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NATIONAL ART TOUR "SELF PORTRAITS"
INSTALLATION 5 FLIES INTO PHILLY
City of Brotherly Love gets Scion's national art tour "Self Portraits" in July
Scion's Installation 5 Art Tour, "Self Portraits," arrives in Philadelphia, Pa., this July for leg seven of its nine-city run. "Self Portraits" highlights a diverse array of established and emerging creative talent from around the world, and all proceeds from the tour benefit non-profit Creative Capital as part of Scion's continuous support of artistic expression.
For Installation 5 each artist was asked to create his or her literal or non-literal interpretation of the theme "Self-Portraits." Video art is included for the first time in the tour's five-year history, alongside painting and photography.
Artists on the tour include AJ Fosik (3-D painting), Alex Hornest (painting), Andrew Schoultz (painting), Angela Boatwright (photography), Asylm (painting), Blek le Rat (painting), Christina M. Felice (photography), Codak (painting), David Choe (video art), David O'Brien (painting), Edwin Ushiro (painting), El Yem (video art), Eriberto Oriol (photography), Eye One (photography), Francesco LoCastro (painting), French (painting), Ian Lynam (video art), J. Shea (painting), Jamel Shabazz (photography), Jeff Soto (painting), Kelsey Brookes (painting), Kofie (painting), Lisa Alisa (painting), Logan Hicks (photography), Mark Mothersbaugh (rug), Nicholas Harper (painting), Patrick Martinez (painting), Peter Beste (photography), Peter Glover (video art), RETNA (photography), Rick Rodney (photography), Rob Abeyta Jr. (painting), Ron English (painting), Saber (photography), Sage Vaughn (painting), Skypage (painting), Something In The Universe (video art) Souther Salazar (painting), Stormie Mills (painting), Tessar Lo (painting), Todd Tourso (painting), Too Tall Jahmal (photography), Usugrow (painting), Will Barras (painting), and Yoskay Yamamoto (painting).
Installation 5: "Self Portraits" pulls into Philly with an opening reception on Friday, July 3, from 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. at T & P Fine Art. Artists AJ Fosik, Asylm, Patrick Martinez, Something In The Universe will be in attendance, along with Beautiful Decay's Amir Fallah. DJ Apt One will be spinning.
Installation 5: "Self Portraits" visits nine cities in total, with a layover in Portland, Ore., scheduled after Philadelphia. The final stop will be at Scion's Installation L.A. gallery space, where all artwork will be auctioned off to the public and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to Creative Capital.
Creative Capital's mission is to create an artistic home and supportive community to nurture some of the country's most extraordinary artists and to help them realize their most ambitious dreams.
Creative Capital, the premiere national artist support organization, has advanced the careers of 411 grantees through financial support and advisory services, and has reached over 2,200 additional artists through its Professional Development Program in workshops across the country. For more info: www.creative-capital.org
Last year's Installation 4 tour raised over $50,000 on behalf of Art From Scrap, an organization encouraging creative expression in the arts and promoting a greater understanding of environmental issues. Over the last four years Scion's Installation tour has raised more than $190,000 for art-related non-profit organizations.
Launched in 2003, Scion Installation is a revolutionary art tour affirming the brand's ongoing commitment to support independent artistic expression and featuring work from an unprecedented collective of contemporary artists, designers and photographers. For more information on the tour, the artists, the artwork, and details from past tours, visit: www.scion.com/installation.
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