Tuesday, June 12, 2012

You are most cordially invited to the opening reception of Karen Gentile’s exhibit: Still Life Series

Friday, June 1, 2012

The Vimeo Festival + Awards

THE VIMEO FESTIVAL

JUNE 8TH + 9TH, VIMEO HQ + ROOT

Imagine a space shuttle countdown about to reach we have liftoff — that’s where we stand in relation to the 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards! In less metaphorical terms, they are happening very, very soon: June 7-9 in New York City. The Awards show is already sold out, but you can still get involved in our weekend of wonder:

Come to the Vimeo Festival Enjoy a quintessentially cultural weekend in NYC: Listen to inspirational speakers, learn all sorts of new filmmaking skills, and watch the world’s best videos with us. Tickets start at just $40, and we even have sweet discounts for Plus and PRO members. Register now >	Get tickets

See the full schedule

Plan every waking moment of your weekend with our handy guide to all the talks, workshops, screenings, and special events, including:

+ A conversation about the glory of failure with acclaimed director/actor Ed Burnsand renowned producer Ted Hope

+ Director Profiles with documentary geniuses Steve James and Lucy Walker

+ A guide to getting started with the gear you’ve got with cool filmmaking dudeCasey Neistat

Explore all that's happening this year >

View schedule

Check out the finalists

The results are almost in — we just announced the finalists for this year’s Vimeo Awards, with four videos duking it out for top honors in each of 13 categories. Lay eyes on all the finalists’ videos >

Watch now

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

New paintings from Imaginary Surrealist Daniel Merriam

WHAT | New paintings from Imaginary Surrealist Daniel Merriam, The Greatest Show on Earth

WHERE | AFA, 54 Greene Street @ Broome

EXHIBITIION | May 26th - June 20, 2012

RECEPTION | May 26th from 6-8pm, rsvp@afanyc.com

MORE INFO | Heidi Leigh at heidi@afanyc.com or 212.226.7374

GALLERY HOURS | Mon. - Sat., 10am - 7pm and Sun., 11am - 6pm

PREVIEW | Here

Although life in the circus depends on discipline, struggle and sacrifice, it is divergent thinking that is the catalyst for the magic. This show is dedicated to the performer and the double lives they must lead.

"It has been said by many artists that art is often the result of a struggle. I can attest to this based on years of devoting my abilities to an art form heavily reliant on discipline. Both the body and the mind are fully employed in such an effort. In my case it is the urge to create ever upstaged challenges both in my paintings and my real life as well, that gets me from frenzy to frustration to exhaustion. I strive to work sculpturally and architecturally as I paint. Each time the environment becomes more of an obstacle as I encounter the physical limitations inherent with being human."

Born in 1963 in a rural town in Maine, Daniel Merriam is one of seven artistic children. He taught himself to paint at a very young age, and used his art as a method of reflective play throughout his childhood. He went on to study mechanical and architectural design at Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute. While still in school, he applied his dimensional skills and passion for architecture to his family's design and construction business.In 1986, Merriam shifted his focus solely to fine art, and later that year had his first solo exhibition in Maine. Since then, his exhibitions throughout the United States & Europe have been lauded and achieved critical acclaim. Merriam's work is included in countless private collections and in such public collections as The Riverside Museum of Art in California, The Gesundheit! Institute in Virginia, the Manhattan Club in New York, and the Merrill Lynch collection.

Fine Art & Craft Fair

Art in the Park

Fine Art & Craft Fair

June 2 & 3, 2012

10am - 5pm

Heckscher Park, Huntington

Rain or Shine - Free Admission

About 70 artists and craftspeople will show and sell original works of art and handmade crafts such as paintings, photographs, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, woodwork, glasswork, wearable art, and more. Prizes will be awarded to artists and craftspeople for superior artistry and craftsmanship.

This year, join the excitement as Long Island radio station 94X along with a panel of judges select Huntington's First "Idol" through a talent competition. From pre-submitted video auditions, ten finalists will perform separately at the event for their chance to claim the title of Huntington Idol at Art in the Park on Saturday June 2nd from 1pm to 3pm.

Contestants may submit their entries at

www.my94x.com/huntington-idol.

The event will also feature live art demonstrations by Art League instructors and live music throughout both days. Raffles will run both days to benefit visual arts education programs at the Art League of Long Island.

View the video of FIOS1's MyLITV coverage of Art in the Park 2011

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Artists Wanted - Self 2012: A Creative Competition Awarding $25,000 in Prizes

Artists Wanted
Self 2012: A Creative Competition Awarding $25,000 in Prizes

+ Gallery Exhibition in NYC
+ $13,500 in Grants
+ 2 Page Magazine Spread

This is your moment to be discovered:
http://www.artistswanted.org/self/?f=self2012liq2

Within each work you create is a story of who you are as an artist.

We're looking for a special creative talent to bring to the forefront of the art world. Whether your work reveals an aspect of your personality, expresses your point of view, addresses a personal journey, and/or explores your unique identity, each artwork you create carries a part of your story.

This is about you. Learn more at:
http://www.artistswanted.org/self/?f=self2012liq2

Get your art reviewed by an esteemed panel of jurors from:

+ Galerie Lelong
+ Auckland Art Gallery
+ Para/Site Art Space
+ Public Art Review
+ and more...

Participate at:
http://www.artistswanted.org/self/?f=self2012liq2

THE CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

THE RICHARD B. FISHER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT BARD COLLEGE PRESENTS THE CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT ON THURSDAY, MAY 31

Special Concert Performed in Preparation for the Conservatory Orchestra’s Tour of China in June

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—The Bard College Conservatory of Music presents the Conservatory Orchestra in concert, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director. The performance takes place in the Sosnoff Theater of The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, on Thursday, May 31 at 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. For ticket information contact the Fisher Center box office at fishercenter.bard.edu or call 845-758-7900.

The program includes Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor; Mozart’s Concerto in E-flat major for two pianos; and the world premiere of Conservatory alumnus Shen Yiwen’s The Sorrowful Song of Drunken Exaltation. Soloists for the performance include Ming Aldrich-Gan and Wei Zhou, piano; and Julia Bullock, soprano.

This special free concert is given in preparation for the Conservatory Orchestra’s tour of China in June. The Bard Music Festival and Bard College Conservatory of Music join forces to launch a concert tour that will take them to premiere venues in Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, and Wuhan. Drawing on 22 years’ experience with the annual Bard Music Festival—devoted each year to the exploration of the world of a single composer—the tour merges the fresh talent of the Bard Conservatory with the Bard Music Festival tradition of innovative programming.

For more information about additional events, including concerts and master classes, go to www.bard.edu/conservatory.

Call to Artists - One of a Kind Show Chicago

One of a Kind Show Chicago

Call to Artists

What: 12th Annual Holiday Shopping Event featuring Fine Art and Fine Craft

Where: The Merchandise Mart in Downtown Chicago

When: December 6-9, 2012

NOTEWORTHY:

60,000 affluent consumers who LOVE to shop
One of the busiest shopping weekends of the year
Ideal location in the heart of downtown Chicago
Premium indoor environment with all inclusive hard wall booth package
Attentive staff and ease of show operations
Unparalleled show marketing encompassing substantial print and online advertising, direct mail, e-blasts, street banners, and media hits generating over 10 million impressions
Exceptional artist promotional opportunities for pre-show, show and post-show exposure

The 12th annual One of a Kind Show Chicago is an extraordinary holiday shopping event featuring fine art and craft from a juried selection of North America's most talented artists. The 4-day show is scheduled during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year and provides an outstanding opportunity for exhibiting artists to sell to tens of thousands of qualified and enthusiastic shoppers in an ideal location and premium environment. The show has consistently been ranked as one of the country's top twenty fine art and fine craft shows by Sunshine Artist Magazine.

Apply via Zapplication: www.zapplication.org

Application Deadline: June 4, 2012

Notification: June 25, 2012

For more details:
www.oneofakindshowchicago.com

Contact:
Kim Runner, Director of Sales
krunner@mmart.com
312.527.7642

Tag You're It

The show will feature twenty of America's most talented young artists selected from a pool of 7,500 applicants. It is the last show curated by the current team and will serve as a celebration of a new chapter for the organisation.

Bells & Whistles by Guy Goldstein

ROOSTER GALLERY, 190 ORCHARD STREET, NYC
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, MAY 31, 6 - 8PM
EXHIBITION DATES: MAY 31 - JULY 8, 2012

Rooster Gallery Contemporary Art and Residency Unlimited (RU) invite you to the opening of JARO 1 featuring 2 solo shows by RU artists in residency Guy Goldstein and Erin Dunn. JARO 1 is the first in a cycle of jointly organised exhibitions. Each year, Residency Unlimited and Rooster will offer the possibility to RU artists in residency to present new work at Rooster's premises in the Lower East side.. The term Jaro is a double reference to “year” in Esperanto and “caravan" in the Kichagga language. Time and displacement are integral to the concept of artists in residency.

On the ground level, Bells & Whistles by Guy Goldstein features a new sound piece alongside works on paper. Goldstein's investigates how to create meaning in a saturated consumer driven society. The process leading to the sound installation derives from a precise set of conditions. The artist enters printed material information in his computer that he collects from a wide range of sources in New York (e.g. restaurant menus, health leaflets, political flyers, fashion catalogs). He then reads this information out loud and records his voice on the computer. These spoken lists constitute the foundation of the multilayered sound piece that Goldstein will update continuously over the course of the exhibition.

The perception of the audience will be put to test by these surrounding sonic elements, which can be distorted and stretched, thus becoming either completely abstract at a given time, or clear and informative at another. The sound speakers are scattered on the gallery floor with the printed lists randomly displayed on top. The friction produced by the contact of the paper with the sound waves emanating from the speakers inevitably produce rustling effects. By incorporating an aleatory element into the rational world of ordering, the artist challenges the notion of narrative.

Working in tandem with the sonic installation, "Bells and Whistles" presents a series of drawings. Realized in graphite, they feature sonic elements and urban constructions that co-exist and collide thus providing the viewer with a similar sense of fast paced living.

In the lower level of the gallery, Rapture’s Adagio by Erin Dunn presents a complex installation of painting, sculpture and a stop motion animation that synthesizes techniques and materials employed with self-produced digital recordings. The starting point for Dunn is her readings about the life of Chiara de Montefalco (or ‘Saint Clare of the Cross’) who experienced ecstasies of ‘Jesus placing a cross in her heart.’ Upon her death, four nuns dissected her heart and were the first to discover the four chambered human heart - the cross is in quadrants.

Dunn is inspired to explore metaphysical and psychedelic divinity in relation to the body. Just like the Dervishes who get caught up in ecstatic raptures, the emotional intensity of the “sisters” in the animation is triggered by whirling dances and hallucinatory music, immersing the viewer in an alternative landscape for imagination.

The complexity of Dunn’s creative process bears similarities to fluxus solutions. The paintings are realized with precise airbrush draftsmanship combined with loose and wild encaustic marbleization. The result is a set of ambiguous mandalas and unnamable entities with many sets of eyes, simultaneously angelic and demonic that swim through sky, sea and beyond.

Likewise, the sculptures share a sense of extreme strangeness with the unusual combination of materials, such as foam, wire, plastic and human hair.

Call to Artists - San Anselmo Art & Wine Festival

California Artists
presents

Call to Artists

WHAT: 46th Annual Fine Arts and Crafts Festival

WHERE: Downtown San Anselmo, California
WHEN: June 23 & 24, 2012
            Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

NOTEWORTHY:

*Limited to 240 juried artists and craftspeople.

*NO JURY FEE: Booth Fee $275 (10' x 10') plus 10% commission.

*40,000 attendees.

This show is presented in the lovely downtown village of San Anselmo, a wealthy community of Marin County. The community prides itself on supporting the festival.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

NOTE: Deadline Extended to May 24th 2012

For more information and an application, please visit www.caartists.com

Email questions to caartists@earthlink.net

Call to Artists - St. Louis Bluesweek Festival

St. Louis Bluesweek Festival

Call to Artists

WHAT: Third Annual Art and Craft Festival at St. Louis Bluesweek

WHERE: Downtown St. Louis, MO at Soldier Memorial

WHEN: Friday May 25 4:30-11PM
Saturday May 26 11AM-11PM
Sunday May 27 11AM-11PM

NOTEWORTHY:

*Limited to 50 artists and crafters

*Expected attendance: 30,000

*Drive up to booth space for setup/teardown

*Complimentary artist goodybag daily

*No Jury Fee/Booth fee: $200 for 10x10 on 14' center

*Artist-only restrooms and wash stations

*Electricity provided at no charge

This famed celebration of performing and visual arts attracts huge, vibrant crowds. A fixture among the city's blues genre devotees, it draws knowledgeable, affluent festival attendees who are high-value candidates for artists' sales. Excellent in-town location.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadline:
May 23, 2012

Notification:

Upon Acceptance

To apply, please visit: http://stlbluesweekartists.com

For More Information: 314-406-9112

Friday, May 18, 2012

Abstract Impressionist Susan Marx will exhibit paintings at the Agora Gallery

Abstract Impressionist Susan Marx

will exhibit paintings at the Agora Gallery

530 West 25 Street, New York, NY, June 12 - July 3, 2012

Opening Reception: June 14, 6 PM - 8 PM

Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 AM - 5 PM

Vivid evocative color splashes throughout the transcendent planes of lush paint that characterize Susan Marx’s work. Spontaneous brushstrokes produce a playful sense of the organic and immediate. Her dedication to formalism, combined with her passionate reinterpretation of the world, results in paintings that are as breathtaking as they are compelling. “My art is a result of my radical amazement at the visual world around me and my need to turn that visual experience into paint. Nature may be my starting point, but it is not my end result,” she explains. Her paintings are in conversation with artists such as Monet, Van Gogh, and Joan Mitchell, yet she strikes a unique note, enlightened by her own visual impressions. Marx paints outside, en plein air, and is informed by direct experience of nature, inhaling natural beauty, and exhaling her sensations in a truly impassioned creation of color that epitomizes the current moment.

Exhibited widely throughout the United States, Marx’s work can be found in private collections in the United States and abroad. Susan Marx lives in Orange, New Jersey. She volunteers at the Montclair Art Museum and the Newark Museum

Scope Basel, 6/12-17/12 2012