New York, New York, a heck of a town!
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By Daisy Winfrey in General Published: Tuesday, 09 February 10 - 12:18 PM (GMT -06:00) Last Updated: Tuesday, 09 February 10 - 01:19 PM (GMT -06:00) |
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"If you can make it there," so the song goes, "you can make it ANYWHERE." If we believe everything we hear in songs, then Studio By the Tracks has definitely arrived...again.
Hospital Audiences, Inc. is a non-profit organization in New York City that provides an art program for mentally ill adults, similar to the one we do here at the Studio. They also have a gallery space with rotating exhibits of the self-taught artists who have participated in their workshops and studio sessions. They are also very cool about including other non-profit groups and inviting them to show their work as well.
The good folks at HAI recently organized an exhibit of artwork from several different community programs around the country and presented Outsider Art: Survey 2010. Studio has had some of their artists submit work to HAI shows in the past and it turns out they were eager to have us back! That's right...we're popular in New York City.
We shipped an array of fine work and were even lucky enough to get send two of our staff to the opening (yours truly and Children's Program Director Karen Balliet). The opening was on Thursday, January 4, followed by an excellent round table discussion with staff from other programs around the country: Main View Gallery & Studio in Oneonta, New York; Art Enables in Washington, D.C.; and of course the teaching artist from HAI. We were also fortunate enough to be joined by a regular artist at HAI who offered valuable insight into how self-taught artists are helped by these programs.
For any interested New Yorkers or anyone traveling in the NYC area, the exhibit will remain up through April 30, 2010 and the gallery is open Monday through Saturday from noon until 6 PM. Eight community programs have worked displayed and all of it is awesome.
Here are some photos from the SBTT area. They're only taken with a camera phone, but try to let yourself bask in the ultra-cool hipness of a New York City art show anyway...
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| Don't forget the camera... | Lyn Cosbyyn Cosby | 02/10/10 |
| I did forget a camera... | Daisy | 02/15/10 |
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Top | Reply to this Title: Don't forget the camera... Author: Lyn Cosbyyn Cosby Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 08:09 AM (GMT -06:00) This is wonderful! I must head to NYC posthaste and see this exhibit with an actual camera!
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Top | Reply to this Title: I did forget a camera... Author: Daisy 
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 11:48 AM (GMT -06:00) But the nice folks at HAI sent me some MUCH better shots. Please see the latest blog posted for improved viewing! |
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