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Dear Friends & Family, These last 12 months have been an unbelievable whirlwind of creativity. The year saw me stretch into new areas of creative expression, finding resonance and meaning in territory I’ve hitherto never explored!
Aside from creating installations, drawings, and paintings for museum and gallery exhibitions, I pushed myself to explore performance, video, music, spoken word, photography, sound and dance – combining many of these disciplines with the intent to create richer, more experiential expressions of my ideas. Today I want to share with you the fruits of this bountiful harvest and to enroll you in supporting the mission to carry on the momentum of all this creative work. Since I suspect your inbox is as crowded as mine, I will keep this email short and, instead of sharing all of the exciting projects here, I invite you to hop over to my blog where you can read a relatively brief rundown of all the great things that have been happening over the last 12 months. I am super excited about all the innovative ventures of this past year, but one of my favorites was that of engaging friends, family, collectors, museum members, and art fans in actively supporting my creative process. First we did it through a Kickstarter campaign, then a sponsorship opportunity and now, we’re doing it again with a brand new independent initiative.
I WANT TO ENROLL YOUR HELP! In order to keep the creative momentum going, I am launching a crowd-funding campaign (with exciting rewards for backers!) that will support the intensive investment of time, energy, initiative, and expense in creating a new performance piece I am developing to premier on July 8th as part of a benefit event for theBrattleboro Museum and Art Center and the amazing environmental organization350.org. In just a few short weeks I will be presenting for the first time a multi-disciplinary performance piece comprised of solo improv cello, spoken word, movement, and a live demonstration of how I created Terra Temporalis, the 16 x 20 foot wall drawing I created three months ago at the Brattleboro Museum. Intended as a project that helps wake people up to the fragility and vulnerability of our environment, Terra Temporalis will be completed when I destroy the drawing by obliterating it with a roller and fresh paint. The performance will be videotaped and, once edited, made available on YouTube. It took two weeks to create the drawing – rubbing powdered graphite onto the wall with my bare fingertips. The final performance and ultimate destruction of the work will take about 40 minutes. There will be a short intermission, then award-winning environmental comic actor-playwright, Kathryn Blume will present a short play called, Coming to Town. All this on July 8th!
OKAY, SO ARE YOU READY? My goal is to raise $5,000 to cover development, production, marketing and documentation of the project. Any funds raised over and above the goal will be donated directly to the beneficiary organizations – that’s in addition to 100% of the admission fees collected. As I said earlier, it has been a prolific year and I am very excited to share the fruits of this bountiful harvest with you! FEAST YOUR EYES on the abundance of juicy creative REWARDS FOR BACKERS - all rare works of art that I am offering in exchange for your support! By contributing to this funding campaign you will not only be providing the crucial capital it takes to allow an artist to create beautiful art and meaningful experiences, you will also be rewarded with some of the very fruits generated by such creativity. So I invite you to SELECT YOUR REWARD and keep the creative momentum going! Thank you in advance for your generous support. Much love & joy to you, xoxo Gabrielle _____________________________________
* * * REWARDS FOR BACKERS * * * Choose the level YOU want and help make history today!
Your name listed on the Terra Temporalis IV webpage
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Name listed on the Terra Temporalis IV webpage INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Select your reward by clicking on the $$ amount you wish to contribute. 2. In the PayPal box, enter the amount you’re contributing + shipping cost if necessary 3. On the final check out page, enter your shipping address if you’d like your reward shipped. SPECIAL NOTES: >> Rewards will ship in August. Please be sure to include your shipping address and additional shipping fee if applicable. >> Contributions will be directed through the Berkshire Art Kitchen’s secure PayPal portal. >> You do not need to have a PayPal account to use the service – just a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express credit card. >> Please enter TERRA TEMPORALIS FUND in the Special Comments box located on the final Check Out Page. If you have any trouble with your order please call: 413-717-0031 About the Artist Gabrielle Senza is an internationally recognized multi-disciplinary artist whose work is included in the collections of institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA New York, Lifetime Entertainment, JP Morgan Chase and Fidelity Investments, among numerous others, and exhibited in solo and traveling group shows throughout the U.S. and abroad. “The terrain I explore through my work – be it installation, video, painting, photography, sculpture or drawing – is guided by intuition, deep listening and the connection to the emotional charge of a place – internal or external. The process aids in guiding my personal journey towards the light.” |
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______________________ G A B R I E L L E S E N Z A Artist | Activist | Musician ELEVEN 11 School Street Great Barrington, MA 01230 ecoartgirl@gmail.com 413.717.0031 http://www.redcollaborative.org |
