Winter 2009
Dear Friend of Non-Objectif Sud, Inc.:
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for your fantastic support over the last year and to give you a brief summary of what has been accomplished thanks to your generosity.
This year was very exciting and showed how year after year Non-Objectif Sud, Inc. is developing. We want to share this with you as NOS had a very successful summer at La Barralière with its exhibition Hand in Hand.
This year NOS partly owed its success to the generous participation of the artists. In point of fact, seven out of nine included in the exhibition attended in person at La Barralière. Together with artist Michael Zahn, this year’s curator, they spent several days working together to produce this thought-provoking exhibition which was very well attended on the opening week-end as well as throughout the whole run of the exhibition. The experience of so many artists working together also led to many lively debates, discussions and sharing of ideas.
Linda Francis and Jackie Saccoccio painted spectacular wall paintings, while John Finneran executed his first large outdoor painting. Jim Lee produced numerous works on site and also collaborated with Jackie Saccoccio on a site-specific large-scale assemblage. Susan Hill's lavender piece (500 kilograms/1,100 pounds of freshly cut lavender) was a showstopper and provided a nice counterpoint to Dennis Bellone's video of Bayonne, New Jersey. While Josephine Halverson and Andreas Reiter Raabe were not able to attend, they were well represented with several of their pieces. As we hoped, there was a lively spirit of participation and collaboration that we hope to build upon for the future. You can view installation shots on our updated NOS website at: www.nonobjectifsud.org. The exhibition was reviewed in La Tribune, a French regional newspaper, included here along with an English translation.
Moreover, we are very pleased to inform you that NOS received a $10,000.00 grant from the New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA). This is a tremendous endorsement of our small organization. Such support was essential to the realization of the exhibition and our activities in New York and, with your help, we plan to apply for other grants that will enable us to continue with our programming and projects and also to expand upon some of our activities.
For the first time, NOS is presenting a fall exhibition this year at La Barralière of British artist Ian Tyson entitled Ian Tyson Recent Sculpture on view from October 4 through November 30, 2009. A selection of Ian’s work can be seen on the website.
As this year draws to a close and we prepare for next year’s projects and catalogues, we would be most grateful if you would consider making a contribution to NOS. You may also visit the web site to view works for sale. Please keep in mind that your contribution is fully tax-deductible (provided no goods or artwork are received in exchange) and we thank you in advance for your continued support. We simply couldn’t do it without you.
For further information, please e-mail us at info@nonobjectifsud.org or call us at +1-718-599.14.17.
Sincerely yours,
Karole Vail and Andrew Huston
NOS Founders and Directors
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