Don’t miss this cool auction of work by many of today’s Street Artists on the New York scene, and some other folks you might have heard of! Young New Yorkers works with 16 and 17 year-old kids who have been caught in the criminal justice system, giving them a second chance. This is your opportunity to support this non-profit organization that is doing good work for your neighbors and our neighborhoods and to add art to your collection.
Here are some brand new shots of pieces that will be available. For a full listing and to bid on the auction progress online, click here on Paddle8.
Olek (photo © Jaime Rojo)
We had the opportunity to speak with Rachel Barnard, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Young New Yorkers about the event and their programs. We asked her to explain how the programs work.
“Art exercises in our programs are collapsed with restorative justice exercises and they give our participants a way of exploring the impact of their choices while empowering them to make wiser ones in the future. We work with photography, video, collage and illustration. More importantly, in the second half of the program art allows our participant’s to step into their own leadership and self expression,” she explains.
As the participants explore their creativity, they also examine it through a greater lens. “They explore a social issue that is important to them and develop a public art project around that. This is then presented at the final exhibition – one which the criminal court judges, acting district attorneys, social workers and other members of the criminal justice system, attend. It’s a way for everyone to re-meet our extraordinary participants as more than just their rap sheets. So in this way we use art to meet our main goal; which is to empower our young New Yorkers to transform the criminal justice system through their own creative voices.”
Here are some of the pieces that will be up for auction on April 1st.
Swoon (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Obey . LMNOPI (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mata Ruda (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Icy & Sot (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Miss Van (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hellbent (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Gaia, LNY and Mata Ruda collaboration. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faring Purth (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CB23 . Sonni (photo © Jaime Rojo)
COST (photo © Jaime Rojo)
El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Cosbe (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Case Ma’Claim (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Gilf! (photo © Jaime Rojo)
We look forward to seeing you at Joseph Gross Gallery on April 1 for the Silent Art Auction. Get your advance tickets for only $35 here.
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