The “American visual art” exhibit in Moscow closed on January 1. I officially have artwork in a museum’s permanent collection now! I am still in awe at this amazing honor!
Tomorrow “Open doors” closes in St. Cloud. The closing reception is from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the public library. Six pieces sold the first night, so there are only 4 pieces left for purchase.
Want to listen to the latest news? Listen to WJON 1240 and hear my interview about both of these exhibits!
The “Open Doors” opening had about 40 visitors! Thank you to everyone that came to show their support. 6 of the 10 pieces sold! The exhibit will close on January 5th from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
In just mere hours, the “American Art Styles” exhibit will open in Moscow! I have been asked to leave work to be a part of the permanent collection! The blessings just keep coming.
I’ve been fortunate enough to receive press for the exhibits. Check them out:
Long Prairie Leader: http://lpleader.com/articles/2012/12/17/news/local_news/doc50c7508153b19079781873.txt
St. Cloud State University: http://www.stcloudstate.edu/news/newsrelease/default.asp?pubID=3&issueID=33982&storyID=39679
I won an International silver medal at a New York gallery this summer and as a result was invited to exhibit at Marina Tsvetaeva Museum and Cultural Center in Moscow, Russia in December. We are the first Americans allowed to exhibit there. To commemorate this history, I am having my first solo art exhibit, “Open Doors,” the month of December at Great River Regional Library- St. Cloud, with an opening ceremony December 6.
As I researched Marina certain words stuck out, and I envisioned paintings based on these themes. Famine and poverty was a central theme throughout Marina’s life. As an upcycle artist, I had cupboard doors which I saw as representative of what Marina didn’t have. There were ten doors, ten words and Marina had ten collections of lyrical poetry~ “Open Doors.”
I will be facilitating “The ART of MN Nice” at the Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative (FREC) and the Overcoming Racism Conference on November 16 & 17 in Minneapolis.
http://www.overcomingracism.org/
Conference theme: Minnesota Not So Nice – Why We Say So
Sarah Drake has a Master’s of Science degree in Social Responsibility and is a doctoral candidate at the U of MN. She is an advocate for others whom are marginalized and uses art to create spaces for their voices to be heard and a common ground for dialogues to occur. Art can be both a colonizing and decolonizing tool and MN nice can blur the line of distinction when people mean well. In this session, learn how to 1) identify racism in art, 2) create social change through art, and 3) bring people together to create healing and community.
After some technical difficulties, I’m back! In the last two months I participated in my first Art Crawl, was invited to teach some art classes and returned to NYC for another exhibit! This time around I have 4 pieces displayed in Manhattan. I also delivered the 2 pieces for the exhibit at the Marina Tsvetaeva Museum and Cultural Center in Moscow Russia that will be displayed in December. I learned that we are the first group of Americans allowed to exhibit in the museum. I am so honored!
“Whose Liberty?”
I am honored to receive the silver medal for surrealism in the international juried fine arts exhibition “Earth, Time & People” from February-July 2012 by New York Realism Fine Art. Michael Prettyman was the Jury Chair. I exhibited in July during the “Fantasy” exhibit curated by Berik Kulmamirov.
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