ARTE: LANA FUTURA

Celebrating our dear friend LANA FUTURA.  I first met Katharina when her and Shawana Davis came by the gallery in 2011.  It was still P.I.A. back than and we were still in the downtown space.  That day they came over and we chatted about ways to collaborate the Be Beautiful Project was born out of that visit.  When the the exhibition opened it was a special night for all of us.  Pretl who went by the name Lana Futura in her art career was a special soul and will be deeply missed. 

You can support this artist by donating here gofundme.com/katharinas-fund

Thank you to Kawai Matthews of Air Philosophy who also was apart of the Be Beautiful Project and who made the tribute for LANA

ARTE: PERRIER ARTXTRA

Very happy to serve on the advisory board for Perrier's new art initivative ARTXTRA

"At Perrier, extraordinary art has always been a part of who we are. That’s why throughout the years, we’ve partnered with extraordinary artists in a variety of ways. This year we introduced ARTXTRA, an art program which took our partnership with art even further. Through the ARTXTRA Advisory Board, a panel of experts from across the art world, we selected three artists to showcase their art, one of whom would reimagine and design our new limited edition bottles and cans based on your votes. You voted and we’re proud to announce our Artist of the Year."

The ARTXTRA program will also support the selected emerging artist with a stipend for a year as the new label is commissioned and completed.  Saya Woolfalk, HOTTEA and Hayal Pozanti are the artists nominated that the audience (you) get to vote for! Visit perrier.tumblr.com/artxtra to find out more.

The other board members include Beau Basse founder of LeBasse Projects, Naomi Beckwith a Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Job Piston an Artist and Special Projects at Performa, and Helen Toomer the Director of PULSE Contemporary Art Fair