2012 URBSCHEIT STUDENT EXHIBIT
An Exhibition of Art Work by High School Students

Delivery of Work            Open Drop off                April 19th 3 pm – 6 pm and April 20th 3 pm – 6 pm
By Appointment             April 16th – April 22nd

Opening Reception and Award Ceremony: Friday April 27th 2012 6pm – 9pm

Pickup Art                      Open Pickup                  May 17th 3 pm - 6 pm and May 18th 3 pm - 6 pm
By Appointment             May 16th – May 22nd

Please Email or call cell number 716-969-3137 to make arrangements - Email Preferred

Dear Art Educator and Students:
We are pleased to announce the
2012 URBSCHEIT STUDENT EXHIBIT
April 27th 2012 – May 13th 2012
The Adam’s Art Gallery
600 Central Avenue
Dunkirk, New York 14048.

This is a contest and exhibit, open to all secondary school students. Students are encouraged to enter any form of art, 2-D, Sculpture, multimedia. Prizes will be awarded at the opening reception.

This year Access to the Arts, Inc. is covering all fees for hanging of art.

The Adam’s Art Galley envisions the future of Dunkirk and surrounding areas as an artistic and culturally active community, achieving economic success and nourishing the soul, spirit and body of its residents.
We embrace the diversity of our community as a source of community strength and as a contributor to the breadth of artistic and cultural activity.
Each year we are astounded at the imagination and high quality of art submitted by students.

Students, who wish, can also choose to put up their art for sale. Please mention this to the curator or registrar or email adams.art@live.com, please include the amount the student wishes to receive for the work, DO NOT PUT PRICES ON THE ART, the gallery will price the work to include the gallery’s commission and collect sales tax.

If you are a student or have students who may be interested in participating, please send email to: URBSCHEIT Entry -> email address: adams.art@live.com or call 716-969-3137.

The Gallery will be open for visitation and viewing of art Thursdays 3 pm – 6 pm and Fridays 3pm – 6 pm or by appointment if students and family are not able to come to the reception.

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Occupational Hazard:
Pencil Pusher Pushing Pencils
Performance Art of Abraham Ferraro - http://www.abezart.com/
Reception / Performance on Saturday October 13th

 
The Pencil Pusher is a performance driven art form that fuses the characteristics of installation, sculpture, drawing, and the business of art into an interactive performance. The work day/performance starts when the artist punches in on a time clock for his 8 hour day. After making a pot of coffee, the Pencil Pusher climbs into a metal cage-like office complete with swivel chair, foot pedals, and hand crank. Using the hand crank the Pencil Pusher propels the 400 pound office up the inside of a 20 foot high skeleton of a pencil: a 15 foot high version is also available (pencil is 4 feet wide). As the Pencil Pusher ascends the Pencil, he maneuvers the foot pedals back and forth, transmitting these movements down a series of cables and pulleys to a drawing jig, drafting table, and real pencil. Over the course of the work day a single drawing or "Performance Evaluation" is produced. When the Pencil Pusher is not ascending and descending The Pencil, he is interacting with prospective clients who enter the space. Equipped with a binder of information about the business of Pencil Pusher Pushing Pencils, Inc., the Pencil Pusher attempts to sell specially printed "Occupational Hazard" pencils and pseudo stock shares.

Ferraro is a graduate of SUNY Fredonia (BFA) and SUNY Albany (MA & MFA). He has exhibited internationally and extensively in New York State, including solo performance / exhibitions at Artists Space in New York City, Fulton Street Gallery in Troy, Time & Space in Hudson, Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, and Mercer Gallery in Rochester. He is in Art collections at the Albany Institute of History & Art, the University Art Museum, Monroe Community College, Fredonia State University of NY, and the private collection of Paul Hobart.  Abraham has done Visiting Artist Lectures at Monroe Community College, Siena College, St. Bonaventure University, and has an upcoming lecture at Fredonia State University in 2012.  Ferraro has been the recipient of grants from NYFA and the Graduate Student Organization at SUNY Albany for research and travel.  He was a resident Artist at Sculpture Space in 2006 and was their Endowed Chair Artist in 2010.  Ferraro has received numerous awards for his Art, including Best in Show at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center’s Made In NY exhibition in 2010 and recently received 2nd place at the 75th annual Mohawk-Hudson Regional 2011 Exhibition in addition to winning a purchase award.  He has been featured several times on YouTube.com and received the Departmental Award for Excellence in Sculpture from SUNY Fredonia.  Feature articles about Abraham’s interdisciplinary Art have appeared in numerous newspapers and international magazines including Climbing and UK’s Climb Magazine.  He will be included in an upcoming book, Hyperdrawing, published by UK University Loughborough School of Art and Design.  Ferraro’s Art has been featured on WNYT-TV Channel 13 News, Utica’s TV show Explore!, and WXXI TV Channel 21.  Ferraro works at St. Rose College in Albany, NY where he teaches Sculpture and is the Sculpture Technician.

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Thank You Corporate Sponsor

Rosanne Chesbro,Artistic Director 
Chadwick Bay Academy of Dance 
811 Central Ave. 
Dunkirk,Ny 14048 
(716)366-8295
http://www.chadwickbayacademyofdance.com/

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Most Events are Free of Charge, we ask for a donation of $5.00 for concerts and there is a tuition fee for some workshops, all admissions or tuition fees will be advertised.

We envision the future of Dunkirk and surrounding areas as an artistic and culturally active community, achieving economic success and nourishing the soul, spirit and body of its residents. We embrace the diversity of our community as a source of community strength and as a contributor to the breadth of artistic and cultural activity.

As a new part of our mission for the organization we are using Access to the Arts, the original name of the organization, to bring attention to our varied programs in fields outside of the visual arts.

If you are interested in participating, please send an email to Christopher Schaeffer, adams.art@live.com
or contact the gallery during regular business hours, Fridays from 4pm - 7pm Saturdays 12-4pm

 

 

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