PRESS PHOTOS BY DEB BOYLAN

AUCTIONEER BORIS WAINIO, ABOVE, SIGNALS A WINNING BID AT THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY BAUM SCHOOL OF ART'S ART AUCTION. THE AUCTION FEATURED MORE THAN 100 ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART. PRECEDING THE AUCTION WAS A BUFFET DINNER BY CATERING BY KAREN HUNTER AND A SILENT AUCTION IN THE DAVID E. RODALE AND RODALE FAMILY GALLERIES WITH ALMOST 200 ITEMS AVAILABLE TO BID ON. AMONG THOSE ATTENDING WAS, BELOW LEFT, SHANNON SLATTERY-FUGATE, BAUM SCHOOL OF ART EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND, BELOW RIGHT, DR. STEVEN ZELENKOFSKE, PRESIDENT, BAUM SCHOOL OF ART BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, HELD MAY 16, HAD A STANDING-ROOM ONLY CROWD IN THE FOWLER FAMILY ROOM FOR THE AUCTION. THERE WAS A STRONG SHOWING OF WORK FROM WALTER EMERSON BAUM AND HIS SCHOOL OF PAINTERS. THERE WERE FIVE PAINTINGS BY BAUM, AS WELL AS SEVERAL PAINTINGS BY WILL BEHLER, JOHN BERNINGER, LEE EVERETT, MILDRED GEHMAN, WILLIAM SWALLOW AND ORLANDO WALES. ADDITIONAL FEATURED WORKS INCLUDED MOSAICS BY RAYMOND GALLUCCI AND SCULPTURE BY GEORGE PAPASHVILLY. TALENTED LOCAL PAINTERS FEATURED IN THE LIVE AUCTION INCLUDED SANDRA CORPORA, ADRIANO FARINELLA, DONNA HANEY, DAVID LEE, JAQUELINE MEYERSON, DONNA NEEDS, JOHN OPIE, JILL PECKELUN, PETER SCHNORE, MIDGE STIRES AND DANA VAN HORN, AND SCULPTORS INCLUDED VAL BERTOIA, DAVID CERULLI AND THE LATE RUDY ACKERMAN. TOP-LEVEL SPONSORS FOR THE EVENT INCLUDED THE ZELENKOFSKE FAMILY, DUGGAN & MARCON, BOB AND SANDY LOVETT, PPL CORP. AND J.B. AND KATHLEEN REILLY. THE EVENT IS THE BAUM SCHOOL OF ART'S LARGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR. PROCEEDS SUPPORT AND FURTHER THE BAUM SCHOOL OF ART'S MISSION OF ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH ARTS EDUCATION.