The 21st MAF Auction for Education

Architecture plays a significant role in our local culture, influences our sense of well-being, strengthens community investment, and serves a source of pride for those who live, work and play in our cities and neighborhoods. Communities, corporations, and individuals all benefit from architecture, and its impact on our lives.

The Michigan Architectural Foundation’s (MAF) annual Auction for Education provides funds to Michigan non-profit organizations which offer architectural tours, lectures, programming, and events that illustrate how architecture makes our lives and our communities better, and which ignite the public’s interest in our built environment.

Your support helps provide opportunities for programs such as:

* “Eero Saarinen:  The Architect that Saw the Future” – documentary on the life of the legendary architect shown on PBS’s ‘American Masters’ series.
* Architecture-based educational programs for young students, and scholarships for college architecture students.
* Earl Young: The Wizard of Boulder Park” – documentary on the self-taught home designer and builder of the whimsical mushroom homes of Charlevoix, Michigan. 2016 Michigan Emmy Award - Documentary, Historical - Bon Ami Filmworks, LLC.
* Kalamazoo’s ‘Learn Where You Live’ exhibition, with SW Chapter AIAMI.
* Free architecture camps for minority students interested in architecture.
* Flint’s Architectural Historian presentation, with Flint Chapter AIAMI.
* Rae Dumke Collection, the '100 Essential Architecture Books' that enrich, inform, and entertain architecture fans of all ages, and 'Build Imagination' books, for preschool through 8th graders, which spark young imaginations around architecture, history and travel. Both collections are available statewide via the Michigan Library Network.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MAF AUCTION FOR EDUCATION COMMITTEE:
Rae Dumke, Doug Kueffner, Tom Mathison, Cindy Pozolo, Kim & Heidi Mehl, Victor & Michelle Saroki, Chuck & Connie Sidor, Damian & Katherine Farrell, Alex Ivanikiw, Jeff Hausman, Amy Baumer, Bob Washer, and Brandon Kinsey. Your contributions in time, ideas, and seeking donations was so appreciated, let alone just fun working with you. Thank you.
Bob Daverman, auction chair

MATCHING GRANT ITEM: Items so indicated will have their highest bid matched, up to a combined for all items total of $15,000 made by The Robert J. and Katherine M. Daverman Donor Advised Fund of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. This is in honor of my parents, who exhibited a love of giving, sharing, art and architecture.
Robert W. Daverman, AIA, MAF

NOTE RULES: Items with the "Live Event Only" footer are available for bid only to those registered to attend the AIA Michigan Mid Summer Conference on Mackinac Island, August 4-5, 2017. Live Event Only items are also identified by the letter L. Should the high bid be received by someone who has not registered for the conference, the winning bid will go to the next lower bid, again, registered for the AIAMI Conference. Those registered need not have to attend to bid, only to have registered.

There are 3 Live Event Items
> L1: Grand Hotel
> L2: Hutchinson Island Florida Condo
> Beaver Creek Condo 1 Week Dec 2017

The MAF Auction concludes on Saturday, August 5 at 7:00 PM.

The Michigan Architectural Foundation is a 501c3 dedicated to advancing public awareness of how architecture enriches life. MAF does this by funding projects that benefit our communities, educating the next generation of architectural advocates, and connecting people to architectural resources and education.

NOTE RULES: Items with the "Live Event Only" footer are available for bid only to those registered to attend the AIA Michigan Mid Summer Conference on Mackinac Island, August 4-5, 2017. Live Event Only items are also identified by the letter L. Should the high bid be received by someone who has not registered for the conference, the winning bid will go to the next lower bid, again, registered for the AIAMI Conference. Those registered need not have to attend to bid, only to have registered.

There are 3 Live Event Items
> L1: Grand Hotel
> L2: Hutchinson Island Florida Condo
> L3: Beaver Creek Condo 1 Week Dec 2017

The MAF Live Event Auction begins Friday, August 4 at 6:00 PM, and concludes on Saturday, August 5 at 7:00 PM.