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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

2006 SVA Alumni Society Auction

The SVA Alumni Society Auction was held last night and it was the definition of a perfect evening. The champaign was flowing, the conversations were many, and the gavel was rockin'. Kudos to the SVA team for a stellar auction and big thanks to the tasteful gentleman who made the winning bid on The Trasheasters.

The wonderful Robert Ayers has a great write-up of the blow-by-blow auction action on ARTINFO. Thanks for the mention, Robert!

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Photo of the Week: Environments #3

© Amy Stein 2005
Every week I will feature one of my photographs from the flat files that isn't featured on my Web site. Please check back often and enjoy.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Pelt Featured in September Edition of "Group Show"

Group Show is a monthly online gallery that features the work of emerging and established photographers. This month's show includes my photograph "Pelt" as well as some other amazing work by talented artists like Brian Ulrich and fellow SVA alum, Molly Landrith.

Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Domesticated Work Selected for Saatchi Gallery/Guardian Competition

Saatchi Gallery and The Guardian newspaper have teamed up for an art contest called Your Gallery @ The Guardian.

The judges are artists Marc Quinn and Cornelia Parker; Mollie
Dent-Brocklehurst, co-director of the Gagosian gallery in London; arts
broadcaster and White Cube gallery director Tim Marlow; and Guardian
art critic Jonathan Jones. They chose 30 artists from over 10,000 registered artists on the Your Gallery site and I was fortunate enough to make that shortlist. Also making the cut is the extremely talented Chicago-based photographer, Brian Ulrich.

Visitors to the Guardian site can now vote for their favorite three artists from the list of 30 and the top ten will be awarded a show in London in late October. May I suggest the following voting strategy: 1. Amy Stein, 2. Brian Ulrich, 3. Amy Stein. Vote Now!

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Discover New Talent on ARTINFO

ARTINFOI am profiled and eight of my Domesticated photos are now featured
on ARTINFO in their Discover New Talent section. A big 'thank you' to the folks at ARTINFO for this wonderful compliment. Check it out.

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

Featured Artist of The Contemporaries

I have been selected by The Contemporaries as their Featured Artist. They are showcasing a mix of photos from both my Stranded and Domesticated series.
The Contemporaries' mission is to encourage young professionals to collect contemporary art. Specifically, it aims to build a generational support system in which young collectors support young artists. Currently, they have over 400 members and nearly 3,000 associates.
Take a look.

Monday, August 7, 2006

2006 SVA Alumni Society Auction

Looking for an opportunity to buy that editioned copy of Trasheaters you've been wanting and give money to provide talented young SVA artists with scholarships? Well, the School of Visual Arts Alumni Society Auction is calling your name. Take a look at the auction catalogue.

Here are the details:
The Alumni Society of School of Visual Arts will hold its second annual Alumni Society Auction on Tuesday, September 26, 6 - 9pm. The goal of the auction is to raise substantial funds to provide scholarships to SVA students, and to honor individuals connected with the College who have made significant contributions to the SVA community and the cultural and artistic life of New York City.

The evening will begin with a silent auction, featuring 85 paintings, works on paper, photographs and sculptures by SVA alumni, faculty members, mentors and students. The live auction will be comprised of 15 lots in a variety of media. Among the artists who will be represented are: Louise Bourgeois, John Dugdale, Simen Johan, Maira Kalman, Elizabeth Peyton and William Wegman (and Amy Stein).

The Alumni Society will be honoring painter and SVA alumna Elizabeth Peyton; painter and SVA faculty member Mary Heilmann; and Art + Commerce co-founder and SVA mentor James Moffat. The event is co-chaired by Gavin Brown, owner, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise; Dennis Freedman, Creative Director, W Magazine; Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, owner, Salon 94; Lisa Spellman, owner, 303 Gallery; and Althea Viafora-Kress and Rush Kress. Artist co-chairs are SVA faculty members Marilyn Minter and Tim Rollins, who is also an alumnus.


Live and Silent Auctions: Tuesday, September 26, 6 - 9pm
Preview: September 12 - 23
Visual Arts Gallery
601 West 26th Street, 15th floor
New York City