2026
COMMUNITY ART PROJECT AUCTION
This year's AUCTION is LIVE starting Saturday at 11am, and goes through the whole weekend. Bidding ends at 5pm Sunday.
The 2026 RAW Auction features some amazing pieces! Check back often to make sure you are in the running for your favorite Community Art Project (CAP) piece (displayed at booths #31-32)
This year's RAW has 2 separate fundraisers:
Check out the CAP oars up for AUCTION
The Auction Site will be LIVE on Friday Jun 12th, 2026
For the ARTIST'S RAFFLE go HERE
(to buy tickets to win a piece donated by a RAW artist)
Oar # 1
What Magic Does Nature Hold
Acrylics
Christine Blanek
To BID on this OAR go here:
To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 2
Precious Paddle-
RPC Preschool
Acrylics
Lynda Nadkarni
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 3
A Little Bit of Everything
Acrylics Paint and Paint Pens
Hannah Slomsui
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 4
Japanese Papers, Acrylic Paint, and Mod Podge Outdoor Finish
Gelse Tkalec
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go here:
Oar # 5
Birds on the
Des Plaines River
Acrylics
Rebecca Boland
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go here:
Oar # 6
Celebrating A Community drawn in lines: A tribute to Higgins and Frank Lloyd Wright
Acrylics, Canvas and Hot Glue
Natalie Corprus
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 7
Sunset Drift
Acrylics
Benjamin Nelson
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 8
Riverside Street Lamp Mosaic
Glass mosaic tile, exterior sanded grout, exterior latex paint
Maggie White
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 9
As the River Flows
Acrylics
Jane Sirinek
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 10
Two Eras
Acrylics
Kathryn Budd
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 11
Books on the banks of the Des Plaines River
Acrylics
Riverside Public Library
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To see this piece in person visit the
CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 12
Coyote
Wood Burning w/Acrylics
Mariel Lenart
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 13
Shots Ahoy
Glass and Acrylic
Mark and Erika Vazzana
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 14
Swinging Bridge
Pyrography Burnt By Hand
Katie Einhorn
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 15
The Great Wave Off Riverside
Acrylics
Erika Vazzana
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32
Oar # 16
Live Painted Oar at RAW
Acrylics
Lewis Achenbach
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To see this piece in person visit the CAP booth at RAW # 31 & 32