Events Visual Arts Wellness

Benefit for the Western North Carolina AIDS Project

Western North Carolina AIDS Project

Artist, Constance Williams

WNCAP’s Raise Your Hand Auction & Gala Features New Art by Constance Williams

It doesn’t get much better than an evening of good wine, fine food, and great art up for auction to benefit a worthy cause. Now in its 28th year, the Raise Your Hand Auction and Gala will take place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 1, at the Asheville Event Centre on Sweeten Creek Road. This event supports the lifesaving, life-changing work of the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP).

Pam Siekman, gala organizer and WNCAP volunteer, says Raise Your Hand has always been about the art. “And who better than the incomparable Constance Williams, our 2016 Signature Piece Winner, to be front and center this year? She is a longtime friend of WNCAP and supporter of Raise Your Hand, and this year is no exception.”

On the auction block is one of Constance’s newest works called Distillation Series: Green- Blue. This painting is a part of series that she unveiled in the spring of 2016. “I call this body of work Distillation because it captures my journey as an artist. I form rhythmic arrangements of color while focusing on the hue’s flow, transparency, and saturation.

Western North Carolina AIDS Project

Constance Williams

Long recognized for her work in encaustic, Constance has recently turned her attention to a new medium—alcohol inks. Her work now incorporates these inks on encaustic paint, Yupo paper, or aluminum board.

According to Pam, contributions like those from Constance are part of what make Raise Your Hand so successful. “This is WNCAP’s biggest fundraiser and absolutely critical in order for us to provide the case management services, care, education, and outreach needed to manage and even prevent new HIV/AIDS infections.”

Tickets ($125) can be purchased at wncapgala.org or by calling 828.335.6680.

Leave a Comment