Art for
Progress Selected as Non-Profit Partner for Fountain
Art Fair
February 20, 2012 (New York, NY) - Art for
Progress has been officially named non-profit partner for Fountain Art Fair
during this year's NY Art Week.
Fountain
is dedicated to supporting smaller independent galleries and artists by
providing a forum for them to show at large, well-established events such as
Armory Week. Fountain's selection of Art for Progress (AFP) as its non-profit
partner was spurred by AFP's dedication to helping emerging artists through its many culturally diverse art events
as well as the organization's arts education program which provides underserved
youth in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Bronx with dynamic artistic programming that
promotes reflection and self-expression.
As part of its collaboration with Fountain Art
Fair, AFP will be showing the work of twenty three international artists whose
work includes painting, photography, digital, video and sculpture. Artwork from
AFP's most promising student artists from NYC high schools will also be exhibited.
Art for Progress will feature DJs, live musical performances, and performance
art pieces throughout the show's dates within its gallery space. Additionally,
Fountain has extended its Saturday hours until 11pm allowing visitors to enjoy
even more art-fueled frenzy with a special evening event curated by Art for
Progress.
"This is a great honor and opportunity for Art for
Progress and our artists. Given AFP's mission of promoting and supporting
emerging artists, this is an exceptional venue for our visual artists as well
as our performance artists," states AFP founder, Frank Jackson. "In addition to
the exposure, collaborating with such a forward thinking organization as
Fountain gives us the ability to further help emerging artists."
Fountain Art Fair will take place March 9-11 at the
historic 69th armory located at 68 Lexington Avenue on the corner of 25th
Street. On Friday, March 9th from 1-7pm
there will be the VIP & Press Preview with a Public Opening Night Reception
presented by Artlog and featuring Fab 5 Freddy taking place immediately
afterwards from 7-11pm. On Saturday, March 10, Art for Progress will present a
special event from 7-11PM. General
hours on Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11 are from 1-7pm. Tickets are $10 for daily passes and $15 weekend passes.
The list of participating visual artists includes: Aaron
Cobbett, Amy Row, Bud McNichol, Cat Del Buono, Chris Twomey, Fareeha Khawaja, H.A.
Gallucio, Jeanne Wilkinson, Juan Manuel Pajares, Lance Dehne', Margaret
Withers, Michael Lorenzini, Olga Kol, Pablo Damas, Renee Amitai, Rocco
Alberico, Rute Ventura, Sol Kjok, Sona Mirzaei, Tatiana Soteropoulos, Ted Barr,
Ula Einstein and Vera Arutyunyan.
A special silent auction will take place from
Friday, March 9th through March 11th featuring a large scale painting donated
by Lake Tahoe based painter Reds Regan.
On Saturday, March 10th, AFP Hosts the Fountain Art
Fair after party featuring performances from Comandante Zero, Kevin Graves,
Jimmy Sky, and Red Baron, performance art from Caridad Sola, Thomas Solomon,
Belaxis Buil and interactive fashion installations from Allyson Jacobs and
Iliana Quander.
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