FRIENDS

FRIENDS OF THE SALON

Gallery Bar - Boasting a new twist on nightlife, Gallery Bar is the newest addition to the booming Lower East Side.
Spur Tree Lounge - Owner Sean John’s hip, inventive Jamaican restaurant which transforms nightly into a dub and roots reggae scene with DJs working into the wee hours. Sean is an artist himself and wants to provide opportunities for other artists.
Subdivision Boutique & Gallery - Located in Long Island City, Subdivision focuses on the diverse layers of artists’ individual needs in the setting of their social and cultural environment. Proceeds from sales of the boutique go to support the art gallery. The boutique is a collection designs from emerging and established independent designers of clothing, jewelry, baby apparel and accessories.

Friends

Gitterman Gallery
Higher Pictures
Print Space - Master digital printer Carl Saytor at this NYC lab produces excellent results with the Chromira digital C printer. Prints can be 30″ by any length. Also available for use is the Imacron 949 and X5 negative scanner.
International Center of Photography
I Heart Photograph -fabulous blog for emerging photographers curated by Laurel Ptak, Educational Programs Director at Aperture
Burn Magazine - oustanding blog created by Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey supporting his Emerging Photographer’s Fund
Tiny Vices - Tim Barber’s great website exposing the world to many worthy emerging artists.
Aperture Foundation
The Organization of Independent Artists is a non-profit arts organization [verified under section 501(c)-(3)] founded by Warren Tanner and other artists in 1976 to expand and enrich the exhibitions of art in public and alternative spaces in the New York Metropolitan area. Over the past 30 years, OIA has pursued its mission of providing emerging, mid-career and unaffiliated artists with opportunities to exhibit in an array of venues.
http://www.raandeskgallery.com RAANDESK® GALLERY OF ART combines a virtual resource of contemporary artwork by emerging artists, with ART@IGC, the gallery’s regular exhibition venue and through temporary alternative site exhibitions and special events across the country. Based in New York City and launched by attorney-by-day Jessica L. Porter in 2005 to make art collecting a contemporary and enjoyable experience.

Artists

Jaimee Todd
…When I first began painting, I mostly used acrylic but watercolor quickly became my favorite medium for its clarity and spontaneity…
Rebecca Greenberg
Wayne Liu
Valeri Larko Landscape painter of the urban fringe
Amy Kosh Photographer of many talents
Greg Kessler Abstract painter of mythological characters
Jill Freedman “A gutsy blond with a battered Leica.” See the wonderful New York Times article about her: article.
Glenn M. Losack Humanity on the “other side”