Winter Fundraiser 2015
Winter Fundraiser 2015 | Advance Tickets | Special Guests | Silent Auction | Works for Sale
Friday December 11th, 6pm
At the home of Open Source director Monika Wuhrer: 257 17th Street, Brooklyn
Join us to celebrate another great year and an exciting programming schedule to come–2016 promises to be our most amazing year yet!
Having seen the impact of last year’s fundraiser, this year we want to raise the stakes with a goal of $20,000 to support our ambitious 2016 schedule! This year’s event will include food, drinks, and a silent auction of work by artists from across NYC. Special guests will include: Kari Conte (Director of Programs & Exhibitions, ISCP) and Barbara Wing (Curator & Manager of Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Public Library)
Next year, we have planned an exhibition schedule that will include 11 artist collectives and artist groups from across the globe, including Boa Mistura (Spain), iCollective (International), guerilla-art.mx (Germany, Mexico), Rawiya (Middle East), Dimensions Variable (Miami, FL), and SiTE:LAB (Grand Rapids, MI). We will also continue to host excellent lectures, events, workshops, and will kick off the 3rd season of How to Build a Fire!
In 2016 we also plan to expand our children’s program, KOKO Open Source, into even more schools throughout NYC. Through contributions from our donors, our hope is that this year we will be able to implement one of our most important long term goals: to reach more children in under-funded schools and communities through NYC.
Last years’ silent auction included work from over 50 artists. Speakers included Ben Sutton (Hyperallergic) and Kathryn Wallem (Beam Center). And the money raised during our 2015 fundraiser helped to make this past year incredible! We hosted 11 amazing exhibitions of both local and international artists, including Savas Boyraz, Cristian Bors & Marius Ritiu, Jasmine Murrell, and Yun-Woo Choi. We celebrated the second season of How to Build a Fire and presented incredible speakers at our lectures and panel discussions, such as NASA scientist Dr. Michael Allison, artist Shellyne Rodriguez, and ethnomusicologist Ozan Aksoy. We also made great strides with our educational program, KOKO Open Source, setting-up shop in the Beam Center and expanding our after-school program to 5 new schools!
2016 artist committee: Miho Suzuki, Stefan Hagen, Amanda Alic, Ethan Crenson, Michele Jaslow, Nick Kline, Alicia Ehni, Steven Mallon
Thank you to our sponsors:
