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Dick Blick and ArtBridge: a Proud Partnership

By Jordana | Published: March 8, 2010
We’re very happy to introduce Dick Blick art materials as the first sponsor of ArtBridge! As we’ve been building this organization it’s been consistently important to us to partner with those companies and organizations we respect. Urban Samaritan, the incredible non-for-profit that employs homeless women to design and sew our fabulous tote bags was our [...]
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Bags! Bags! Bags!

By Jordana | Published: March 5, 2010
Last night’s ArtBridge Fundraiser was champagne, sweet treat and tote-bag filled! Half of the bags shown below (cut from the fabric of the material of our first installation on London Terrace) sold last night but there’s more where that came from. If you’re interested in  purchasing a one-of-a-kind ArtBridge tote-bag for $200.00 ($185 of which is [...]
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Thank You to All Who Attended Last Night's Fundraiser!

By Jordana | Published: March 5, 2010
Wow, what a wonderful evening! Thank you to all who attended and donated to help us reach our goal for the night of raising $1,000. With your help, we did it and will now be able to apply for the kinds of grants that will help us bring ArtBridge installations to construction sites throughout the [...]
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ArtBridge Fundraiser Rescheduled for Thursday, March 4!

By Jordana | Published: February 27, 2010
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By Jordana | Published: February 18, 2010
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Maya Barkai’s "Walking Men 99" unveiled at 99 Church Street

By Jordana | Published: January 15, 2010
Since the 2007 launch of their “Re:Construction” initiative, our friends at the Alliance for Downtown New York have been channeling “the energy of Downtown’s rebuilding process by recasting construction sites as canvasses for innovative public art and architecture.” Their most recent installation, “Walking Men 99,” by photographer Maya Barkai, will be unveiled at 99 Church [...]
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ArtBridge Installation on Google Streetview!

By Jordana | Published: January 12, 2010
The title of this post says it all. Have a look for yourself HERE. Seen any other public art around the City captured with Street View? Send us your screen shots and we’ll post a few of our favorites next week!
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Thursday: AIA's urbanSHED Competition Finalist Presentations

By Jordana | Published: January 4, 2010
Looking for something different to do this week? Why not stop by the American Institutes of Architects this Thursday evening to see the finalists present their proposals for the re-imagining of the urban shed? Over 150 individuals and design teams responded to the AIA’s Fall ’09 call for entries and after a rigorous juried selection [...]
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Public Art Fund's Call for Entries for "In The Public Realm"

By Jordana | Published: January 3, 2010
Happy New Year public art makers and appreciators! Our friends over at Public Art Fund have recently put out a call for entries for In the Public Realm 2010, a program that, according to their website, is “designed to champion innovative public art projects by New York-based emerging artists.” As we know from our March [...]
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Public Art, It's in the Air for 2010…

By Jordana | Published: December 28, 2009
How refreshing and right up the ArtBridge Alley! According to a recently published New York Times Article, Las Vegas-based advertising giant, Show Media, has decided to replace taxi-top advertising with works of art from well-known artists including Yoko Owno, Shirin Neshat and Alex Katz. The venture is reportedly costing the company $100,000 in lost revenues [...]
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