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NYFA.ORG COMES TO MIAMI!
SEMINAR FOR ARTISTS
When: Thursday, July 9th at 6pm
Where: Main Gallery
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, Florida 33127

What: Members of NYFA’s staff will provide a 90-minute seminar, with a 30-minute Q&A afterward, on Thursday, July 9th at 6pm at Bakehouse Art Complex. Each of New York Foundation for the Arts’ programs and services will be covered with an emphasis on NYFA Source, Fiscal Sponsorship, and the Immigrant Artists Project.

NYFA Source: NYFA Source is the most extensive national online directory of awards, services, and programs for artists.

Fiscal Sponsorship: Fiscal Sponsorship is a critical way for individual artists, artists’ collaborative projects, and emerging arts organizations in all disciplines to apply for funding usually available only to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. The right fiscal sponsor will not only allow you to manage your project efficiently, but can actually help artists to raise more money and realize their artistic visions more fully.

Immigrant Artists Project: Through the Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, the bi-monthly IAP Newsletter, and other programming, the Immigrant Artist Project seeks to expand the constituency it serves by nurturing and fostering a community of empowered artists with diverse educational, cultural, and creative backgrounds.

Please RSVP: Lauren Wagner @ info@bacfl.org

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Happy 4th of July! Hope everyone has a great holiday. But, please remember that the Life Is Art call for artists ends in just about two weeks on July 17th. There is no cost to apply, simply go to the application page – http://www.lifeisartfest.org/blog/earth – and send in the necessary information.

EVENT DETAILS: Life Is Art and Metro 1 Properties present Earth Is Art
An Environmentally Artistic Miami Showcase
Hosted by the Green Resource Building Center
August 22, 2pm – 10pm
120 NE 27th Street # 200, Miami, FL 33137
http://www.lifeisartfest.org

This call is open to ALL styles of artwork. The event has an environmental theme, so we are encouraging art that has an environmental theme or subject, but this is NOT required.

Also, if you have applied for any of our previous shows, we encourage you to re-apply, whether or not you participated. We often only have a limited amount of space and cannot accommodate all of the great artists that we have. So, if you did not get into a previous show, please apply again! And, if you have been in one of our previous shows, you know how enjoyable and energetic they are. We hope to eventually be able to feature all of the awesome artists in south Florida.

The space we have for this show is really cool, it even has a parking lot! The interior is all industrial, glass and steel and concrete. We are very excited about this event and hope that you can join us. The link for the application is http://www.lifeisartfest.org/blog/earth. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at art@lifeisartfest.org

We are also accepting applications for performers, musicians, singers, dancers, fashion designers, poets and all other disciplines of artistic expression. If you are interested in participating, please contact us at art@lifeisartfest.org

Sincerely,
James Echols
Co-founder
www.lifeisartfest.org

BRAVO IS SCULPTING A NEW CAST FOR “THE UNTITLED ART PROJECT”

Nationwide Casting Calls Underway

NEW YORK – June 30, 2009 – Bravo’s latest stroke on the reality canvas brings Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker and her production company, Pretty Matches, together with the Emmy-nominated Magical Elves (”Top Chef,” “Project Runway”) and Eli Holzman, to produce an hour long creative competition series among contemporary artists. The Untitled Art Project will bring together thirteen aspiring artists to compete for a gallery show, a cash prize and a sponsored national tour. Open calls for artists interested in competing in this highly anticipated new competition series will be held in cities across the country starting in July.
Casting Calls for The Untitled Art Project are as follows:
MIAMI
Tuesday, July 14, 10 AM – 2 PM
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
www.Snitzer.com

For additional information, go to www.BravoTV.com/casting.

In each episode of the series, contestants will create unique pieces highlighting art’s role in everyday life, while they compete and create in a range of disciplines including sculpture, painting, photography and industrial design (to name a few). In working beyond their preferred mediums, artists will have to adapt quickly in order to succeed. Completed works of art will be appraised by a panel of top art world figures including fellow artists, gallerists, collectors, curators and critics. The finalists’ work will be showcased in a nation-wide museum tour.

The Untitled Art Project is produced by Pretty Matches and Magical Elves for Bravo. Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alison Benson and Eli Holzman serve as executive producers.

Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC Universal cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com.

How do you go from struggling, emerging or even semi-established artist to selling a complete show for $198 million? It’s a big art world out there, but maybe this is one place to start!

Magical Elves (Peabody Award-winning Project Runway, Emmy Award-winning Top Chef) and Sarah Jessica Parker (Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winner) and her production company, Pretty Matches, are teaming up for an hour-long creative competition series among aspiring contemporary artists who will create and compete to conquer the art world!If you’re an emerging or mid-career artist with a unique, powerful voice that demands a bigger stage – well. . . Here. It. Is. We want contemporary artists. Your medium could be one of many (or several of many) – painting, sculpture, installation, video, photography, mixed-media – we want voices that believe in their art and want the world to know.

Attend one of our four regional casting calls around the country and we will consider you for participation in this groundbreaking show.

MIAMI
Tuesday, July 14, 10 AM – 2 PM
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
www.Snitzer.com
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August 22, 2pm – 10pm
120 NE 27th Street # 200, Miami, FL 33137

To promote green design, the Metro 1 Green Building Resource Center is hosting a very special environmentally themed artist showcase featuring South Florida artists presented by Life Is Art. The event includes over a dozen local artists, music, live performances, green resource presentations, fashion, complimentary beverages, food, and fun for everyone.

Life Is Art is doing an open call for artists, musicians, fashion designers, and live performers to be featured in the show. Deadline for the call is July 17th. For more information on the call, please click here.

The Metro 1 Properties Green Building Resource Center is a space designed to educate the community about the green building movement and the resources available for the many facets of the green building industry. The center offers a touch-and-feel atmosphere, allowing visitors to connect with materials on a physical level; however, printed materials are available to visitors for informational purposes.

Life Is Art, Inc is a Miami, Florida based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the art and creative communities in Miami and beyond through the production of regular arts events and the development of a business incubator for working artists.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is coming to Miami!

When: Saturday, July 11th at 3pm

Where: ARTCENTER/ SOUTH FLORIDA
924 Lincoln Road, Room 203
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(p) 305.674.8278
What: Members of NYFA’s staff will provide a 90-minute seminar, with a 30-minute Q&A afterward, on Saturday, July 11th at 3pm at ARTCENTER/ SOUTH FLORIDA . Each of New York Foundation for the Arts’ programs and services will be covered with an emphasis on NYFA Source, Fiscal Sponsorship, and the Immigrant Artists Project.
NYFA Source: NYFA Source is the most extensive national online directory of awards, services, and programs for artists.
Fiscal Sponsorship: Fiscal Sponsorship is a critical way for individual artists, artists’ collaborative projects, and emerging arts organizations in all disciplines to apply for funding usually available only to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. The right fiscal sponsor will not only allow you to manage your project efficiently, but can actually help artists to raise more money and realize their artistic visions more fully.
Immigrant Artists Project: Through the Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, the bi-monthly IAP Newsletter, and other programming, the Immigrant Artist Project seeks to expand the constituency it serves by nurturing and fostering a community of empowered artists with diverse educational, cultural, and creative backgrounds.
Questions? Please e-mail Amber Hawk Swanson, Officer, NYFA Source at ahawkswanson@nyfa.org.
The New York Foundation for the Arts‘ mission is to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives.
ARTCENTER/ SOUTH FLORIDA, established in 1984, is an access point for artists, curators, and visitors alike. Lincoln Road affords the ArtCenter and all of its programs a high level of visibility however; it is the community involvement and the integrity of ArtCenter’s programming that qualifies the ACSF as a major cultural institution.

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New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is coming to Miami!
When: Friday, July 10th at 3pm
Where: Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street, Suite 100, Miami, FL 33137
305.576.8570
RSVP: Please e-mail NYFA’s Elena Dubas at edubas@nyfa.org to RSVP by Tuesday, July 7, 2009 (no phone calls please). Registration is limited.
What: Members of NYFA’s staff will provide a 90-minute seminar, with a 30-minute Q&A afterward, on Friday, July 10th at 3pm at Locust Projects in partnership with LegalArt. Each of New York Foundation for the Arts’ programs and services will be covered with an emphasis on NYFA Source, Fiscal Sponsorship, and the Immigrant Artists Project.
NYFA Source: NYFA Source is the most extensive national online directory of awards, services, and programs for artists.
Fiscal Sponsorship: Fiscal Sponsorship is a critical way for individual artists, artists’ collaborative projects, and emerging arts organizations in all disciplines to apply for funding usually available only to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. The right fiscal sponsor will not only allow you to manage your project efficiently, but can actually help artists to raise more money and realize their artistic visions more fully.
Immigrant Artists Project: Through the Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, the bi-monthly IAP Newsletter, and other programming, the Immigrant Artist Project seeks to expand the constituency it serves by nurturing and fostering a community of empowered artists with diverse educational, cultural, and creative backgrounds.
The New York Foundation for the Arts‘ mission is to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives.
LegalArt has dedicated itself to providing artists with affordable legal services, grants and educational opportunities. By empowering artists with access to legal and professional support, resources and information, LegalArt creates opportunities and protections for Miami’s art community; fostering a generation armed with the skills to legally protect their creations. All LegalArt programming helps artists by creating a community both dedicated to and invested in their success.
Locust Projects is an alternative exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas and methods without the pressure of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and International art community to experience artwork and meet the artists.

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Current exhibition: GENDER BENDER Saturday June 13th in Miami’s Design

District during the Art Walk

Website: WWW.KATRABBITT.COM

· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?

I am making a career out of it and I have geared my life to be a creative in all dimensions of my life.  The career comes residually when your life is in sync with where your passions are…. at least that’s what I think.

· What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the community at large?

Great question!  I almost feel like someone other than me should answer it.  I noticed that my use of colors has always caught people’s attention.  I tend to photograph material that is both conflicting and complimentary.  So the colors tend to grab someone’s attention and please them while the subject matter makes them think a bit.

· How do you let people know about your work?

I do it all the time so if you know me, you cannot help but to know my work or at least that I am a photographer.  My website it a great link to my work, but a lot of attention has been brought to this through my current photo exhibit Gender Bender.  Which is on Saturday June 13th in Miami’s Design District for the Art Walk.

· What do you feel inspires you to make art in the particular medium you have chosen?

I actually just do what stimulates me and keeps me happy.  Photography seemed like a great way to express myself and now I have realizes it slowly consumed myself.

· Why Miami?

Home sweet home.  I plan on always being a Miami artist, who can deny the warm sun mixed in with the city surrounded by sand that never fails to give the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen… everyday of my life.  That being said New York, California and Europe have my attention in the near future as well.

· Do you have a favorite artist from the past or present?

Oh yes… too many to name.  I will try.  Erykah Badu and Jill Scott speak to my soul.  Salvidor Dali was my favorite who has ever picked up a paintbrush.  Photographers I admire most are Miles Aldridge, Mert and Marcus, Mike Ruiz, Steven Klein and David LaChapelle.  For me theses individuals give so much back to the world we see today.

· How would you compare the art scene in Miami to other cities you have lived or worked in?

It is vibrant here in Miami.  The only downside is that Miami does not seem to bring the Arts to the light of attention as much as New York or Europe does.  It seems more spread out and underground.  If I had my way the Arts would be on the news everyday instead of the thieves and murderers.

· If someone wanted to get into being an artist, what would be your first suggestion to them?

Do not think twice and jump into it mind body and soul.

WWW.KATRABBITT.COM

Current exhibition:  Wallace Gallery, Fort Myers FL
Website:  www.GusColors.com

· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
Currently, I am working expanding by exploring different mediums and ways to show and promote my art. However, I am not able to make it a “full time” job, but look forward to making it a career in the near future.

· What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the community at large?
Each piece of GusColors is filled with innocent but mischievious, and playful but rambunctious characters. Like you. Like me. My art enables a fresh point of view to ride through life daily on a magic carpet.

· How do you let people know about your work?
I use a variety of online sites for exposure online. I am currently exhibiting at Wallace Gallerly and exploring options at other galleries in South Florida. My work is displayed at the Overtown Youth Center here in Miami in a collection of 6 murals. As well as referrals from clients.

· What do you feel inspires you to make art in the particular medium you have chosen?
I choose to work with acrylic on canvas because I like my colors bold and vibrant. I do not get the same effect from using markers or any other medium I have experimented with.

· Why Miami?
Miami, with its heat and excess of beautiful colors turned out to be the perfect destination point for me.

· Do you have a favorite artist from the past or present?
Growing up I was blown away by Salvador Dali’s work. I also like Vincent Van Gogh, Dale Chihuly, Michael Godard, amongst others.

· If someone wanted to get into being an artist, what would be your first suggestion to them?
To an artist or anyone following a dream, my suggestion is to never give up and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it.

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www.GusColors.com