Our Painted Ponies
$433,500 Raised at Auction
$433,500 was raised at the auction. For each pony sold 70% of the proceeds went back to the nonprofit, 12% to the artist who created the pony and 18% to cover TPAC’s administrative costs and to support its programs and services.
THE PONIES AUCTION PRICE
EQUINE PLASMA
Mirzet & Sammie Alijagic
Sponsor: The Jim Click Automotive Team
Non-Profit: Linkages Inc.
$7,500
PRE-COLUMBIAN DREAMS
Tanya Alvarez
Sponsor: Chicanos Por La Causa Board of Directors
Non-Profit: Chicanos Por La Causa
$11,000
KELP PONY
David & Julia Andres
Sponsor: Friends of Arizona Theatre Company
Non-Profit: Arizona Theatre Company
$6,500
STAR
ArtWORKS! Academy
Sponsors: Tucson-Pima Arts Council Board of Directors & Tucson Lifestyle Magazine
Non-Profit: ArtWORKS! Academy
$7,500
RIDING OUR FAITH
Shonto Begay
Sponsor: The Arizona Daily Star
Non-Profit: Arizona State Museum
$8,000
LIVING IN THE LIGHTNING ZONE
Charlotte Bender
Sponsor: Ralph L. Smith Foundation
Non-Profit: University of Arizona College Of Science
$11,000
WISH YOU WERE HERE
Charlotte Bender
Sponsor: Ralph L. Smith Foundation
Non-Profit: Tucson Botanical Gardens
$10,000
PONY EXPRESS
Alice Briggs
Sponsor: Ralph L. Smith Foundation
Non-Profit: Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest Chapter Southern Arizona Region
$16,000
LA CALACA
Cristina Cardenas
Sponsor: Pima County Board of Supervisors
Non-Profit: Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault
$5,000
SANCTUS MANNUS (SACRED PONY)
Daniel Martin Diaz
Sponsor: Ralph L. Smith Foundation
Non-Profit: Tucson Museum Of Art
$7,000
EQUUS CABALLUS CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA
Simon Donovan
Sponsor: La Paz Foundation
Non-Profit: Southwest Center For Economic Integrity
$13,000
LA DOÑA
Juan Enriquez
Sponsors: City Of Tucson Council Members: José Ibarra (Ward 1), Fred Ronstadt (Ward 6), Shirley Scott (Ward 4), Carol West (Ward 2)
and The Estate of Louise L. Rucker
Non-Profit: Friends Of The Tucson-Pima Public Library
$7,500
CACTUS PONY
Ellen Fountain
Sponsor: Town Of Marana
Non-Profit: Marana Arts Council
$8,000
STONE PONY
Barbara Grygutis
Sponsor: Anonymous Donor
Non-Profit: Habitat For Humanity Tucson
$80,000
SOUTHWEST JOURNEY
Barbara Gurwitz
Sponsor: Dr. Tom C. Rothe
Non-Profit: Arizona Opera
$13,000
HOHOKAM PONY
Mary K. Karrels
Sponsor: Saguaro Ranch
Non-Profit: Marana Arts Council
$6,500
AMERICAN SPORT
Randlett Keedah Sr
Sponsor: Friends Of Congressman Jim Kolbe
Non-Profit: Arizona 4H Foundation Pima County
$19,000
RANCH LIFE
Randlett Keedah Sr
Sponsors: Borderland Construction Co., Territorial Sign Co., and Pines Golf Club at Marana (formerly The Links At Continental Ranch)
Non-Profit: Marana Arts Council
$10,000
FIESTA PONY
Albert Kogel
Sponsors: Fredrick Sowerby Family
and Carole Electric Corp.
Non-Profit: The Humane Society Of Southern Arizona
$13,500
HORSE WITH NO NAME
Eleanor Kohloss
Sponsors: Barb Mcnaughton
and Diana Denlinger, Long Realty
Non-Profit: Therapeutic Riding Of Tucson
$10,000
TUCSONY
Las Artes
Sponsor: Pima County Board Of Supervisors
Non-Profit: League Of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
$6,000
OLD BLUE
Mary Lucking
Sponsor: Dr. Tom C. Rothe
Non-Profit: Stray Theater Productions
$6,500
ARIZONA PRINCE
Diana Madaras
Sponsor: Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitor’s Bureau
Non-Profit: Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitor’s Bureau
$9,000
SUNDANCER
Allan Mardon
Sponsor: The Cristiani Foundation
Non-Profit: Boys & Girls Clubs Of Tucson
$8,000
PEGASUS
Barbara Jo McLaughlin
Sponsor: Tucson’s Newspapers .
Non-Profit: Child And Family Resources. Inc.
$11,000
SONORA PONY
LORI MUSIL
Sponsor: Northern Trust Bank N.A.
Non-Profit: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
$25,000
NARCISCO
TOM PHILABAUM
Sponsor: Wells Fargo
Non-Profit: Tucson Symphony Orchestra
$32,000
EQUISET
Paul Sheldon
Sponsor: Fonda Jordan, Ok Feed & Supply
Non-Profit: The University Of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension
$10,000
AIRSTREAM PONY
Doug Shelton
Sponsor: Ralph L. Smith Foundation
Non-Profit: Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
$7,000
ANCIENT CROSSING
Carliss Sinquah
Sponsor: Ralph L. Smith Foundation
Non-Profit: Tucson Botanical Gardens
$7,000
HEALER
Glory Tacheenie-Campoy
Sponsor: M. Kay M. Judge
Nursing Consult, LLC
Non-Profit: The University Of Arizona College Of Nursing
$20,000
MAGIC OF KNOWLEDGE
Dana Thienemann
Sponsor: Casino Of The Sun, A Pascua Yaqui Tribal Enterprise
Non-Profit: Educational Enrichment Foundation
$4,500
ESSENCE OF THE AMERICAN HEART
David Tineo
Sponsors: Fairfax Foundation
Caroline Gardiner
Non-Profit: Our Town
$4,500
CLOTHES HORSE PONY
Jos Villabrille
Sponsor: General Growth Properties, Tucson Mall and Park Place
Non-Profit: Carondolet Foundation Member of Carondelet Health Network & Ascension Health
$7,000
PONY ON A GOLDEN PATH
Owen Williams/Earle Wheatley
Sponsor: Madden Publishing, Inc.
Non-Profit: Tucson Children’s Museum
$6,000