FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Daria Brit Shapiro
Your self portraits define you. Hosted by Artists Wanted , a competition celebrating the power of self portraits. Your story, told through images, is the most powerful story ever told. Submit your best work and have a chance to win one year of your life paid for.
March 14, 2010, NYC: Artists Wanted is pleased to announce the launch of the second edition of The Power of Self , a competition focused upon the self-portrait. Following on the heels of their hugely successful Year in Review competition, whose winners mounted a critically-acclaimed installation at The Scope Art Show, Artists Wanted’s Power of Self is searching for the most compelling works of self-portraiture in any and all mediums- from photography, painting, sculpture, new media and everything in between.
The Grand Prize Winner of The Power of Self 2011 will receive one year of their life paid for , a gala reception in New York City, a video documentary on their work produced by Artists Wanted, a lifetime subscription to See.Me , and a gallery-stretched 18" x 24" DNA Portrait provided by DNA11.
The Power of Self will also award $2500 cash to our People Choice Winner- the portfolio with the highest number of public votes. Additionally, entrants to The Power of Self will receive feedback on their portfolio from guest curators and the public, as well as a free See.Me account for 60 days. The earliest entrants will receive a custom, limited-edition sketchbook provided by Artists Wanted and Moleskine, and will be published on Moleskine's Flickr gallery over the course of the competition.
This competition is about your story, your image and the power you hold. This is your chance to share yourself on a grand scale for a grand prize. This is the Power of Self.
Deadline for Entry is April 15, 2011
For more information, please visit: www.artistswanted.org
Artists Wanted was created by two Brooklyn based artists, Jason Goodman and William Etundi Jr. Their first hand experience in the art world was the inspiration for creating this bold new platform for finding burgeoning talent and exposing it to the world. After combining their art world connections, promotional expertise and aesthetic sensibility, Goodman and Etundi launched Artists Wanted with the mission of making the discovery of new artists more welcoming, dynamic and expansive.
See.Me is a new portfolio-hosting service exclusively for artists and creatives. Launching in Spring 2011, See.Me is a dynamic new way to expose your work to a worldwide audience.
The Moleskine® brand was born in 1997, bringing back to life the legendary notebook used by artists and thinkers over the past two centuries: among them Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Bruce Chatwin. A trusted and handy travel companion, the nameless black notebook held invaluable sketches, notes, stories, and ideas that would one day become famous paintings or the pages of beloved books. Today, the name Moleskine encompasses a family of nomadic objects: notebooks, diaries, and journals, dedicated to our mobile identity. Indispensable companions to the creative professions and the imagination of our times: they are intimately tied to the digital world.
DNA 11 is the original creator of DNA Art Portraits, Fingerprint Portraits, and Kiss Portraits, offering the world's most personalized art on canvas.
Daria Brit Shapiro
Head Curator + Director of Outreach
Artists Wanted
mobile: 917.215.9039
