de la Cruz Collection Project Room: 2012 Open Call

A CALL TO LOCAL ARTISTS DE LA CRUZ COLLECTION PROJECT ROOM DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: SATURDAY, MARCH 17 2012 BY MIDNIGHT 1. Submitted proposals should touch upon the theme of process, focusing on art as a temporary experience, in which the environment creates an open platform for transformation and evolvement achieved by using non-traditional practices. The…

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Dana Schutz

Relic, 2006 Lithograph 30 x 22 inches acquired   Biography Born 1976 in Livonia, Michigan. Recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant in 2002, winner of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 2003, and winer of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in 2007   Links www.zachfeuer.com/artists/danaschutz/

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Carol K. Brown

Tondos, 1993 Plastic, rubber & wire 4 x 4 x 2 inches http://www.carolkbrown.com/default.asp#   Biography Born 1946. Memphis, Tennessee. Awards Two times recipient of the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship in 1983 and 1992, two times recipient of the National Endowment for the Art fellowship in 1984 and 1986, and recipient of the SECCA…

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Siona Benjamin

Finding Home #55 Menorah, 2002 Gouache and gold leaf on paper 20 x 16 inches acquired 2005   http://www.artsiona.com Biography Born in Bombay, India Links http://www.flomenhaftgallery.com/flomenhaft_gallery_artists_biographies/siona_benjamin_artist_bio.php http://www.habitusmag.com/index.php?section=article&id=15

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Peter Barrett

Gate, 2003 Oil on wood 12 x 12 inches acquired 2004   http://www.barrettart.com   Biography Born 1968. Boston, Massachusetts Awards/Residencies Residency at Ox-Bow in 1996, 2002, and 2004, residency at Brown University in 2007, and  residency for the Salem Art Works in 2008

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Sandra Scolnik

Self Portrait in Bedroom Set, 2003 Oil on wood panel 11 x 14 inches acquired 2003   http://www.sandrascolnik.com/     Biography Born 1968. Glen Falls, New York. Awards Recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 1999, winner Skowhegan Fellowship Picotte Award in 1997 Links http://www.crggallery.com/artists/sandra-scolnik/

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Tina Barney

The Granddaughter, 2004 Chromogenic color print 48 x 60 inches acquired 2008           Biography Born 1945. New York, New York Awards   Links MoMA | Tina Barney The Europeans | Tina Barney

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Polly Apfelbaum

Lover’s Leap 13, 2007* Woodblock print 47 x 47 inches acquired 2008 Flower Patch Lithography print 21 1/2 x 36 inches acquired         www.pollyapfelbaum.com Biography Born 1955 in Philadelphia, PA. New York based artist Polly Apfelbaum has been showing consistently in the US and abroad since 1986. Recent solo exhibitions include T-Space, Milan, NY,…

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Tracy Baran

No Looking Back, 2005 C-print 30 x 40 inches acquired 2006     www.traceybaranaward.org Biography Born 1975 in Bath, New York. Died 2008. In 1993, when she arrived in New York City to attend the School of Visual Arts, she began to define and record the story of her life in pictures of herself, her…

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Ida Applebroog

Fendi Progeny, 2005* Digital print 12 x 25 inches acquired 2006 Promise I Won’t Die?, 1987 Lithograph, linocut, watercolor on paper 36 x 38 inches acquired 2010   www.idaapplebroog.com   Biography Born 1929 in Bronx, New York. Applebroog attended NY State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences (1949). She moved to Chicago in 1956, later…

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Kevin Arrow

Untitled (Hot Wheels),2006-08* Water based pigment ink on vellum 8 1/2 x 11 inches acquired 2008 Tipsy, 2006-08 Water based pigment ink on vellum 8 1/2 x 11 inches acquired 2008 Hot Stuff, 2006-08 Water based pigment ink on vellum 8 1/2 x 11 inches acquired 2008 New Runaway, 2006-08 Water based pigment ink on…

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Ghada Amer

Untitled, 1997 Embroidery and gel medium on canvas 22 x 22 inches acquired 2001       www.ghadaamer.com Biography Born 1963 in Cairo, Egypt. Ghada earned a B.F.A. in 1986 and an M.F.A. in 1989 from École Pilote Internationale d’Art et de Recherche, Villa Arson, Nice, France.She has had solo exhibitions at San Francisco Art…

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