Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Good Life - Paintings by Hayley Gaberlavage

ARTDOCS Benefit Art Auction

The ARTDOCS Benefit Auction will feature a live art auction with works by 56 nationally known artists, music by DJ Soul Sister, Fire Spinners aerialists, Old New Orleans Rum, Abita Beer and food from Byblos Restaurant and Theo Pizza

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The live auction is Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 851 Magazine Street. DJ Soul Sister starts at 6:30 PM and the auction starts at 7:30 PM. Tickets are available at the door: $15 individuals/$25 couples.

Auction Preview: http://www.artdocs.com/auction/ARTDOCS_AUCTION_PREVIEW.html

THE EVENT

6:30 p.m.- 730pm Cocktails and DJ Soul Sister and Fire Spinners and amazing Aerialists

7:30 p.m. - Live Art Auction with the great auctioneer Adam Marcus

9:30 p.m. - Celebrate Success!!!

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THE ARTISTS

The generous donating artists below are a veritable Who's Who of creative talents with many of the artists in numerous museum collections and some who were featured in Prospect.1 and will be featured in Prospect.2 Biennial.

Luis Cruz Azaceta
Raine Bedsole
Mark Bercier
Jacqueline Bishop
Nini Bodenheimer
Douglas Bourgeois
David Bradshaw
Kyle Bravo
Nicole Charbonnet
Mel Chin
Sandy Chism
Teresa Cole
Stephen Collier
Bob Compton
Anita Cooke
Stephen Paul Day
Adrian Deckbar
Dawn Dedeaux
Troy Dugas
George Dureau
Skylar Fein
Tony Fitzpatrick
Elizabeth Fox
Tina Girouard
Brian Guidry
Sandy Heller
Rachel Jones
Krista Jurisich
Miranda Lake
Diego Larguia
Jenny LeBlanc
Maria Lopez
Thomas Mann
Steve Martin
Michalopoulos
Adam Mysock
Senan O'Connor
Auseklis Ozols
Mary Jane Parker
Stephanie Patton
Anastasia Pelias
Sybille Perretti
Gina Phillips
Jeffrey Pitt
Alex Podesta
Elizabeth Shannon
Stan Strembicki
David Sullivan
Dan Tague
Robert Tannen
Tanner
Michel Varisco
Sidonie Villere
Paul Villinski
Tricia Vitrano
Carlos Zervigon


To view the works currently online in the ARTDOCS Benefit Art Auction and place an absentee bid on specific works by the above artists, please click here.

Help ARTDOCS keep our artists healthy!

For more information on ARTDOCS New Orleans, contact Greg Gremillion, ArtDocs | Executive Director (504-383-5583) or visit www.artdocs.com


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ARTDOCS (Artists Receiving Treatment Doctors Offering Crucial Services) is a 501c3 charitable organization founded in New Orleans in 1999 to address the critical issue of artist healthcare.

For over ten years, ARTDOCS has provided medical care to artists in New Orleans and has treated over 2500 artist patients.

ARTDOCS offers much-needed medical care to visual artists, writers, musicians and other performing artists in need of routine and urgent health services. One of the first programs of its kind in the country, ARTDOCS gives members of the New Orleans creative community a place to turn to address their often-overlooked medical concerns.

Currently, artist patients in New Orleans are seen at the Daughters of Charity Health Center at St. Cecilia's in the Bywater (4201 North Rampart Street) by Drs. Coleman Pratt and Sarat Raman, medical director.

Patients seen by ARTDOCS New Orleans physicians are provided routine primary care, acute care treatment, chronic disease management and preventive services at no cost to them. Access to specialty services is also provided, usually through Louisiana's University/Charity system.

ARTDOCS BOARD MEMBERS

Adele Borie, Vincent Booth, Patrick Carr, Jonathan Ferrara, Reese Johanson, Adam Marcus, Vince Morelli, M.D., Coleman Pratt, M.D., Sarat Raman, M.D.

Prospect 1 Announcement

MEDIA CONTACT:
Sarah Materne
504.250.5708 (c)
sarah@theehrhardtgroup.com

prospect new orleans
TO ANNOUNCE THE FUTURE OF CITYWIDE
BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART

WHAT: prospect new orleans, the largest biennial of international contemporary art in the United States, will make a special announcement regarding the future of prospect new orleans. prospect.1 new orleans (p.1no) achieved critical acclaim and coverage from the national and international media. The inaugural biennial attracted approximately 42,000 visitors and generated more than $23 million in economic activity. An estimated 22,000 attendees came from outside New Orleans, spending more than $13 million on hotels, restaurants, shopping and entertainment. In its inaugural year, p.1no featured 80 artists, 24 exhibition venues, occupied 200,000 square feet of space, and was spread widely over miles of the city’s eclectic and historic neighborhoods.

WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 – 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: Ashe Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha C Haley Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70113-1360

WHO:

The Honorable Mitch Landrieu, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
Introductions by Barbara Motley, Executive Director of U.S. Biennial, Inc.
Mike Siegel, Chairman of the Board of U.S. Biennial, Inc.
Carol Bebelle, Executive Director, Efforts of Grace/Ashe Cultural Arts Center
....with special remarks by Dan Cameron, Founder of U.S. Biennial, Inc., and Artistic Director for prospect new orleans

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About prospect new orleans:
Founded in 2008 by Dan Cameron, prospect new orleans is the largest biennial of international contemporary art in the United States. Conceived in the tradition of the great international biennials, such as the Venice Biennale and the Bienal de São Paolo, prospect new orleans showcases new artistic practices from around the world and contributes to the revitalization of New Orleans by spurring tourism and bringing international attention to the city’s vibrant visual arts community. prospect new orleans is founded on the principle that art engenders social progress. It is organized by U.S. Biennial, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit art organization with offices in New Orleans and New York City.

About U.S. Biennial, Inc.:
prospect new orleans is organized under the auspices of U.S. Biennial, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York with offices in New Orleans. U.S. Biennial, Inc. was launched in January 2007 and its first project was prospect.1 new orleans.