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InContext's LIC, Artists' Studio Tour
Jump aboard our final Artists' Studio tour of 2010 in Long Island City on Sunday, November 14th.
We will take you into each artist's studio, where they will talk about their work and why they make it. You will have the opportunity to see new art works being created and also finished pieces. This is an insider's opportunity to get a better understanding of the creative process and the inspiration behind the work, with different artists working in diverse manners.
The tour will commence from Manhattan's Grand Central Station - at the four-sided clock (round Information Booth) on the Main Concourse at 2:00pm (with the option to meet in Long Island City at 2:30pm 45 Road-Court House Square 7, G, E, M train stop). The Tour ends at 5pm with a drink reception at The LIC Bar 45-58 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101.
Tour fee is $75, (Limited to 20 spaces).
Artists featured on this tour:
Sharon M. Louden graduated with a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Yale University, School of Art. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues including the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, the Drawing Center, Carnegie Mellon University and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Louden's work is held in major public and private collections throughout the United States, Asia and Europe, including the Neuberger Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Arkansas Arts Center, Yale University Art Gallery, Weatherspoon Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. Upcoming exhibitions include a premiere of a new animation at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and a solo exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, MN in 2011.
John J. O'Connor was born in Westfield, MA in 1972, and received an MFA and MS in Art History from Pratt Institute. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and was a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant in Painting, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. He currently teaches drawing and painting at Princeton University. In 2008, Mr. O'Connor had a solo exhibition at Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, and another at Martin Asbaek Projects, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mr. O'Connor's work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Southern Methodist University, and New Museum of Contemporary Art.
Julian Pozzi was born in Houston, Texas and lives and works in Queens. He received his BFA from the University of Texas at Austin and his MFA at CalArts. He has had solo exhibitions at Jeff Bailey Gallery in New York and at 1234 in Los Angeles. He has also been included in group shows at White Columns, NY, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger in Paris, and Mandrake in Los Angeles. His most was most recently shown this year in "Gold in Braddock" which was curated by Elise Adibi at Unsmoke Systems Artspace in Braddock, PA. His work is included in various private collections and in the collection of the Progressive Corporation.
Rachel Urkowitz received an MFA from Hunter College and a BA from Brown University. She has had solo shows at White Columns and Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York and Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, and participated in group shows at Salon 94, NY, Josee Bienvenue Gallery, NY, Bravin Lee Projects, NY, The Islip Art Museum, Islip, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, Foundation Ricard, Paris, Antony Wilkinson, London, and the Oldenburger Kunsteverein, Germany, among others. She was the recipient of an Art Production Fund/ Rockefeller Foundation Artists at Giverny Grant and Residency in 2001 and a Foreign Artist's Studio Residency at La General in Paris in 2007.
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InContext Tours are led by Elizabeth Tenenbaum and Elissa Levy. Elizabeth is a painter, illustrator and contemporary art collection manager who lives in Brooklyn. She works with major private collections; consulted for Art in General, LMCC, Tribeca Open Artists' Studio Tours, and various local community arts groups. Elizabeth is a member of ArtTable and is currently pursuing her certificate in Fine Art Appraisal at NYU. Elissa is a mixed media artist, curator and consultant. Her work has been exhibited at the New Museum, NY, White Columns, NY and G Fine Art, Washington, DC and will be participating in a upcoming group exhibition at Winkleman Curatorial Research Lab, NY. She curated a group exhibition at the ISCP, Brooklyn and was awarded a residency at Glenfiddich, Scotland in 2006. She has been organizing a series of events entitled "Sewing Socials" where guest are invited to wear clothing that needs repair and a team of darners will mend then.
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LocationGrand Central Station -87 E 42nd Street
at the four-sided clock (round Information Booth) on the Main Concourse
ny, NY
United States
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