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November Charlie ( I am in distress and require immediate assistance) and To Abandon My Vessel ( Alfa Bravo)  both by Magnolia Laurie are being acquired by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City.  This acquisition will  mark the first collection of Magnolia's work by a Museum.  Congratulations, Magnolia.

Multimedia artist, Christine Sciulli selected for a juried group exhibition "Constructed Place" by the Washington Sculptors Group. The exhibition will be hosted by the Annmarie Garden in Solomons, MD from March 20 - May 8, 2010.

Synthesis, drawing by Kevin Bourgeois to appear in DRAW exhition in Mexico City.  Kevin Bourgeois’s art will appear in the ongoing DRAW touring exhibition at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City from June - July 2010.  DRAW which features such artists as Alex Grey, HR Giger, Clive Barer, Richard Serra, and David Byrne was curated by Erik Foss of Fuse Gallery in New York City in conjunction with Curse Mackey.  The show began touring in 2006.  Mr. Bourgeois who created a new drawing, “Synthesis”  specifically for the DRAW exhibition will first appear at the museum in Mexico and will continue with the tour afterwards.  Kevin’s drawings were most recently seen at Causey Contemporary in Brooklyn where he will have his second solo exhibition in October 2010.   For more information see the press release section below

Artist, Shen Chen to appear in Show at MOCA NY.  Shen Chen who presents his first solo exhibition with Causey Contemporary this May is one of 4 Chinese artist featured in "Here & Now: Chapter III -Towards Transculturalism at the Museum of Chinese Americans in NYC,  The exhibition runs from Feb. 1- March 28, 2010 at the musuem's new home 215 Center St. Hours are Thur. 11 - 9, Fri. 11 - 5, Sat-Sun 10 - 5 and Mon. 11 -5 pm. 

"Hands Off My Bike" by sculptor Gene Michieli featured on the front page of the Loveland, Colorado Reporter-Herald, Tuesday January 2010.

Causey Contemporary artist, HyunJu Park will be one of three Korean artists featured in Ogilvy Arts 1st exhibition at the Ogilvy and Mather new headquarters in the Chocolate Factory  at 636 11th Avenue in New York City.   The exhibition's opening is scheduled for January 28, 2010 from 5 - 7pm.  The public can then view the exhibition from 10 am - 4pm Tuesdays through Fridays until the end of March 2010.

Sculptor, Homer Yost  opens his retropspective Exhibition, "From Hell to Healing, Sculpture (1996-2010)"  at the Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery at Frederick Community College in Maryland on February 6 , 5-7pm.   The exhibition which will run until March 3, 2010 is open to the public  Mon. - Thurs.  9:30 am - 9pm, Fri. 9: 30 am - 5pm and Sat. 9:30 am - 3 pm.

Sonjie Feliciano Solomon has won one of the 2009/10 Urban Artist Initiative/NYC fellowships.   Mrs. Solomon is a mixed media artist who creates free standing sculptures from Organza and thread as well as  two dimensional wall works using monofilament and mirrored acrylic.   Her most recent creations entitled “cloudscapes”  appeared at ARTPRIZE in Grand Rapids Michigan where it placed in the top twenty five.   The Urban Artist Initiative/NYC (UAI/NYC) is a grants program for NYC artists of all disciplines who self-define as artists of color. In the past two grant cycles, the program has given over $200,000 to over 100 talented individual artists living in New York City.

Causey Contemporary is pleased to announce that  artist, Hee Sook Kim has received a Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency.  Ms. Kim will be doing her Residency at the Foundation in Taos, New Mexico from January through March 2010.  Following the residency Ms. Kim will have  a solo exhibition at the Abbei Gallery in Pulheim Germany beginning in April as part of the International Festival of New Music. Following closely behind that exhibition, Ms. Kim will have a solo show at the Dam Gallery in her native country, Korea.  

Painter Marc Brotherton  is awarded studio space in the Westside Arts District of Atlanta, Georgia compliments of  the Atlanta Contemporary Arts center.  Marc who mounted his second solo exhibition with Causey Contemporary in 2009 currently lives in Decatur Georgia and has previously been working out of a home studio.   The move to the Westside Arts District will give Mr. Brotherton more working space and more exposure for his paintings.  

Causey Contemporary artist, Sun K. Kwak is included in Faces & Facts : Korean Contemporary Art in New York;  Celebrating the 30th anniversary.  The show opens December 10, 2009 and runs through February 19, 2010 at the Sylvia Wald and Po Kim art Gallery of the Korea Cultural Service.  For more information  go Here

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