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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 & 

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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

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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.

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