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2017 Online Sale Items

Maureen Cooley — Thu, 11 May 2017 21:12:58 +0000

***UPDATED: All items have sold. If you are interested in a specific item or type of item, please contact us. Thank you for your interest. ***

As this year’s Anansi event will be a celebration rather than an auction, we have decided to post a listing of a variety of items for sale here. Anyone can email roekathryn@gmail.com to purchase an item, and we can facilitate payment at that point. First come, first serve for all items! We are happy to facilitate shipping, and can provide further information about cost estimates depending on the particular piece. We can provide any further information that we have on specific items – please contact with any questions at all.

Purchase of these items directly supports the work of Anansi Education, helping support Ghanaian youth in poverty improve their lives by attending high school. Thank you for your continued support of our mission.

1. Bedspread with Pillows and Shams – Full/Queen, $250

2. Yoruba Tall Sculpture – 40.5 inches tall, $350

~~3. BambaraSculpture – 22 inches tall, $400~~ SOLD

4. Rhinoceros – 6.5” by 15”, $125

5. Large Composite Mask – 43 inches tall, $225

~~6. Old Ashanti Female Sculpture – 16 inches tall, $600~~ SOLD

7. Brass Bells – 11 inches long, $75 for the Pair

8. Female Dan Mask – 9.5 inches, $250

9. Scarification Vessel – 5 inches high, $150

10. Brass Arm Band – 7.5 inches long, $225

11. Senufo Mouse Divination Vessel – 10.5 inches high, $475

12. Quail Sculpture – 12.5 inches high, $125

13. Small Old Fertility Sculpture – 9 inches tall, $100

14. Mossi Butterfly Mask – 37 inches wide, $225

15. Senufo Sculptures – 17 inches tall, $250

16. African Crowd Painting – 23” by 31”, $45

17. Baule Spirit Spouses – 12 inches high, $125 for two

18. Baule Wedding Vessel – 16 inches tall, $650

19. Small Blue White Painting – 16” by 12”, $95

20. African Market Painting – 30” by 34”, $250

21. Baule Spoon – 13.5 inches long, $375

22. Baule Spirit Spouse – 16 inches tall, $120

23. Small Beaded Elephant – 4.5 inches tall, $65

24. Small Brass Figures – 3” wide, 2.5” tall, and 3” tall, 2”wide, $80 for the pair

25. Sankofo Relief Sculpture – 22 inches tall, $300

26. Senufo Mask – 16 inches long, $75

27. Very Small Elephant – 8 inches tall at trunk tip, $35

28. Fanti Fertility Dolls – 9.5 inches tall, $125 for the pair

29. Gabon Helmut Mask – 12 inches tall, $375

30. Senufo Baule Mask -18 inches tall, $55

31. Brass Musician – 8 inches tall, $125

32. Hand Twist Drum – 12 inches long, $15

33. Child’s Kora – 23.5 inches long, $30

34. Wooden Letter Openers – 9.5 inches long, $20 each

~~35. Brass Hook – 5 inches, $15~~ SOLD

36. Large Basket (orange brown), 14 inches tall, 17 wide, $65

37. Large Checkered Basket, 15.5” high, 15” wide, $45

38. Crafty Red Necklace – 18” long, $75

39. 9yds Heavy Bogolon Fabric, $180

40. 6yds Woodin’s Blue White Fabric, $120

41. 4yds Woodin’s Pink Black Fabric, $80

42. Patch Back pack – 20 inches with 3 pockets, $55

43. Large Old Burkina Faso Mask, 50inches high 18inches wide $1500

44. Large Elephant – 14 inches tall, $200

45. Market Woman Painting – 24 inches by 9 inches, $60

46. Beaded Giraffe, 27 inches tall, $350

47. Large Beaded Elephant, 13 inches tall, $350

48. Large Brass Mask, 14.5” by 8”, $475

49. Sm Senufo Mudcloth Paintings, 7.75” by 5.75”, $25 for the pair

50. TwoTies, 3 inches wide, $20 each

51. Bone&BeadNecklace & Earrings – 19 inches, $65

52. Blue Bead Necklace & Earrings – 22 inches, $65

53. Bead Bracelet – 7.5 inches, $34

54. Bead Necklace – 21 inches, $100

55. Purple Necklace Earrings with earrings – 16 inches, $65

56. Large Wood Red Necklace – 21 inches hanging, $85

57. African Red Bead Necklace – 26 inches, $130

58. Quilt – Full/Queen size – $125

59. Fetish Figure- 15 inches tall, To Be Auctioned Off at 6:30 p.m.

60. Kente Cloth – 125 inches by 44”, $245

61. Wool Kenya Bag – 15.5” by 13.5”, $60

62. Crafty White Necklace – 28 inches, $160

63. Large Horn Rectangle Necklace, 27 inches, $75

64. Old Ceramic Oil Lamp – 12.5 inches high, $250

65. Elephant Key Rings – 1.5 inch elephant, $5 each

66. Large Yellow Bead Necklace – 30 inches, $30

67. Chief’s Beaded Cloak – 45 inches tall, 37 inches wide, $2000

68. Senufo Mudcloth – 17” by 30”, $55

~~69. Old Nigerian Beaded Lady – 44 inches tall, $800~~ SOLD

70. Music Painting – 32” by 14”, $95

72. Painted Fish – 16 inches long, 5.5 inches high, $45

73. Zaire Mask – 17 inches high, $375

74. Large Blue Painting – 56” by 30”, $350

75. Small Lively Painting – 10 inches by 7 inches,$40

76. Old African Mancala – 28.5 inches by 6 inches, $350

Join us for the 2017 Anansi Auction!

Maureen Cooley — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:01:51 +0000

Please join us for the 13th Annual Anansi Education Auction this May 13th, 2017. It will be held in Bellingham, and features a live auction with African art pieces, a silent auction of assorted items, and a dinner. Proceeds support scholarships for Anansi students. We look forward to seeing you there!

Tickets can be purchased here.

2015 Auction Photos

webdesigner — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:44:19 +0000

Anansi Auction Press Release, 2015

webdesigner — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 21:04:01 +0000

West African Art Auction to Benefit
Ghanaian High School Students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2015

Contacts:
Kathryn Roe
Director, Anansi Education
roekathryn@gmail.com or 360-305-8342

Alisa Formway Roe
Assistant Director (US), Anansi Education
roescity@gmail.com or 503-286-7562

Seattle, Washington — Anansi Education has announced its 11th annual dinner and auction of West African art for the benefit of Ghanaian secondary school students, to be held in Seattle on May 9 at the Mt. Baker Community Club.

The auction curator, West African art expert Kathryn Roe, says she looks for articles that have been used in ceremonies or served a household function. Among this year’s dozens of offerings, collectors will find a Kru “manyeyed” mask of the type that inspired Picasso’s Cubist art; a rare Bwoom helmet mask; a Gabon triangle mask; an Ewe river god; a carved Baule spirit spouse; a Baule container used in the marriage ceremony; and hand-forged silver and carnelian jewelry from the nomadic Tuareg.

A silent auction prior to the main event will feature fine art, fabric, jewelry, and contemporary interpretations of tradition, such as a whimsical Ghanaian beaded rooster.

Anansi Education was founded, developed, and is currently directed by Ms. Roe, of Bellingham, USA, and Mpeasem, Ghana. A ceramicist and instructor at Whatcom Community College (1971-2007), Ms. Roe spent a 1997 sabbatical in West Africa. That trip changed her life.

Ms. Roe, 80, says she fell in love there — with the people, colors and culture she discovered.

“I went to Africa in the first place to study art. Being there changed my view of art. It’s interwoven with the culture to an amazing degree.”

Ms. Roe didn’t stop with a changed perspective; she realized that she could change other’ lives, too. When she decided in 2005 to enlist members of her family to sponsor the high school education of six teens from the village of Mpeasem, “The art was a natural method to make Anansi visible to prospective sponsors.”

Ms. Roe returns to Ghana for several months every year, but collecting art for the auction is secondary to the needs of “her” students. She reviews scholarship applications, pays school fees, and smooths hundreds of bumps along the unfamiliar path through secondary school.

“Our primary goal is to help students, both boys and girls, who would otherwise be at home or in menial jobs after junior high school, to attend high school. We are good at assessing need and potential of village junior high school graduates.”

Given the opportunity, Anansi students have worked hard to realize that potential and complete high school. Some have excelled beyond Ms. Roe’s hopes for them. One graduate is now in his third year of medical school; another girl entered law school on scholarship last fall. Seventeen Anansi graduates are in nursing school. They are already giving back to their community, too. Many are teaching while they earn advanced degrees in education. Last year, graduates formed an alumni association to provide support for the transition from high school to the job market or further education.

Ms. Roe couldn’t be more pleased by this development. “Our impact maybe isn’t as perfect an education as if we were to try to build a school, but our influence is greater.”

Since 2005, Anansi has grown to its current 64 students attending seven different Ghanaian government high schools.
The auction and donations have served to fund the high school educations of 204 students in rural Ghana.
Previews of some auction items are available at the ticket sales link.
Evening begins at 5:30 and includes wine reception, dinner and dessert.
Early-bird tickets available for $50 at Universe; $65 after April 18.
https://www.universe.com/events/anansieducation11thannualauction-
ticketsseattleP8WTF?ref=universediscover
Mt Baker Community Club, 2811 Mt Rainier Dr S, Seattle, WA 98144.

Daniel’s Reminder

webdesigner — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:22:11 +0000

It’s no surprise that keeping an organization like Anansi going takes a lot of work — there is a lot of day to day management that takes place, and the annual auction and fundraising is a huge undertaking. Contacting catering companies, organizing the space, photographing auction items and so many more steps can be overwhelming, and keeping track of those tasks can sometimes make you lose sight of the bigger picture. Which is why the following email from Anansi student Daniel struck a chord:

Hello Mama,

There was this place in the Volta Region called Adeklu Sofa where I went for my service learning week. I learned a lot from the villagers and I together with my team contributed some money even to get the pupils some exercise books, pens, erasers and reading books. Upon inquire, I heard that most of the brilliant students in the village are not able to continue their education because their parents can afford to pay the fees involve. For this reason most of the bright guys shine in their parents farms after the completion of JSS. I was enthused by the kind of students this small village has. The students are bright, but their parents lack means to push them further. The kind of questions they are able to answer, attitude and their sense of community even at that tender year baffled me till now. It’s the best school in the district of Adeklu. The school won their past inter-school quiz competition and also produced one of the best students in the district. A student who had aggregate 13 and topped the school stayed in the house for a year after which the headmaster with his teacher contributed 50 cedis each to support his education. I saw that people in the village are willing and hardworking, but they don’t get enough from their produce. Mama I would like to appeal to you on behave of this villagers if u could even pick their student and enroll him or her through high school.

Thank you.

Regards,
Daniel

Maxwell is on the left, and Daniel is on the right

Daniel is an Anansi graduate who is in his third year at Ashesi University, where he received a full scholarship. He wrote this email while on a university service learning week, and was inspired by his experience. Here’s a photo of Daniel with his friend Maxwell, our first Anansi graduate from Ashesi.

In the midst of planning the auction and doing a lot of the administrative work that’s needed to keep Anansi alive, Daniel’s note reminded me of our fundamental goal: to provide an education to deserving students who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford one. Daniel’s email is a reminder that through our hard work, we really are making a huge difference in these students’ lives, and it was exactly the reminder I needed right now.

Our annual auction is coming up on May 9, 2015. We hope to see all of you there!