Open Call: Charge! Women are rising to great political power in societies around the world and we are just beginning to see a shift occur as more women step into positions of global leadership. This is just the beginning.
 
SOHO20 is hosting an exhibition to celebrate women leaders and to provoke discussion and action about what more can be done to give young people inspirational role models, to provide fair opportunity to women regardless of race and class, and to cultivate a human race that values good ideas and strong ethics based on their quality and not gender.
 
WOMEN IN CHARGE! is an open exhibition (all work accepted) of artists working in all media that address the power and value of our women leaders. Leaders past, current and what we imagine them to be in the future. This group exhibition will explore this topic individually through artists works and collectively as a whole.
 
SOHO20 will have a printed invitation that artists can pick up at the gallery. We will not mail cards out to artists due to costs. All participating artists names will be featured on the SOHO20 website at www.soho20gallery.com and an opening reception will take place on Thursday July
 
18th that is free and open to the public.
 
A panel discussion in conjunction with the exhibition is being planned and details are TBD. Stay tuned for further information.
 
DEADLINE: Saturday June 15, 2013
 
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18 years and older, working in any media. Performance artists are encouraged to submit stills or video of work. Please email the gallery for live performance inquiries. info@soho20gallery.com
 
ENTRIES: SOHO20 will accept works in any media provided it meets the requirements stated below. SOHO20 reserves the right to reject any work that does not meet the requirements or work that is misrepresented in the online application. All work that meets the requirements will be accepted and exhibited for the duration of the show.
 
What to submit
 
-a jpeg of the work to be exhibited via our online application process. (10MB limit) Work should be no larger then 16 inches in any direction. All work must be ready to install with any necessary hardware. (i.e. If work is unframed and you want it hung with magnets, include the magnets.) Video is accepted, the artist must supply all equipment and materials for mounting it on the wall and be available for installation. No exceptions. Artist’s will be notified in the event that SOHO20 cannot accept any further works. Work is accepted on a first come first serve basis.
 
*If SOHO20 installers feel the work cannot be hung as is it may be omitted from the exhibition.
 
ENTRY PROCEDURE: $40 per image. Applications MUST be uploaded online. Please include a brief artist’s statement (limit 500 words) and a one-page resume. These are cut and pasted in to the “profile” portion of your application. Please include title, date, medium, dimension, price for each work submitted. Work need not be for sale. SOHO20 takes a 40% commission on sales. Once you’ve completed uploading your information you must click SUBMIT and pay the $40 application fee via paypal. Paypal will send you an email notification, SOHO20 will not send a submission confirmation, please consider the paypal notice confirmation of your submission.
 
ACCEPTED WORKS: All complete submissions are accepted for exhibition unless the artist is notified otherwise by SOHO20. Please do not email or call the gallery to find out if your work is accepted. Follow the guidelines and assume it is.
 
DROP OFF
 
Work must be shipped or delivered to the gallery between July 9-13, between 12-6pm. Shipped work must also include return shipping labels. *ALL WORK MUST INCLUDE THIS SUBMISSION FORM. Please print form, fill out and turn in with your submission.
 
PICK UP
 
Pick up of work is August 17 -18, between 12-3 pm. All shipped work must include a pre-paid return-shipping label. Artists picking up work at the gallery will be required to sign out their work or authorize someone to do so for them. The gallery accepts no responsibility for work not retrieved by the deadline and will charge the artists $5.00 a day for storage. After 30 days the gallery may discard the work. LIABILITY: SOHO20 works with experienced art handlers and great care will be taken with work, however SOHO20 accepts no responsibility to lost, stolen or damaged artwork and/or equipment. Artists are also responsible for insuring their work if they so desire.
 
SALES: A commission of 40% will be charged on all work sold through the exhibition. Work need not be for sale.
 
APPLY ONLINE at www.soho20gallery.com

Robert Pruitt (b. 1975) is Houston-based artist well known for drawings, videos and installations dedicated to examination of the historical and contemporary experiences of African Americans. Robert Pruitt: Women includes nearly twenty large-scale conté drawings of black women. Combining elements of science fiction, hip-hop culture and comic-book graphics, each figure is at once politically charged, physically grounded and fantastic—a blend of willful self-determination and culturally conditioned myth.
 
Robert Pruitt received his BFA from Texas Southern University and MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to his solo work, Pruitt is a founding member of the artist collective Otabenga Jones & Associates. He has exhibited his work at venues including the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Dallas Museum of Art and The Studio Museum in Harlem, and he was a participating artist in the 2006 Whitney Biennial and SITE Santa Fe 2010. Pruitt received the Artadia Artist Award in 2004 and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation award in 2008.
 
Robert Pruitt: Women is organized by Naima J. Keith, Assistant Curator.
 
See more at: www.studiomuseum.org/exhibition/robert-pruitt-women#sthash.yitK9ReE.dpuf

Things in Themselves presents the work of Steffani Jemison (b. 1981), Jennifer Packer (b. 1984) and Cullen Washington Jr. (b. 1976), the 2012–13 artists in residence at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Whether exploring fragile and delicate materials, developing a deeper understanding of painting or intuitively networking found materials and objects, the artists share a deep investment in the processes and techniques of making art.
 
Steffani Jemison creates video, performance and photo-based works. Things in Themselves includes several works on acetate, a translucent and fragile material Jemison has experimented with for several years in her print and photo work. Among these new works are prints of photographs, taken through Jemison’s studio windows, of 125th Street and its environs overlaid by an “X” of protective tape applied to the windows in preparation for Superstorm Sandy.
 
Jennifer Packer is a representational painter deeply engaged with the history of her medium. For Packer, painting is a very personal process; she creates portraits of friends, her immediate surroundings and, at times, herself. In addition to portraits, Packer’s works in this exhibition include paintings and drawings of utilitarian objects found in the artists-in-residence studios and around the Studio Museum building.
 
Cullen Washington Jr. incorporates assemblage and collage techniques to create large-scale abstract paintings on canvas. Washington’s works are often made of grids and particular patterns and rhythms that might not be apparent to viewers at first glance. But these systems and processes are linked to the core of Washington’s practice, and create an internal system in each piece and subtle connections between groups of works.
 
The Artist-in-Residence program is at the core of the Studio Museum’s mission, and gives the institution its name. Since the Museum’s founding in 1968, more than 100 artists in residence have created and shown work in the Museum’s studios and galleries. Among the program’s alumni are some of the most renowned artists working today, including Sanford Biggers, Leonardo Drew, David Hammons, Leslie Hewitt, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Wangechi Mutu, Alison Saar, Mickalene Thomas, Nari Ward and Kehinde Wiley.
 
Things in Themselves is organized by Lauren Haynes, Assistant Curator.

Agora Gallery, NYC has a summer treat for art lovers, with two wonderful exhibitions that will leave visitors feeling refreshed and ready to appreciate the world around them. Interpretive Realms features art that represents the physical expression of the sensitivity, ingenuity and integrity of talented artists who use their impressive skills to share their thoughts and ideas with others. Multi-faceted, the works reflect and emphasize the distinctive perspectives and techniques that the artists consider key to their engagement and communication with the world. Degrees of Abstraction presents art of strength, courage and beauty as artists experiment with the possibilities offered by colors, textures and forms. Carefully balanced to convey both a clear impression and a moving sense of emotion, these works are fascinating in composition as well as undoubtedly affecting in their overall impact. The exhibitions open on July 23, 2013 and continue until August 13, 2013, with an opening reception on the evening of Thursday July 25, 2013. Don't miss this opportunity to put some energy back into your summer!
 
Exhibition Dates: July 23, 2013 – August 13, 2013
Reception: Thursday, July 25th, 2013, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. - 6 p.m.
Event URL: www.agora-gallery.com/receptionexhibitions/7_25_2013.aspx
 
Featured Artists:
Interpretive Realms
Vera L.P. Cauwenberghs | Guillermo Del Valle | Ronald DeMuth | Escoto.Carrara | Arti Bhola Goulatia | Sam Hollingsworth | Gabor Kolman | Pramod Kumar | Victor Lenuzza | Roger Molina | Sarah Mitchell Munro | Yukihiro Murai | April Rimpo | Carolina Sauca | Elena Shorokhova-Gayun | Johannes Sorvali | Guy St-Pierre | Rofi
 
Degrees of Abstraction
Nick Arciero | Laura Bedard | Christina del Valle | Marianne Eichenbaum | Sirenes | Dr. Diane M. Kline | Bui Kristjansson | Joelle Lagier | Jane Magarigal | Graham McBride | Patricia Neden | Rosanne Potter | Sonal Raje
 
About Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery, established in 1984 and located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district. It is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. Exhibitions are usually group exhibits, presenting the work of a number of artists, but sometimes solo exhibitions focus on the work of one particular artist. The gallery publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of international talented artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is the proud sponsor of ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art. The gallery also runs Agora Art Blog, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.

ART TALK SERIES PRESENTS: BILL CARROLL
 
Tuesday, July 30th at 6:30PM
RSVP at trestle@brooklynartspace.org
www.trestlegallery.org
$5 donation
 
Bill Carroll received his BFA from Pratt Institute in 1973, and his MFA from Queens College C.U.N.Y. in 2007. For over twenty-five years he has been involved in the New York art world in a variety of roles. He was the Director of the Charles Cowles Gallery, then in Soho, for nine years; and the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in Chelsea for eight years. Bill also worked in non-profit at the Dia Art Foundation, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Nancy Graves Foundation, and is presently the Director of the Studio Program of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. As a curator of numerous exhibitions he has worked with artists including Donald Baechler, Mary Heilmann, Alex Katz, Jonathan Lasker, Elizabeth Murray, Thomas Nozkowski, and Sue Williams, among many others. Bill has taught professional practice to MFA students at both Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute and has lectured at the New York Foundation for the Arts, New York University, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bard College, School of Visual Arts, and F.I.T. In November 2007 he had a one-person exhibition of his paintings at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in Chelsea, which was reviewed by Joe Fyfe in the March 2008 issue of Art in America. His third solo show with the gallery was in March, 2012.
 
About Trestle Gallery
Our primary aim is to foster creativity by expanding opportunities and providing exposure for contemporary artists.
Monday through Friday, 11AM – 6PM, Saturdays by appointment
 
168 7th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11215 www.trestlegallery.org 718.858.9069

ART TALK SERIES PRESENTS: BILL CARROLL
 
Tuesday, July 30th at 6:30PM
RSVP at trestle@brooklynartspace.org
www.trestlegallery.org
$5 donation
 
Bill Carroll received his BFA from Pratt Institute in 1973, and his MFA from Queens College C.U.N.Y. in 2007. For over twenty-five years he has been involved in the New York art world in a variety of roles. He was the Director of the Charles Cowles Gallery, then in Soho, for nine years; and the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in Chelsea for eight years. Bill also worked in non-profit at the Dia Art Foundation, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Nancy Graves Foundation, and is presently the Director of the Studio Program of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. As a curator of numerous exhibitions he has worked with artists including Donald Baechler, Mary Heilmann, Alex Katz, Jonathan Lasker, Elizabeth Murray, Thomas Nozkowski, and Sue Williams, among many others. Bill has taught professional practice to MFA students at both Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute and has lectured at the New York Foundation for the Arts, New York University, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bard College, School of Visual Arts, and F.I.T. In November 2007 he had a one-person exhibition of his paintings at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in Chelsea, which was reviewed by Joe Fyfe in the March 2008 issue of Art in America. His third solo show with the gallery was in March, 2012.
 
About Trestle Gallery
Our primary aim is to foster creativity by expanding opportunities and providing exposure for contemporary artists.
Monday through Friday, 11AM – 6PM, Saturdays by appointment
 
168 7th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11215 www.trestlegallery.org 718.858.9069

Organized in collaboration with artist John Zinsser, the exhibition will examine the history and legacy of Julian Pretto’s fabled downtown NYC galleries active during the 1970s through the early 1990s. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1945, Pretto moved to New York in 1968 where he worked for Richard L. Feigen and Sperone Westwater Fischer before opening up a series of small, eponymous galleries in Soho, Tribeca, and the West Village. His program focused on reductive abstraction and he exhibited more established artists, such as Sol Lewitt, Carl Andre, Merrill Wagner, and Marcia Hafif, alongside younger, emerging artists. He gave first solo shows to artists such as Allan McCollum, Julian Lethbridge, John Zinsser, Cary Smith, Rene Pierre Allain, Daniel Levine, and Li Trincere, among many others. Pretto died of AIDS in New York in 1995.

ART TALK SERIES PRESENTS: ELISABETH CONDON
 
Tuesday November 19th at 6:30PM
RSVP at trestle@brooklynartspace.org
www.trestlegallery.org
$5 donation
 
Elisabeth Condon combines improvisational pours of paint, sketchbook drawings and digital projections in idiosyncratic compositions that heed the Tang Dynasty dictum of landscape as a fusion of observation and memory. Her paintings interweave external and internal perceptions of particular locations, treating space like a scroll that is sectioned, then layered. The recipient of a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, Condon has been awarded artist residencies at Yaddo, Fountainhead, the Grand Canyon Artist-in-Residence Program and Red Gate International Artist Residency, Beijing. Recent exhibition venues include the National Museum of Art, Beijing, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, Ft. Lauderdale Museum, FL, the Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT and a survey exhibition at the Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, for which a catalogue was published. Her work is held in public collections including the US Embassy, Beijing and is represented by Emerson Dorsch, Miami and Lesley Heller Workspace, New York.
 
About Trestle Gallery
Our primary aim is to foster creativity by expanding opportunities and providing exposure for contemporary artists.
Monday through Friday, 11AM – 6PM, Saturdays by appointment
 
168 7th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11215 www.trestlegallery.org 718.858.9069