Benefit & Silent Auction: December 6, 2011

The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is pleased to announce Sunset Rising, our first annual Benefit Event. We hope you will join us for a celebratory evening of music, drinks and a silent art auction. The event, to be held on December 6, 2011 at the NARS Foundation, is a wonderful opportunity to make strides in strengthening our vital cultural community on both a local and international level. Proceeds from ticket and artwork sales will benefit our various programming and community outreach efforts.

Patron Preview and Buffet Supper / 5:30 - 7 PM
Cocktails and Silent Auction / 7 - 9 PM

Patron
$ 175 Admits two plus one art work of your choice

Donor
$ 35 Admits one
$ 60 Admits two
$ 40 Admits one at the door

RSVP by November 30, 2011

Since its founding in 2006, the NARS Foundation has continued to develop and expand its programming while providing support services and professional development for emerging and mid-career artists. These include affordable long-term studio spaces, progressive exhibition programs and short-term integrated international residency programs. We are delighted to announce that we are inviting our first group of international artists into our residency program next year. Additionally, over the course of the next two years, we look forward to expanding our residency community by implementing an international curatorial residency program that will foster collaboration and dialogue among the curator and our 120 NARS studio and residency artists. We are also very excited to be developing and launching an educational outreach program in 2012, which will open our organization to the underserved youth and families of south Brooklyn. Through afterschool programs and hands-on family workshops, we hope to create a cultural venue that increases familiarity and fosters accessibility to contemporary art.

Our Art Auction will be technologically hands-on! QR Code mobile technology will offer our guests an exciting interactive auction experience. Each artwork will be assigned a unique QR Code. Before making a bid, smartphone users can scan the square to get details about the piece up for auction, read up on the artist’s background and gain some insight into the artists’ perspectives.

NARS Foundation
88 35th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11232

For further information please contact us at NARS Foundation, info@narsfoundation.org or 718-768-2765