Friday, February 15, 2013

Hi All - Take a Look at the New York Spring Art Shows for 2013

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The Armory Show-Modern
Venue: Piers 92 & 94, 12thAvenue at 55thStreet
Dates: March 8 – 11
Daily Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 12pm-8pm; Sunday, 12pm – 7pm

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Venue: 7 W, 7 West 34th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Dates: March 8 – 11
Daily Hours: Thursday, 11am-2pm (VIP Preview); Thursday, 2pm - 7pm; Friday – Sunday, 11am - 7pm
Image: huber.huber, Im Garten der Lüste, 2012, collage, varnish on paper, 9.5 x 8 inches, Courtesy WIDMER + THEODORIS contemporary, Zurich (booth 2.14)



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Venue: MAve Hotel, 62 Madison Avenue at 27th Street
Dates: March 8 – 11
Daily Hours: Thursday, 11am-10pm (opening reception 6pm-10pm); Friday – Saturday, 11am – 8pm; Sunday, 12pm – 6pm

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1.pngVenue: Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street
Dates: March 7 - 11
Daily Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 12pm - 8pm; Sunday 12pm – 5pm
Image:  Photo by Timothy Lee Photography



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Fountain
Venue: 69th Regiment Armory, 25th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues
Website: http://www.fountainartfair.com/
Dates: March 9 - 11
Daily Hours: Friday, 12pm-5pm (VIP/Press preview); Saturday, 12pm – 7pm; Sunday, 5pm – 7pm

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independent_-_Podnar_Wurtz_Untitled_2009_643px.jpgVenue: 548 W 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
Dates: March 8-11
Daily Hours: Thursday, 4pm-9pm; Friday, 11am-8pm; Saturday, 11am-8pm; Sunday 11am-4pm
 Image: B. Wurtz, Untitled, 2009
Courtesy Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin/Ljubljana.





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15-min-7.21.2012.jpgVenue: Waterfront New York Tunnel, 11th Avenue between 27th Street and 28th Street
Dates: March 8 - 11
Daily Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 11am-8pm; Sunday, 11am – 4pm
Image: Zhao Zhao (b. 1982), “I cannot Sleep Sadly by Your Side,” 2012, Single channel video, 15:00 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Chambers Fine Art, New York / Beijing.



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Screen_Shot_2013-02-15_at_3.14.57_PM.pngVenue: hpgrp Gallery NY, 529 West 20th Street #2W
Dates: March 7 -11
Daily Hours: Wednesday, 11am-6pm; Thursday, 11am-9pm (opening reception 5pm – 9pm); Friday, 11am-7pm; Saturday, 11am-7pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm
Image: Shusuke Ao / eitoeiko




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animation_ny_gersh.gifVenue: Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street
Dates: March 9, 10 & 11, 2012
Daily Hours: 2pm-10pm



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tom_smith_10.jpgVenue: The Old School, 233 Mott Street, New York City 10012
Dates: March 8-11 2012
Daily Hours:12-9pm
 Image: TOM SMITH, Untitled, 2013, Curated by Gabriela Alva



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Image Above: Gagliardi Art System | Acquisto | Strings | 2012
Venue: 57th St & 12th Avenue (West Side Highway)
Dates: March 7-11
Daily Hours: Wednesday, 3pm-9pm (FirstView); Thursday - Saturday, 11am-8pm; Sunday 11am-7pm

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williams.jpg159 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village
May 9 - May 12, 2013

PUBLIC HOURS
Friday & Saturday, 10 - 11 May, Noon to 8 pm
Sunday, 12 May, Noon to 6 pm
Thursday, 9 May, 2013, 6:00 pm to 10pm
 
Image: Jordi Williams, "Artificial Plantlet Array," 2011.
 

David S. Allee: Closing Brunch Saturday, Feb. 16th


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Room, 2013, Edition of 2, Chromogenic Print, 56h x 84w in

Join DAVID S. ALLEE on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 10AM-1PM for a closing brunch in celebration of his third solo exhibition at Morgan Lehman Gallery, FRAME OF VIEWrecently featured in The New Yorker and New York Magazine.

In Frame of View, Allee continues to explore the common theme of shifting perceptions of reality in the current digital age of photography. By focusing his lens primarily on the window frame, Allee transforms three-dimensional views, such as a city skyline or an overgrown garden, into the illusion of a two-dimensional picture plane, emphasizing how we increasingly view the world through the frame of a flat surface or screen. Taking inspiration from illusionist and tromp l'oeil paintings, Allee challenges the view to reconsider what is in front of them. Frame of View acknowledges the capacities of our current digital age and stops to consider the changing perception and definition of images, photography, reality and illusion. 

View more of Frame of View here.



Current Exhibitions:
January 17 - February 16, 2013
  
Upcoming Exhibitions:
February 21 - March 23, 2013
March 7 - 10, 2013
Booth 532 | Pier 94 | New York City  

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535 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011

phone: 212.268.6699 fax: 212.268.6766


The Armory Show Announces 2013 Centennial Committee and Cultural Partners


NEW YORK, February 7, 2013 – The Armory Show, New York’s premier art fair for modern and contemporary art, is proud to announce the members of its inaugural Centennial Committee and a distinctive network of Cultural Partners to mark the 100th anniversary of the fair’s namesake, the legendary Armory Show of 1913.
The Committee has been established to recognize the support and long standing commitment of a group of leading American and international collectors, including:  Lawrence B. BenensonPeter M. BrantLaura Lee Brown and Steve WilsonBeth Rudin DeWoodyFlorence and Daniel GuerlainAgnes GundSusan andMichael HortBarbara and Aaron LevineEugenio LópezDonald B. MarronWendy MurdochTony PodestaJennifer StockmanBenedikt TaschenJohn Waters, and Anita and Poju Zabludowicz.
"For me, the most exciting art expresses new ideas and breaks advanced ground. For this reason I love The Armory Show and I’m honored to join the Centennial Committee to celebrate the history of the avant-garde. In the company of the other members, I will see the latest art from all over the world, feeding both my eyes and my brain,” says collector and philanthropist Jarl Mohn.
Manuela Paz, Director of VIP Relations at The Armory Show notes, “It is an absolute privilege to herald the centennial of the original Armory Show of 1913 with such a strong, international roster of dedicated collectors. Through the enthusiasm of patrons, the spirit of the avant-garde has been able to flourish here in the United States in ways that our predecessors could have hardly imagined.”
The participation of key New York and international institutions has transformed The Armory Show into an art world destination. Several of the fair’s Cultural Partners, including the Museum of Modern ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, the High Museum in Atlanta, the Montclair Art Museum and the New-York Historical Society, will be hosting centennial-themed exhibitions that examine the legacy of the 1913 Armory Show. New affiliations for the 2013 edition have been formed with Art21CCS Bard, The Courtauld Institute,The French Institute Alliance FrançaisePerformaThe Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Andy Warhol Museum.
The Armory Show headlines Armory Arts WeekMarch 7-102013. This year’s edition will be complemented by concurrent programming of the ADAA’s The Art ShowVolta NY, the fourth edition of the Independent,Moving Image, and Scope. MoMA will host the annual Armory Party, a benefit event for the museum in the Agnes Gund Lobby on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 8pm – midnight.
This year’s VIP program highlights include tours of the private collections of Centennial Committee members such as Susan and Michael Hort, who annually open their Tribeca loft for a much anticipated collection-viewing brunch, an Artist Talk with Thomas Schütte hosted by Public Art Fund, a tour of artist Bjarne Melgaard’s Brooklyn studio, evenings of cultural programming and gallery visits in both SoHo and the Lower East Side, and private viewings at leading New York institutions including the Guggenheim Museum, the MoMAThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Morgan Library  & Museum, the New Museum, and the Neue Galerie.
Participating Centennial Committee members:
Diane L. Ackerman, New York, NY, USA
Patricia Asbaek, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Nora and Guy Barron, Detroit, MI, USA
Lawrence B. Benenson, New York, NY, USA
Jill and Jay Bernstein, New York, NY, USA
Peter M. Brant, Greenwich, CT, USA
Kathleen and Laing Brown, Vancouver, CANADA
Hugo Brown, Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS/ London, UNITED KINGDOM
Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, Louisville, KY, USA
Antonio Michele Coppola, Vicenza, ITALY
Bilge and Haro Cumbusyan, London, UNITED KINGDOM/ Istanbul,TURKEY
Charles Danziger, New York, NY, USA
Thomas C. Danziger, New York, NY, USA
Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York, NY, USA
Zoë and Joel P. Dictrow, New York, NY, USA
Beth Dozoretz, Washington D.C., USA
Renée and Bob Drake, Wassenaar, THE NETHERLANDS
Ross Evangelista, New York, NY, USA
Luise Faurschou, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Milton Fine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Susan L. and Arthur Fleischer, Jr, New York, NY, USA
Shelley and Vincent Fremont, New York, NY, USA
Sirje Helder and Michael O. Gold, New York, NY, USA
Susan D. Goodman and Rodney D. Lubeznik, Chicago, IL, USA
Linda and Paul Gotskind, Chicago, IL, USA
Florence and Daniel Guerlain, Les Mesnuls/Paris, FRANCE
Agnes Gund, New York, NY, USA
Kathy and Steve Guttman, New York, NY, USA
Amy and Ronald Guttman, New York, NY, USA
Heike and Axel Herberg, Dusseldorf, GERMANY
Jane Holzer, New York, NY, USA
Susan and Michael Hort, New York, NY, USA
Sue Hostetler, New York, NY, USA
Caroline and Björn Isenhöfer, Dusseldorf, GERMANY
Elizabeth Szancer Kujawski, New York, NY, USA
Barbara and Aaron Levine, Washington D.C., USA
Mimi and Filiep Libeert, Kortrijk, BELGIUM
Adam Lindemann, New York, NY, USA
Eugenio López, Mexico City, MEXICO
Sherry and Joel Mallin, New York, NY, USA
Donald B. Marron, New York, NY USA
Gregory R. Miller & Dr. Michael Wiener, New York, NY, USA
Jarl and Pamela Mohn, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Barbara and Howard Morse, New York, NY, USA
Wendi Murdoch, New York, NY, USA
Suzanne E. Murphy, New York, NY, USA
Anne and William Palmer, New York, NY, USA
Irene Panagopoulos, Athens, GREECE
Willem Peppler, Lugano, SWIZERLAND
Amy and John Phelan, New York, NY, USA
Tony Podesta, Washington D.C., USA
Donna and Robert Poile, Toronto, CANADA
Judy and Ken Robins, Denver, CO, USA
Kathy and Keith Sachs, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pamela and Arthur Sanders, Greenwich, CT, USA
Reinhard Schlegel, Berlin, GERMANY
Alain Servais, Brussels, BELGIUM
Vivienne Sharpe, Woollahra, AUSTRALIA
Babette and Harvey Snyder, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ana Sokoloff, New York, NY, USA/ Bogota, COLUMBIA
Jennifer Stockman, New York, NY, USA
Sue Stoffel, New York, NY, USA
Benedikt Taschen, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Karin and Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Susanne van Hagen, Paris, FRANCE
Sandra and Herbert von Halem, Cologne, GERMANY
John Waters, Baltimore, MD, USA
Thea Westreich Wagner, New York, NY, USA
Martina Yamin, New York, NY, USA
Anita and Poju Zabludowicz, London, UNITED KINGDOM
The Armory Show 2013 Cultural Partners:
Museum for Afrcan Arts, New York, NY
American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
Americas Society, New York, NY
Art21, New York, NY
Art in General, New York, NY
Asia Society, New York, NY
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Children’s Museum of Arts, New York, NY
Courtauld Institute, London, United Kingdom
Creative Time, New York, NY
Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
The Drawing Center, New York, NY
El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
MontclairArt Museum, Montclair, NJ
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Neue Galerie, New York, NY
New Museum, New York, NY
New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Performa, New York, NY
Public Art Fund, New York, NY
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
About The Armory Show
The Armory Show is a leading international contemporary and modern art fair with exceptional connections with American collectors, Museums Groups and the broader public. Each March selected international and American galleries present key artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries, in the fair’s central Manhattan location at the city’s historic Piers. In the last fifteen years, the fair has become an international institution combining a selection of the world's leading galleries with an exceptional program of arts events and exhibitions throughout New York during the celebrated Armory Arts Week.
Dates
Wednesday, March 6 for invited guests
Thursday, March 7 - Sunday, March 10, Noon to 7 pm
Visitors with a VIP pass will also be able to access the fair from Thursday to Sunday from 11 am to Noon.
Tickets
Advance tickets are now available here. Admission tickets will available at the Box Office during show hours.
Ticket Prices
General Admission $30
Students $10
Groups (10+) $15
Run of Show Pass (4 day) $60
The Armory Show / Volta NY Pass $40
The Armory Party at MoMA
On March 6, 2013, the acclaimed musician Solange Knowles will perform live at The Armory Party, a benefit event for the museum in MoMA's Agnes Gund Garden Lobby. Tickets are available online for purchase here.
Location
Piers 92 & 94
Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street
New York City
The Armory Show is located on Piers 92 and 94 on the Hudson River, Twelfth Avenue at West 55th Street in the Passenger Ship Terminal complex, conveniently located 20 blocks north of the Chelsea Gallery district and just west of Columbus Circle.
The piers are easily accessible by public transportation, taxi, and private vehicle. The nearest subway stop is four cross-town blocks east at West 50th Street and Eighth Avenue. Shuttles services are available between The Armory Show on Piers 92 & 94 and both the Chelsea gallery district and VOLTA NY at 82 Mercer Street. Please see shuttle schedule outside the fair for departure and arrival times and locations.
Sponsors and Partners
The Armory Show gratefully acknowledges its 2013 Sponsors and Partners including Chubb Personal Insurance, Art.sy, Christie's Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS), Preferred Art Storage Services Provider, Pommery Champagne, Jack Spade, ArtStrong and the Ace Hotel New York. The Armory Show would also like to acknowledge our 2013 Media Partners including Art + Auction, Art in America, The Art Newspaper, Art Nexus, ART PAPERS, ArtAsiaPacific, Arte al Dia, Artforum International, Bidoun, Cabinet, Corduroy, Flash Art, Kaleidoscope, Modern Painters, New York Observer, and Whitewall.
Art Tours
The Armory Show 2013 presents ART TOURS, organized by Erbe Art Projects. Our annual ART TOURS program features a team of qualified art professionals who are able to guide your group through The Armory Show.  For more information, please visit www.thearmoryshow.com

Buck Speaks This Saturday


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FOLEY is extremely pleased to present an intimate gallery talk with Chris Buck and Conor Risch.

Chris Buck will be discussing his current exhibition, Presence, with Conor Risch, Senior Editor at Photo District News.  The conversation will begin at 4PM this Saturday, February 16th and be followed by a book signing and libations.  Seating is limited.

The whole point of having your portrait taken is to promote your commodity - your face - and I love how this series is the exact opposite of that.

- Cindy Sherman


A crazy subversive book.

- Kathy Ryan, New York Times Magazine


In our celebrity crazed culture, we have been trained to wait obsessively for images of our favorite bold faced stars and froth at the mouth with frenzy over outrageous pictures of the famous and important. As a result, a veritable army of talented and creative celebrity photographers has sprung up, continually pushing the edge of the visual envelope in the name of ever increasing publicity and promotion. This is what makes Chris Buck's Presence project so unexpected. The big name celebrities are here all right, but they're hiding from view, leaving us with empty rooms and vacant spaces, a sly conceptual middle finger raised to the audience.

I think Buck's inversions are clever and will likely be durably insightful; I can certainly imagine a big museum exhibit of celebrity portraiture ending with one of Buck's images, deftly pulling the rug out from under the previously contented viewers. It's a great example of photographing the unphotographable, exposing the quirky passions and fixations that lurk in our minds.

- DLK Collection, February 2013


In Presence, Buck plays with our celebrity-obsessed culture and delivers portraits of some big names:  Robert De Niro, David Lynch, Cindy Sherman...only, they aren't in the picture.  Or are they?  Taken over a five year period, each photograph is titled by the sitter, but none of them appear in the frame.  Actually, they do...we just can't see them.  They are hiding, somewhere in the composition.  You have our doubts?  So did I.  Along with each photograph is a signed witness statement, testifying that indeed the sitter is present and in the photograph.  Buck gives us the celebrity without celebrity.

- FOLEY


Presence has been published by Kehrer Verlag and will be available at the gallery.

Presence will remain on view through February 24th.  FOLEY is open Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 6PM.  For more information or to request images, please contact the gallery at 212.244.9081 or via e-mail at info@foleygallery.com.


 

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Leila Heller Gallery , Shiva Ahmadi, February 21 - March 23, 2013


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Shiva Ahmadi
Apocalyptic Playland

February 21 - March 23, 2013


Shiva Ahmadi, Lotus, 2013, Watercolor, ink and acrylic on Aquaboard, 60 x 120 in / 152.4 x 304.8 cm


Opening Reception
Thursday, February 21, 6 - 8 pm
568 West 25th Street

Shiva Ahmadi’s third solo exhibition will be on view at Leila Heller Gallery in Chelsea at 568 West 25th Street from February 21 – March 23, 2013.  Apocalyptic Playland will feature new paintings, works on paper, and will also include the artist’s fist foray into video work. A catalogue with an essay by Heather Ecker, Head of Curatorial Affairs of the Aga Khan Museum, will accompany the exhibition.

Although on the surface Ahmadi’s works appear vibrant, playful, and even mythical, they nevertheless deal very much with the harsher sides of reality. Through thick layers of generously spread opaque reds and purples, Ahmadi’s delicate final touches consist of ornate floral patterns painstakingly applied with metallic gold ink. By creating such a lush world that is at once beautiful and captivating, the artist ultimately depicts corruption and through it, the superficial sugar-coating of its destabilizing consequences. 

Ahmadi depicts elephants and camels that float on candy-like clutter, yet when the viewer looks closer, one realizes that the clutters of candy are also cluster bombs, bullets and other projectiles.  The elements that once seemed so beautiful and playful soon suggest a much darker reality.

Playfully selective with her referencing of miniature painting, Ahmadi has created an allegorical realm where faceless tyrants and religious authorities sit on ornate gilded thrones while subservient minions bow to them. Some of the tyrants are the guardians of nuclear reactors, which float on clouds. The minions are often festive buffoons, monkeys and dogs: They kiss feet; they juggle grenades and might even be restrained by leashes.  







Leila Heller Gallery
568 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
(Tel) 212 249 7695

Monday, February 11, 2013

Opening Night of The 2013 Athena Film Festival






A Celebration of Women and Leadership

Now in its third year, the Athena Film Festival -- a celebration of women and leadership -- is an engaged in a  weekend of feature films, documentaries and shorts that highlight women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world.  The festival was  held Feb. 7 - 10, 2013 in the heart of New York -- at Barnard, the most sought-after women’s college in the nation.

Hi all, I want to share these pic from The  Athena Awards Film Festival. 



Kathryn Kolbert Co-Founder of Athena Film Festival and Director of Athena's Center, Gale Anne, and Melissa Silverstein

Kathryn Kolbert, Ava DuVernay Filmmaker "Middle of Nowhere", and Melissa Silverstein

Gale Anne Hurd Executive Producer of the Walking Dead and received The Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award

Kathryn Kolbert, Diablo Cody, and Melissa Silverstein

Kathryn Kolbert, Ava DuVernay, and Melissa Silverstein

Gale Anne Hurd

Kathryn Kolbert, Diablo Cody, Gale Anne Hurd, Debora Spar, and Melissa Silverstein

Kathryn Kolbert and Diablo Cody

Kathryn Kolbert, Ava DuVernay, Melissa Silverstein, and Debora Spar

Melissa Silverstein, Debora Spar, and Kathryn Kolbert

Diablo Cody Presenter & Co-Chair

Center Erica Jong Writer and Barnard Alum

Kathryn Kolbert, Rose Kuo, and Melissa Silverstein

Melissa Silverstein, Debra Martin Chase, and Kathryn Kolbert

Melissa Silverstein, Kathryn Kolbert, Unnamed, Unnamed, Debra Spar, and Erica Jong

Melissa Silverstein, Kathryn Kolbert, Unnamed, unnamed, Debora Spar, and Erica Jong

Melissa Silverstein, Debra Martin Chase, and Debora Spar

Kathryn Kolbert, Rose Kuo, Melissa Silverstein, Debra Martin Chase, Debora Spar

Kathryn Kolbert, Melissa Silverstein, Gale Anne Hurd, Ava DuVernay, Rose Kuo, and Molly Haskell, and Diablo Cody

Director/Executive Producer Andrea Meyerson, film subject Jennifer Leitham

Kathryn Kolbert, Rose Kuo, Melissa Silverstein, Debra Martin Chase

Director/Executive Producer Andrea Meyerson and film subject Jennifer Leitham

Friday, February 1, 2013

Call to Artists - 37th SMOKY HILL RIVER FESTIVAL


37th SMOKY HILL RIVER FESTIVAL  
Celebrating Artists, Celebrating Excellence!  

     
Call To Artists

Fine Art Show, June 8 & 9  
Four Rivers Craft Show, June 7, 8 & 9 

What: 37th Smoky Hill River Festival
    Presented by Salina Arts & Humanities   

Where: Oakdale Park, Salina, KS (730 Oakdale Drive) 

When: Four Rivers Craft Show, June 7, 8 & 9 
           Fine Art Show, June 8 & 9 

Noteworthy:   

  • Over half-a-million dollars in sales annually, with record high sales the past three years!  
  • Ranked in the top 100 art fairs in the country and one of the finest in the central midwest. Kansas' finest!
  • 90 exhibitors in the Fine Art Show
  • 50 exhibitors in the Four Rivers Craft Show
  • Very high quality juried shows - long standing tradition of excellence
  • Knowledgeable patrons and a sophisticated buying audience  
  • Weekend attendance of 75,000 drawing patrons from the region and across the country
  • $130,000+ Art Patron Program - Fine Art Show
  • $9500 cash Jurors' Merit & Purchase Awards - Fine Art Show
  • $1800 cash Jurors' Merit Awards - Four Rivers Craft Show
  • Outstanding organization 
  • Reasonable booth fees and jury fee
  • Exceptional show layout
  • Access to discounted lodging
  • 24 hour security 
  • Great artist amenities: booth sitters, water/tea/coffee brought to booth, assistance with unload and loading, Artists' Reception, Artists' Breakfast, free reserved parking within the event for inventory access
  • Presented with an arts-based mission by the acclaimed Salina Arts & Humanities 
  • Both show applications are easily accessed online at www.zapplication.org, or the Festival website, www.riverfestival.com if opting to submit by mail. 
   
An Arts Festival Like None Other! 

The first breath of summer marks the arrival of the highly anticipated and award winning Smoky Hill River Festival, one of the top festivals in the Central United States and Kansas' finest! The dynamic cultural life of Salina has been celebrated at the Festival for now approaching 37 years, drawing people together to commemorate this place - through art, artistry and artists - and through the joy of marking time with one another. Sponsored by the Salina Arts & Humanities, the Festival honors its Mission -(to change lives and build community through the power of the arts). The mission becomes reality it its evident commitment to quality, education, and exchange.

The Festival presents a sophisticated palette of events: exceptional fine art and contemporary craft, art installations, superb entertainment, and interactive arts experiences for all ages. Salina is widely acknowledged as an Outstanding Arts Community...where recognition at national levels is a frequent occurrence within its remarkable array of established cultural organizations and offerings...where art and culture are a $23 million industry annually. A model in its rich cultural landscape, Salina is a vibrant example of a community that grows, thrives and reaches for the future, through the arts.

Community ownership is exemplified in the commitment of over 2,000 enthusiastic volunteers and an extensive base of financial support. 75,000 attendees enjoy the artistic excellence and outstanding hospitality which continue to define the event. Outstanding artist amenities, a highly successful Art Patron Program and a knowledgeable and enthusiastic buying audience set the tone for a quality exhibiting experience

We welcome your application to the Fine Art Show (90 exhibitors) and Four Rivers Craft Show (50 exhibitors). These two outstanding venues are highly acclaimed among artists for incredible organization, quality of exhibition, artist hospitality, sales promotion, and community support. The Festival has earned a stellar reputation as an award winning and well juried visual arts venue. Both shows are recognized by many artists' resource publications online and in print, including ArtFair SourceBook, The Crafts Report, and Sunshine Artist, with extensive statewide and regional marketing.

Experience a "pleasant surprise" - the unmistakable spirit of the Smoky Hill River Festival - An Arts Festival Like None Other!

THE FESTIVAL MISSION: (To celebrate the arts and this community through a festival accessible to anyone - physically, psychologically, and economically)



DEADLINE:  February 15, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  March 13, 2013

BOOTH FEE DUE:  April 15, 2013

APPLICATIONS:

CONTACT:
Karla Prickett, Visual Arts Director

Lynda Lanker’s portraits preserve the spirit and histories of cowgirls and ranch women of the American West


Lynda Lanker’s portraits preserve the spirit and histories of cowgirls and ranch women of the American West
A 19-year project, “Tough by Nature” includes 49 portraits in a variety of mediums, both a book and touring exhibit

EUGENE, Ore. – Both a book and a touring exhibit, “Tough by Nature” is a series of portraits of women ranchers and cowgirls from the American West. (See attached example.) Fine artist Lynda Lanker traveled the western United States for 19 years to interview the 49 women and capture their spirit through portraiture. As the American West undergoes transition and transformation, Lynda’s work preserves the histories of these contemporary western heroines.


“I undertook this project because the character of these women is right there on the surface, more so than somebody who’s got layers and layers of urban culture,” says artist Lynda Lanker. “…[Female cowhands and ranchers] had mainly been portrayed as rodeo queens in tight satin shirts with lots of sequins and fancy boots. I wanted to go deeper and show the true women instead of the stereotype.”
Lynda’s process included on-site photographs, sketches and interviews. For the portraits, she experimented with a variety of mediums, choosing the technique she felt best captured the subject’s character. The 49 portraits range in medium from charcoal, acrylic and egg tempera, to plate and stone lithography and drypoint engraving.
Lithographs from the series are available for purchase at lyndalanker.com.

Exhibition schedule: (Interview and visual opportunities)
Feb. 1 – March 31: Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Ore.
May 9 – Sept. 9: National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Oct. 18, 2013 – Jan. 19, 2014: Turtle Bay Recreation Park, Redding, Calif.
About Lynda Lanker
A fine artist based in Eugene, Ore., Lynda Lanker specializes in portraiture. After majoring in painting and earning a bachelor’s degree in art education from Wichita State University, she taught middle school art. In 1974, she married Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Lanker. The couple moved to Eugene, Ore., where she’s since been able to concentrate on portraiture. Her commissioned portraits include five presidential portraits for the University of Oregon. She’s currently working on a portrait of Dr. Maya Angelou and a portrait of the late Oregon Supreme Court Justice Betty Roberts. More information available at lyndalanker.com.
For more information or to schedule an interview with the artist, please contact Lynne Lamb at lynne@lyndalanker.com or 541-485-0070.

BARKFEST AT BONHAMS CHARITY BRUNCH


BARKFEST AT BONHAMS CHARITY BRUNCH
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
10AM - NOON
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A CELEBRATION OF THE DOG IN ART
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PRESENTED BY THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB, AKC HUMANE FUND AND BONHAMS AUCTION HOUSE

Bring your ‘best friend’ to the Barkfest at Bonhams for a rare opportunity to socialize with a canine celebrity, view exquisite fine dog art and support the charitable works of theAKC Humane Fund, Inc. on Sunday, February 10, 2013 from 10 am to noon at Bonhams Auction House, 580 Madison Avenue, NY, NY. Enjoy a light brunch and meetReigning AKC/Eukanuba National Champion Wire Fox Terrier GCH AfterAll Painting the Sky, affectionately known as Sky,” before she and handler Gabriel Rangel prepare for their appearance at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Barkfest at Bonhams is an exclusive preview of Dogs in Show and Field: The Fine Art Salewhich will be held February 13, 2013.
All proceeds from Barkfest at Bonhams will benefit the AKC Humane Fund, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charity promoting the joy and value of responsible pet ownership through education, outreach and grant-making. Admission to the brunch is a $50 advance donation ($60 at the door) to the AKC Humane Fund. For reservations, contact AKC’s reservation line at212-696-8306 or reserve your spot online at https://classic.akc.org/humane_fund/donations/index.cfm.