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Weekend Video.
Although we at ArtBridge aren’t proponents of illegal street art, we certainly are impressed with this one graffiti artist’s approach to “cleaning” this sooty fence. Think of it as a wildly inventive riff on the “wash me” plea, seen finger-painted on cars and trucks in need of a good bath all across the country. Happy [...]
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ArtBridge is Ready for its Closeup!
Last Thursday morning at 11:30am, Rodney and I made an unlikely national television appearance on Fox Strategy Room (with a viewership of over 10 million). The purpose? To let as many people we possibly could know about ours: beautifying the transitional city landscape with the work of emerging artists. Our host, the gracious Kimberly Guilfoyle, [...]
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Public Art Responds to NYCs Need for Trees
from Curbed NY: “Even before condo development Griffin Court arrived at 800 Tenth Avenue, developer Alchemy Properties was thinking about how to decorate the place. Their answer to this question? Giant murals on two of the complex’s exterior walls, with the artist chosen in a contest. And now, a few months after Griffin Court’s sales began, Alchemy [...]
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This Week in Public Art: The Public Art Fund’s Statuesque
This week has been a busy one in the world of Public Art. Not only have we launched our Call for Entries for the 2010/2011 exhibition year, but Creative Time’s Key to the City project opened on June 3rd and the Public Art Fund unveiled their new exhibition, Statuesque in City Hall Park. Whew! I’m [...]
And We’re Off! The 2010/2011 ArtBridge Call for Entries is NOW OPEN!
It’s June 1 at 12:01AM and the ArtBridge 2010/2011 Exhibition Year Call for Entries is now open! It’s been just over a year since our debut exhibition and now that we have several more exciting projects in the pipeline we need art for our exhibitions, your art. We’ve streamlined the entry process since last year [...]
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Urgent call to Save the Arts in New York State!
On April 27, New York State Governor David Paterson proposed a 40% cut in funding the New York State Council on the Arts‘ (NYSCA) local assistance grant funding, a program responsible for the approximately 2500 grants each year given out to New York-based arts organizations with the goal of “preserving and expanding the rich and [...]
Introducing a brand new art-bridge.org!
Just in time for the opening on June 1st of our 2010 Call for Entries, we’ve given www.art-bridge.org a makeover. On the new site, you can find detailed information about the history of the organization and its participating artists, make a tax-deductible donation, upload and submit your artwork for consideration for our 2010 installations, and [...]
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June 3rd Can’t Come Fast Enough…!
This Saturday morning I awoke to find a press release from Creative Time in my inbox. CT is an organization behind some of the most innovative Public Art projects in NYC but I was particularly impressed by their latest offering: artist Paul Ramírez Jonas’ interactive project, Key to the City. Although it seems a somewhat [...]
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Whatever Works!
The Art Production Fund‘s WOW (Works on Whatever) project has just launched a new product: dinner plates, featuring the work of Rudolf Stingel, the same artist who collaborated with the APF back in 2004, covering the floor of Grand Central Stations Vanderbilt Hall with floral carpeting. Read a bit about his latest creation HERE on [...]
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