Fountain Art Fair was founded in 2006 by David Kesting, Lincoln Capla, and John Leo as an attempt to leverage support for smaller independent galleries, collectives, and artists who wished to gain access to a larger audience of collectors and critics. From its roots deep within the independent Williamsburg, Brooklyn art scene, Fountain has grown to represent over 60 international avant-garde galleries and projects, showcasing progressive primary-market works in New York, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Fountain Art Fair has received critical acclaim for its uniquely alternative art fair model and genuine dedication to the artists and galleries who share in its vision and ideology. Celebrated as the first of a new influential generation of alternative fairs, Fountain is reinterpreting the concept of the art fair experience and paving a new path for the future of contemporary art.
Fountain Art Fair At The Armory
Article Date: March 9th - 11th, 2012
Article Source: https://www.artforprogress.org/fountain-art-fair/
Art for Progress Announces Artists to be Shown at Fountain Art Fair
69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10010,
March 9th – 11th
Art for Progress, Fountain Art Fair’s non-profit partner for NY Art Week, has announced the artists it will be presenting for both the Fair and the March 10th after party. Additionally, the organization will be showing work from the most promising student artists participating in its city-wide arts education program.
Art for Progress (AFP) is a New York non-profit dedicated to helping emerging artists through its many culturally diverse art events and providing arts education to underserved youth in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Bronx with dynamic programming that promotes reflection and self-expression.
As part of its collaboration with Fountain Art Fair, AFP will be showing the work of twenty international artists whose work includes painting, photography, digital, video and sculpture. Artwork from AFP’s student artists from grades nine through twelve will also be exhibited. In conjunction with its visual arts offerings, Art for Progress will feature DJs, live musical performances, and performance art pieces throughout the show’s dates within its gallery space.
Fountain Art Fair takes place March 9-11 at the historic 69th armory located at 68 Lexington Avenue on the corner of 25th Street. General hours on Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11 are from 1–7pm. Tickets are $10 for daily passes and $15 weekend passes.
The Public Opening Night Reception presented by Artlog and featuring Fab 5 Freddy will take place on March 9th from 7-11pm. The Fountain Fair after-party hosted and curated by Art for Progress will take place on March 10th from 7-11pm. A special silent auction will also run throughout the fair, featuring a large scale painting donated by Lake Tahoe based painter Reds Regan.
Participating visual artists include: Aaron Cobbett, Amy Row, Bud McNichol, Cat Del Buono, Chris Twomey, H.A. Gallucio, Jeanne Wilkinson, Juan Manuel Pajares, Lance Dehne’, Margaret Withers, Michael Lorenzini, Olga Kol, Pablo Damas, Rocco Alberico, Rute Ventura, Sona Mirzaei, Tatiana Soteropoulos, Ted Barr, Ula Einstein, and Vera Arutyunyan.
For the March 10th after-party, AFP will feature performances from Comandante Zero, Kevin Graves, Jimmy Sky, and Red Baron as well as performance art from Caridad Sola, Thomas Solomon, Belaxis Buil, and interactive fashion installations from Allyson Jacobs and Iliana Quander.