Riva 1920

.design news	December 05, 2011
RIVA 1920 We have been working for years on this project: creating furniture that challenges time and respects nature. Riva 1920 has been producing furniture for three generations. Anna, Maurizio and Davide Riva are currently leading the company, started off by granfather Nino Romano in 1920 and carried on by their father Mario Riva. In the past 20 years, the company was committed to producing furniture with only and exclusively natural materials and complements, guaranteeing low environmental impact. While thinking of the future and young generations, Riva 1920 inaugurates in 2001 the Museum of Wood, to hand over and not forget that wood is a renewable resource, but it is not infinite: only an aware use and a correct integration policy of the arboreal heritage can guarantee a balanced ecosystem in the future. Culture, design and social sensitivity have become key features of Riva 1920’s activities. The collaboration with design masters strengthened a philosophy characterized by a merging of functionality and aestetics, without ever forgetting the importance of healthy living and eco-sustainability. Special Projects were born out of this marriage between woodwork and geniality, such as the project aimed at re-utilizing Venetian Briccole, the millennial New Zealand Kauri wood, and the project Ground Zero, to remember the history of 9/11 through design masters.

Jung-Yeon Min - Nomad

New York Women in Film & Television

 Reminder: Women In ... Reality Television
A Look Behind The Scenes

Monday, December 5th
Women In.. Reality Television: A Look Behind The Scenes

Panelists:
DMA [Donna Michelle Anderson] (CBS, Bravo, BET, A&E, TLC)
Heather Austin Teta (Wife Swap, In The Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman, I Do Over)
Catherine Pappas (Undercover Boss, Running Russell Simmons, Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?)
Wendy Roth (Ice-T's Rap School, All About Aubrey, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?)

Moderated by Emmy award winning broadcast journalist/TV producer Christina Brown.

Click here for detailed information and to RSVP

Don't forget to buy your tickets to the Muse Awards luncheon, on December 7th, honoring Martha Stewart, Claire Danes, Christine Baranski, Marcie Bloom (co-founder Sony Pictures Classics) and Nadine Schramm, (President, Budd Enterprises). 

Purchase Muse Award Tickets Now!

And don't forget the Muse Raffle—you don't have to be there to win—thousands a of dollars in prizes!

Click here to purchase raffle tickets

Casting Memories

SunFest

SunFest  

   

Call to Artists

WHAT:  SunFest Juried Fine Art & Craft Show 2012

WHEN: May 4-6, 2012        

WHERE: West Palm Beach, FL 

         
NOTEWORTHY:

Founded in 1982, SunFest, Florida's largest waterfront music and art festival invites you to apply to be an exhibitor.  Held annually in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida the first weekend in May, SunFest attracts more than 275,000 guests.  The festival and the patrons that it attracts have a very positive impact on the community. 

Deadlines:

Monday, February 27, 2012
Application Deadline 

Monday, March 12, 2012
Artists notified by E-mail of Selection and Reserve List

Monday March 26, 2012
Deadline for Acceptance of SunFest Invitation and Payment of $300 Booth Fee. Checks payable to SunFest.

Friday April 6, 2012
Last day to cancel and receive a refund of 80% of the booth fee.  After this date, no refunds will be processed

Application Process:

Each exhibiting artist must complete an online application with only one artist per entry.   Artists may apply for more than one category, but a separate online application must be filled out for each category. Each application must include a jury fee and its own set of images.

An artist may be accepted in more than one category. Multiple online applications must represent either work in different media categories or distinctly different work within the media category.

Prize Money & Awards:

Overall Best of Show                   $2,000
Best of Show 2-D                        $1,500
Best of Show 3-D                        $1,500
Awards of Distinction (6)              $750
Awards of Merit (6)                      $500
SunFest Purchase Award              $1,000

Fees:

Jury Fee: $30
Booth Fee: $300

Visit us at www.sunfest.com

Applications to our show can be found at www.zapplication.org

SunFest of Palm Beach County, Inc. maintains the rights to use submitted images for publicity and affirmation purposes before, during and after the event.

Contact: 

Mitch Guirard, Event Coordinator
mguirard@sunfest.com
561.837.8072

Fountain Art Fair Miami 2011

Photo: Sarah Trouche, Action for China, Photography of Performances; China, August, 2011
December 1–4, 2011
2505 North Miami Avenue (at the corner of 25th St) | Miami, FL 33137
General Hours: 12pm–7pm daily
Tickets: $10 daily / $15 weekend pass. All tickets sold at door.

Special Events:
Thursday, December 1, 12pm–5pm - VIP & Press Preview
Friday, December 2, 7pm–12am - Artlog Presents Opening Night Reception: Fab 5 Freddy, Ninjasonik, NSR
Saturday, December 3, 7pm–12am - Miami New Times Presents: VHS or Beta, Laura of Miami, Entresol
Applications for New York 2012 are now being accepted!

(New York, NY – November 30, 2011):  Fountain Art Fair has returned with its signature spunk and grit to the 25th St / North Miami warehouse for its 6th consecutive year.  Fountain opens the doors to its compellingly rambunctious platform of innovative galleries, artist projects, performance artists and musical guests this Thursday at noon for a VIP/Press Preview. Come see for yourself < span style="font-size:12px;">the alternative and unpredictable art fair experience Fountain has to offer.

Fountain is pleased to announce it will screen FRAME, a moving image art series curated by Vimeo, leading video sharing site, and Culture Shock, a NY-based media agency for creative industry. The FRAME program features 18 videos by artists on Vimeo that will be projected 30 ft above the main Fountain stage on the outdoor lawn.

Stoyn Ice Cream has traveled all the way from Russia to share their delicious iconic heads of ice cream with the Miami Beach crowd. Unique contemporary culture tastemaker Nightdrive and enticingly natural sparkling juice IZZE have joined as Fountain sponsors as well.   Don't forget to sign up for the Flavorpill / Fountain Giveaway for a chance to win a cool Lomography camera and original works by Fountain artists.

Fountain’s epic 150 foot street art installation highlights some of the most sought after artists including Sharktoof, Chris Stain, Olek, Hugh Leeman, Chor Boogie, OverUnder, White Cocoa, Army of One, Clown Soldier, Joe Iurato, CAKE, Tip-Toe, Elle, Ian Ross, Know Hope, Depoe, and Zero Cents.  

Special musical guests on Friday and Saturday will keep you dancing the night away.  ArtlogPresents Friday night’s Opening Reception with cultural legend Fab 5 Freddy, the ultimate punk/hiphop/pop all stars Ninjasonik, and NYC based DJ NSR.  On Saturday night, The Miami New Times and Nightdrive presents experimental dance djs VHS or Beta, dance-off project Entresol, and disco-reviving dj, Laura of Miami.

Fountain welcomes back Brooklyn based gallery Grace Exhibition Space to curate a weekend-long program of palpably visceral and challenging contemporary visual performance featuring eleven surprising and engaging artists from around the world.

Need a way to get to Fountain?  Look for the Welcome to COMPANY mobile gallery and free shuttle at major art events around Miami!

Click here for the new Kollective Mobile Fountain Art Fair iPad app, and visit  FountainArtFair.com or the Fountain Facebook page for the latest updates on particip ating exhibitors, sponsors, and musical guests as December 1st approaches.

Fountain Exhibitors: ArtforProgress, New York * Cheap& Plastique, New York *GraceExhibitionSpace, Brooklyn * The Feminist Artist Project, Miami * FrancescaArcilesiFineArt, New York * FrontRoomGallery, Brooklyn * Kesting/Ray, New York * LambertFineArts, New York *MarianneNemsGallery, New York * TheMarketplace , Albany, NY * MicroscopeGallery, Brooklyn *MightyTanaka, Brooklyn * Murder Lounge, New York * TincaArt, New York * UntitledArtProjects, Los Angeles/New Orleans * We-Are-Familia, New York *  Working MethodContemporary, Tallahassee, FL * YesGallery, Brooklyn

Independent Artist Projects: AleveMeiLoh, Los Angeles *LindsayCarron, Los Angeles *RyanCronin, New York *GILF!, Brooklyn *Solo(s) Project

Fountain Miami 2011 is brought to you in part by: Miami New Times, ARTLOG, Beck's, Brooklyn Street Art, Kollective Mobile, Gawker Artists, Hyperallergic, Lomography, Patron of the Arts,Flavorpill, The Art Dossier, COMPANY, nightdrive, Ms. Cheezious, IZZE, Dig In Magazine, SFAQ

Art League of Long Island Nominated for "Best Art School"

 

For the fifth year in a row the Art League of Long Island has been named as a nominee 

in the category of "Best Art School" in the annual Best of Long Island poll 

conducted by the Long Island Press.

Please cast your vote let Long Island know we are your NUMBER ONE favorite art school!

The voting rules are simple.  Go online and visit the Long Island Press' website. 

(Click here to enter the site's art school page and cast your vote)

You are allowed one vote per email address per day.  

The voting process ends December 15, so as the old saying goes, vote early and often.