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Second Annual Texas Contemporary Art Fair Announces Signature Programs and Special Events

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New York, NY (PRWEB) October 12, 2012

The second annual Texas Contemporary Art Fair opens next week (October 18 21) at the George R. Brown Convention Center and will feature over 70 leading galleries from across the country.

Underscoring the Fairs commitment to the visitor experience, this years line-up of programs will again feature an extensive series of discussions, special events and tours, large-scale installations and the inaugural MRKTworks auction. These on- and off-site special events provide visitors with the opportunity to engage with art in an immersive and impactful way and to delver deeper into the innovation and experimentation of the contemporary market.

Events

Texas Contemporary Art Fair celebrates the burgeoning growth of Houstons cultural landscape with an extensive range of tours and events in some of the Citys newest venues.

The week will begin with a pre-show reception hosted by the Asia Society Houston, Julie Kinzelman and Texas Contemporary at the newly unveiled Asia Society designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi. Throughout the Fair, visitors will be invited to attend a special ribbon cutting ceremony of The Andy Monument with artist Rob Pruitt at CAMH, and Claudia Schmuckli, chief curator and director of the Blaffer Art Museum will host a private lunch as part of a behind-the-scenes tour of the newly-renovated museum.

As well, for the second year, the Opening Night Preview on October 18 will benefit the Contemporary Art Museum Houston (CAMH) and is anticipated to raise over $ 20,000 to support the museums free admission policy and extended hours.

Discussions & Guided Tours

Texas Contemporary will host a series of discussions throughout the duration of the Fair. Speakers include artists Rob Pruitt and Eric Beltz as well as CAMH Director Bill Arning and a panel of photo and video artists will be organized and moderated by FotoFest International.

Fair visitors are invited to tour of several of the citys leading museums, private collections, the new Midtown Arts District, and the conservation studio, Whitten & Proctor Fine Art Conservation and Houston Collector Lester Marks, Museum of Fine Arts Curator Dena Woodhall, and Galveston Arts Center Curator and photography collector Clint Willour, will be among those giving guided tours of the fair. Curatorial Assistant Susan Sutton of the Menil Collection will also conduct a tour the critically-acclaimed exhibition, Silence, which looks at a century of art considering silence. For more information, visit: http://www.txcontemporary.com/texas/installations-and-events.

Installations

The artists whose works will be presented at this years Texas Contemporary Fair include Eric Beltz, Colby Bird, Dan Douke, Gina Phillips, OKAY MOUNTAIN, Travis Somerville and many others.

Eric Beltz, Revival Wall presented by Morgan Lehman

Beltzs site-specific 9 x 12 wall drawing for Texas Contemporary is derived from the sampler patterns of his Elementary Forces series. Beltz uses the cross-stitch grid-map to create eye-popping illusions in his signature grayscale palette. This installation marks the first time the artist will bring these drawings out of the frame and into this monumental scale.

Gina Phillips, A Sentimental Tree Reminisces presented by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

The installation will be constructed of textiles the largest of which will be a custom-made tree that will envelope a structural column. Interspersed among the spaces of the branches and the spaces between the ground and the branches will be various sized thought bubbles, representing nostalgic scenes from the trees past history. The installation will include cutout forms of animals, clouds and teeth; these three components are meant to represent the trees past, present and future.

OKAY MOUNTAIN, Roadside Attractions presented by Mark Moore Gallery

The artist collective, OKAY MOUNTAIN, was commissioned to create Roadside Attractions, 2011 for the Cress Gallery of Art at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga as part of the Diane Marek Visiting Artist Series. The sculpture draws upon the mythology and quirkiness of different categories of roadside attractions with the purpose of delighting and confounding the expectations of the browser and would-be tourist. The brochures themselves mimic the discordant imagery and incongruous information often found in a typical visiting center brochure rack. This is a place where do-it-yourself and professional design are typically forced to cohabitate. All one hundred brochures are uniquely designed by the members of the collective. The printed works -like the brochures upon which they are drawn–are free to take by the viewing public, giving Roadside Attractions of a performative life outside the institutional setting where it originated.

Travis Somerville, Well Division presented by Catharine Clark Gallery

Inspired by the famous photograph showing a refrigerated drinking fountain designated for WHITES sharing the same pluming with a porcelain fountain for COLOREDS, Somerville has created his own set of water fountains loosely based on the 2000 census and anticipation of changes for the 2010 census. Above each fountain is a label and inside each basin is a stereotypical image associated with that group.

Kim Beck, The Sky Is the Limit presented by Mixed Greens

This installation of light boxes of backlit prints captures a series of messages taken from advertisingSpace Available, All Sales Final, Everything Must Go–as they were drawn in the sky over Pittsburgh. The phrases, both exciting and portentous, indicate fantastic sales and business closings. The available space advertised is, of course, the most potent symbol of longing in the landscape: the sky. When loosed from paper signs and billboards, the texts evoke open-ended poetic phrases that, as evanescent marks in the sky, gradually fade back into air.

Colby Bird, Cord presented by Lora Reynolds Gallery

Colby Birds sculptures are minimal and precarious exercises in balance. The works are comprised of commercially abundant materials, such as chair parts, fruit, and lumber. While his work may appear to be elegant and effortless, he goes to painstaking lengths to create this illusion. Birds work carves out a space between high art and youthful insouciance.

Herbert Mehler, WV 745 & WV 716 presented by Lausberg Contemporary

The inspiration for Mehlers artwork comes from organic and natural matter, such as fruits and seeds. The sculptures serve as a play between light fluid shapes and the seemingly insurmountable weight of the material. Simultaneously, the rhythmic fan-like structure strongly suggests architectural and man-made forms- the rhythm of the corten-steel forms evoke the serene undulating forms of the changing tides or mountain landscapes. It is this ambivalence between the natural and the man-made that makes Mehlers works so captivating. These sculptures are from Mehlers KAVEX series (2003- 2009).

Agnes Denes, Pyramids of Conscience presented by Ballroom Marfa

These powerful monuments metaphorically and theoretically encapsulate our world’s most precious resource, water. Pyramid I is filled with tap water from Marfa, Pyramid II is filled with polluted water from the Rio Grande River. Pyramid III is filled with recycled motor oil, which symbolically references water as a commodity. Pyramid IV is constructed of mirrors, which reflect ourselves.

Dan Douke, Kingdom Come, presented by Peter Mendenhall Gallery

At first glance, Kingdom Come appears to be two large shipping crates on top of one another. In actuality, the five-sided work is composed of sixteen separate stretched canvases and is completely hand-crafted. The labels are hand-lettered, the wood texture, scrapes and smudges are all hand-painted, highlighting the artist

NAPW Philadelphia Local Chapter Elected Chapter Board Members and Revised Mission at Second Official Post-Launch Networking Meeting

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Garden City, NY (PRWEB) September 06, 2012

Members and guests of Philadelphia Local Chapter gathered on August 1st for a professional networking meeting. Chapter President Naketa R.Thigpen warmly welcomed the members and guests to what was the second official post-launch meeting this summer. New Chapter Board Members were elected and a revised Mission Statement was selected by members during the networking event.

Naketa opened the meeting by reviewing the new Mission Statements that were previously submitted by members. Then, the group took a vote and the winning statement was selected. It was submitted by member Lawana Scales and is a revised statement of what the group put together at the July Chapter meeting.

The Chapter President read aloud the new Mission Statement: The NAPW Philadelphia Chapter provides a forum for members located in the Philadelphia area to connect with and focus on supportive networking, mentoring, professional team building, and collaboration.

As at every Chapter meeting, individual introductions of all of the women in attendance were conducted and networking was encouraged. A round of SupportWorks!, where members and guests are able to meet, greet, and build with one another professionally and personally, then ensued. At its conclusion, Board Member selections began. Members were very enthusiastic about the process and many members were so enthusiastic that they insisted on being a part of several committees.

It was an exciting moment of conversation and very little debate. In fact, it was one of the easiest voting sessions in the history of the Philadelphia Local Chapter to date! said Naketa.

The newly selected Philadelphia Chapter Board Members are as follows:

Deb Yogel, Vice President, primarily responsible for being a supportive leader and assist with planning; Amber Minotti, Secretary, primarily responsible for recording minutes and submitting to President for review before posting; Freda K. Magee, Treasurer -primarily responsible for collecting funds raised for speakers and charity to be maintained in NAPW agreed location; Barbara Ann Fields, Historian, primarily responsible for recording events, speakers , and exciting happenings of the Philadelphia Chapter; Lucretia Coleman, Historian Aide, assistant to the Historian with all visual-arts information and will team with members of the Events Committee for applicable projects; Kenyetta Overton, VP of Events, primarily responsible for coordinating locations for meetings and co-joint and single-run events; Christina Alcorn, Events Committee Member, assistant to the VP of Events to aid with planning and coordination of all of the excitement that will pour out of the Philadelphia Chapter. Lucretia Coleman, Events Committee Member; DeAnne Lonnquist, SMG Committee Coordinator (Social Media Guru), primarily responsible for updating and maintaining social media platforms for the Chapter; Amber Minotti, SMG Committee Member -assistant to the SMG Coordinator who will provide backup technical assistance and ample feedback and suggestions to guide the growth of the Chapters online presence; Kenyetta Overton, SMG Committee Member.

Delaware Chapter President and newly elected Philadelphia SMG Coordinator DeAnne Lonnquist took a few minutes to update the group on her upcoming summer Meet & Greet scheduled right before her end of September launch.

The Philadelphia Chapter is excited to partner with the Delaware County Chapter for topical discussions, events, charity fundraisers, and more, said Naketa.

At the conclusion of the August networking meeting, the Philadelphia Chapter President extended a warm thank you to all who attempted to attend the meeting but whose life circumstances and conflicting schedules prevented them from partaking in this exciting communal experience.

We hope to see all who can join us at the next meeting! said Naketa.

The Philadelphia Chapters upcoming September meeting, which is scheduled for September 12th at the Wanamaker Building, 100 s. Penn Square,- Juniper Street Entrance (2nd Floor Security desk), will focus on developing its strategic plan for the fall and winter, starting with the Idea Funnel.

The following members and guests were present at the August Chapter meeting:

Deb Yogel, Chapter Vice President, is the Director of IT Quality Program at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Deb expertise include process improvement, and operations service management. Contact her at yogel(at)email(dot)chop(dot)edu

Barbara Ann Fields, Chapter Historian, is the Director of Religious Education at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Church and provides parent education. Contact her at barbaraannfields(at)verizon(dot)net.

Katrina Brittingham is a Senior Claims Analyst for the School District of Philadelphia. Contact her at kbrittingham(at)philasd(dot)org.

DeAnne Lonnquist, Delaware County Chapter President of NAPW and newly elected SMG Coordinator is a Recovery Counselor at CATCH, Inc. DeAnnes background as an Art Therapist and Mural Specialist have served her well. Visit her website at muralsandmirrors.com/muralsandmirrors/ or contact her at detig2(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Annie Jones is the CEO of the BPBA Launching Pad. Annie provides Business Consultation services and is an expert in Project Management. Visit her website at bigprojectbusinessalliance.com or contact her at ajones(at)thelaunchingpad(dot)com

Amber Minotti, Chapter Secretary and SMG Committee Member, is a Financial Advisor at ING Financial Partners and has a background in marketing. Contact her at amber.minotti(at)temple(dot)edu.

Nancy Faber is a Nuclear Medicine Technologist with vast experience in radiology. If you are interested in connecting with Nancy to find out more about how her unique skills could benefit your company, contact her at nfaber1234(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Freda K. Magee, Chapter Treasurer, is an Independent Business Owner of Ignite Energy. Freda specializes in consulting, training and business administration. Visit her website at shine4u.igniteinc.biz or contact her at fkmagee(at)aol(dot)com.

Kenyetta Overton, Chapter VP of Events and SMG Committee Member, is also the Founder/Executive Director for The Murals of the Mind (MOM) Project with a principal focus on creative writing, mentoring, and project facilitation for youth and young adults. Mrs. Overton also owns and operates Overton Professional Services (OPS) which houses her document creation enterprise, including fully customizable r

Saunas for Your Home Away From Home: Finnleo Panel-Built Outdoor Saunas Simplify Installation and Bring Saunas to Second Homes

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Cokato, MN (PRWEB) July 28, 2012

With summer in full-swing, most families with a vacation home or property have had a chance to enjoy their home away from home. While more luxury homes are including saunas in a home gym or spa-styled bath, the vacation home, where people go for total relaxation, can benefit as well, even with a small floor plan for the house. Finnleo Patio Saunas and Metro Series Sauna packages can extend your relaxation to the outdoors, with panel-built saunas designed for outdoor use.

For homes with a back porch or patio, the Patio Series panel-built sauna is ideal. Available in 4 sizes, ranging from 4×5 to 5×7, the Patio series is available with maintenance free siding, cedar shingles or metal roof, and several heater options. Within hours of receiving the sauna, the room can be installed and begin being enjoyed. Because of the smaller size, this is the perfect choice when outdoor space is limited.

For homes on a lake, with pools, or with a larger property, the Metro Series packages offer many more features and a larger size. With sizes starting at 7×10 and as large as 8×12, the saunas include changing rooms, and the 8×12 has an optional shower in the changing room. The rooms are constructed of 4-1/4 insulated panel with Nordic White Spruce, with an optional upgrade to maintenance free siding for the exterior. Because of the size of the rooms and the availability of wood-burning stoves, the Metro Series is a great addition to a hunting camp, allowing fellow chilled hunters to be warmed by the sauna while talking about the days hunt.

Of course, both the Patio and the Metro Series saunas are wonderful additions to main residences as well. If a sauna has been desired, but lack of interior space has prevented the installation of a sauna in the home, these outdoor options may be the solution.

For more information on the Patio Series and Metro Series saunas, contact a local Finnleo dealer, visit Finnleos website, or call Finnleo at 1-800-346-6536 (FINNLEO).