Auction Host Committee Member & punk guitar hero Brian Baker of Bad Religion, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, & Junkyard

Jordan of On the Fly, Auction VIP caterers

Transformer Board Member & Auction Co-Chair Izette Folger with Auction Host Committee Member Daren Thomas of the Washington Performing Arts Society

friend, Transformer Executive & Artistic Director Victoria Reis, Auction Host Committee Member Dr. Frederick P. Ognibene

early in the Auction crowd shot

Kevin Chaffee, friend, David Korn, Welmoed Laanstra

Auction dessert chef Lizzy Evelyn of Paisley Fig with husband, Transformer Board Member and DJ Yellow Fever, Nick Pimentel

Auction Host Committee Members Dadi Akhavan, Jason Herrick (also Transformer Board Member), Lindsay Smith, and Farinaz Akhavan

Transformer Board Member & Auction Co-Chair Kate Damon (kaze designs) with Victoria Reis, Transformer's Executive & Artistic Director

PARTY!

Auction crowd shot from the stairs of John Dreyfuss' studio at Halcyon House -- Transformer Advisory Council Member Sarah Tanguy, Art in Embassies Program

Auction Co-Chairts Janice Kim & Izette Folger

Tim of On the Fly serving up gourmet tacos to Auction guests

Auction Host Committee Members Dan Blaylock and Christina DePaul, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

Thank the DJs, Thank the DJs -- Kid Congo Powers, Brian Liu (Auction artist & DJs Yellow Fever), Kalani (co-founder Gypsy Eyes Records), and Nick Pimentel (Transformer Board Member, DJs Yellow Fever, and co-founder Gypsy Eyes Records)

Brian Liu spinning; Kid Congo Powers playing

Auction Host Committee Member Dr. Michael Pollack, Auction Artist Jason Horowitze and his wife Jackie Stephens

Auction Artist Nominating Committee Member Veronica Jackson & Auction Host Committee Member Martin Irvine, Irvine Contemporary

Scott Brodbeck & Carlyn Madden, Cafritz Foundation

Transformer Board President James Alefantis, Host Committee Member Kerry Brougher, Acting Director of the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, and Transformer Board Member Ryan Hill, Manager of Interpretive Programs & Curatorial Resarch Associate, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

guests enjoying delicious tacos from the On the Fly cart at the Auction

Transformer Board President James Alefantis with Executive & Artistic Director Victoria Reis

Auction Host Committee Member Shigeko Bork, mu projects, with her daughter Skye

Auction Artist & Transformer Advisory Council Member Judy Jashinsky with Auction Artwork Coordinator Lisa Marie Thalhammer

Transformer Auction Co-Chair Philippa Hughes, The Pink Line Project, getting her bid in on the Robin Rose piece

RTransformer Advisory Council Member Beatrice Valdes Paz, Auction Host Committee Member Mia Guizzetti Hayes, and Praveen Fernandes outside the Auction at Halcyon House (Host Committee Member Christopher Addison of Addison/Ripley Fine Art stepping out for fresh air)

Performance Artist Kwid helps close the Auction lots

Robin Rose's "SnotWheel" sculpture started a bidding war

Manny Fitzgerald, Carolyn Ratner-Fitzgerald, Transformer Board Member & Auction Host Committee Member Allison Cohen Marvin

Auction Host Committee Members Farinaz Akhavan, Janice Kim, Daren Thomas, friend, and Izette Folger

Transformer Board Member & Auction Co-Chair Kate Damon (kaze designs - Auction sponsor) with friends

Auction Host Committee Member Ami Aronson (middle) with Darian Drescher to her left and Neil Barrett to her right