Thursday, October 27, 2011

2012 Uptown Art Expo


Uptown Altamonte PIX for CTA
  
2012 Uptown Art  Expo  

Call to Artists

WHAT:  Fine Art and Fine Craft Festival

WHERE: Cranes Roost Park, Uptown Altamonte, Altamonte Springs, FL

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday
           February 18-19, 2012
           Show hours: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
           Setup: Friday evening

NOTEWORTHY:

*Limited to 125 carefully juried artists from across the USA

*Over $5,000 in cash awards

*Drive up load-in and load-out at; free adjacent parking

*Highest household buying income in the region

*Part of  the 2012 United Arts of Central Florida ArtsFest

*Major advertising and promotion: newspaper, radio, social media

*World-class entertainment/high public attendance

*Children's and family activities

*Abundant, affordable accommodations and restaurants


For the past 7 years the Expo was located in Downtown Orlando along Lake Eola Park. We are leaving behind Downtown and Moving Uptown! Visible from I-4 in Central Florida, Beautiful Cranes Roost Park is at the heart of Uptown Altamonte surrounded by Cranes Roost Lake. The Expo's new event location will offer our exhibitors an exciting, beautiful festival setting and exposure to Central Florida's finest communities with household effective buying income that is the highest in the region.

Cranes Roost Park at Uptown Altamonte will come alive with artisans showcasing their talents, color and music. The Art & Music Festival will feature over 125 art & fine crafts with displays of glass, jewelry, mosaics, paintings, photography, pottery and sculpture and more. The juried work with be presented with over $5,000 in awards and ribbons.
The festival will also include children's activities, street chalk painting, festival foods, music & street performers.


NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Applications available at: www.zapplication.org

Deadline:
December 15, 2010


For more details and artist's prospectus, visit:
http://www.uptownartexpo.com

You may also contact:

Jim Barton, Festival Director
407-592-0002
 
Email inquiries to:
info@uptownartexpo.com

Tubac Festival of the Arts


    
Tubac Chamber of Commerce
presents:
    Tubac PIX for CTA
Tubac Festival of the Arts 
Call to Artists

WHAT: Juried fine art and fine craft festival


WHERE: Historic art colony of Tubac, AZ

    
WHEN:    Wednesday through Sunday, Feb. 8-12, 2012
              10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day  

          
NOTEWORTHY:

*53rd annual event.

*Jury/ Booth Fees: $30/$575 (corner: additional $75). Double booths available at additional charge.

*Estimated attendance: 60,000.

*Setup Tuesday, day before.

*Drive-up to all booths.

*Horse drawn trolleys. 

*The Chamber advertises this festival in newspapers throughout the state, runs TV ads, radio spots, online calendars, our website and through social media. An event program listing all artists will be available at the festival. This year we will add billboard advertising for the festival.

 

The annual Festival of the Arts is Arizona's longest running arts festival, drawing tens of thousands of visitors each year. The event is held concurrently with Tucson's internationally renowned Gem & Mineral Show which brings visitors from around the World. Many Tucson guests come to the festival seeking a break from the hustle and bustle of the Gem & Mineral show. The Tubac Chamber of Commerce, our volunteers, Village merchants and resident work together to create a welcoming atmosphere for our visiting artists.

What they're saying about us:

"Very nice, always enjoy the show. Gets better every year.
       I love showing my work there"
"The finest juried (art/artisan) art festival....Seek no further! "

Now Accepting Applications which may be downloaded at
www.tubacaz.com

Deadline: October 31, 2011

Notification: December 1, 2011

For more details visit www.tubacaz.com

Email inquiries to
assistance@tubacaz.com

You may also contact
Barb Hahn
Administrative Assistant
520 398 2704

Leg Timchenko's Come Together


LEG TIMCHENKO'S COME TOGETHER


Oleg Timchenko, Dilema, 2011 (Acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm.)

Oleg Timchenko
COME TOGETHER

October 25 - November 6, 2011
Opening reception:  October 27, 2011 6-9 P.M.

Fragmented from this famous song, Oleg Timchenko’s exhibition, Come Together symbolizes reflections of variable subjects, themes, and emotional moods. With his works, Oleg Timchenko, invites us to visit an entirely new world of possibilities.

 Timchenko’s paintings confront ambiguity and guide us to a state of being and belonging. This duality can be sensed in the apparently lonely context where his characters are situated, some anxious and uncertain, some exuberant and merry.  As titans fighting against each other and loosing strength, figures riding hieratically looking for a path, children running to eternity and loneliness surrounded by wealth - these are all part of the complexity in his paintings. However, the visible desolation in each ouvre is stabilized with an atmosphere of hope. Here is the expressive power in the art that develops poignant tension and emotional force that is equally balanced with the desire to discover and live in a world full of love, camaraderie, ecstasy and light.

Oleg Timchenko’s works pull spectators away from reality into the great unknown. We get a glimpse of his imagination through the lines and colors that create an intimacy that leaves you with dreamy nostalgia and a subtle feeling of unrest while at the time invites us to join him on his journey of love and harmony.
So lets “come together”

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Oleg Timchenko

In 1917, due to the noble origin of his heritage, Oleg’s family was forced to flee their
homeland for fear of repressions shortly after Russian revolution.

Oleg’s Grandfather, Evgenyi Gulitskii, was a famous businessman who aided the first Russian aviators and various progressive hi-tech projects of his time, while his brother Konstantine worked in a royal chancellery for Emperor Nicholas II.

His father Ivan Timchenko was originally from Vitebsk, graduated from the Geological Institute, and worked in Caucasus where he met Oleg’s mother – his future wife and stayed to live in Tbilisi. Oleg Timchenko was born in old district of Tbilisi in 1957 where he went to local public school, and in 1982 he graduated Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts.

1987 through 1991, Oleg worked as a painter in the Marjanishvili Theater. There Timchenko and his friends created theatric group “10-th floor” and several years later created the painters’ group “Marjanishvili” which immediately attracted the attention of critics and professionals in 1980’s when staged performances, installations and actions involving men from the street.

His work has been exhibited across Europe from Georgia, Prague, Budapest to Berlin, Paris and the UK. His works are in the permanent collections of prestigious museums such as Tsaritsino Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, Tbilisi Museum of Contemporary Art and Ludwig Museum, Budapest , Hungary. His artworks remain in private collections coveted by private collectors such as Wolfgang Flatz, President Saakashvili, and Badri Patarkachishvili - among others.

Taiko Legacy 8


            
 

TAIKO LEGACY 8

December 17-18, 2011


Combining thunderous drumming, jazz improvisations, and stylized kimono dance: Taiko Legacy was created in Chicago and remains the country's largest celebration of its kind. Tsukasa Taiko at JASC; tenor saxophonist Edward Wilkerson and percussionist Coco Elysses-Hevia of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians; and three generations of artists from Chicago, San Francisco, and Tokyo including Yoko Kimura (shamisen/koto) and Yasushi Shimazaki (chindoya), perform for this percussion and movement performance. Tatsu Aoki and Amy Homma co-direct the taiko drumming that grounds Taiko Legacy 8 in an innovative cross-pollination of cultures and artistic forms with roots in theater and ceremonial music. Tsukasa Taiko at JASC returns to the MCA Stage on December 17-18, 2011. Taiko Legacy is a program of Asian Improv aRts Midwest and JASC, the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago.

The MCA first presented Taiko Legacy in 1998, when Aoki was invited to experimentby combining his Asian Jazz bass performance with a visual artist and taiko drummer; resulting in a groundbreaking collage of Japanese and Korean performing arts. The programs have expanded since 1998 and now include improvisation jazz with traditional pan-Asian music and dance. The Taiko Legacy 8 performances are energetic and colorful with many musicians and drummers on stage, including youth drummers performing in traditional attire.


  FULL MEDIA RELEASE AND HI-RES IMAGES 


TICKET INFO 

Taiko Legacy 8 takes place Saturday, December 17, at 7:30 pm and Sunday, December 18, at 3 pm and is designed to be a family-friendly event. The tickets are priced to welcome family attendance at $15, and children 12 and under are free. Student tickets are $10 and subject to availability. Tickets are available at the MCA Box Office at 312.397.4010 or www.mcachicago.org. Running time is 90 minutes, no intermission. One free museum admission is granted with an MCA Stage ticket stub, valid up to seven days after the performance.

  

ARTISTS UP CLOSE
 

Family Day: Movement
Saturday, December 10, 11 am - 3 pm
Admission is free for families with children 12 and under; Activities are appropriate for all ages
Inspired by celebrations and energy at this time of year, use your body and other kinetic objects as you create with movement and a performance by Taiko Legacy Drummers.

Saturday Speakeasy
Saturday, December 17
An informal post-show gathering provides a special opportunity for the audience to engage with the artists. Snacks, hot and cold beverages, and beer and wine are available for purchase.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The National Portrait Gallery of Kessa: The Art of Arabella Proffer



The National Portrait Gallery Of Kessa:  
THE ART OF ARABELLA PROFFER  
to be released by Cooperative Press, December 2011
On-line book pre-orders start Tuesday, October 25 


Taking inspiration from artists of the Renaissance to Rococo periods, contemporary artist Arabella Proffer has re-imagined the mannerist portrait with a pop surrealist twist. After researching fashion history, heraldry, and peerage protocol, she went on to create her own world parallel to that of old world Europe. Concocting a family legacy -- ancestors that could belong to anyone - it has become an impulse and a passion the artist continues to explore, adding characters and stories to her ever-growing private empire of punks, goths, and nobility behaving badly.

As a young punk Arabella Proffer observed firsthand how important fashion was to groups that supposedly rejected being labeled. Their uniformed rebellion became commonplace; tattoos, piercings, bizarre hair colors... all have gone on to become high fashion. As a lover of Elizabethan portraiture, she wondered what it would have been like if the aristocracy of centuries past had taken to these fashions, looking rebellious, shocking, regal and grand all at once as a reminder of their legacy.

"To get a tattoo or piercing is expensive even in the modern age," says Proffer. "These would have been considered status symbols for only the very rich in centuries past, and thus, they'd want to flaunt them in their commissioned portraits. A king or queen would have had the biggest Mohawk and sleeve tattoos, that's how I imagine it. These are very tribal adornments, but if marketed as a luxury, you can bet the royal courts of Europe would have taken it to an extreme. I wanted to combine the ancestor worship perpetuated by noble families with my love of old portraiture and punk imagery."

Included are over 40 portraits created between 2000 and 2011, their stories, family trees, map and more, as well as a foreword by Josh Geiser of Creep Machine and Paper Devil.

About Cooperative Press
Cooperative Press is an independent publishing company based on the audacious concept that artists and creators deserve to earn more for their work. Owner and publisher Shannon Okey is an internationally-known fiber artist with over a dozen books to her credit; she is also the former editor of a UK-based fiber arts magazine. Cooperative Press' expansion into fine arts publishing builds on another facet of Okey's overall curatorial goals: to present the most interesting and innovative art books by talented creators in a modern and innovative way.

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For additional information or interviews
Arabella Proffer: www.arabellaproffer.com 
Cooperative Press: www.cooperativepress.com 

Articulated Gallery presents,
"Ephemeral Antidotes"
a solo exhibition by Arabella Proffer.
On View: Saturday, Jan. 7th - Friday, Feb. 3rd, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, Jan. 7th, 2012 from 8pm-10pm

Articulated Gallery
1681 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 551-1036  

 Skin of the Fox Cures the Pox 16x20" oil on linen
"Ephemeral Antidotes" is a collection of paintings exploring the medical superstitions and practices of centuries past. Continuing in the tradition of imaginary portraits with fictional narratives, now documented in her new book, The National Portrait Gallery of Kessa,Arabella Proffer's new series consists of more surreal figurative pieces, bold with color, and an underlying darkness.   

In 2010 Proffer was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer; in the process of being treated she wondered what it would have been like to endure the cures and surgeries of her favorite periods in art history.

"After having a section of my leg removed, I began researching medicine from the Middle Ages through the 18th century; this series was a good way for me to work out my anger and be even more thankful that what I'm going through is nothing compared to old remedies and techniques. My art and interests were in the way society lived in the past, but with emphasis on the defiant, glamorous, and eccentric -- not daily strife. You could have been rich, important, or beautiful, but if sick, you would still receive brutal or worthless treatment."


Violets For Heart Veins 16x20" oil on linen 
Done in oil on linen, each painting is accompanied by a biography, written by Proffer, highlighting both the fascinating and horrifying aspects of old medicine. She hopes viewers will find them both educational, and beautiful.

Arabella Proffer is a painter whose loose narrative themes revolve around a fascination with punk rock, Elizabethan fashion, gothic divas, religious icons, and the decline of European aristocracy. Her figurative and portrait work has been described as everything from neorealism to pop surrealism, touching on identity, history, rebellion, and refinement.

Earning her BFA from California Institute of the Arts, she has participated in group and solo exhibitions throughout North America and Europe. She is also an arts educator and co-founder of indie record label Elephant Stone Records. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she has taken up residence in Laguna Beach, Boston, Los Angeles, and currently works from her studio in Cleveland, Ohio.

Famed Interior Designer Juan Montoya Designs Art Miami VIP Lounge



FAMED INTERIOR DESIGNER JUAN MONTOYA DESIGNS ART MIAMI VIP LOUNGE 
Art and Design will intersectthis year at Art Miami’s 22nd edition

MIAMI, FL – (October 24, 2011) - Art Miami (www.art-miami.com), Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair and anchor fair to the City of Miami has partnered with its official host hotel, Mandarin Oriental, Miami to engage interior designer Juan Montoya to design an incredible VIP Lounge at Art Miami’s 22nd edition, which will run November 29 – December 4, 2011.

Inspired by the modern and contemporary artwork showcased annually at Art Miami, Montoya will transform a 2,000-square-foot space that’s located in the epicenter of Art Miami’s state-of-the-art pavilion where VIP collectors, sponsors and art dealers connect to network, entertain and host client meetings.

Sponsored by Mandarin Oriental, one of the most luxurious five-star hotels in the city, the VIP lounge will combine the sophistication of Miami, with the cultural heritage of the Far East — filled with rich, yet muted tones and exotic furnishings from Indonesia.  The centerpiece bamboo sculpture will entice Art Miami VIPs into the interior private seating area for more intimate conversations. A specially created bar topped with custom Indonesian wood will provide the ideal social setting for networking, whilestriking cowhide rugs will blanket the floor, accenting the overall décor.

“Since Art Miami exhibitors display high quality art work, I felt that it was important to give the VIP audience an opportunity to have a place that’s equally as sophisticated so they can discuss art,” Juan Montoya said. “I wanted this space to be unique — something that had not been done before. The statement pieces, furnishings and fabrics all beautifully complement the artwork featured at Art Miami.”

With more than 110 prestigious international galleries participating, Art Miami is a “can’t miss” event for collectors, curators, museum professionals and art enthusiasts to acquire some of the finest and most important works of art that the contemporary market has to offer.  The fair will include modern and contemporary paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and prints from Europe, Asia, Latin America, India, the Middle East and the United States. Distinguished for its quality, depth, and diversity, Art Miami maintains a preeminent position in America’s contemporary art fair market.

“We are really looking forward to seeing Juan Montoya’s vision of the Art Miami VIP Lounge come to life, courtesy of the Mandarin Oriental, Miami,” said Nick Korniloff, Director of Art Miami.  “Art Miami is truly a venue that inspires artists, collectors and interior designers alike and that’s evident in Juan Montoya’s elaborate design.”

About Art Miami:
Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair, Art Miami will run from November 30 – December 4, 2011. As the anchor art fair to the city of Miami, the fair will return with a compelling array of modern and contemporary artwork from over 110 international galleries and prominent art institutions. Art Miami will be held in a state-of-the-art 125,000 square foot pavilion in Miami’s burgeoning Wynwood arts district. Art Miami’s highly anticipated Opening Night VIP Preview, on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, will benefit The Lotus House Women’s Shelter. $25 donationpayable at the door or purchased in advance online.

About Mandarin Oriental, Miami:
Contemporary in design and with a prominent waterfront location, the luxurious Mandarin Oriental, Miami features 326 elegant guest rooms and suites – offering dramatic views of the bay and the Miami skyline.  Amenities include two high-energy restaurants, M-Bar – a dynamic cocktail lounge and martini bar, an award-winning tri-level spa, Oasis Beach Club, the luxury boutique ShanghaiTang and extensive meeting and business facilities. For more information onMandarin Oriental, Miami visit www.mandarinoriental.com/miami.

About Juan Montoya:
One of the most acclaimed and prolific interiordesigners in the world today, Juan Montoya was born and spent his early years in Columbia. After studying architecture in Bogota, he moved to New York, where he graduated from Parsons School of Design. Following two years of work andstudy in Paris and Milan, he returned to New York, where he founded the design business he has presided over since 1978. His firm specializes in residential and contract interior design, with projects located throughout the United States and abroad. He also designs and markets an extensive line of furniture. A member of the Interior Design Hall of Fame and recipient of the honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Parson School of Design, his contributions to the field of interior design are widely recognized.

South Miami Rotary Art Festival


South Miami Rotary
Art Festival
  

    South Miami PIX for CTA
 
Call to Artists

Deadline Approaching  -  October 29, 2011   

What: South Miami Rotary Art Festival 

Where: Downtown South Miami on Sunset Drive between Red Road and US#1

When: February 25-26, 2012, Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM - 6 PM


General information:

*Fees: Application - $30
          Booths - $295, $350,& $395

*Drive-up to booth space for load in and out

*Coffee and donuts Saturday morning

*Booth sitters available

*Prizes - $3,250
*Cost to public: Free admission  

Festival Timeline:

Deadline - Oct. 29, 2011

Notificationemailed - Nov. 19, 2011

Booth fee due - Dec. 17, 2011

Refund deadline - Jan. 7, 2012  

Festival setup - Feb. 25, 2012, 6 AM

Festival breakdown - Feb. 26, 6 PM-8 PM
 
  
This is the 28th annual festival presented by the Rotary Club of South Miami on the main street of vibrant downtown South Miami. In an area of unique shops and restaurants with high pedestrian traffic, the show attracts approximately 30,000 visitors. There is free artist parking nearby, ample on street and garage parking for visitors, and fine South Florida weather,

Advertising includes newspaper, radio, magazine, online, street banners, pole banners and social media. The festival program is a newspaper insert distributed one week in advance as well as at the festival.

The Rotary volunteers are available throughout the show to assist exhibitors and provide booth sitting.       

Email questions to info@southmiamiartfest.org

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