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PAST EXHIBITION
 EAF 09: 2009 EMERGING ARTIST FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION September 13, 2009 - March 7, 2010 Opening Sunday, September 13, 2 PM - 6 PM (rain or shine) ARTISTS:
Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to announce the opening of EAF09: 2009 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition on Sunday, September 13, 2009 (2-6pm), featuring new works by the Park's current resident artists. This year, Socrates awarded fellowships to: David Brooks, Pilar Conde, Zack Davis, Christian de Vietri, Aaron King, Zak Kitnick, Lynn Koble, Tamara Kostianovsky, Mads Lynnerup, Wyatt Nash, Navin June Norling, Andréa Stanislav, Brina Thurston, Kon Trubkovich, Lan Tuazon, and Erik & Ninh Vysocan. Fellowship artists are awarded a grant and a residency in the Park's outdoor studio and are also provided with technical support and access to tools, materials and equipment to facilitate the production of new sculptures and installations for exhibition in the Park. The artists develop their projects throughout the summer in the open studio and on site in the landscape, offering visitors the opportunity to experience both the creation and presentation of their works. Representing a broad range of materials, working methods and subject matter, the diverse sculptural works in this exhibition are presented against the Park's spectacular waterfront view of the Manhattan skyline. Emerging Artist Fellows are selected annually through an open application process and reviewed by a committee composed of the Park's Executive Director; past EAF recipients; established artists who have shown a commitment to mentoring and advocating for younger artists; as well a writers, gallerists, and curators who have special knowledge of contemporary art. The 2009 Advisory Committee members were: Kara Walker, artist; Neville Wakefield, curator; Martha Schwendener, writer; Vandana Jain, EAF07 fellowship artist; and Amy Smith-Stewart, gallerist. Socrates is undergoing a phased expansion of the EAF program and is incrimentally awarding two additional fellowships per year to reach twenty fellowships as an annual number upon the Park's twenty-fifth anniversary in 2011. Socrates has awarded sixteen fellowships in 2009, and will award eighteen fellowships in 2010, and twenty in 2011. The official application to participate in Socrates Sculpture Park's 2010 exhibitions, including EAF10, will be available on the Park's website in September 2009 within the Artist Opportunities section. (link to http://www.socratessculpturepark.org/exhibitions/artist-opps.php) For more information about the artists and works in the exhibition, including artist biographies, images of the works in the show, and project descriptions, please contact Ellen Staller at 718-956-1819 x12 or es@socratessculpturepark.org. Socrates Sculpture Park is open 365 days a year from 10am to sunset and is located at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City. By Subway take the N or W train to Broadway (Queens), walk 8 blocks west on Broadway to the intersection of Vernon Boulevard. For driving directions, click here. (link to directions page) OPENING DAY PERFORMANCES Navin June Norling will enact the performative aspect of his installation, As you sow so shall you reap. Over the next few days, Norling will "white-out" his sculpture by painting and spraying white paint across the surface of his work, obscuring the image of the hanging tree depicted on the found window, wood and acrylic sculpture. During the opening on Sunday, September 13, he will scrape, wash and clean the windows to allow the underlying image to re-emerge transformed. He explores the notion of change by highlighting his own role in the process: performing the alteration of the physical visual form thereby initiating accompanying changes in memory, insight and perspectives. 3-4pm Set within Andréa Stanislav's installation, titled "Ghost Siege", dancer/choreographer Leah Schrager will dance to music composed by Kenny Aronoff, preminent drummer and percussionist. Performances will take place at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm (Approximate running time: 10min). Riot City Souvenir Stand, a reference to souvenir stands near major tourist attractions, is a presentation and sale of limited edition reproductions of notable New York City buildings by Lan Tuazon. Onlookers and consumers alike will get a tour of her sculpture Riot City and learn about its urban planning features. This performance will continue throughout the opening reception, from 2-6pm. UPCOMING PROGRAM On Sunday, September 27, 3PM - 4:30PM (rain or shine), visitors are invited to join Socrates Sculpture Park staff and 2009 Fellowship artists in the Park's outdoor studio for a free presentation and discussion about the EAF09 exhibition. Space is limited, please call Marichris Ty, Exhibition Program Manager, to register: 718. 956.1819 x 14. RELATED MEDIA ^ Watch the video "Fix It!", part of an installation by Mads Lynnerup included in the EAF09 exhibition. MORE INFORMATION - Download a PDF of the Press Release for the EAF09: 2009 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition SUPPORTERS This program is made possible by the dedication and support of our volunteers and friends and by the generosity of funders including: Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation ● Carnegie Corporation of New York ● Charina Endowment Fund ● The Cowles Charitable Trust ● The Dedalus Foundation ● Mark di Suvero ● Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation ● Agnes Gund ● Hugh and Tiziana Hardy ● Jerome Foundation ● The Peter T. Joseph Foundation ● Gabrielle and Herbert Kayden ● Richard and Ronay Menschel ● Ivana Mestrovic ● The New York Community Trust ● Brooke Kamin Rapaport and Richard A. Rapaport ● Rev. Alfred R. Shands III ● Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith ● Janice Stanton and Ronald Windisch ● Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation ● Ursula von Rydingsvard and Paul Greengard Additional support has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This exhibition is made possible by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs. Special thanks to the City of New York, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilmember Eric Gioia, and the Department of Parks & Recreation, Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Socrates Sculpture Park is grateful for the generosity of: Harold H. Anthony, Inc. ● Build it Green! NYC ● E&T Plastics ● R & R General Supply Co., Inc. ● Materials for the Arts ● Navillus General Contracting ● Plant Specialists ● Silvercup Studios ● Spacetime C.C. 
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