Attention Artists: this looks good, Gallery Seba is pleased to announce the 3rd International Izmir Art Biennial, Turkey

   Gallery Seba is pleased to announce the3. International
Izmir Art Biennial, which will bring artists around the world and
their works together on 2015 in , Izmir, Turkey.

          We will be honored to see you as a part of International
Izmir Art Biennial, in which we aim to leverage the power of art to
bring different cultures together and provide people with contrasting
values a common ground for sharing.

          For artists who want to take place in 3. International Izmır
Art Biennial with their works of visual arts, necessary documents for
pre application are listed below. Pre applications must be submitted
both digitally and printed. Deadline for pre application is Aprıl
30th, 2014. Printed documents must have arrived to the addresses given
below until this date. Following the end of the pre application
period, the artists selected by the biennial committee will be
provided with the terms of contract, detailed information on
participation fees , shipping and other issues. The results of the
selection will also be announced on our website.

General Director
Seba UGURTAN

Documents for Pre Application
E-Mail Postal Mail
A photograph of the artist. 4 passport photos of the artist (4,5x6 cm)
3 images of artist's original artwork. Images must be no smaller than
1600 pixels wide in the long side. Printed images of artist's 3
original artworks (13x18 cm).
Biography: 150 words maximum, in English and Turkish if possible.
Digital images of artist's 3 original artworks:  minimum 300dpi
resolution, print quality, burned on a CD.
Contact information: Address, phone number, e-mail, fax. Biography
(150 words maximum, in English and Turkish if possible).
Contact information (Address, phone number, e-mail, fax).

Note: If you want to participate with a sponsor please include this
information in your documents.
http://youtu.be/lwCkv8QJrls
Contact
Seba Art Gallery
Addres: Mithatpasa Caddesi No: 464/A 35280 Asansor/Izmir/Turkey
Phone: +90 232 445 33 40  -  Fax: +90 232 445 33 40
E-Mail: biennial@galleryseba.com   Web: www.bienalizmir.org   -
www.galleryseba.com

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Patrick Mimran Actuality

"Billboard Project"

Istituto degli Innocenti

Mudi

Piazza SS Annunziata 12

50122  Firenze Italy

September 2013

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Reynolds Fine Art, Breaking Boundaries: The Art of Susan Weinreich

Reynolds Fine Art

Presents

Breaking Boundaries:

The Art of Susan Weinreich

 

Reynolds Fine Art is pleased to offer a hand picked selection of early Vintage Drawings executed by the artist, Susan Weinreich, in the 1970’s. Raw and Frenetic, these drawings were created on the cusp of the artist’s descent into schizophrenia.  Also included in this exhibition is a selection of signed Black and White Woodcut Prints, Powerfully Bold and Unique, produced from the 35 original blocks executed by Weinreich during the acute phase of her illness.  A corresponding selection of the original Blocks, themselves, will also be on display throughout the show. The exhibit concludes with significant and highly compelling Large Scale Pastels and Mixed Media works created during the early phase of Weinreich’s recovery.

 “Art is the noblest way to make a seeming tragedy into the occasion of triumph.  Susan Weinreich’s drawings and paintings have that redemptive quality: they reach unabashedly into darkness and thrust into shattering clarity, telling the story of their sometimes tortured inspiration from a hard-earned place of safety.  These brave pictures, suffused with intimacy, elaborate her unstinting gaze at both the smoothness of the world’s surfaces and the jagged turmoil of the human mind.  Susan Weinreich is remarkable for the art she has made in sickness and in health, for the profound emergence from schizophrenia she has achieved, and for the intense self-awareness that has marked her recovery.” -Andrew Solomon, PhD, is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture, psychology and the arts.

Susan Weinreich is a celebrated American Artist, Lecturer and Mental Health Advocate whose paintings and drawings have been exhibited across the nation. At the request of galleries, universities, public corporations and private non-profit organizations, Susan has spoken in the United States and Canada about her art and the impact of her past illness on her life. Her art and life story have been featured in the national press, including the New York Times.

Originally diagnosed in 1975 with paranoid schizophrenia while attending the Rhode Island School of Design. Weinreich’s recovery from her illness provides an important lesson for us all in the power of heroic commitment, perseverance and healing to affect change. Her work both as an advocate for those less fortunate and as an artist has made much impact on the lives of many people and their energy.

Ms. Weinreich’s artwork is in the collection of numerous individuals, public and private, including, The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, the World Corporate Headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Four Winds Hospital, in Katonah, New York.

The Show will be on display from October 4^th through the 29^th at Reynolds Fine Art located in New Haven’s historic 9^th square on 96 Orange St. The Shows opening reception will be held on Friday the 4^th of October. Open Studio lectures scheduled for the 19^thand 20^th of October. For inquiries please contact us at 203.498.2200 or email us at info@reynoldsfineart.com.

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Alighiero Boetti The magic of words, works on paper 1964 - 1990

Alighiero Boetti The magic of words, works on paper 1964 - 1990    Planes, 1980 black ballpoint pen on paper mounted on canvas, 26.5 x 58.5 cm Opening Thursday, September 26 - 18 hours September 27 to November 16, 2013, Tuesday - Friday Hours 11-19 Repetto Projects - Milan, Via Senato 24  Via Amendola 23, Acqui Terme tel: +39 0144 3253518 info@galleriarepetto.com 2 4 Via Senato, Milan tel: +39 02 339 4,492,555 info@repettoprojects.com  #fineartmagazine

Art Allert!!Catch the Red Bull Canvas Cooler Project New York Looks intresting

RED BULL CURATES:  THE CANVAS COOLER PROJECT
ART EXHIBITION & COMPETITION SHINES A LIGHT ON 
NEW YORK’S EMERGING ARTISTS

National Tour Gives Artists Unique Exhibition, Career Boosting Opportunities & 

@redbullNYC #CanvasCooler | http://www.redbullusa.com/canvascooler | on.fb.me/CuratesNYC 

WHAT:

Red Bull Curates: The Canvas Cooler Project New York is pairing 20 handpicked New York-based artists with venue owners from some of the city’s hottest local bars, lounges and restaurants.  Selected artists will be given a one-day challenge to transform a blank, canvas-wrapped Red Bull Cooler into an inspired work of art customized for permanent display at each venue.  The art created will be exhibited in a one-night only public showcase on Thursday, September 19 at The 1896 in Brooklyn.  Attending guests and a panel of curatorial judges will vote on each piece, sending two artists, and possibly a third, to SCOPE Miami Beach in December, where they will show and sell a collection of their work during the world's premier international art show for modern and contemporary works, Art Basel.

In addition to the two New York artists selected by the luminary panel of judges the night of the showcase, two additional artists will be entered into the People’s Choice Award pool, which gives one more artist the opportunity to join the group show at SCOPE Miami Beach.  The two artists will be chosen based upon the number of social media mentions using their custom hashtag on Twitter the night of the event, and the People’s Choice Award will be announced in November.

The New York exhibition is the fifth in this national art tour of six cities.  The Canvas Cooler Project 2013 launched in San Francisco in January, with additional exhibitions in Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas, honoring a diverse group of artists from mixed disciplines including fine art, street art, graphic design and more.  By combining social media, local industry and a no-boundaries stance on art style, this forward-thinking art tour has set a new tone for taking local artists communities and placing them on a global platform.  The final exhibition and competition before the group show at SCOPE Miami Beach will be hosted in Atlanta on October 17.

WHO:

Selected New York Artists:
Michael Anderson - David M. Cook - Cope2 - Hanksy - ICY and SOT - Indie 184 - Jerkface - Brian Kirhagis - Sofia Maldonado -MRS - Phetus - Beau Stanton - Toofly - Tanja Vulin - Twerps! - UR New York - Col Wallnuts - Steve Wasterval - WhisBe - Zimad

Participating Venues:
Full Circle - Paperbox - South 4th - Knitting Factory - SRB - Glasslands Green Room - Brooklyn Fireproof East - Alligator Lounge - Muchmore’s - Leftfield - Fontanas - Cakeshop - Forgtmenot - The Delancey - Arlene’s Grocery - The Woods

Judges:
-Jaime Rojo (Editor in Chief, BrooklynStreetArt.com)
-Steven P. Harrington (Editor of Photography, BrooklynStreetArt.com)
-Bill Carroll (Director, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts; Teacher, Parsons School of Design)
-Bibbe Hansen

ABOUT CANVAS COOLER:
Red Bull Curates: The Canvas Cooler Project 2013 launched in San Francisco on January 31 and the winning artists were Akira Beard and Slvstr. The Los Angeles event was held on March 28 and the judges chose artists James Haunt and White Buffalo to move on to show at SCOPE Miami Beach. In Chicago on May 16 artists Jason Brammer and Ian Ferguson were selected and in Dallas on July 25 the judges named artists Jody Pham and SopaGrapes the winners. After New York on September 19, the final competition in this national art tour will be held in Atlanta on October 17, where two more artists will be invited to show and sell a collection of their work at SCOPE Miami Beach in December.

Last year, Red Bull Curates: The Canvas Cooler Project was hosted in four cities, included nearly 100 artists, and was curated by luminaries in the art world including pop artist Ron English, acclaimed director and author Jon Reiss, Carlo McCormick (Paper Magazine) and Daria Britt Shapiro (SCOPE) among others.   Ultimately, 10 artists were awarded the opportunity to show and sell collections at SCOPE Miami during Art Basel.  Featured artists representing New York were: Gerardo Cid, L’Amour Supreme,CLAWMONEY and Cosbe.  GOONS, Hebru Brantley and Don’t Fret represented Chicago alongside Los Angeles artists Gregory Siff, Lydia Emily and Hans Haveron

ABOUT ARTS FUND:
Arts Fund produces and invests in independent music, art, and film initiatives and their connections to the audience.  To learn more, please visit http://facebook.com/ArtsFund and http://facebook.com/TermOfArt.

ABOUT SCOPE:
With over 65 art fairs spanning more than a decade, SCOPE is the largest and most global art fair in the world, celebrated as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary creative programming. Renowned for its uncanny ability to forecast new visual trends that are embraced globally, SCOPE Art Shows in Miami, Basel, New York, London and the Hamptons have garnered extensive critical acclaim, with sales of over $500 million and attendance of over 700,000 visitors. Learn more at www.scope-art.com.

Through the Red Bull network, hi-res video and still images are captured and made immediately available for editorial use for all media channels including television, film, print, mobile and digital.  The content is centrally located in the Red Bull Content Pool for media partners at www.redbullcontentpool.com.

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Casey Chalem Anderson “Atlantic Curl at Dune Beach” Catching the wave after Labor day

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Casey Chalem Anderson “Atlantic Curl at Dune Beach” 24 x 36 oil

The change of season as if on cue after Labor Day startled me. Right away, I felt loss that somehow the summer got away.  As soon as I realized how futile a thought that was and how it didn’t serve me one bit, I shifted to appreciating what is here.  And it is glorious! At the ocean the water is alive with very small white caps in the distance.  As the current rolls in and across eastward all is activated.  Yet the people at the beach seem calmer.  They certainly have more space for themselves than in the high season. The energy is no longer frenzied with the pressure of squeezing in a good time memory of the summer. September at the beach is a bonus to enjoy.  People are simply happy to be here, right now in this very moment.   The relief is palpable.   I see it on people’s faces as they walk on to the beach and take in the vast ocean that is so much deeper, bigger and more powerful that we can imagine. Here is my most recent Atlantic Ocean wave from Dune Beach in Southampton, a Peconic Land Trust conserved property.  I always find luxurious color in the diffused light and sparkling bursts of foam in the waves as they crash to shore. To see more wave paintings click here : http://caseyart.com/portfolio-gallery/ocean-waves/ Until next time, Casey This month I will again be donating 10% of my sales to the Peconic Land Trust as our highly anticipated and always well attended early October annual exhibition opens October 4, 5, 6 at Ashawagh Hall in Springs – East Hampton I am a founding member of Plein Air Peconic, the artist group dedicated to helping the Peconic Land Trust conserve the natural beauty of the East End of Long Island. #fineartmagazine

Premier selection of galleries to participate in Art Basel's 12th edition in Miami Beach

Premier selection of galleries to participate in Art Basel's 12th edition in Miami Beach 

In 2013 the Art Basel show in Miami Beach will feature 258 leading international galleries, drawn from 31 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The show presents artwork ranging from Modern masters to the latest contemporary works and includes, for the first time in Miami Beach, a sector dedicated to editioned works. Art Basel in Miami Beach, whose Lead Partner is UBS, will take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from December 5 to December 8, 2013. 

The 2013 Miami Beach show asserts again its status as the premier destination for galleries from the United States and Latin America, with nearly half of this year’s exhibitors coming from those regions. Galleries with exhibition spaces in 31 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay are participating at this year's show. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/exhibitors. 

A select group of younger American galleries are taking part in the show for the first time, including Elizabeth Dee and Corbett vs. Dempsey in the show’s Galleries sector, 47 Canal in Nova, and Bureau and Real Fine Arts in Positions. Reflecting the international show’s growing link to Asia, new galleries from the region include Tang Contemporary Art and One and J. Gallery, both in Positions, and Singapore Tyler Print Institute in Edition. 

The focus of the show remains its Galleries sector, which includes 195 of the world’s best established galleries. Long-time exhibitors are joined by first-time participants such as Pace/MacGill Gallery, one of the leading international photography galleries. After a brief hiatus, Art Basel in Miami Beach also welcomes returning galleries Foksal Gallery Foundation, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, P.P.O.W, and Timothy Taylor Gallery. Several galleries who previously exhibited as part of Nova or Positions have progressed to the main sector of the show, including Gavlak Gallery, Ingleby Gallery, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Galerie Mezzanin, Proyectos Monclova, Ratio 3, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Galeria Nara Roesler, and Wentrup. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/galleries. 

This year’s Nova sector, which offers younger galleries a platform to present work made  in the last three years by one, two or three artists, offers a focused selection of 34 participants. Highlights include works by the artists Aaron Bobrow and David Diao (at Office Baroque Gallery); Deyson Gilbert and Marina Simão (at Mendes Wood); Pamela Rosenkranz and Keiichi Tanaami (at Karma International); Saâdane Afif and Karsten Födinger (at RaebervonStenglin); Oliver Laric and Aleksandra Domanović (at Tanya Leighton Gallery); Charles Atlas (at Vilma Gold); Bharti Kher, Sheela Gowda and Prabhavathi Meppayil (at GallerySKE); Sam Falls, Wyatt Kahn (at T293); Teresa Margolles, Pedro Reyes and Jill Magid (at Labor); Daniela Ortiz, Rita Ponce de León and David Zink Yi (at 80M2 Livia Benavides) and Matthew Chambers and Phil Wagner (at Untitled). For the full list of galleries and artists, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/nova. 

Positions focuses on curated booths presenting a single artist. In 2013, this sector comprises 16 artists, including Ulrik Heltoft (at Andersen`s Contemporary), Gabriel Acevedo Velarde (at Arratia Beer), Lourival Cuquinha (at Baró Galeria), Tom Holmes (at Bureau), Jorge Pedro Nuñez (at Galerie Crèvecoeur), Dove Allouche (at Gaudel de Stampa), Vijai Patchineelam (at Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo), Stefanos Tsivopoulos (at Kalfayan Galleries), Nicolás Consuegra (at La Central), Juan López (at Nogueras Blanchard), Seung Yul Oh (at One and J. Gallery), Oriol Vilanova (at Parra & Romero), Nadira Husain (at PSM), Mathieu Malouf (at Real Fine Arts), Laercio Redondo (at Silvia Cintra + Box4), Wang Yuyang (at Tang Contemporary Art). For the full list of galleries and artists, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/positions. 

Following the long success of a dedicated sector for prints and limited-editioned works at Art Basel's show in Basel, the Edition sector premiers now in Miami Beach with 13 exhibitors, including first-time Miami Beach participants Alan Cristea Gallery, Crown Point Press, gdm, Pace Prints, Paul Stolper Gallery, and Singapore Tyler Print Institute. For the full list of galleries, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/edition. 

The Public sector will for the first time be curated by Nicholas Baume, Director and Chief Curator of New York City's Public Art Fund. Both the Public and Kabinett sectors will feature expanded significant offerings in 2013, with an increased number of participating artists and galleries. Further information on Public, the Kabinett and Film sectors and Art Basel's Conversations and Salon series will be released during the fall. 

For the past 11 years, Miami Beach’s leading museums and private collections have timed their strongest exhibitions of the year to coincide with Art Basel in Miami Beach, and 2013 is no different. Miami’s leading private collections – among them the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, the Rubell Family Collection and World Class Boxing – will be opening their exhibition spaces to guests of the international art show. The museums of South Florida will be staging important exhibitions to coincide with Art Basel. The Pérez Art Museum Miami will open its new Herzog & de Meuron designed building in December with exhibitions including 'Ai Weiwei: According to What?' and commissioned projects by Yael Bartana, Bouchra Khalili, Hew Locke and Monika Sosnowska. On display at the Bass Museum of Art will be 'Piotr Uklański: esl', while the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami will present 'Tracey Emin: Angel without You'. 'Phyllida Barlow: HOARD' will be on view at the Norton Museum of Art and the Wolfsonian-FIU will show 'The Birth of Rome' and 'Rendering War: The Murals of A. G. Santagata'. 

The premier destination for the world’s most prominent design galleries, DesignMiami/ runs from December 4 to December 8, 2013. For further information, please visit designmiami.com. 

Important Dates:

Opening Day (by invitation only):
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Public Days: 
Thursday, December 5, to Sunday, December 8, 2013

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OMAZ HIPOLITO | SQUAT THEATER ARCHIVE: 2013 MERGE_06 - Opens September 8

In “2013 merge_06” Tomaz Hipólito (b.1969, Lisbon) follows his obsession with notions of space, whether physical, personal or historical. With the concept of vital space as background, Hipólito’s work is an ongoing research, driven by what the artist called “mapping gesture.” The title of the exhibition clearly indicates the artist’s need for mapping. By using preexistent coordinates, Hipólito creates a new territory, which situates itself between reality and experience. This so-called “interval” is where the artist’s core themes are exhaustively revisited, and begin with the staging and investigation, revealing methods through which we apprehend the relations between persona, object and space. Archives have in recent years gained a privileged position as a point of access to previous artistic experiences. By delving into Squat Theatre’s Archive, the artist’s intent was not to rescue the artistic practice of this experimental theater group – whose actions have remained in New York’s underground mythology and in the memory of those who had the chance to see them live – but rather to reuse it according to his own needs. Thus, Hipólito brings light to their practice while using it as a means to his own researches, which encompass some of the group’s issues. Squat Theatre can trace its origins to Budapest in the late 1960s. Initially known as Kassak Studio, its members renamed the group after being expelled from Hungary due to their avant-garde and radical practice. After creating and touring with their first storefront play in Western Europe for more than a year, they permanently relocated to New York City in 1977. From then on and until 1985 their activity would take place at 256 West 23rd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues. Its members lived and performed in a building on the same block with one of New York’s artistic Meccas, the Chelsea Hotel. Although the actual building no longer exists – having been replaced by a cinema complex – Squat Theatre’s plays and performances were intimately connected to the space where they were taking place. Playing with the inside and the outside or the public and the private sphere, Squat’s performances were able to blur several frontiers, namely the role of the intervening and the non-intervening parties and the perception of space. A storefront would never be a storefront again after being converted into the scenography of politically and poetically charged plays. By comprising multiple media, such as photography, film, video, painting, drawing and performance, Tomaz Hipólito intervenes in the aforementioned “interval.” It is fair to believe that Rooster’s premises become a new territory, the interval itself, in an ambiguous game between past and present. Therefore, in “2013 merge_06” Hipólito operates in and with Time and Space the same way Squat Theatre did, blurring frontiers and continuously challenging the viewer’s perceptions of lived-memory and built-memory.   Weekly performances will take place inside and outside Rooster Gallery. TOMAZ HIPOLITO | SQUAT THEATER ARCHIVE: 2013 MERGE_06 ROOSTER GALLERY, 190 ORCHARD STREET, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 6–9PM EXHIBITING FROM SEPTEMBER 8–OCTOBER 20

Alexander Slonevsky, Director                        Andre Escarameia, Curator 212.230.1370                                                    646.637.2097 alex@roostergallery.com                                andre@roostergallery.com

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Call to Artists - A-RTS at Rockville Town Square

A-RTS

 at Rockville Town Square 

A Premier Event 

in a Spectacular Venue!

    

Call to Artists

WHAT: Juried Fine Art and Fine Crafts Festival 

  

WHERE: Rockville Town Square in Rockville, MD 

     

WHEN:  May 3 - 4, 2014

            Saturday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

          

NOTEWORTHY:

*Organized and managed by the Bethesda Row Arts Festival team
 
*Limited to 175 artists and crafters
 
*Estimated Attendance:  30,000
 
*Jury/Booth Fees:  $30/$345
 
*Ample Parking - Metro access

*Artist amenities include booth sitters, artist hospitality, ample free parking, overnight police security.

      

  

Rockville Town Square - is a sensory delight. A popular dining and gathering place, Rockville Town Square covers four city blocks and features more than 30 fine shops, upscale boutiques, unique restaurants. Low-rise retail and modern residential buildings create a very pleasing, human-scale, town-center feel. The architecture is eclectic, ranging from art deco to southwest to postmodern in style.  Attractive brick sidewalks, wooden and wrought-iron benches, trees and shrubbery round out the welcoming atmosphere.

Cultural events are an important dynamic in this affluent community on the Rockville Pike corridor, which has the nation's highest per square foot retail sales.

Marketing through newspapers, magazines, television, radio, web and transit is directed to these individuals with high disposable income and interest in art.  

Now in its second year, A-RTS at Rockville Town Square promises to continue offering artists an excellent clientele in a spectacular setting!  

 

APPLY VIA: www.zapplication.org

Deadline: January 20, 2014

Notification: February 8, 2014 via e-mail

Accepted Artist fees due: March 1, 2014

Email inquires to: Robin@A-RTS.org

You may also contact by telephone:

Robin Markowitz, Festival Director

301-637-5684

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Warren James Returns as Architect for PINTA NY 2013

Warren James Returns as Architect for
PINTA NY 2013

August 28, 2013 (New York, NY) – PINTA NY is pleased to announce the selection of renowned architect Warren James to design the interior layout of the fair’s seventh edition, located at the historic 82MERCER building. This is James’s second appointment as the fair’s architect, the first being his design of the 15,000 square foot Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea for the fair’s 2007 inaugural edition. PINTA NY, the modern and contemporary Latin American art fair, will take place November 14-17, 2013 at 82MERCER in New York City.

Diego Costa Peuser, founder of PINTA NY, dubs James “an artist’s architect.” On his choice to reappoint James for this year’s interior space design, Costa Peuser had this to say:

Collaborating this year with Warren James’s architecture studio is closely linked to the choice of the new, unique exhibition space, 82MERCER – a very special location unlike the "white cubes" commonly used for these events. 82MERCER is a loft with its own identity closely tied to the spirit of New York's SoHo district. Therefore, we understood, for this seventh edition of Pinta NY, that we should pay close attention to the dialogue between the fair’s exhibition design and the fully curated content.

James has a reputation for site-specific designs and an aesthetic described by Spanish critic Antoni Bernat as "a sensual clarity and geometric interest...[with] a preference for built lucid forms,” which promises to deliver an elegant, dynamic art fair flavored by the architect’s distinct “glocal”—global and local—approach. In 2007 The New York Times art critic Holland Cotter praised James’s design for the inaugural edition of PINTA NY as “...stylish and airy. In general a less-is-more sensibility prevails. For once, a fair looks like an art exhibition, not a job-lot display.”

On the process of designing an art fair, James observes:

We strive for a memorable interior sequence—visually and spatially. Event architecture used to arrive, get installed, live for days, and then disappear. Art fairs are ephemeral, that's their nature. Architecture is the opposite. Now art fairs go on and on digitally, long after the event, rethinking their impermanence is made permanent.

PINTA NY’s redesign of a historic building for a four-day event underscores a larger architectural trend toward the design of temporary spaces or “ephemeral architecture.” The meticulous composition of a structural environment that can only be enjoyed within a certain span of time is in some ways counter to the architectural principle of building something to last. In this way, PINTA NY is excited to partner with Warren James to explore new frontiers in the way people experience new spaces and ephemeral architecture.

82MERCER boasts the industrial, rugged beauty of an iconic downtown New York loft-style building; a 50,000 square foot space, which maintains many original 19th century architectural features including cast-iron columns, 14-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and brick archways. Located conveniently in SoHo, 82MERCER brings PINTA NY to the heart of the New York’s powerhouse retail and arts district.

Warren James is the celebrated architect and principal of Warren A. James Architecture + Planning. James received degrees from Cornell and Columbia Universities, going on to work in Puerto Rico, Spain, and finally returning to New York. His long and distinguished career is punctuated by numerous awards and grants including the A.I.A Unbuilt Awards, The Andrew Dickson White Prize/Cornell University, and The George W. Neikirk Prize / C.S.A.A., among others. His work has been shown in exhibitions and published internationally.

PINTA NY is a curated presentation of Modern and Contemporary art from Central and South America, Spain, Portugal, and The Caribbean, and a leading voice in the championing of Latin American art. It will take place 14-17 November 2013.

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Call to Artists - ArtFest Fort Myers 2014

ArtFest Fort Myers 2014

    Southwest Florida's Premier Art Festival   

Call to Artists  

WHAT: 14th Annual Juried Fine Art Festival

WHEN:  February 1 - 2, 2014

              Saturday & Sunday

              9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

WHERE:  Downtown Fort Myers Riverfront, Fort Myers, FL

NOTEWORTHY:

• 200 participating artists. 
• Jury/Booth Fee: $35/$395 - Double booths, corner locations and electric available limited number.
• International airport and great business environment make Fort Myers home to many powerhouse corporations (Hertz, Chico's, Sony, Gartner Group), with residential & commercial construction on the rise.  
• Award winning marketing program valued at $150,000 creating 5 million impressions targeting art buying patrons.
• 21,000 copies of 24-page ArtFest Fort Myers magazine featuring festival artists and activities, produced with Travel Host, distributed in 110 top hotels and information centers from Punta Gorda to Marco Island.  
• Active social media year-round to engage art patrons. 
• $5,000 in award money plus "invited status" for following year.
• Commemorative poster and t-shirt contest with valuable prizes including free booth space, free weekend hotel stay and much more. Submissions taken from May 15 - August 20, 2013. CLICK HERE for details.
• Opportunity to advertise in festival publications.
• Option to participate in Friday Night Opening Party (70 artists).
• Artist amenities including drive up access for Friday set up, booth sitters, complimentary breakfast, indoor restrooms, behind booth storage, designated artist parking & discounted hotel rates.
• Professional jury panel of five changes each year, creating a show with approximately 90% new artists annually.
• For additional details, visit www.ArtFestFortMyers.com 

Each February, over 85,000 art lovers and collectors attend ArtFest Fort Myers to enjoy and purchase the work of 200 fabulous artists from across the country. Our downtown riverfront park and yacht basin are the perfect backdrop as artists booths line the wide boulevard, without the interference of food, sponsors or loud music. New and cutting edge art combines with more traditional work to create an amazing, free to the pubic, outdoor selling gallery, with no dead end artist spaces allowed!  From extensive advertising to great artist amenities, our team of professional staff works all year to produce one successful fine art festival for you!. Apply now and make ArtFest Fort Myers a part of your Florida winter season!

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:  

Application deadline: 

September 16, 2013 on www.zapplication.org 

Jury:

October 8, 2013  

Notification:of Acceptance: 

October 18, 2013

Booth Fees Due:

November 1, 2013

Email inquiries to: 

Jeanne.Seehaver@ArtFestFortMyers.com

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SAVE THE DATE!  ArtFest Fort Myers - February 1 - 2, 2014  

COOPER COLE - INSTALLATION: BRAD TINMOUTH

COOPER COLE

INSTALLATION: BRAD TINMOUTH

Brad Tinmouth
August 23 - September 9, 2013

Curated by Lucas Soi

Closing reception: Saturday September 7, 2013, 3 - 6pm

COOPER COLE
777 Richmond Street West, 2nd Floor
Monday, Friday, and Saturday: 12pm - 4pm and by appointment.

Installation images from Brad Tinmouth's current exhibition are now online.