ARTBreast Exhibition at Impact Artists' Gallery

Sat Sept 22nd 7-10pm Bidders’ Live Auction of 24 ARTbreasts

There is a great buzz around town regarding 81 amazing ARTbreasts (created from display mannequins) at Impact Artists Gallery’s exhibition Altered Perceptions: A JOURNEY OF STRENGTH AND COURAGE. On Saturday September 22nd 7-10pm we offer oncology doctors, gynecology doctors, mammogram centers, MRI clinics and any hospital facility an opportunity to own and display an amazing ARTbreast for their reception rooms and personal offices. We urge the public to bid and donate an ARTbreast to a favorite medical facility “ in the honor of or memory of” a loved one who fought or is fighting a personal battle against breast cancer. Join us for the fun at our Bidders’ Live Auction, at which 24 ARTbreasts will be available to bid on. For this fundraiser tickets are $25 each, 2 for $40 and can be reserved early by calling the gallery. Lastly the remaining balance of ARTbreasts will be auctioned thru ‘BiddingforGood.com’ online in October, which should draw national attention. We invite you to join us for a great evening of fun including the excitement of bidding, music by Geno McManus, auctioneer Richard Bronstein, food served by the Professional Culinary Institute students, basket and 50/50 raffles. !

This ARTbreast Exhibition is a co-partnered fundraising endeavor by Impact Artists Gallery and Breast Cancer Network of WNY designed to attract awareness, create dialog and self-accountability. More info on Breast Cancer Network of WNY is available at www.bcnwny.org or contact info@bcnwny.org or 716-706-0060

All events held at Impact Artists Gallery, Tri-Main Center, Suite 545, 2495 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 716.835.6817 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 716.835.6817, check out impactartist.wordpress.com, like us on Facebook. The 12 public-voted favorite ARTbreasts at the Artists’ Opening Reception are intended for a 2013 calendar if sponsorship funds continue. Contact Susan Marie Borden, Exh Chair re: sponsorship on prcontact.impactartistgallery@gmail.com or 716-578-7746 

Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts and Breast Cancer Awareness Update



Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts ~ Buffalo, NY

This is what I work all year for! This is the best art festival I've done to date!! Kudos to Tanya and Joe!! Excellent job! And the people are So-O-O-O-o generous and friendly~artists and patrons alike. I just LOVE this art fest!

 

 

Here's some photos of my booth...

 

 

There is a children's parade on Sunday afternoon to mark the closing of the festival.

 

 

 To all who came out to support me and my fellow artists~ THANK YOU!! I hardly had time to take any photos! : ) Many pieces of my artwork went to good homes this weekend.

 

Impact Artists Gallery Breast Cancer Awareness Project Update:

 

The event is called Altered Perceptions: A Journey of Strength and Courage

Sept. 5 - 29 ~ ARTbreast Exhibition

11am-4pm Wed-Sat

 

Sept 13 ~ The Artists Reception

Invitation for the public to vote for their favorite to be featured in the 2013 calendar

5pm-8pm Thurs

 

Sept. 28

Fourth Friday at the Tri-Main

The best 30 juror-selected entries printed as a limited edition poster. Both on sale.

5pm-8pm Fri

 

Sept. 29

Black Tie Live Auction

7pm-10pm Sat

 

October

Bidding For Good

Online Auction begins on balance of entries

 

 

Next up: Clothesline Festival, grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

Sept.8 & 9



Breast Cancer Awareness Project Complete!

 All done!

Not sure if I'm happy with it or not. I got a little pressed for time, so I'm not sure I gave it my all.

But, it is done and I'll post more info on the show and auction dates as they get closer.

Gotta run!!

BCA Project Update

Yikes! Now I'm stymied!! I am suffering from artist's block, probably brought on by the deadline for this project being August 15th if I want it photographed.
Well, this is what I completed 2 days ago. I added a vintage faux pearl choker to which I added a vintage trim of glass beads, probably from a Flapper's dress!
I affixed a stone heart to a rusty metal heart and stuck that on with some glue and some rusty wire. Vintage lace was added to the bottom and a mix of different shades of pink and white sequins were glued to the breasts.

Hopefully, I'll get an idea or 2 today. I guess if I didn't get any more ideas and didn't do anything else to it, it could be done. But in my mind, it is not completed.

Breast Cancer Awareness Project

These next couple of blog entries will document my progress with the Impact Artists Gallery Altered Perceptions: A Journey of Strength and Courage project. 80 artists were asked to donate their creative imagination with recycled PVC mannequins. These mannequins will then be exhibited, juried, with the 30 best printed on a poster for sale, and finally, put up for bid in a bidders' live auction.

First, I made a plaster cast of the PVC mannequin. The top is then decoupaged with dress pattern tissue paper. The bodice is painted with pink, acrylic paint.

So far, I've glued tiny, square glass and stone tiles left over from one of my husband's construction projects across the top of the bodice. I affixed the stone heart to a rusty metal heart and affixed both with wire and glue to the form. 2 vintage drapery tie back tacks have been added to the center of each breast and a line of m.o.p. buttons embellished with rusty wire has been created down the center of the bodice.

That's all for now!