"Fresh, A Limited-Edition Collection Of Original Artwork"
2002-12-09 until 2003-01-11
NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc.
New York, NY, USA United States of America

NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc. is pleased to present Fresh, a collection of projects by twelve emerging artists. Cleverly packaged in a pastry box that reflects its title, this portfolio contains a variety of artworks, each suitable for framing or display, one by each of the artists. Based on several projects undertaken by the Fluxus artists in the 1960’s, Fresh was curated by Leah Oates and Amy Wilson.

Released in an edition of 100 and attractively priced at $40, Fresh makes a fantastic gift for that hard-to-shop for person on your holiday list. The price increases to $50 as of January 1, 2003.

The artists chosen for this project are: Kristin Anderson, Sandra Bermudez, Stephanie Brody-Lederman, Will Crow, Rebecca Hackemann, Deidre Hoguet, Patrick Meagher, Keiko Miyamori, Hyungsub Shin, Yuken Teruya, Marina Tsesarskaya, and Peter Walsh. Several of the artists have received acclaim for their work and have been included in important exhibitions, including at the Museum of Modern Art, P.S. 1, the New Museum, Bronx Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art (LA); as well as the Holly Solomon Gallery, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, and Gasworks, in London.

Curators Leah Oates and Amy Wilson have independently curated other multiples projects which were subsequently purchased and collected by such cultural institutions as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, the New York Historical Society, and the Joan Flasch Artist Books Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Leah Oates is a Premiere Portfolio Artist with absolutearts.com. Her artwork maybe viewed in her Portfolio Proceeds from the sales of Fresh will benefit NURTUREart Non-Profit Inc. Founded in 1997 by George J. Robinson, NURTUREart is a federally tax-exempt, all-volunteer arts services organization committed to helping emerging visual artists and curators to become full-time, self-supporting professionals. NURTUREart maintains a portfolio registry of the work of more than 350 career-track fine artists and curators, mounts juried exhibitions at host sites in the New York metropolitan area, and presents a wide range of educational activities for the public and its Registry Artists and Curators.

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