Meet our Curators of the Month: Kate & Bear Curatorial Collective Artists Mila Matveeva and Darya Golubina met in Brooklyn sharing a workspace in Ms. Berson’s sixth grade art class. Twelve years later, they founded Kate & Bear as a way to promote, meet and connect with other artists within the small world of New York City. They curate pop-up art shows in lofts, galleries and other spaces, giving artists a platform to showcase their work and interact with their audience, encouraging them to shoot for the moon in any medium. Darya is an oil painter.  She has worked in the interior design, film and fine art industries. Thriving behind the scenes, building and creating you’ll probably get to know this half of Kate & Bear on show set up day.   Mila works in film/TV production and is a photographer and printmaker. At a party her friends once described her to one another as going “to a lot of shows”. Read Mila’s Studio Spoken Interview HERE. Read Darya’s Studio Spoken Interview HERE. Our Artist of the Month: Erik Patton      Read more about Erik's work. Web site: http://www.erikpattonstudio.com/ Stay tuned for Erik's Interview on Studio Spoken!   Enter to be our next "Artist of the Month"!   Erik Patton was chosen for Artist of the Month by Kate and Bear Curatorial Collective.     Meet our Juror for the Ground Arts Summer Competition: Jason Stopa of NY Arts Magazine Jason Stopa, the juror for the Spring/Summer 2012 Competition, is the Executive Editor at NY Arts Magazine and currently lives and works in New York.  After completing his MFA at  Pratt Institute, he has become an active writer, curator and artist in New York.   He currently writes for White Hot Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, artUS and On-Verge.  He has had group and solo exhibits in New York, Denver, North Carolina and Canada.      Proactive.  Empowering.  Connecting.  Inspiring. Ground Arts is a not for profit organization hosting exhibitions and helping artists receive maximum exposure and opportunities in the art market, while helping build art programs for children in developing nations.  Artists helping Artists. Ground is a collaborative project with Rogue Space Chelsea, Films on Artists, and Studio Spoken. Forward this email to a friend to view this email in your browser   Ground Arts Organization , 526 West 26th Street, 9E-9F, New York, NY 10001 info@groundarts.org