Opening Reception Tonight - The Last Picture Show & Berlin Meets NY

538 West 29th Street New York, NY 10001 646-772-2407 www.skylightgallerynyc.com  info@skylightgallerynyc.com Gallery Hours mon.-fri 10-4 variable Sat. 12-5  (please ring buzzer to enter gallery )  Greetings! This Thursday evening!!!!  Opening Reception, Sept. 20th 6-8 pm  "The Last Picture Show"   and "Berlin Meets NY"    Lupe Godoy courtesy of Kunstleben Berlin- our sister gallery Exhibition runs Sept. 20th thru the end of Oct. Skylight Gallery NYC is celebrating its final show in the series   "Art Conversations". These art conversations centered on City Based and Hudson Valley Based Artists. "The Last Picture Show" features some of our best represented artists from NYC and the Hudson Valley. Also exhibiting in the Hearth Gallery, "Berlin Meets NY", an exhibition of represented artists from our sister gallery Kunstleben Berlin, Germany. New Projects at Skylight Gallery are coming soon with a new edition to its format centered on Curatorial Projects. Come to our Opening Reception on Thursday, September 20th from 6-9 pm See the work and celebrate our NY artists and our Berlin artists and find out more about our new and exciting future projects. Thank you for supporting the arts and Skylight Gallery NYC Carla Goldberg/Gallery Director  Gallery hours (Monday through Friday 10am through 4pm variable) Saturdays 12-5    The gallery is located at 538 W 29th St. NY, NY 10001.    Please direct inquiries or requests for information to Gallery Director Carla Goldberg at 646-772-2407, or   email at info@skylightgallerynyc.com website www.skylightgallerynyc.com

MF Gallery's 10th Annual Halloween Art Show

Martina & Frank Russo are proud to present…

MF GALLERY’S 10^TH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN ART SHOW

Can’t wait to wear your Halloween costume? Then put it on early and come party
with some great Halloween Artwork by your favorite MF Gallery artists!

Costumed Opening Party: Saturday October 13^th, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm

||  MF Gallery: 213 Bond St. Brooklyn, NY 11217  ||  917-446-8681  ||  info@MFgallery.net  ||

For the past ten years, MF Gallery owners/curators/artists Martina and Frank Russo have been gathering the best in spooky Halloween- themed artwork for their annual Halloween Art Show.

MF Halloween shows have come to be known as one of the best venues to see and purchase Halloween artwork, and the Costumed Opening Parties are always a fun kickoff to the Halloween Season! This year marks the 10^th Anniversary of this great event, so MF Gallery has taken extra care to make this Halloween Art Show better than ever before!

Many of the artists who have been showing with MF Gallery for the past ten years, (Lisa Petrucci, Michael Mararian, Ciou, Dave Brockie, Nicoz Balboa, Stephen Blickenstaff, Angie Mason, Drew Maillard, Joe Simko, Martina & Frank Russo) will be exhibiting work in this special event. Other artists in the show include: Eric Richardson, Moses Jaen, Johanna O’Donnell, PJ McQuade, Ksenja Laginja, Mal Ojo, Greg Maillard and more… Plus, the entranceway to the gallery will be transformed into a Haunted Spookhouse installation by Kathleen Hayes, Frank Russo and Joanna Mulder!

Costumes are strongly encouraged at the Halloween Opening Party, (On Saturday October 13th, from 7 to 10pm) and will be rewarded with free beer and candy. Many of the artists will be attending- see if you can spot them in their Halloween costumes! Additionally, artist Drew Maillard will be raffling off his Halloween art piece, so one lucky winner will be able to get it for the mere price of a raffle ticket! Admission is Free and open to all ages.

"MF Gallery's Tenth Annual Halloween Art Show" will be open by appointment until Sunday November 4th, 2012. Contact Martina or Frank at (917)446-8681 or email: info@MFgallery.net to make an appointment to see the show. All of the art will also be available for viewing and purchasing online at: www.MFgallery.net/H10/H10.html

MF Gallery is located at 213 Bond Street, between Butler and Baltic Streets in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn, NY. Take the A or G to Hoyt/ Schermerhorn, the F or G to Bergen, or the R to Union.

Contact Martina Secondo Russo at (917)446-8681 or info@MFgallery.net for appointments, questions or press inquiries.

  

Artists Wanted - Do You Know Creative People?

ARTISTS WANTED

Do you know creative people? Well, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

Artists Wanted is a New York City based arts organization with over $50,000 in grants and awards on hand to give away to talented artists, photographers and designers. Some of that grant money is being made available to people like you who can help us reach out to the creative community.

Do you know creative people? You should get rewarded for it. Click here for details.

Call to Artists - Year in Review

The 2nd annual Artists Wanted : Year In Review is an international call for art awarding a $25,000 Grand Prize package and more, including one month in a New York City luxury loft.

One creative visionary will be selected to receive an exclusive feature booth in NYC this March at SCOPE Art Show, the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and one of the most influential presences in the expanding global art market. Our goal is simple - to find amazing talents and expose them to the world in the most potent way possible.

Click Here to Participate
Submissions accepted through January 31, 2012 11:59pm EST

BORDERS by Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir in Dad Hammarskjöld Plaza

Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir's Borders on display at Dag Hammerskjöld Plaza The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce the exhibition BORDERS by Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza from March 24 through September 30, 2011. The installation features twenty-six androgynous, life-size sculptures, thirteen aluminum and thirteen cast iron, which extend throughout the park from First to Second Avenue on East 47th Street. BORDERS will be the park’s largest exhibition to date and the first exhibition to incorporate the entire park.  “Dag Hammarskjold Plaza is the gateway to the United Nations and a hub of international activity that serves thousands of people and hosts hundreds of political events each year,” said Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe.  “The new public art installation, BORDERS, will connect many diverse constituencies to new artistic experiences.  It will foster conversation and provide a significant backdrop for daily events at this public space.” BORDERS was created specifically for Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza and directly responds to the park’s design and infrastructure, as well as the United Nations headquarters located at the eastern end of the park. Thórarinsdóttir’s figures, standing along the main park corridor and seated on park benches, mirror each other in silent conversation and form unseen borders that visitors are welcome to cross—serving as ambassadors between sculptures. The exhibition addresses humanity and cultural diversity, an exceptionally appropriate theme for one of the most culturally and politically active sites in all of New York City. Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir (b.1955) studied at the University of Portsmouth Fine Art Department in England and the Accademia di Belle Arte in Bologna, Italy. She has been working professionally for over 30 years and has exhibited widely in Europe, Japan, the United States, and Australia. Her works are in private, public, and corporate collections around the world. She has completed commissions at Leifur Eiríksson International Airport, Iceland, and the two-part memorial Voyage in Hull, England, and Vik, Iceland among others.  Thórarinsdóttir recently finished a 9 meter high sculpture for the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.  Her exhibition Horizons which was first exhibited in early 2007 at the Katonah Museum, New York has since traveled to six venues. Among them are the Dixon Museum and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee; and Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Illinois.  On January 31, 2011, Horizons inaugurated the new sculpture garden of the Georgia Museum of Art where it will be on view through June 30, 2011. Thórarinsdóttir lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland. Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir is the latest in a long list of distinguished artists to be exhibited with the Department of Parks & Recreation, including Robert Indiana, Mark DiSuvero, Dennis Oppenheim, Beverly Pepper, and Jessica Stockholder. Parks & Recreation’s public art program has consistently fostered the creation and installation of temporary public art in parks throughout the five boroughs. Since 1967, collaborations with arts organizations and artists have produced hundreds of public art projects in New York City parks. Special thanks to Scott White Contemporary Art, Friends of Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, the Consul General of Iceland in New York City, the Icelandic Embassy in Washington, D.C., The Icelandic Ministry of Culture, Iceland Naturally, Visit Iceland, Visit Reykjavik, Icelandic Art Center and Eimskip Shipping Company. For installation images click here. Weblinks: nycgovparks.org walkingoffthebigapple.com wn.com juxtapoz.com icelandnaturally.com iceland.is For additional information on Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir you can visit www.steinunnth.com or www.scottwhiteart.com. Photographer: James Ewing. Courtesy of Scott White Contemporary, James Ewing and the artist.