Fountain is an exhibition of avant garde artwork in New York during Armory week and Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach. Fountain lives outside the traditional art fair model and provides galleries and art dealers the opportunity to showcase fresh works in spacious venues.
The Alternative Art Exhibition
Fountain is a guerrilla-style art event, dubbed by many as the “Anti Art Fair� for its brash, off-the-wall offerings of nontraditional art exhibitions in the art fair environment.
Fountain was founded in 2006 as an attempt to leverage support for smaller independent galleries to gain access to larger collectors and critics. Since its inception Fountain has held 3 exhibitions in New York, One in Chicago and is now preparing for its Fourth exhibition in Miami. This year, Fountain takes place December 3 - 6 , during the weekend of Art Basel Miami Beach & other major art fairs, at Studio 25 adjacent to Aqua and a few short blocks to Scope, Pulse, Art Asia, Photo Miami, The Rubel Collection, Zones, Bridge and Red Dot Wynwood.
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This exceptional 16,000 square foot space with both indoor and outdoor venues is easily accessible through a grand street-level entrance on North Miami Ave and 25th St. The interior configuration and 20 foot tall ceilings allow for installations to be more expansive and challenging than is usually possible in the typical art fair’s cubicle-sized booth.
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10, 000 visitors within an age range of 21-55yrs came to our last Fountain event 55% of visitors came for the first time, 75% attended with a friend Average visit of 1.5 - 2hrs Sales from last year’s Fountain event were in excess of $150, 000 USD Smallest booths at Fountain are +/- 380 sf Average booth costs are $3,500 Fountain is adjacent to Scope, Pulse, Aqua, Art Miami & Photo Miami providing great exposure to art viewing public Fountain can provide shipping to and from the event for a limited time for participating galleries. Space on our container is still available.
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During set-up at Fountain
During Fountain
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Fountain MIAMI 2009 2505 North Miami Ave Miami FL 33137 Telephone: 917.650.3760 Email: info@fountainexhibit.com Website:
http://fountainexhibit.com
Dates: December 3-6, 2009; 11am-7pm VIP/Press Preview: Thursday Dec 3, from 11am until 7pm Reception for the artists: Friday, December 4; 7pm-midnight Wynwood Arts Tour: Saturday, December 5; 7pm-10pm Cost: Donation of $5 at the door for all weekend access
If you would like to be considered for Fountain Miami 2009 or Fountain New York 2010 please read terms and conditions and download the application at:
http://fountainexhibit.com/blog/?page_id=9
Participating Galleries will be announced shortly. Deadlines are coming up and space is very limited so please apply soon!
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care of...
Fountain
Leo Kesting Gallery
812 Washington Street New York, NY 10014 info@leokesting.com - http://leokesting .com 917-650-3760 917-292-8865