The Gnu Auction raised over $71,000 for the New London Area Center for the Arts. Thanks to everyone who made this project joyful and successful! Gnu Gala Auction to benefit the New London Area Center for the Arts The Gnu Gala Auction, which culminates the summer-long "Gnus on View," will take place at the Lake Sunapee Country Club in New London on Sunday, October 11th, starting at 5:30 p.m.  Tickets -- which include dinner and the auction are $75 each and are available through the Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce. Please call (603) 526-6575 for more information. Also available at Morgan Hill Book Store.  The tickets are tax-deductible, and are limited. Bids on the Gnus start at $2500 each, except for "Rita GnuBook" by Tomie DePaola, and Tony Walton's "The Last of the Blue-Gnuewted Gnus," which start at $5000 each. Again, the price is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. We will be accepting bids through our website as well, although there will not be live bidding available unless you attend the auction, so please, if you do bid online, make it your highest offer. To place an ad in the auction booklet, please contact Erin Tracey at (603) 477-9255
					The Gnus of Gnu London is a community-based art project hitting the byways of New London, NH, May 30-October 1, 2009.   Money raised from the gala auction in the fall will go to support a new community-based arts and culture program run by the New London Area Center for the Arts (formerly Kearsarge Community Center.) Check out some video of the Gnu Preview Party. Want a map to find the Gnus? Check out our "Join the Stampede page!" Please check our "What's Gnu" page for the most recent gnus updates!" There was a nice article in the Concord Monitor about the Gnus project, please click here to to read it. A special note to sponsors and artists: Sponsors receive tickets according to their contract. Gnus of Gnu London artists are gladly welcomed at a reduced rate, please contact Bridget. Can you make an in-kind donation? Party tents, publishing, public relations, promo materials? Are you willing to volunteer for one of the parties, or to be a Gnu London Ambassador? Please contact us at gnusofgnulondon@gmail.com. I have a g-nu. It likes to g-naw and chew. I like rap, it likes to wrap. It doesn't k-now how to turn a door k-nob. It only k-nows to k-nock. ~By Bennett Freeman, age 8
Official Sponsors:                                 Thank you to our sponsors:
Apple Tree Opticians Artisan's New London www.artisansnewlondon.com The Banks Gallery www.thebanksgallery.com Carroll Concrete www.carrollconcrete.com Colby-Sawyer College www.colby-sawyer.edu Crockett's Corner David Cleveland, Robert Jensen, and Hilary Cleveland Echo Communications www.echocominc.com Flying Goose Pub and Grille www.flyinggoose.com Friends of Colonial Place Friends of the Gallery Friends of the Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce www.lakesunapeenh.org Friends of the New London Barn Playhouse www.nlbarn.org Friends of the New London Shopping Plaza Friends of Riverway Friends of St. Andrew's Friends of Tracy Memorial Library Gavin Campbell Construction www.gavincampbellconstruction.com					Hodan Properties The Inn at Pleasant Lake www.innatpleasantlake.com Kearsarge Capital Advisors/Zero Celsius www.kca-wealth.com Lake Sunapee Bank www.lakesunbank.com Lauridsen Auto Body Ledyard National Bank www.ledyardbank.com Mark Loehr Morgan Hill Bookstore New London Area Center for the Arts www.newlondonarts.org New London Agency www.newlondonagency.com The New London Inn www.newlondoninn.us Pleasant Lake Vet Rockwell's at the Inn http://www.newlondoninn.us/id7.htm Solomon Media www.solomonmedia.com Spring Ledge Farm www.springledgefarm.com Sugar River Savings Bank www.sugarriversavingsbank.com Vessels and Jewels www.vesselsandjewels.com
Gnus of Gnu London, Box 300, Wilmot, NH 03287,   gnusofgnulondon@gmail.com