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Postcards From the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS

A Benefit for Visual AIDS

Hosted by Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th St, New York

BENEFIT SALE - $85 EACH
Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Buy four and get a bonus fifth)
Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 from 12 to 4 p.m. (Buy two and get a bonus third)
Take a guess: Over 1500 anonymous displayed postcard-size masterpieces.
First-come, first-served. $5 suggested admission
Cash, check, credit card (MC/VISA/AMEX) accepted.
Proceeds benefit Visual AIDS.

PREVIEW PARTY
Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Sneak Peek: The only opportunity to see the entire exhibition. No sales.
$85 Admission, payable at the door, includes a raffle ticket. Raffle prizes include a chance to pick the FIRST postcard that evening. Participating artists attend free.

Silent Auction of small artworks by Mark Beard, Barton Lidice Benes, Suzanne Caporael, Neil Farber, Joy Garnett, Barbara Hammer, David Humphrey, James Jaxxa, Larry Krone, Lucas Michael, Carrie Moyer, Dawit L. Petros, David Reed and Eric Rhein, also VIP Access packages grant "front of the line" access to Saturday's Postcards From the Edge Benefit Sale.

Check out our Facebook page for update and a peek at some of the artwork.

Postcards From the Edge is a Visual AIDS benefit show and sale of original, postcard-sized works on paper by established and emerging artists. All works are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. The works are signed on the back and exhibited so the artists' signatures cannot be seen. While buyers receive a list of all participating artists, they don't know who created which piece until purchased. All proceeds support the programs of Visual AIDS.

Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving the legacy -- because AIDS IS NOT OVER!

 

Silent Auction @ Postcards From the Edge Preview Party (Jan 6)

Joy Garnett

Paris Riots (#10), 2005
oil on wood panel, 11" x 14"

Courtesy of the artist and Winkleman Gallery, NY

Silent Auction @ Postcards From the Edge Preview Party 

January 6 from 6-8 PM

at:

Cheim + Read

547 West 25th Street New York, NY 10001

http://www.cheimread.com/

Bidding will begin at 6PM and conclude at 7:30 PM.  To place an advance bid or to arrange an absentee bid, contact Visual AIDS at [email protected]

[—-> I’ve donated a piece to the Silent Auction: Come bid at the Preview Party! —-> images —-> http://visualaids.blogspot.com/2011/12/amazing-silent-auction-at-postcards.html ]

Postcards From the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Jan 7-9 @ CRG Gallery

Postcards From the Edge
A Benefit for Visual AIDS

Hosted by CRG Gallery
548 W 22nd St, New York

January 7-9, 2011

PREVIEW PARTY
Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Sneak Peek: The only opportunity to see the entire exhibition. No sales.

$85 admission includes one raffle ticket.
Admission payable at door. Participating artists attend free.
Raffle winner will select the FIRST postcard that evening. Additional raffle tickets available.

Silent Auction of small works by Larissa Bates, Nicole Eisenman, Harmony Hammond, David Humphrey and Marc Swanson. New this year, top 10 bidders of VIP Access will secure the first 10 places in line -- no waiting.

BENEFIT SALE
Take a guess: More than 1500 anonymously displayed postcard-size masterpieces.

First-come, first-served. $5 suggested admission.

Saturday, January 8, 2011 from 10:00 - 6:00
$85 EACH. Buy 4 and get the fifth as our Thank You.

Sunday, January 9, 2011 from 12:00 - 4:00
$85 EACH. Buy 2 and get the third as our Thank You.

Proceeds benefit Visual AIDS.
Cash, check, credit card (MC/VISA/AMEX) accepted.

Postcards From the Edge is a Visual AIDS benefit show and sale of original, postcard-sized works on paper by established and emerging artists. All works are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. The works are signed on the back and exhibited so the artists' signatures cannot be seen. While buyers receive a list of all participating artists, they don't know who created which piece until purchased. All proceeds support the programs of Visual AIDS.

Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving the legacy -- because AIDS IS NOT OVER!

Full list of artists

Book Launch: Jackie Brookner's URBAN RAIN @ Exit Art

 

URBAN RAIN by JACKIE BROOKNER
BOOK LAUNCH   
7 PM APRIL 21, 2010
@
EXIT ART

475 Tenth Ave. at 36th St. NYC

Jackie Brookner and ecoartspace invite you to join them in celebrating the publication of URBAN RAIN to take place in conjunction with "What Matters Most" a benefit exhibition for ecoartspace hosted by Exit Art in the Exit Underground Space. 

Jackie Brookner will read from Urban Rain and will speak about the philosophical context of her award winning project in San Jose, California. Also this evening Buckminster Fuller Institute Director, Elizabeth Thompson will present information about the finalists for the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award. Urban Rain will be available for purchase this evening.

Urban Rain: Stormwater as Resource
Barbara Goldstein, Melody Tovar, Jonathan Hartman, Jackie Brookner , Patricia Phillips, Franco Montalto. Publisher: ORO editions (September 1, 2009)

What Matters Most? ecoartspace 2010 Benefit + Open Call to Artists

via nytimes, Dot Earth blog:

February 15, 2010, 9:22 am

What Matters Most?

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

Ecoartspace, an organization that focuses on addressing environmental issues through the visual arts (the image below, from a 2009 exhibition, is by Nils-Udo), got in touch with me recently about a planned spring exhibition of small works on paper devoted to a simple question: What matters most?

Apture™

by Patricia Watts

I brainstormed a bit with Amy Lipton, one of the founders of the nonprofit group, and proposed that the effort get a kick-start by posing that question to an array of people who are involved in examining the human journey — including Dot Earth readers, of course. (This blog has periodically explored  the role of the arts in fostering public engagement on the human relationship with the home planet). The responses could provide inspiration or provocation to the artists in their work.

I sent the question to a wide variety of people, from Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the author Terry Tempest Williams. The initial batch of answers is posted below. What’s your answer?

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via ecoartspace blog:

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ecoartspace 2010 Benefit and Open Call to Artists:

ecoartspace invites you to participate in our first NYC benefit exhibition titled What Matters Most? The show and benefit party will be hosted by Exit Art in NYC from April 15 – 28th, 2010.

What Matters Most? will begin with responses to this question posted on Monday February 15th on Andrew Revkin’s NY Times blog, Dot Earth by leading environmental experts, writers and readers. Participating artists will have the option of creating an original artwork related to the blog entry of their choice or donating an existing work.

All proceeds from this fundraiser will support ecoartspace activities and programs. ecoartspace has been operating as a bicoastal nonprofit platform for artists addressing environmental issues since 1999. In our ten years of programming we have worked with over 400 artists, curated 38 exhibitions, 70 programs and collaborated with over 140 organizations. To celebrate our achievements as well as raise money for future programs we recently held our first benefit auction at Mina Dresden Gallery in San Francisco on December 4th, 2009.

What Matters Most? begins Thurs April 15, 2010 and ends with our Benefit Sale: Thursday, April 28th , 2010. Please click on the image above for more detailed information.

Artists participating as of 2.13.10 include:

Joan Bankemper, Andrea Reynosa, Joy Garnett, Chrysanne Stathacos, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Diane Burko, Sandy Gellis, Fritz Haeg, Steven Siegel, Joanne Greenbaum, Lisa Hoke, Dove Bradshaw, Jaanika Peerna, Chris Kennedy, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, Teri Hackett, Elizabeth Demaray, Robert Lobe, Kathleen Gilje, David Schafer, Claudia Hart, Lori Nozick, Christy Rupp, Kathe Burkhart, Joanne Howard, Abigail Doan, Alan Wexler, Charles Goldman, Marion Wilson, Emily Brown, Katie Holten, Robin Kahn, Nina Yankowitz, Carter Hodgkin, Geoffrey Hendricks, Nina Katchadourian, Hunter Reynolds, Erik Hanson, Janet Pihlblad, Kunie Suguira, J.J. L’Hereux, Austin Thomas, Mikael Levin, Rhona Bitner, Michael Somoroff, Sandi Sloane, Jill Levine, Steve Keister, Alison Moritsugu, LC Armstrong, Stacy Levy, Jan Harrison, David Webster, Simon Draper, Mary Mattingly, Susan Leibovitz Steinman, Ann Rosenthal, Steffi Domike, Mary Ann Strandell.

We give thanks to Exit Art for their support. This event is a continuation of our relationship with the Social-Environmental Aesthetic (SEA) program including our participation in The Drop exhibition in 2006 and EPA in 2008.