Gallery News

Hi Everyone, 

Sorry for the lack of posting the past few weeks. Between the semester coming to an end and the holiday season time flew by! 

Now is a good time to catch up with the members of A.I.R. Gallery ... 

Fellowship Members

DAMALI ABRAMS, 2009-2010 A.I.R. Fellowship recipient, will have her work on view at a doctor's office in Miami, curated by former A.I.R. fellow Kharis Kennedy: http://www.oceanophthalmology.com/

Herb Grrl: Rose Petal Lemonade, Video Still. 

National Artists

PHYLLIS EWEN will be exhibiting her work in the show "Water” at the Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St, Wellfleet, MA). The project will be on view from December 5 through December 31, 2009.

Alumni Artists

LEILA DAW has her work in the “Visual Diaries” section of Bridging Generations: Women Artists and Organizations from Rutgers at Rutgers University, Alexander Library through January 31, 2010. Daw also has her work included in the new book The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, by Katharine Harmon, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009.

JANE GILMOR is part of a hand screened on fabric original book project of internationally known artists. The project is orchestrated by Aaron Sinift of Hudson Gallery in New York.  All the money from the sale of 5 Year Plan goes to Doctors Without Borders. To order go to http://www.5yearplan.org

5 Year Plan from swirly byraloo on Vimeo.

Former Members

JOYCE KOSKENMAKI, former A.I.R. member, will be in a show Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening this January 2010 at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, MI. The show is based on the poem by Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Joyce will also have a solo show at Bay de Noc College this December.

Have a great New Years!

-Stephanie

P.S. I'm trying to put together a "20 Questions" type interview for those in the Fellowship Program. If you have any questions you would want to hear from emerging artists please comment or email me at AIRGalleryblog@gmail.com

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Meet Some of the Artists In Generations 7

Last week I had the pleasure of going to A.I.R.'s holiday party and talk to some of the women in Generations 7 A.I.R.'s benefit exhibition and silent auction of works by women artists.

There are over 150 participants! Meet four of them:

Tiffany Webber

"I like to participate in the A.I.R. Generations show, I like what the gallery stands for and I like to contribute to that. I seem to have good luck at the shows here...I've been in the show three times and I've been able to sell in the show...I think it's my good luck charm!"

Tiffany's piece is Girl in the City paper collage board, 2007. Min bid. $100.00

Jasmine Valentina

"I think it is a really good opportunity for women to be part of a show and not have to go through a rigorous application process...A.I.R. is important because women artists are still struggling to get their art shown."

Jasmine's piece is Nipple Broach #3 embroidery, 2009. Min bid. $10.00

Toby Needler

"I really appreciate A.I.R. is having a show like this and providing an opportunity for people to show their work. I love the way they organize their work, they really did a great job! Many places have group shows like this, but A.I.R. does it in such a nice way."

Toby's piece is Landscape hand drawn collage/mixed media, 2009. Min bid. $100.00

Jen Nugent

"All the work in the show is really strong and I feel very privileged to be apart of it!"

Jen's piece is Untitled, mixed media, 2009. Min bid. $50.00

You still have time to bid on these and the other 146 works in the silent auction! It ends January 3rd @ 4pm. Works that have a bid by December 19th and are intended as holiday gifts may be picked up between 11am-6pm from December 19th through December 23rd.


Happy bidding!!

-Stephanie

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Great events featuring student artists (and some of A.I.R.'s interns)!!

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are staying warm on this snowy/rainy day. Looking for plans for next weekend? Check out some great student work featuring three of A.I.R. Gallery's interns: Holly Byone, Jen Nugent, and Jasmine Valentina!

Holly Byone is a student a MFA candidate at the International Center of Photography - Bard . Go see works in progress from the ICP Bard MFA Program class of 2010 and 2011!

Jen Nugent and Jasmine Valentina are part of New York Studio Program's Residency Program for Young Artists. Their one night exhibition We Off Her Clothes Sure We Off Her Trans Sentence is right in DUMBO. Go see the culmination of their semester in New York!

Hope you can make it to these great events - you will not only show support for some of the A.I.R. community, but you will see amazing work featuring student artists in New York!

-Stephanie

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Openings This Week

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!


Now that our Thanksgiving feasts have been properly digested and the tryptophan is out of our systems we are ready for an exciting week at A.I.R.  Two great exhibitions open tomorrow (Thursday December 3rd from 6-8pm) and a Holiday Party Friday!

Generations 7 - Holiday Benefit Exhibition is an invidational exhibition of small, affordable works by more than 200 women artists. The Generations exhibition series began in 1997 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of A.I.R. Gallery and continues as a biennial event. All work will be sold through silent auction. Forty pecent of sales will support the A.I.R. Fellowship Progra, for Emerging and Underrepresented Women Artsts, as well as other A.I.R. exhibitions and programs. The silent auction ends January 3rd @ 4pm. Works that have a bid by December 19th and are intended as holiday gifts may be picked up between 11am and 6pm from December 19th through December 23rd. 


Holiday Party with drinks and hors d'oeuvres  on Friday December 4th from 6-8pm!

Lindsay Page, Untitled from the series Spawn, archival Pigment Print, 33" x 44”, 2007.

Mother/mother-* is a group exhibition curated by artist and 2008-2009 A.I.R. Gallery Fellow Jennifer Wroblewski. The exhibition is of works made by artists within the years immediately following a pregnancy or the birth of a child. The artists live and work in the U.S., Canada, Scotland, England, and Spain. For the purpose of the exhibition, the title Mother/mother-* also refers to father artists. "Mother" is the term that elicits the great frisson when uttered within the larger art culture.



Saturday December 12th from 6-8pm there will be a special film and video screening by artists Marie-Francoise Theodore, Emilie Upzak, Ingrid Berthon-Moine, and Ilana Rein.



Hope to see you this week at A.I.R. & be on the lookout for a video interview with Jennifer Wroblewski and artists in Generations.



-Stephanie

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