Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Triada Samaras at Kentler International Drawing Space Benefit May 2016

Hello!
I am posting my latest press release below.  Triada


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Artist, Triada Samaras
Brooklyn, New York 5/17/2016


Triada Samaras, is pleased to announce her work on paper “The State of Greece #2”  is part of the 14th Annual 100 Works on Paper Benefit at Kentler International Drawing Space this year.

Above: The State of Greece #2 Digital Photo and Pencil 4” x 6” c. Triada Samaras 2016

The auction for this event will take place on May 21, 2016.
Purchase tickets at:  
https://www.nycharities.org/Events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=8735
All proceeds support Kentler's 2016 Exhibitions & Public Programs,The Kentler Flatfiles, and K.I.D.S. Art Education.


Above:  Kentler International Drawing Space 
Detail from the 14th Annual Works on Paper Benefit

Kentler International Drawing Space

353 Van Brunt Street Brooklyn, NY
http://www.kentlergallery.org


 More About This Work
The State of Greece: Enoikiazetai/Poleitai-For Rent/For Sale was first a digital and socially engaged art project at Vital Space/Nature and Humanity, co-created by the economist and former Greek prime minister, Yanis Varoufakis, and installation artist, Danae Stratou.  It can be found there at  LINK.  Last year the work was featured in a solo exhibition at Nancy Dryfoos Gallery https://www.triadasamaras.com/greece-for-rent-for-sale.html


About the Artist

     Triada Samaras is a Greek-American artist born in New England with family members on both sides of the Atlantic.  Samaras has lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York for many years. An interdisciplinary artist and activist, Samaras has created works in a wide variety of media over the years including painting, sculpture, drawing, street art, public art, photography, texts, poetry, essays and social media.  As a socially engaged artist, her work has grappled with contentious environmental, geographic, economic and social issues in both New York City and in Greece.  
     Triada Samaras’ artwork has been featured in numerous national and international art exhibitions and venues including: Vital Space/Nature and Humanity, Brooklyn Historical Society; Brooklyn Old Stone House; Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn; A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn; AthensArt International Art Festivals: Odessa/Ukraine, Alexandria/Egypt, and Vienna/Austria; Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York; Millbank Chapel, Columbia University, New York; Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University; James Howe Gallery, Kean University; Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn; Governors Island, New York; Long Island Univeristy, Brooklyn; Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
     Samaras’ poems, texts and art activist projects have been highlighted in numerous publications and venues including: Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn; Vital Space/Nature and Humanity; Erato; Inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University; Carroll Gardens Coalition for Respectful Development Blog, Brooklyn; Athens Journal of Social Sciences, Athens, Greece; Palmografos, Greece; Hellenic Voice, Boston; Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont; The Brooklyn Paper; BCAT/Brooklyn Cable Access Television; Brooklyn Cable News12; Crains NY; MetroNY; Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn; Pardon Me for Asking Blog; Gotham Gazette; New York Post; Brooklyn Daily; Brooklyn Eagle; Brooklyn Courier Life; Daily Gotham, Sierra Club NYC Sierran; Brownstoner; Curbed; the Brooklyn Daily; Brooklyn Heights Blog; Time Out NY; Brooklyn the Borough; the Haverhill Gazette, Haverhill, Massachusetts.
     Triada Samaras is Adjunct Professor of Art at Kean University and Adjunct Professor of Art and Art Education at William Paterson University.  She is a also a co-founder of Carroll Gardens/ Gowanus CORD/Coalition for Respectful Development and the CORD blog creator/co-author.  Samaras serves on the  Gowanus Canal CAG/Community Advisory Group which is made up of members of the community and is designed to serve as the focal point for the exchange of information among the local community and EPA, the State regulatory agency, and other pertinent Federal agencies involved in cleanup of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, a federally designated Superfund site.

Contact:  Triada Samaras
Cell: 917-558-6157
 Email: triadasamaras@gmail.com

Website: https://www.triadasamaras.com
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/triadasamaras

Blog: http://triadasamarasartist.blogspot.com
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Friday, May 13, 2016

The Interaction/Experience of Color

This is one of the pieces from my new color theory class at Kean University.

For this project, I asked each student to copy the color as closely possible of a section of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" painting.  This project was a take on the Surrealist game, Exquisite Corpse.


Students could work in any medium they felt most comfortable.  When we put them all together it became quite obvious that each student experiences the same color differently and subsequently renders each color differently.  

We were all quite amazed by both the differences and the connections between the small pieces. Each student's vision of the color was more or less the same and yet it was not.

 Josepf Albers would be smiling. LINK  and LINK
And so am I.

Triada 


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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Will the Highly Contaminated Gowanus Canal Clean-Up be DELAYED several years? Probably!


Will the Highly Contaminated Gowanus Canal Clean-Up be DELAYED Several Years?  
Probably!




Demand a faster clean-up!
Please make your voice heard and send your comments to Walter Mugdan:

mugdan.walter@epa.com
or
Walter Mugdan 
U.S. EPA Superfund Director 
290 Broadway, Floor 19 
New York, N.Y., 10007
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Work on Paper by Triada Samaras from "Greece: Enoikiazetai-Poleitai/For Rent-For Sale" at Kentler International Drawing Space Benefit

Hello.  I am exhibiting a framed, work on paper from my Athens, Greece series at the Kentler International Drawing Space. My work and over 100 other artists are part of a benefit for Kentler, celebrating its 26th year.

100 WORKS ON PAPER BENEFIT
Kentler International Drawing Space
http://www.kentlergallery.org/pages/current.html

MEET and THANK THE ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Friday, April 29, 6-8pm

EXHIBITION ON VIEW:
April 29 - May 15, 2016
 
BENEFIT:
Auction Saturday, May 21, 6pm
Above: Greece Enoikiazetai-Poleitai/For Rent-For Sale, Digital Photo and Pencil, 10" x 12" Triada Samaras 2016

My work portrays the on-going mood of many Greek citizens in Syntagma Square (Democracy Square) in Athens, Greece, where they perceive the loss of their country to powerful, outside vested interests and regulations. This art work was featured in my solo show last year at the Nancy Dryfoos Gallery.




SILENT AUCTION:
Artworks by:
Charles Burns, Dean Haspiel, Richard Mock, Alexander Gorlizki, Dustin Yellin


MEET & THANK THE ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Friday, April 29, 6-8pm

EXHIBITION ON VIEW:
April 29 - May 15, 2016

BENEFIT:
Saturday, MAY 21, 6pm


TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
(tickets are limited)
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Purchase one ticket for $250 ($350/couple)
GO HOME WITH ONE NEW WORK OF ART!
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL until April 30

In thanks for supporting the Benefit, each Ticket Holder will take home
one of the artworks in the 100 WORKS ON PAPER.
Ticket Holders draw a number when they arrive at the event - 6pm.
This number determines when the ticket holder gets to
choose one of the 100 WORKS ON PAPER. 

Triada Samaras  www.triadasamaras.com 

email: triadasamaras@gmail.com   cell: 917 558 6157  Twitter


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Monday, April 25, 2016

Will the Gowanus Canal Clean-Up Be Delayed?

Yes?
No?
Maybe?
PLEASE COME to this very critical EPA Meeting at PS 32 tonight to hear how and why the Gowanus Canal Clean-Up might be on a new and avoidable "slower speed".

WHEN:  Monday, April 25, 2016
TIME:  6:30PM 
WHERE  P.S. 32 located at 317 Hoyt St., Brooklyn, NY
The public is urged to ask questions tonight and to comment directly to the EPA.  (See address below)

"The agreement between the City and EPA on the siting of the tanks allows DEP to inflate the cost, will mean the taking of private land in Gowanus, and most importantly, will expose the community to contaminants longer than absolutely necessary."  PMFA
Comments will be accepted by EPA until May 16:
Additionally, comments can mailed or emailed to: Walter Mugdan, U.S. EPA Superfund Director 290 Broadway, Floor 19, New York, N.Y., 10007 mugdan.walter@epa.gov

Please see:
EPA Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck Just Blinked and May Now Have Allowed New York City to Delay the Gowanus Canal Superfund Clean-Up
http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2016/04/epa-region-2-administrator-enck-just.html

This Coming Monday, EPA To Hold Community Meeting To Explain Proposed Agreement With New York City On Siting Of CSO Tanks That Are Part Of Superfund Clean-Up
http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2016/04/this-coming-monday-epa-to-hold.html
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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Gala Reception for the All Paterson Student Art and STEAM Art Exhibition at the Paterson Museum!

 Above: "Racimo of Reflection" Collaborative STEAM Sculpture, Paper and Rope, with STEAM PIR Triada Samaras and NRC Teachers, 2016


Subject: Student Art Exhibition Flyers
Paterson Museum All-Paterson Art Show

Greetings,

In the (light blue) link below please find a flyer to disseminate to promote the arts and STEAM art projects in Paterson. Please feel free to pass along!
All Paterson Student Art and STEAM Art Exhibition
Opening Reception:  March 7, 2016 at 4-6 PM, 
Paterson Museum,  2 Market St, Paterson, NJ 07501   
Exhibition Dates: March 7-April 1, 2016
It's turning out to be a great show this year--thanks to the many Paterson art teachers who have submitted excellent student work!  In addition, STEAM art created under the Geraldine R. Dodge STEAM grant will be on display.
In the attached and embedded image you will see a picture of the collaborative STEAM art project "Racimo of Reflection" I "directed" recently at New Roberto Clemente School with teachers from many different disciplines together with the art teachers, Ms. Roche and Ms. Aramayo.  Each strip of paper used in this project contains student generated content information from the various classrooms at NRC: math, science, technology, etc.  And it hangs over a mirror where viewers can reflect upon the shape of knowledge.

I hope to see you there!
warmly, Triada Samaras


More info:
The student art exhibition at the Paterson Museum will be up for almost a month and will be open during normal business hours:

Visiting Hours

Tuesday through Friday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Closed Mondays and Holidays

http://www.patersonnj.gov/department/?structureid=16



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Sunday, February 7, 2016

A Poem for the New Hampshire Primary

What is going on in New Hampshire and which politicians will walk away with the most  coveted delegates?  I am watching this process with forced detachment this year to keep my nerves from over-reacting too early in the race.  The issues of our nation and world are so dense, so immense, yet the usual lies dominate the conversations.  During yet another political debate last night, this one in New Hampshire, I watched as a few truths and a lot more lies dominated the stage.  In fact I decided to revisit this poem I wrote in another election cycle...
The Liars

What are the liars thinking
When they are moving their lips?
Do their words get jammed
Stuck on the frozen roofs
Of their blocked jaws
Or does it get easier
To lob them ever?
Naturally after a good match like
Mercury in a tennis ball or a lightning dash
For your messenger to leave its tongue
Your referee to signal
The moment of a cure time
A sigh maybe you just need
To take another good deep breath
A nap before your turn
To serve again.
Let it out
The lies and all the rest
Then try to teach your children
To distinguish
Between the white lines you made
Before the
And, and all the rest
You said
You never said.

c. Triada Samaras 2009/2016
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Sex, Death, and the Planet

ALL INVITED WED. FEBRUARY 10 see details below 

SIERRA CLUB  NYC GROUP SUSTAINABILITY SERIES
Moderated by Bonnie Webber

SEX, DEATH AND THE PLANET
How Population Impacts Climate Change

Speakers:
Elizabeth Burleson, Burleson Institute & Legal Advisor for 
IUCN to the Climate Talks - Population and Water/Environment
Mark Harris, author of Grave Matters: A Journey To A Natural Way of Burial
David Leven, Executive Director of End Of Life Choices New York.  He will speak about pending legislation in Albany regarding end of life decisions.

DATE: Wednesday, February 10
TIME: 6:30 PM Refreshments and Networking, Program 7 PM
PLACE: Seafarers and International House - 123 East 15th Street, corner Irving Pl. Manhattan
Donations Welcome !

Subways: 4/5/N/Q/R/ Union Square Station 

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