Last night, Thursday 22nd October, was the culmination of our Secret Artist Auction and the Weston Room welcomed over 100 guests including Trust members, supporters, ‘secret artists’ and representatives of the Norfolk Churches Trust to the final hours of bidding.
There was time to view all the wonderful submissions, and discuss our favourites, or keep our cards close to our chest, and see if we could work out just which artist had created which work.
We were delighted to welcome artist, designer, writer and long-term friend of the Trust Matthew Rice, as our witty and engaging host for the evening.
He regaled us with stories of his days as a churchwarden in Norfolk and his thoughts on how we could and should be using our church buildings, and why this evening was so important in raising funds for these incredible buildings in our communities. He of course made sure that we kept bidding!
When the digital hammer came down at 8.30pm we were delighted to see that the fantastic sum of £34,437 was raised from the auction, and finally the Secret Artists and there works were revealed, did you guess correctly, see here.
We would like to thank all those artists who kindly donated pieces, to Matthew Rice for hosting, for those who worked behind the scenes to make the event happen and to those who took home a piece of artwork. Your generosity means that we can support more Norfolk Churches with grant funding helping to keep Norfolk’s unique church heritage open for all.
