Chakaia Booker (W2W Artist Honoree), Repugnant Rapunzal (Let Down Your Hair), 1995, rubber tire and wood, 33 x 25 x 22 inches.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010: WALL TO WALL
Join our 35th Anniversary celebration Wall to Wall on Saturday, September 25, 2010, from 6-10 p.m. at 77 Market Street, Newark, NJ. Tickets are $200, which guarantee you will take home an original work of art along with enjoying a fun night with artists, collectors, live music, fine food and refreshments from Newark’s best restaurants. Buy $200 tickets, which include the art raffle, here. Consider sponsoring the event here. Or buy a guest ticket (not including artwork) for just $50 here. You can preview the art online here or at the event venue from Thursday, September 23 to Friday, September 24, 12-6 p.m. The event coincides with Newark Open Doors 2010, and all proceeds benefit cWOW's youth education programs, including ArtReach, City Murals, Newark New Media, and more...!Honorees: For their outstanding loyalty and commitment to cWOW and their generous contributions to the arts community, we are honoring artist Chakaia Booker, business leaders Crawford Street Partners, the Honorable Councilman Donald M. Payne Jr., and community leader Mary Puryear.
Gold Sponsor: Prudential, Inc.; Silver Sponsors: Judith Brodsky, Benjamin Dineen and Dennis Hull, United Way of Essex and West Hudson; Reception Underwriter: The Belfanti Family; Bronze Sponsors: Mary Goldman, The Honorable Donald M. Payne, Sr.Contributors: 27 Mix, Art Kitchen, City of Newark, DJ Undres, Gallery Aferro, Green Street Café, Guerilla Galleries, Hell’s Kitchen, Hopkins Sampson & Brown, Jerry’s Artist Outlet, La Casa de Don Pedro, Lowenstein Sandler, Newark Arts Council, RBH Group, Tritonic.
Featured Artists: Nissreen Almazouni, Dan Alvarado, Suzanne Anan, Sadee Brathwaite, Melissa Cacioppo, William Carroll, Jenny Zoe Casey, Russell Christian, Kyle Coniglio, Richard Cusumano, Evonne Davis, Anne Drillick, Lauren Ennist, Tamara Fleming, Pamela Flynn, Leslie Ford, Thomas Francisco, Iliana Emilia Garcia, Maya Gatewood, Ben Goldman, Allan Gorman, Bonnie Gloris, Matt Gosser, Barry Hazard, Seth Ruggles Hiler, Denise Karabinus, Anki King, Dave LaMorte, Beatrice Lebreton, Rachel Leibman, Wendy Lewis, Clarence Mather, Kevin McCaffrey, Jessica McCurdy, Elizabeth Mead, Uli Minoggio, Michael Murphy, Susan Napack, Stephanie Natiello, Marshall Okin, John Patterson, Dorothy Robinson, Steve Rossi, Fausto Sevila, Ela Shah, Lauren Smith, Claudia Sohrens, Stanley Sudol, Heidi Sussman, Chris Twomey, Tony Villanueva, Christine Wagner, Aja Washington, Marion White, Thomas Parker Williams, Gene Wisniewski, Tony Zaza, and more.
Benefit Committee: (Co-Chairpersons) Leslie Peters, Dennis Hull and Vivian McDuffie; (Members) Judy Brodsky, Anthony Clark, Milagros B. Collazo, Benjamin J. Dineen, Margaret Hayes, Rebecca Jampol, Wendy Lewis, Meme Omogbai, Vicky Snoy, and Jill Wickenheisser.