A big thanks to everyone who came out last weekend for our Beacon closing reception! Courtney and I hope you enjoyed our super tasty Mr. Funkys and delightfully crumbly carrot cake. After the reception, we opened the bid boxes and (surprise!) discovered that four of our pieces have found new homes. So congratulations to our new art owners! And to our artists - Fred, Anne and Michael, it looks like we’ll be needing more pieces from you!
Thank you all for the positive responses and supportive comments throughout the show. Courtney and I have really enjoyed our time at Floor One Gallery and to our lovely hosts Ty and Derek, you guys are great! Thanks for letting us share your living room! It was so much fun to be able to sleep in the gallery space and we’re really excited at the possibility of teaming up with you again!
But for now… next up is NYC! We’ll keep you posted!
Please join us this weekend in Beacon for the closing reception of Price Check: Beacon!
Date: Saturday, September 12th Time: Starting at 6 p.m., going till it’s gone… Q & A Session: At 7:30 p.m. there will be a Q & A session with Curators Roslyn Esperon and Courtney Rile. Featured Drink: For drinks, we’ll be having Mr. Funky’s, a Michigan take on the mimosa. Featured “Sinfully Sweet” Dessert: Rumor has it Roslyn is making carrot cake (a personal favorite).
Thanks again to everyone who made it to Beacon for our Price Check: Beacon opening yesterday night! If you were there between the hours of 8 and 10 pm then you’re able to attest to our simply smashing party complete with zucchini bread, espresso crunch brownies and summery sweet punch! A special shout out goes to our Beacon artists Carla Goldberg and Carol Flaitz as well as Carol’s daughter Glenys for being the first to arrive and the last to leave!
We really appreciate everyone’s feedback and enthusiasm about the Price Check show and can’t hardly wait to be back ourselves to see the results – not to mention stock up on those amazing Dora Zora popsicles while checking out the Windows on Main Street.
We’re hoping you’ll be back to join us on September 12th, Beacon’s Second Saturday for our closing events! And if you’d like to visit in between, just send a message to our most wonderful hosts, Ty and Derek, the owners of Floor One Gallery at 17mainstreet @ google.com to arrange an appointment.
Here are some photos from the opening night… Enjoy!
Price Check is on the road and that means Courtney and I are heading to Beacon! So take a mini-vacation and join us for our opening reception from 6-9 PM this Saturday, August 8th at Floor One Gallery!
Price Check: Beacon joins a series of exciting art events in honor Beacon’s Second Saturday including a Public Art Panel Discussion hosted by The Windows on Main Street Project at DIA: Beacon at 2 PM. The Windows on Main Street exhibition which will also open on Aug. 8th and will be on view 24/7 through Sept. 12th. So come early and explore it all!
If you can’t make it this Saturday, please note that Floor One Gallery is open by appointment and you can email Ty Marshal at: 17eastmain @ gmail com to set up a visit. Directions and more information about Floor One Gallery can be found under the Beacon page!
Price Check Syracuse may have ended but you can still “check out” footage of the show! A big thanks goes out to Stephen Cannerelli of the Syracuse Post Standard who joined us last Saturday or a tour of the exhibition. A recording of his visit and an explanation of the Price Check Syracuse Project can be accessed below:
Thanks to all who came out yesterday for the closing reception and discussion of Price Check: Syracuse. We have to admit that it was tough not to peak at the results throughout out the show! So what we’re about to ask of you may come as a bit of a surprise as we know you’re all interested in hearing the results of the Syracuse show. However, after some thought, we’ve decided that releasing the results of Price Check: Syracuse could influence the results of the next two exhibitions. So, we hope you can be patient with us until after the NY show or come to our Beacon closing discussion on September 12th when more results will be discussed! ;)
Please come to visit the last day of Price Check: Syracuse on Saturday, July 11th. It will be a day full of special events.
New! Here’s a sweet bribe: If you show up during our closing reception between 3-4 PM, you can try our homemade peanut butter ice cream sandwiches… That’s right, homemade P.B. cookies with homemade vanilla ice cream wedged in the middle and mini chocolate chips around the edges… They are amazingly delicious.
Schedule of Events at Delavan Art Gallery on Saturday, July 11, 2009:
First, from 12-2 PM we, the Curators, will be at Delavan Art Gallery along with several of the artists (it’s rumored that our Beacon artists Carol and Carla will be in town along with the Syracuse artists, Michael, Anne, Fred and Laura) to answer any questions you may have.
Then from 2-3 PM we’ll take a short break from Price Check to listen to a poetry reading by Donna Emerson as part of the Stone Canoe Writers Series.
From 3-4 PM will be a party! It’s a closing reception for Price Check: Syracuse and this time the party is just for us (with a guest appearance of Sinfully Sweet baked goods).
From 4-5 PM will be a closing discussion and mini performance as we open the bid boxes and discuss the results of the first phase of the project.
The next date of note for Price Check is the opening of Price Check: Beacon on Saturday, August 8, 2009.
If you’re in Syracuse today pick up a copy of the Post-Standard and open to Page 11 of the STARS section, or click HERE to read it on Syracuse.com. The headline reads, “Art Work Gets a ‘Price Check’” and there’s an image printed of one piece in the diptych “Going Organic” by Carla Goldberg (the one with the cicada wing) along with a photograph by Marna Bell who is in the feature show at Delavan this summer. Here’s a special thank you to Katherine Rushworth for her visit and for her art criticism, especially under the recent downsizing of The Post-Standard and the broader issues the newspaper industry faces.
Last night we began the show with 75 bid cards printed and by half way through the opening I was printing more! So its very exciting to see this long thought out project be realized and to know that so many people have already participated. Today, I’ve updated the images on the Artist page of our website, and please note that they are not to scale! However, I’m hopeful that this temporary fix will provide a visual example of the work that we’ve selected. We’ve had a great response to the work in our pricing and in last night’s opening at Delavan, so please stop by and check out the pieces in person. We’d love to see your pricing perspective on one of our bid cards!
