Resource:Art Year in Review 2022

YEAR IN REVIEW CELEBRATING OUR ACHIEVEMENTS ART FAIRS, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PROJECTS, IMMERSIVE EVENTS

2022

PLAY/GROUND 2022

Still from Amanda Besl's film Transit of Venus

WHAT A YEAR 2022 has been another incredible year for

We

Resource:Art. We completed the first full year

wonderful partnerships this year including our

of operation for our new gallery project, Raft

continued collaboration with

of Sanity, participated in two art fairs,

Institute for Contemporary Art (BICA) for

launched public art projects, and oversaw

PLAY/GROUND, and a new relationship with the

another spectacular edition of PLAY/GROUND

Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation,

in a brand new venue, Riverworks. None of it

placing

would be possible without the support of our incredible community of artists, curators, collectors,

writers,

advisors,

and

art

enthusiasts. We look forward to another full year of robust art exhibitions and events.

were

thrilled

three

to

unique

engage

in

many

The Buffalo

temporary

public

artworks at Canalside this summer in and around The Children's Museum.

We also

worked with NYC based gallery Garvey|Simon on a joint presentation for Future Fair 2022.

RAFT OF SANITY

Resource:Art opened a new gallery project Raft of Sanity in September of 2021.

We were thrilled to celebrate a very

productive and successful first year. We worked with exceptional artists to put forward many unique and thoughtful presentations in our new venue.

The gallery takes its name from a quote by surrealist painter Dorothea Tanning who famously said , "Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity..." This felt especially appropriate during the height of a pandemic, and a time of great political unrest and social injustice. Art has always been our raft, and we were excited to find a new venue to provide inspiration and comfort.

mission Raft of Sanity (The Raft) was founded in September of 2021 with the mission to create connections between artists, collectors, critics, and the community in a welcoming excellence.

environment

which

supports

artistic

Becky Brown, Dream-Revision-Endeavor, 2022

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

In the first year of operation, the gallery hosted 8 unique exhibitions, featuring 29 different artists. We were honored to host opening receptions, artist conversations, and other community focused events.

KINDRED

Dream-Revision-Endeavor

An exhibition exploring the work of artistic couples,

A two person exhibition featuring paintings, fiber

featuring Polly Little & Mark Lavatelli, Becky Brown &

works and a collaborative wallpaper by Becky

Bill Santen, Peter Sowiski & Barbara Rowe, Millie

Brown and Annette Cords

Chen & Warren Quigley, Felice Koenig & Kevin Kegler virocode (Andrea Mancuso & Peter D'Auria)

BLUE MYTHOLOGIES A

solo

exhibition

of

OTHER GRAVITIES paintings,

installation by Amanda Besl

film,

and

Paintings, drawings and sculpture by Kyle Butler and Gary Sczarbaniewics.

Bruce Adams Estate for Magic Man, a solo exhibition of his work

FUTURE FAIR

For Future Fair 2022, Raft of Sanity partnered with NYC based Garvey|Simon gallery to showcase sculptures by Roberley Bell paired with gouache and oil paintings by Sandy Litchfield. We placed works by both artists with new collectors and received coverage by

the

national

publication

Artillery

Magazine.

Future Fair took place at The Chelsea Industrial Building May 4–7, 2022.

Sandy Lithfield, Garvey|Simon for Future Fair 2022

HAMPTONS FINE ART FAIR

OVERVIEW For the Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2022, Raft of Sanity partnered with Brooklyn and Sag Harbor based, Curated Gallery to share a presentation of paintings and sculpture by Duayne Hatchett and WC Maggio.

WC Maggio's work won a coveted Best in Booth award.

The Fair took place at the South Hampton Fairgrounds from July 14–`7, 2022.

Duayne Hatchett, Curated Gallery for HFAF 2022

PUBLIC ART AT CANALSIDE

Last summer, Resource:Art partnered with The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation and Canalside to place three new temporary public art projects on their site. These works were thoughtfully curated to engage with the unique sites and create special memories for all visitors, locals and tourists alike.

KARI ACHATZ

MONICA ANGLE

Flux is composed of large scale hand cut Tyvek

The River (Niagara) Stereoviews, is very loosely

scrolls, created by multimedia artist Kari Achatz.

inspired by stereoscopic views of the river. These images were drawn from recent wanderings and visits to various viewing spots along the river.

For this site, (The Longshed Building) original artwork will rotate twice per summer.

Following Monica's

painting, a new drawing by artist Muhammad Zaman from the artist's Fragile Warrior series was installed.

MILLIE CHEN + WARREN QUIGLEY Green

Room

was

an

installation

of

unique

fiberglass cast furniture which was sited above the main canal.

Muhhamad Zaman for Canalside 2022

PLAY/GROUND 2022

OVERVIEW PLAY/GROUND is a platform for site-specific installations by contemporary artists.

The juried art festival that runs over the course of a weekend invites artists to propose site specific installations and favors the experimental, immersive, and ambitious.

This year PLAY/GROUND took place at a brand new venue, Buffalo Riverworks, and hosted new work and performances by 26 different artists.

Serweta Peck for PLAY/GROUND 2022

FUTURE FAIR HOLIDAY MARKET We were honored to be selected for the Future Fair Holiday Market alongside a curated coterie of other wonderful galleries, curators, and artists. For our presentation we showed paintings by Kyle Butler and sculpture by Gary Sczerbaniewicz.

Kyle Butler for Future Fair Holiday Market

RESOURCE:ART | THE RAFT | PLAY/GROUND

connect with us in 2023 Thank you for reviewing our successes of this past year. Connect with us in this new year to learn more about our exciting contemporary art scene. We hope you will join us for one of our unique events or exhibitions, and think of us when you have a space that needs to be filled with exceptional contemporary art.

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