Event

Rabbit Island Benefit

Please join us on Saturday, June 1st for the first annual Rabbit Island Benefit raising money for two initiatives: Art & Land Conservation.

www.rabbitisland.org

+ Silent Art Auction
+ Live Music by Morgan O'Kane
+ Food by Sweet Deliverance
+ Coffee by Stumptown Coffee Roasters
+ Performance by dancer Giorgia Bovo
+ Bonfire

This event will feature a silent auction of work from artists who have spent time on Rabbit Island as well as those who have work suggesting the principles of the Rabbit Island residency. 75% of proceeds will be distributed equally between Rabbit Island's 2013 Artists in Residence and 25% will be used to purchase land in the fall Detroit foreclosure auction via the Detroit Conservancy, an organization that promotes expanding open spaces in Detroit's post-industrial environment.

Participating Artists include: Ron Gorchov, Mike Perry, Gandalf Gavan, Annie Varnot, Aaron Wexler, Lucy Engelman, Andrew Ranville, Miwa Koizumi, Archie Lee Coates IV, Tom Rudd, Emilie Lee, Peter Buchanan-Smith, Christian De Vietri, Nicole Lavelle, Charlotte X.C Sullivan, Miles Mattison, Sara Maynard, Yuko Oda, Jennifer Maravillas, Leif Parsons, Tolland Mansfield, Jee Hoon Stark, Meg Whiteford, Marlin Ledin, Kelly Geary, Isabella Martin, Mary Rothlisberger, Hayley Severns, Sara Darnell, Emily Julka, Helen Lovelee, and Haptic Labs.

Tickets: $25

981 Dean Street, Brooklyn, New York

8:00pm

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Rabbit Island is a 90 acre wilderness island in Lake Superior which was preserved and then developed into a remote artist residency. Each summer we host collaborations between artists, architects, writers, environmentalists, chefs, and scientists and each winter we apply lessons learned to conservation and cultural projects on the mainland.