2010
UNITED NATIONS
Indigenous Cultures, Self Determination and Bio Diversity Exhibit
You Are Not Alone
Joyce Beckinstein examines the impact of New York’s art therapy and outreach organisations.
5th Annual
Outsider Art in the Hamptons Exhibition ,
Galerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, New York
The Body Altered Exhibition , March 6 April 18, 2010
Art Sites, 651
West Main St. Riverhead, NY
Now in Riverhead “The Body in Motion” and “The Body Altered”
The Body Altered
2009
4th Annual
Outsider Art in the Hamptons Exhibition , July through September 2009,
Galerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, New York
The Suffolk Times
Healing arts — MadSilence
Galerie BelAge on «Something of Substance»
Original Press Release
2008
Breaking the
Walls of Bias”: Art by Survivors, May 17 through July 1 2008,
82 Main St, Westhampton Beach, NY
Art of Survival
Cathy Moriarty pushes for equal opportunity in the arts
Survivor Art Illuminates, Heals Shattered Souls
Original Press Release
International Society
for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation Conference + Art Exhibit, Chicago Ill., Nov 15-18, 2008
3rd Annual
Outsider Art in the Hamptons: Internal Guidance Systems Exhibition
July 5th through
September 2008,
Galerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, New York
Outsider art at Galerie BelAge
The Melting Pot
“Outsider” Artists Work from the Inside – Out
Original Press Release
2007
Nothing is
Black + White : Art by Outsider, Visionary, Art Singulier,
Marginal and Intuitive Artists, December Feb. 2007/2008
Art Sites, 651
West Main St. Riverhead, NY
NOTHING IS BLACK + WHITE
The New York Times — A Breed Apart
Original Press Release
2nd Annual
Outsider Art in the Hamptons Exhibition
Visionary, Self
-Taught & Folk Artists,
August through September 2007,
Galerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, New York
Tragedy
Transformation ,
July-September 2007
Lana Santorelli
Gallery, Jobs Lane, Southampton, NY
May 2007, The Indigenous Peoples Celebration
and Exhibition ,
Main Lobby at the United Nations, New York City, NY
2006
Breaking the
Walls of Bias”: Art by Survivors, July 2006,
82 Main St, Westhampton Beach, NY
1st Annual
Outsider Art in the Hamptons Exhibition : Visionary, Self -Taught & Folk
Artists, August –
September 2006, Tricia s Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY
May 2006 The Indigenous Peoples Celebration
and Exhibition ,
Main Lobby at the United Nations, New York City, NY
2005
8th
Annual Festival International, D Art Singuiler , December January 2004/ 2005, Aubagne, France
May 2005 The Indigenous Peoples Celebration
and Exhibition ,
Main Lobby at the United Nations, New York City, NY
2004
July
2004, “Transcending Trauma”, at the New York State
Office of Mental Health’s Trauma Divisions Conference, July 12, 2004. NY, NY
May 2004, The Indigenous Peoples Celebration
and Exhibition,
Main Lobby at the United Nations, New York City, NY
October 2004, Breast Cancer Awareness &
Early Detection Exhibit , LI NY, October
2003
May 2003,”In Celebration of
Indigenous Peoples” Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues , Main Lobby
at the United Nations, New York City, NY
The Survivors Art Foundation/United Nations Interactive
Story Pole, 2003
“Outsider
Art Exhibition”,
March 2003, 75 Main Street Southampton, NY
October 2003, Breast Cancer Awareness &
Early Detection Exhibit , LI NY, October
2002
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The
Indigenous Peoples Celebration and Exhibition, Main Lobby at the United
Nations, New York City, NY, May 12 to 24,
2002,
“Breaking
the Walls of Bias: Art from Survivors”, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, NY, April 16 – August 2, 2002
The New York Times — ARTS IN AMERICA; Art Against the Odds: Creativity as Salve for Trauma
Voices, the exhibit for the first permanent forum
for indigenous people, May 13th to May 24, 2002, United Nations, NYC
International
AIDS Conference in Spain ,
May 2002,
2001
November 2001, Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder Forum and Art Exhibition at the NYU Medical Center, NY,NY
Art Against
Racism Exhibition , August
31 – September 7, 2001: Durban, South Africa World Conference against Racism
July – August 2001, Art Against Racism Exhibition , United Nations, Main
Lobby Exhibition Gallery, NYC
June, 2001,
Survivors Art Foundation and the National Mental Health Association Conference
“Justice for All: Addressing America’s Mental Health Disparities”
May 2001,”The
Art of Recovery: Your Freedom to Choose” Conference. 8th Annual Bi-County
Consumer/Survivor Empowerment Conference with an expressive dance therapy
workshop, and symposium, May 18, 2001 at the Marriott Hotel in Melville, LI,
NY.
The Third Annual Art Exhibition
in Honor of Women’s History Month , Southampton, NY March, 2001.
June 2001, National
Mental Health Association Annual Conference (featuring Survivors Art
Foundation artworks)The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) Capitol Hill
Reception took place on June 7, 2001 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill Washington, DC. Candyce Brokaw, Executive
Director of SAF delivered a keynote address to NMHA’s conference attendees
joined Members of Congress, Administration, mental health advocates, foundation
leaders and other dignitaries for this annual tribute.
April 2001, Survivors
Art Foundation and the New York State Office of Mental Health
Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Trauma Unit Mastering the Key
Connector: Clinical Training on Trauma Services in the Public Mental Heath
System
Survivors Art Foundation provided
an art exhibition for the New York State Office for Mental Health Trauma
Divisions 6th Annual Conference at the Marriott Marquee in New York City,
during the first week of April, 2001. The exhibition featured the Kosovo refugee silk paintings and mobile, as well
as photography and poetry by SAF participants. The artwork was well received by
over 1,000 mental health providers, doctors, clinicians and trauma survivors
that attended the 3-day conference. Guest speakers included Dusty Miller,
author of “Women Who Hurt Themselves.”
2000
Saks Fifth Avenue Breast Cancer Survivors’ Exhibit , Huntington, NY, September 2000
July 2000, Celebration
of Grants Recipients and Art Exhibition
Survivors Art
Foundation in collaboration with the Huntington Arts Council Suffolk
Decentralization Consortium held a celebration in recognition of the 2000
Suffolk Grants for the Arts and the ChaseSMARTS Grant Recipients. Additionally,
Senator James J. Lack was honored on Thursday, July 6, 2000, at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, New York. Survivors Arts Foundation Art works were featured
at this event.
Survivors
Art Foundation in collaboration with UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund
for Women) is sponsoring The Women s Exhbiton in the Visitor’s Lobby
of the United Nations, June 5-27, 2000, 1st Avenue and East 45th Street, New York City.
“Women
and Children of the New Millennium” In Honor of Women’s History Month, Southampton Cultural Center,
March 2000.
Flag
Day Exhibit,
June 2002, Operation Healing Art, U.S.A.
1999
The
Children’s “Visions of the New Millennium” Exhibition was featured in the lobby of
the United Nations, December 17, 1999 through February 28, 2000
Extraordinary
Art: Beyond the Museum II”, US Artists Exhibit, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA., October 1999
Saks Fifth Avenue Breast Cancer Survivors’ Exhibit , Saks Fifth Avenue in Huntington NY, September 22-28,1999.
Head for Health” Seminar and Art Exhibition, Hofstra Museum,Hofstra University, in collaboration with Survivors Art Foundation and the Acoustic
Neuroma Foundation, August 1999
The 1999 VOICES in Action , 17th Annual
International Conference on Child Sexual Abuse and Art Exhibit”, May 20-23 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
“Birth”, March, Cultural Center, Southampton, NY, March 1999
1998
Westhampton Beach Outdoor Art Show, August 1998
Film:
Transcending
Trauma, a Post Traumatic Stress Story
Survivors Art
Foundation , Leslye Abbey
[In production]
Books and Catalogs:
Nothing is
Black + White : Art by Outsider, Visionary, Art Singulier,
Marginal and Intuitive Artists,
2007 Glynis Berry
Beyond
Surviving: Saftey Program, Toward a Movement to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse 2000 published by the MS Foundation
Transcending
Trauma, a Post Traumatic Stress Story
Awards:
2001 “Grants
for the Arts” Award and Funding from the New York State Council on the
Arts
2000 “Grants for the
Arts” Award and Funding from the New York State Council on the Arts
2000
Chase Manhattan SMARTS Grant Recipient Award
2000 Survivors Art Foundation’s Internet Art Gallery became part of the Permanent Research Collection on Information
Technology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Monday,
April 3rd when the 2000 Information Technology Innovation Collection was
formally presented to the Institution. SAF was presented with a commendation
and medal at the awards ceremony
1999 “Grants
for the Arts” Award and Funding from the New York State Council on the
Arts
Out Reach Projects:
July 2004, SAF’s
Children with Diabetes “Possibilities” Art Mural. Survivors Art Foundation
sponsored “Camp Possibilities and the creation of an Art Mural in July
2004. The mission of Camp Possibilities is to create a safe and loving camp for
children with diabetes, to address the emotional and physical pain caused by
diabetes, and to give them the confidence to reach their full potential.
2001,“Wings of Love” was a collaborative effort of Survivors
Art Foundation, Delaware Center for Justice, and Baylor Correctional Center and
Coordinator of SAF, Marietta Dantonio-Fryer. The powerful, 8-foot mural titled
“Wings of Love” was created by women at Baylor Correctional Center. These women are all living with AIDS. It is an inspirational painting about their
trials, their pain of their past, and their hope for the future
November
2000,”Guardian Mural” was a
collaborative effort of Survivors Art Foundation, Marietta
Dantonio-Fryer, SAF Outreach Coordinator, conducted at the Elwyn facility, PA.
This Outreach project was with a group of adolescents who were mentally
challenged and some who were also physical and sexual abuse survivors.
November 2000, “Stand By Me and Be Free
Mural Exhibition” an Art Outreach Project conducted with male inmates from Delaware Correctional Center with AIDS.
November
2000″Totem Rhythms”
is an on going Outreach
Project with Native Americans from various Native Nations across the United States. A Totem pole is constructed with each Nation on their reservation with
at-risk youth and adult survivors. The first Nation that participated was the
Thunder Mountain Clan of PA, November 2000. The totems are then exhibited
annually at The Indigenous Peoples Celebration in the lobby of the United Nations,
NYC, NY
September 2000,
HAT – Healing, Art & Technology: SAF Outreach Program in which SAF conducts both art
and technology training workshops with populations such as at-risk youth, and
domestic violence shelters, etc. The program was recently conducted at Ft. Riley, Kansas, training 92 US Army International Art Directors, Sept 21-25, 2000..
August 1999,
Hands and Hearts” at Lilith Fairs:
- Hartford, CT, August 4, 1999
- Jones
Beach, NY, August 6, 1999 - Denver, CO, August 28-29, 1999
Survivors Art
Foundation was selected by the Lilith Fair to provide the concert goers at
various sites around the country with an Inter-Active Arts Program. 1999 is the
last year that the all-female performer concert, the Lilith Fair, will be
touring the US. SAF volunteers worked with all age groups attending the concert
on an art projects that will be displayed on the Lilith Fair and SAF web sites.
June 1999, SAF
and Kosovo Refugees Art Outreach Program with the Kosovo refugees, at Fort Dix, NJ, June 1999. The project was
collaboration with Survivors Art Foundation, the United States Army Arts and
Crafts Department, the Department of Human Services and The American Red Cross.