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Wow We Have Come This Far / BFI 5year Anniversary


'Worlds Without End Part I,' 20 x 37 inches, ©2009 Harlan Erskine

I'm happy to announce that I will have the above print included in the BFI Portfolio. If you are in Miami please stop by the benefit this Thursday November 12th. Hope to see you there!

THE BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL CELEBRATES ITS 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH A BENEFIT AND PREMIERE OF THE PORTFOLIO "WOW WE HAVE COME THIS FAR"

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time: 7 - 10 p.m.
Tickets: $50 per person (cash or check only)

Location: The Bas Fisher Invitational
180 NE 39th Street, Suite 210
(inside the Buena Vista Building in Miami’s Design District)

Featured artists in portfolio "Wow We Have Come This Far":

Kevin Arrow | Alex Cardenas | Clifton Childree | Jessica Dickinson | Harlan Erskine | "Freegums" aka Alvaro Ilizarbe | Frederico Nessi | Rebecca Schiffman | Francine Spiegel | Jen Stark | Mike Taylor | Jonathan Thomas

The Bas Fisher Invitational (BFI), an artist-run, alternative arts space in Miami's Design District, is throwing a cupcakes and cocktails soiree to mark its 5-year anniversary and portfolio premiere on November 12, from 7-10 p.m. “Wow We Have Come This Far” features exclusive, limited-edition prints exploring silk-screen, giclée, photography and etching, among other mediums, by 12 BFI alumni artists.

Attendees will be treated to deejayed tunes by BFI organizers Naomi Fisher, Jim Drain and Kathryn Marks, with the added pleasure of knowing their $50 ticket goes toward future programming and events.

Founded in Summer 2004, the BFI has hosted 30 exhibitions, many of which have launched the careers of emerging artists: Francine Speigel went on to show with Deitch Projects in New York; Jessica Dickinson and Alejandro Cardenas are represented by James Fuentes, an edgy, downtown New York gallery; and Jen Stark, Alvaro Ilizarbe and Clifton Childree are among Miami's most respected talent.

In gratitude for their success, these portfolio artists contributed to raise funds and ensure support for the next generation. All ticket and print sales go toward matching the Knight Arts Challenge grant awarded to the BFI from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This matching grant provides funds to maintain year-round programming including exhibitions, lectures, community outreach and artist residencies in association with the Fountainhead Residency, as a nonprofit, non-commercial venue under the umbrella of the Dade Community Foundation, a 501c3. The Knight Arts Challenge is a $40 million initiative to bring the South Florida community together through the arts.

About the Bas Fisher Invitational

For over five years, the Bas Fisher Invitational (BFI) has consistently maintained a presence in Miami as a thought-provoking artist-run gallery space. As a zero-profit, alternative venue for unrepresented artists the BFI has allowed artists to receive full benefit of their hard work and to make great professional connections. The BFI was created by Naomi Fisher and Hernan Bas (now managed by Fisher, Jim Drain, Agatha Wara and Kathryn Marks). Since 2009 the BFI has been under the umbrella of the Dade Community Foundation, a 501c3.

About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote community engagement and lead to transformational change. For more, visit www.knightfoundation.org.

The Bas Fisher Invitational is generously supported, in part, by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Upcoming Fall 2009 New York Art openings... (updated x2)

These are the openings that I am excited to see coming soon. I will update this post for the remainder of the fall with new shows coming soon. I hope to go to as many of the opening as possible but if I post it here I will at least attend the show if a can't make opening night.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Group Show: OFF THE GRID: LUIS MALLO, ANDREW A. LUCAS, MICHEL CAMPEAU, AND TROY PAIVA
at KUMUKUMU Gallery

OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 9, 6-8 PM
On View: September 9 - October 1, 2009
42 Rivington Street

Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition
Photographs by Michelle Arcila, Daniel Cheek, Mike Sinclair, Parsley Steinweiss and Kurt Tong.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 9, 6-8 PM
On View: September 10th - September 19th, 2009
6 Spring Street

Carter, And Within Area Although, Salon 94 Freemans
Opening Reception: September 9, 6-8 PM
On View: September 9 - October 24, 2009
1 Freeman Ally

Zipora Fried, Trust Me. Be Careful, On Stellar Rays
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 9, 6-8 PM
On View: September 9 - October 25, 2009
133 Orchard Street

Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE, 30 YEARS OF BEING CUT UP, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 9, 6-8 PM
On View: September 9 - October 18, 2009
14A Orchard Street

Colin Dodgson, Just because it's in your head, doesn't mean its not real.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 9, 6-9 PM
243 Broome Street (Corner of Ludlow)

Grace Kim, Under the Glass Bell, A Dream, Melanie Flood Projects
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 9, 7-10 PM
On View: September 9th - October 7th, 2009
186 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

Thursday, September 10, 2009

First off is my thesis advisor at SVA. I saw some of this while in progress at his studio and I'm looking forward to seeing it finished and installed in the gallery.

Simen Johan, Until the Kingdom Comes, Yossi Milo Gallery
Artist's Reception: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 6 - 8 pm
On View: September 10, 2009 -October 31, 2009
525 West 25th Street

Anthony Pearson, Marianne Boesky Gallery
Opening reception Thursday, September 10, 2009, 6 - 8 pm
On View: September 11 - October 10, 2009
509 West 24th Street

Juergen Teller: Paradis, Lehmann Maupin Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, 10 September 6 - 8 PM
On View: 10 September - 17 October, 2009
540 West 26th Street, New York

Nicholas Nixon, Old Home, New Pictures, Pace/Macgill
Opening Reception: ???
On View: September 10 - October 24, 2009
32 East 57th Street

Chris Ofili, Afro Margin. David Zwirner
Opening reception September 10, 6 – 8pm
On View: September 10 – October 24, 2009
525 West 19th Street

Nicolai Howalt, Car Crash Studies, Bruce Silverstein
Todd Hido, A Road Divided, Bruce Silverstein
Opening reception: Thursday, September 10th, 6 - 8 pm
On View: September 09 - October 24, 2009
535 West 24th Street

Nature as Artifice: New Dutch Landscape in Photography and Video Art, Aperture Foundation Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 6 - 8 pm
On View: September 10 – October 15, 2009
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor

Amy Stein, Domesticated, Clamp Art
Opening reception September 10, 6 – 8 pm
On View: September 10 – October 31, 2009
521-531 West 25th Street

Jason Hanasik, He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore, Kris Graves Projects
Opening Reception: Thursday, 10 September 6 - 9 PM
On View: September 10 - October 10, 2009

The Open, Deitch Projects LIC
Opening Septermber 10th 6 - 10 PM
On View: September 10 - October 25, 2009
4-40 44th Drive, Long Island City

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Tim Davis, The New Antiquity, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
Opening Reception Brunch: Saturday, September 12, 2009 11 am – 4 pm
On View: September 10 - October 24, 2009
730 Fifth Ave., at 57th Street

Hans-Peter Feldman, 303 Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday , September 12 2009 6-8 PM
On View: September 12 - October 17 2009
547 W 21 Street

WOOD, A sculpture show featuring: Carol Bove, David Lamelas, Corey McCorkle, Oscar Tuazon + Eli Hansen Kaari Upson
at Maccarone Gallery

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12th from 6-8 PM
On View: September 12 - October 24th, 2009
630 Greenwich Street