET (Giving Tuesday).
- The raffle will be drawn on December 3rd’s Ypsi Fine Arts Club at 6pm.
- There will be two winners.
- The first winner will have their choice of which artwork they’d like for their raffle prize.
- Repeat winners are not allowed.
Left: Forest Wonder by Thomas Rosenbaum. Collage/Acrylic on Canvas. Framed and ready to hang.
Right: “A” from Letterpress Art by Ingrid Ankerson. Ink on Paper. Framed and ready to hang.
Inspired by the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club, Riverside is thrilled to provide a space for local artists to showcase their work, talk about their process, and maybe even sell one of their pieces. The club has been steadily growing since it began, and we look forward to welcoming many new members this year.
The first and third Wednesdays of every month (excluding holidays), artists can bring two pieces of original art to present. Artists, art lovers, collectors, curators – everyone is welcome from Ypsi and beyond! Attendees are not required to present. Anyone is welcome to simply gather with our community and enjoy the incredible artwork.
Once you attend one YFAC gathering, you are officially a member. There is no membership fee. Presentations occur on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 5:00 pm and presentations start at 5:30 pm. Sign up by 6:00pm to present.
YFAC offers its members exclusive opportunities to exhibit and sell their work through our annual YFAC Group Exhibition, the YFAC Online Gallery. As RAC and YFAC continue to grow, we are excited to continue to offer opportunties and perks to our members!
YFAC Members are encouraged to include their YFAC membership on their resume/CV!
We highly encourage you to also attend the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club Mondays at Marygrove College in Detroit. They are held every Monday from 5:30pm-8:00pm (doors at 4:30) except holidays. Check out their social media for more information and updates!
Riverside’s Ypsilanti Fine Arts Club meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month (excluding holidays), located in Riverside’s North Gallery.
Doors open at 5pm, presentations begin at 5:30pm and usually last until 6:30pm.
More detail:
- Artists wishing to showcase their art must have their names on the signup sheet by 6:00pm
- Art may not be shown until it has been presented (not yet presented art must remain covered)
- Artists will be called up in the order they signed up
- Artists will have two minutes to talk about their art, the process they used, the meaning behind the piece, etc. Hard stop at 2 minutes.
- Volunteers will present the art by holding it and walking around the space to show attendees the works.
- Artists can announce that their pieces are either just for show or for sale. If they are for sale, announce the price.
- When a piece is sold, “Sold!” is announced on the speaker and the bell is rung.
- Payment must take place before leaving
- Payment can be cash or via whatever app the artist uses.
Art Parameters:
- 2D or 3D visual art
- Must be able to be carried by one person around the room
- Must be dry
- Does NOT need to be finished (We encourage sharing about your process!)
- No apparel or customized apparel
- Must be an original piece whenever possible; replicas and prints discouraged
- Subject Matter
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- Art deemed by event organizers to be promoting hate or violence against others will not be allowed.
- Critique of hate and violence is welcome, but harm is not.
- We otherwise won’t censor artists’ work, but keep in mind, this is open to the public, and children may be present.
- Artists who refuse to adhere to the above may be asked not to return to YFAC.
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Role Definitions:
- Announcer – welcomes guests, lets them know when we’ll be starting, introduces the moderator and shares RAC announcements
- Moderator – explains the process of the event, reads the history of the club (including the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club)
- Presenters – volunteer attendees who walk the pieces of art around the room
Itinerary:
5:00 pm – Doors open, sign-up sheets are available, chat with other attendees, and claim your seats
5:30 – Moderator shares vision, history, description/rules of event. First-time attendees are asked to introduce themselves (around 30 seconds each). After, here is time for announcements. Anyone in the audience can stand in line at the front of the room to make any announcements they’d like to share (one-minute time limit)
5:35 – Presentations begin!
6:00 – Sign up to present is closed!
6:40 – Close up shop, thanks for coming!
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