Fire & Ice Gala, 2016 Edition

The 2016 edition of Leadership Waterloo Region’s Fire & Ice Gala was held over the weekend. It was my fifth time as one of the featured artists that had some work up for auction. I’ve had great success at past galas, and including this one now, I’ve sold at least one piece at each event.

As in previous years, the artist sets the reserve price for their work and the attendees bid as they wish. Once that reserve price is met, the piece has been sold and the artist gets paid. Yahoo! If bidding continues, Leadership Waterloo pockets anything above and beyond that reserve bid. Everyone wins really; the artist gets paid, Leadership Waterloo gets paid, and the bidder gets some new art for their home or office.

This year I had a photo of CIGI in Waterloo as well as one of my most photographed buildings in the region, The Perimeter Institute. The PI building is a favourite and it seemed popular when I shared it on Instagram a while back.

The PI shot went slightly above the asking price while the CIGI shot is now in my attic for the time being since it didn’t receive any bids, but I’m quite happy I was able to get some money to Leadership Waterloo Region in the process.