A LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dear Friends,
This past year, City Without Walls created thirteen original exhibitions, involving over one-hundred-thirty artists and two dozen events at locations throughout the metro region. Here's just a sample of recent activities:
- Working with a half-dozen high school students, Newark New Media artist Heidi Boisvert created animations for a ground-breaking non-violent video game about human rights;
- The New York Times called us "one of the most socially engaged and dynamic art spaces in the state," and The Jersey Journal called our efforts "visionary";
- In her essay for Close to the Edge, which travels to Danny Simmons' Corridor Gallery later in 2008, art historian Jennifer Borum asked a public panel: "are all events promoting the work of black self-taught artists examples of exploitation?" (the discussion was intense!);
- The Star Ledger called our high-school mentoring program a "hallowed Newark tradition," and said our technology initiatives should should be “music to an artist’s ear";
- 1800FRAMES|Take4, our short-form video program, was featured at the DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival in September;
- The Partnership in Philanthropy awarded us its first-ever Prize for Publicity Excellence for our work promoting artists and important art programs;
- Our 25th anniversary Metro Show headlined our first gala event and has been travelling throughout the state of New Jersey in the months since.
We couldn't do any of this without your support. If you've ever thought of becoming a member, if your membership is about to lapse, or even if you'd consider renewing early, now is the time to help us survive through these tough economic conditions. Please click here to contribute, so that we can keep on presenting the best emerging art and artists!
Your generous donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Your member donations are absolutely critical to ensure continuaton of our robust programming during 2009. Please join us today at www.cWOW.org/join/.
Thank you so much for your support!
Warmest regards,
Ben Goldman
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