Plate by 2024 Salad Days Artist Jeremiah Ibarra
Join us for Salad Days as a VIP! This special pass gives you insider access to celebratory events on Friday July 12 and all the festivities on July 13.
We are SOLD OUT of plates by 2024 Salad Days artist Jeremiah Ibarra. You may still purchase a discounted VIP Pass without a plate to the festivities or a VIP Pass with a plate by our 2023 Salad Days artist, Ali Saunders.
As a VIP, you’ll enjoy:
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- First choice of 2024 Salad Days plates (Excluding VIPs who purchased reduced price tickets after we sold out)
- An exclusive first look at the Commons with Watershed’s founders
- An evening cocktail reception
- Access to an auction featuring exceptional work by Tim Christensen, Arnie Zimmerman & many other artists
Your VIP ticket purchase to Watershed’s annual Salad Days fundraiser also provides vital funds to support our growing artist programs.
Click here to purchase your VIP ticket now!
Please reach out to development@watershedceramics.org with any questions.
Pass Perks & Details
The sumptuous spread at the 2022 VIP event
Each $155 VIP pass entitles one passholder to a handmade ceramic plate by Jeremiah Ibarra, the Salad Days lunch, and all access to Watershed’s Salad Days celebration on July 12 & 13. Special VIP events include:
- First choice of Salad Days plates: VIP guests select their plates a day early! Each pass includes one plate. Additional plates may be purchased online with your pass before the event. 2024 plates are now SOLD OUT.
- Founders’ Welcome at the Commons: Learn about Watershed’s history and artist programs during a welcome led by Watershed co-founders Lynn Duryea, Chris Gustin, and George Mason. You’ll also get to meet Watershed’s new Executive Director, David S. East, in our newly finished Commons building.
- Evening Reception & Auction: Mingle with Watershed’s trustees, founders, and staff and bid on exceptional ceramic pieces while enjoying cocktails and seasonal Maine fare in the Commons.
Please note that while most Salad Days activities take place outdoors, Watershed encourages masking indoors.
VIP Event Schedule
VIPs enjoy first choice of plates!
Friday, July 12
3:00 pm: Check-in at the Joan Pearson Watkins House & visit the MECA&D exhibition in the gallery
3:15 pm: Select your Salad Days plate
4:00 pm: Cocktail reception and Founders’ Welcome
5:15 pm: Auction begins
7:00 pm: Depart Watershed for the evening
Saturday, July 13
11:00 am – 2:00 pm: Salad Days! VIP guests receive a complimentary lunch ticket and can enjoy artist demos, shop the pottery sale, win a ceramic piece in the reverse raffle, and more. Find the full Salad Days event schedule and information here.
Auction Preview
Please contact Every Leclair if you’re interested in viewing artwork available at our 2024 Salad Days VIP Auction and/or requesting a proxy to bid on your behalf.
