Artists Unite Issue

Gain valuable experience this summer as an intern at Artists Unite. Artists Unite is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to explore innovative collaboration and to make opportunities for artists to make work and for people to view art and performance. This is an excellent opportunity for a student of arts administration or for artists looking at ways to make projects a reality. To learn about our organization, please visit our web site at www.artistsunite-ny.org and our member network at http://artistsunite.ning.com.

Duties include:

• Maintenance of facebook, web and other media, including writing
• Assistance with production of summer exhibitions (coordination with artists, work with vendors)
• Public relations (arranging distribution of materials, searching for press coverage)
• Help with web site/social network integration

Qualifications:

• Familiarity with web and social networking
• Good writing and communication skills
• Graphic design/art skills a plus

Dates of internship: two sessions: June 1-30; July 1-August 31 (it is possible to do both sessions)

Hours to be arranged. June session approximately 10 hours/week; July-August session approximately 5 hours/week.

There is no pay for this position.

Please send cover letter and resume to peterferko@artistsunite-ny.org

Social media has drawn together a group of international artists to New York for Aequitas, an exhibit of art based on childhood experiences.

Artspace OSA in New York City and the virtual community of Second Life will host a joint exhibition of international artists: paintings, digital work, and virtual world installations during the month of June 2009.

Artists can be a solitary lot but with the advent of virtual worlds and web 2.0 they are finding each other and communicating in the way they know best: making and exhibiting art together. This disparate group of artists, having never met face to face, nevertheless finds a common ground in exploring their childhood for art.
Sowa Mai, also known as the artist Stephen Beveridge, conceived and planned this exhibit as an extension of the relationships he had formed in the Second Life virtual world with artist/avatars from different time zones and cultural backgrounds.
The exhibit in Washington Heights, New York City will display paintings and digital work by the human artists. An exhibit in the Second Life virtual world will consist of (art) installations and scripted objects by the human artists’ avatar counterparts. Both exhibits are based around the theme of mining childhood experience for art.

Dekka Raymaker Andrew MacLachlan Penumbra Carter Beth Olds Nebulosus Severine CM Pauluh Sowa Mai Stephen Beveridge David Ferrando Banrion Constantine Robert Garlick Elif Arat

Aequitas
Artspace OSA
June 1 - June 30, 2009
Reception Friday June 19th. 6:30-8:30
178 Bennett Ave @ 189th St, NYC
1 train to 191st Street | A train to 190th Street

Second Life Version
Caerleon Art Collective
June 26 - July 3, 2009
Reception June 26th. 6:30-8:30slpm
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caerleon%20Art%20Collective2/108/48/24/

Contact:
Stephen Beveridge
212 928 8351
SowaMai@gmail.com