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In this column, we share a few proud moments since our last issue.
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Moved into New Office Space ! Please make a note of our new address:
Picture That, LLC, Soundview Plaza, 1266 East Main Street, 7th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902
- Gained New Partner Relationships with....
- The New York Times, New York, NY, to provide curatorial services.
- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, CT, to provide art advisory services.
- Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, CT, to supply cultural keepsakes.
- The Travelers, Hartford, CT, to build a cultural fine art collection, an online gallery and provide art advisory services.
- Received The 2008 MBA of the Year Award from the National Black MBA Association, Westchester-Greater Connecticut Chapter. This is the chapter's marquee award and highest individual honor. View 5 minute video and Awards Journal for highlights of the Roaring 20s-themed event that was hosted by DIAGEO at its Norwalk, CT Headquarters.
- Awarded a Fellowship for the Study of Human Relations and Leadership. This was awarded as a result of our well-rounded and culturally diverse graphic art & design portfolio. Kudos to our Creative Director, Shawn Overcash for bringing home the prize!
- Featured in The Network Journal magazine as a 1999 inaugural class recipient of the "Top 25 Influential Black Women in Business" Award. In celebration of The Network Journal Magazine's 10th anniversary, this reunion of past "Top 25" honorees, from 1999-2008, was hosted by Merrill Lynch at its NYC Conference Center.
Class of 1999 "Top 25 Influential Black Women in Business"
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In this column, we focus on individuals, cultures, special interest and ethnic groups, and their influences and history in the arts and world. This Quarter, we are pleased to spotlight our very own Glenn Macura, a Contemporary and Modern Art Curator and Ann Tanksley a very gifted artist whose work we have recently begun to offer.
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| Glenn strikes a Yoga pose on Deer Isle in Maine...his private spot to do nothing but watch the world go by. |
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Glenn Macura works magic by day as an art advisor and curator....and by night....Glenn transforms to a Yoga practitioner, where he seeks to curate the body by balancing the Ying with Yang. Glenn began working in the art world when he moved to NYC in 1984. A former painter with a Masters of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in
Brooklyn
, Glenn has engaged in all creative and business aspects of the contemporary art world. In addition to working with galleries, museums, corporations, private and public institutions, Glenn also guides private clients in the purchase, development and maintenance of their personal art collections.
Since 1995, Glenn has managed all facets of the Corporate Art Collection for the General Electric Company which has over 3000 works of art. The GE collection is on view at several locations including facilities in
Washington,
DC
, 30
Rockefeller
Plaza, NYC
and GE World Headquarters in
Fairfield,
CT.
In addition to Glenn installing over 20 exhibitions for GE's Corporate Gallery, his other responsibilities include everything from the occasional purchase to upkeep, inventory, evaluation and transportation.
Since 2006, Glenn has partnered with Picture That to curate exhibitions for GE's newly created
Cultural
Fine
Art
Gallery
. Picture That is proud to have Glenn as a member of its Team. Together they have curated some of the finest contemporary cultural art exhibitions in today's society. They also provide art advisory services and manage the fine art collections of several corporations and private clients.
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| Artist Ann Tanksley |
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"Flower Girls" by Ann Tanksley
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Ann Tanksley brings the art tender scenes of a fertile culture through her intimate renderings of daily life. Ann's sensitivity to humanity, particularly to her black heritage, portrays a kinship of people with their natural environment. Her works are saturated with vivid abstract symbolism. A well trained awareness is reflected in Ann's successful blending of the simple as the complex, the pure as a mixture, and the real as abstract. Her bold and energetic use of color creates an exotic flavor while she maintains a soft gentle undercurrent with constraining subdued earth tones.
Ann's work is in several permanent collections including: Medgar Evers College of Brooklyn, New York and American Women in Art Album, located at The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC as well as being in the private collections of Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Gordon Parks, Susan Taylor and a host of other collectors of note. She is also listed in Who's Who in American Art and 250 Years of Afro-American Art.
Picture That is honored to offer works from the portfolio of Ann Tanksley. She is without question, one of the most important contemporary artists in the 20th century. | |
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July:
Jul 11: CMSDC Annual Golf Outing - A networking event designed to pair Corporate Purchasing Directors and Buyers with Minority/Women Entrepreneurs on the Green. For additional information call the Connecticut Minority Supplier Council at 203-847-2449. A few spots remain !
Valerie Cooper-Picture That, Mike-UTC, Cynthia Taylor-Picture That, Bill-Hamilton Sundstrand
Jul 12 - 18: The TOUGALOO ART Colony 2008 - Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS. Celebrating its 12th Year in existence, this intensive weeklong retreat provides nationally acclaimed artists, art educators, art students and interested adult learners with the opportunity to engage in dialogue and create works that help extend the multicultural dimensions of America's visual arts culture. Contact art@tougaloo.edu for additional information.
For the first time in New England, the Yale University Art Gallery has brought together three major paintings by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)....1) Cypresses which is on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2) The Starry Night: Visions of Saint-Remy, on loan from the Museum of Modern Art, and 3) the gallery's own The Night Cafe. Three Van Gogh's under one roof, in an intimate cozy gallery setting, is well worth the visit to New Haven. A time/ticket system allows visitors to see the masterworks in peace, far removed from the crowds that usually surround these works.
Thru Oct 5th: "History ReMixed After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy at the High Museum in Atlanta. This exhibit includes newly commissioned and recently produced work by ten emerging contemporary artists. Conceived in tandem with Road to Freedom: Photographs from the Civil Rights Movement, this exhibition takes the transformative year of 1968 as its departure point. These artists, born in or after 1968, have processed the visual and historical data of that year, including images from the High Museum of Art's singular archive of civil rights photographs. They have created works in all media that honor the legacy of the civil rights movement while exploring its ongoing relevancy and influence upon subsequent generations in diverse ways.
August on Martha's Vineyard:
August 16 - 22: Internationally acclaimed artist Glenn Tunstull has Annual Exhibition "Tranquility" at Cousen Rose Gallery, 71 Circuit Avenue, Oak Bluffs, MA. The Martha's Vineyard Times profiles Glenn in preparation for the event.
August 23 - 29: Martha's Vineyard Artist Myrna Morris features her Solo Annual Exhibition at Cousen Rose Gallery, 71 Circuit Avenue, Oak Bluffs, MA.
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In this column, we highlight how our partners have incorporated Picture That solutions to promote cultural inclusion within their environments. In this issue, we bring you examples of how our partners leveraged our services to develop culturally inclusive programs that help them achieve their objectives.
General Electric introduces Art Education to Cultural Fine Art Exhibit Series
Designed to increase cross-cultural learning and networking amongst its employees, an art education component was added to supplement GE's bi-monthly cultural exhibitions. Installed in GE's Fairfield CT Headquarters since 2007, these cultural exhibits have accompanying online galleries and promote global inclusion throughout the entire company. The newly added education component also raises awareness of how art is influenced by culture... and how culture is influenced by art.
Artist Ann Tanksley educates members of GE's AAF. Artist Sungsook Setton provides guided tour to GE's APAF.
The art education components include informative "Artist Talks" with GE employees and invited community guests, guided tours of each exhibition, and networking receptions where employees can "Meet the Artists". Thus far, employees from GE's African American Forum (AAF), Women's Forum, and Asian Pacific American Forum (APAF) have each sponsored receptions during their respective celebratory months and the programming was well received by all.
Photographer Phyllis Sinrich addresses GE's Women's Forum. Japanese Artist Juri Morioka fields questions.
Plans are in the works with GE's Hispanic Forum (HF) and Picture That's curators to feature works by artists from the countries of Mexico, Cuba, Brasil, Puerto Rico and Colombia during Hispanic Heritage Month 2008 (Sep 15 - Oct 15). We look forward to installing this show and implementing the education components which will be offered in both English and Spanish. You too can take a virtual tour by visiting GE's Online Gallery from September 1 through October 30 !
In the coming months, we look forward to sharing more about the unique ways art is being used to enhance the environments of our clients and our awareness of each other.
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Our Fine Art Collectors Club caters to our distinguished group of private clients and offers:
- Private tours of premiere events for auctions, exhibitions, galleries and museums
- Educational seminars on Art Collection Management, Insurance, Appraisals, Estate Planning and related topics
- Exclusive discussions with artists and art historians
- Networking opportunities with members of Collectors Clubs located in other cities
Relevant Reading for Collectors
By request, we are pleased to add this section of recommended readings for collectors. Our Summer 2008 pick is Apollo Magazine.
Founded in 1925 and based in the UK, Apollo is one of the world's oldest and most highly respected magazines on the visual arts. Lord Hindlip, the former Chairman of Christie's shares....."Apollo is the perfect read for anyone who loves works of art. It is intelligent without being pompous, informative but never boring and always beautifully presented."
An article that the Picture That Team enjoyed reading focused on the JP Morgan Chase Art Collection where director, Lisa K Erf, talks about the important role that contemporary art plays in the bank's life. The Chase Collection also has a traveling exhibition that was shown the Pera Museum in Istanbul and at the International Financial Centre in Dubai this past spring.
Check out Apollo Magazine and send a note to tell us what you think. Also, if you have recommended readings that you think will be of interest to our fine art collectors, please let us know.
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Dear Artists:
Picture That Fine Art Gallery has opportunities for visual artists to both exhibit their works and/or have works featured in cultural-awareness publications. We are always seeking two-dimensional works of art for the following cultures and special interest groups:
- African American
- American Indian
- Asian / Middle Eastern
- Bostonian Artists
- Gay and Lesbian
- Hispanic / Latino
- New England Artists
- Artists with Disabilities
- Women
Ideally, we would like to exhibit works either created by artists of the celebrated culture and/or by artists who create images of the culture being celebrated. Should you qualify and have an interest in showing your art, please contact us OpenCallForArtists@Picture-That.com.
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