Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions

Join us on Sunday, February 5th at 1 PM for a private look at Bard Graduate Center’s Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions, the first large-scale exhibition to focus solely on the French graphic artist, architect, and interior designer known for his eclectic taste and significant contributions to the Empire style in post-revolutionary France. In her tour, “Percier in Progress,” graduate student educator Persephone Allen will lead YPA members in an inquiry-based exploration of 3-4 exhibition objects, shedding light on Percier’s artistic training, development, and professional praxis in a period of political uncertainty.

Persephone Allen is a second-year Master’s student and Public Programs Fellow at Bard Graduate Center. Her academic work at BGC explores the material culture of Modernism and the legacy of the Bauhaus. She has five years experience working in education and holds a BA/MA in History from the University of Edinburgh.

Date: Sunday, February 5th, 2017 at 1 PM

Location: Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 W 86th Street, New York, 10024

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Photograph by Bruce M. White

Panel Discussion: ART & WORTH: ESTABLISHING PAY EQUITY IN THE ARTS

Join us this month for a panel discussion at NYU, including leaders in the arts industry to discuss the following questions:

• Are art professionals compensated fairly and equally?
• How do you create a sustainable career as an arts professional?
• As a non-profit or cultural institution, how can you ensure your staff is compensated fairly and decently, without jeopardizing the health of your organization?
• What steps can be taken in the industry as a whole to establish pay equity?
• How do we leverage the best talent and retain them in the art world?

A discussion on supporting art careers and organizations with: 

Dusica Kirjakovic, Executive Director, Lower East Side Print Shop

Nicole Reiner, Director of Development, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

Amy Whitaker, Author of Art Thinking and Assistant Prof. of Visual Arts Management, NYU

Date: Monday, November 14, 2016, 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: NYU Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions, Einstein Auditorium, 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003
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Hosted by Young Professionals in the Arts - NYC and Emerging Leaders of NY Arts (ELNYA) in partnership with New York Foundation for the Arts's Emerging Leaders Boot Camp.

Bushwick Open Studios

Meet us in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 1st to explore Bushwick Open Studioslike you never have before. We will meet at 56 Bogart where YPA-ers will receive their mission, a scavenger hunt race traveling through Bushwick’s vibrant art scene of industrial warehouses filled with studios, galleries, and plenty of street art along the way. Afterwards, we’ll meet back up at Heavy Woods Bar to recap with refreshing beer on tap. 
 

Date: Saturday, October 1, 2016, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: 56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY 11237

RSVP required: Click here to fill out form OR email ypa@ypanyc.com

Life Imitates Art: Working in the (Online) Art World

YPA had a Talk and Happy Hour at Artsy’s swanky downtown offices. We had the opportunity to hear from Catherine Henry, a Gallery Relations Lead at Artsy and Associate Director of OnSite.

Speaker: Catherine Henry is a Gallery Relations Lead at Artsy and Associate Director of OnSite, Artsy’s global series of events featuring the world’s most critically-acclaimed contemporary artists and current exhibitions, held in collaboration with Artsy’s network of partner galleries, museums and other non-profit institutions. When she’s not at Artsy, Catherine serves as a Creative Time Ambassador. Prior to joining Artsy in 2014, Catherine worked for Gagosian Gallery.

Date: Friday, September 9, 2016, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location: 401 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10013

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Round out your art-dominated Frieze weekend plans with YPA at a special viewing of the MTArt exhibition by Union Square.

HYPERION, features a selection of works from artists Scarlett Bowman, Anna Fafaliou, Walter & Zoniel, Lina Iris Viktor and Tristan Pigott, each artist project can be viewed in isolation but also understood as part of a collaborative and interactive endeavour to contemplate and question notions of self, memory, time and materiality.

MTArt is a pioneering talent agency promoting influential artists across the globe. CEO, Marine Tanguy will introduce MTArt’s mentality and tagline: “Don’t invest in art, invest in artists” before YPA Members experience this innovative exhibition and meet the artists.

Date: Monday, May 09, 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Meeting Location: 119 E 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
You can also view event details on our Facebook page.

Tour of SoHo with art based start-up Float Traveler and the Founder himself, Sascha Mombartz

From industrial wasteland to artist colony

Experience SoHo in a way you’ve never seen it before. Dive into the Cast Iron District and learn how it transformed from farmland to a dark and dangerous industrial wasteland that later became a progressive and productive breeding ground for artists.

Discover remarkable art installations by Walter DeMaria and inspired live-work spaces by Donald Judd. Explore a monumental wall sculpture and its connection to the museum on the moon. Contemplate the idea of permanent public art and learn how NYU got its hands on a Picasso – but is it really a Picasso?

Join the tour to discover how artists and innovators made New York the vibrant cultural hub it is today!

Stories & People include:
The New York Earth Room, Donald Judd, Gordon Matta-Clark, I.M. Pei, Picasso, Ken Rock, Tony Goldman, Forrest Myers, Bayard Condict Building, The Oldest New York Manhole, and more.

Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Meeting Location: Ground Support Cafe, 399 West Broadway, New York, NY 10012

You can also view event details on our Facebook event page.

Tour of PULSE New York Art Fair

YPA has the pleasure of receiving complimentary entry for our members along with an exclusive introduction to the fair directly from Pulse’s Communications Manager Alexandra Slattery. We will then take a tour of the art fair and meet four exhibiting galleries: 

• Honey Ramka (Brooklyn)
• Gallery Urbane (Dallas + Marfa)
• Sim Smith (London)
• The Cynthia Corbett Gallery (London)

The gallerists will share personal highlights, tips and experiences of exhibiting at international art fairs.  

Date: Friday, March 4, 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Location: The Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th Street, New York City

You can also view event details on our Facebook event page.

Chelsea-based The FLAG Art Foundation is welcoming us for a tour of their two current shows “Surface Tension” and photo exhibition “New Flower | Images of the Reclining Venus”. Come along for an art-filled Saturday in Chelsea. 

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2015

Location: The FLAG Art Foundation, 545 West 25th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001

RSVP: ypanyc@gmail.com

The wonderful Department of Signs & Symbols is hosting YPA’s October event. Founders Mitra Khorasheh and Helene Remmel will be introducing the current exhibition “Shaqayeq Arabi. Study of an upturned ziggurat” that was featured in Wall Street International.

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015

Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Location: Department of Signs & Symbols, 54 Hudson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201

RSVP: ypanyc@gmail.com

Note: Due to the nature of the installation, attendance is limited. Make sure to RSVP only if you will be attending.