NIAD Win Win 4 - NIAD Art Center

For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Timothy Buckwalter at (510) 620-0290 x.102
Win Win 4
NIAD Art Centerʼs Annual Benefit Exhibition
On View
April 1-12 At NIAD Art Center
551 23rd Street in Richmond, California
Gala Event and Exhibition
April 16 at Clif Bar & Company
1451 66th Street in Emeryville California
For Win Win 4, NIAD has commissioned artists -- more than 80 national and local artists,
including the artists at NIADʼs studio art program -- to produce work (paintings, photographs,
sculptures, fibers and drawings) in a standard 6 x 6” format. On April 16 from 4-6pm at Clif Bar
& Company, 1451 66th Street in Emeryville, everyone with an admission ticket takes home a
randomly chosen piece of art.
Along with a lot of art, WW4 also features soul and jazz tunes spun by Bill Zindel, light
refreshments including Speakeasy craft beers, a photo booth where the proud new owner and
their work of art can be captured together, and a special film screening of a new movie about
the Art Centerʼs artists.
Admission is $30 per person for a randomly chosen piece of art, $60 per person for one piece of
art pre-chosen by you in advance. For tickets and more information, please telephone 510-6020290 or niadart.org/win4.
NIAD Art Center Art has crafted a supportive and successful studio program for artists with
disabilities, enabling them to use the conversations of the contemporary art world to create
works that reveal the narratives of their lives. Weʼve been able to do it for more than three
decades. And weʼve been able to do it because of the support we garner from the community.
Weʼve said it before and weʼll say it again… You truly really cannot lose at a NIAD Art Center
fundraiser.
New Feature… Big Pieces
In addition to the traditional 6 x 6” pieces, weʼve added a new size category. Weʼre offering a
dozen works that are 24 x 24”. Of course, tickets for these pieces will cost more (but, you know
itʼll be worth it)… $300 for one piece chosen by you in advance or $250 for a randomly chosen
for you piece. WW4 Sneak! This year, you can catch (and buy) the benefit exhibition early at WW4 Sneak! On view from
April 1-12, in NIAD Art Centerʼs Main Gallery, will be all of the donated works. Come to the
opening on Saturday, April 2 (from 12:30-4:00pm) and get the piece of your dreams before
anyone else can nab it.
About WW4
Our annual fundraiser, Win Win, is, we think, the perfect deal – you give a little and get a lot.
Actually, you get the sense of pride in helping NIAD ArtCenter operate for another year and you
get a piece of art for doing it.
All of the available works – created in a standard 6 x 6” format by NIAD, local and national
artists -- are numbered to match a correspondingly numbered admission ticket. After you
purchase your ticket and show up for the party weʼll number it. Then head on in. Be sure to look
at all of the paintings. The one with the corresponding number is yours to take home at the end
of the evening. Plus, weʼll have a photo booth where weʼll snap a picture of the happy couple –
you and your new piece of art. Oh yeah, if you need a little down time, weʼre also screening a
new documentary about the Art Center. See, itʼs Win Win 4.
Participating artists who donated 6 x 6” pieces include Saul Alegria, Gale Antokal, Barbara
Arbogast, Chris Ashley, Angela Baker, Lisa Blevens, Eddie Braught, Jennifer Brazelton,
Rebecca Buckwalter, Jeremy Burleson, Phyllis Carr, Miguel Chacon, Raquel Charles, Jim
Christensen, Jessica Codromac, Deatra Colbert, Heather Copus, Maria Dalisay, Tony Dattilo,
Arista Dawson, Julio Del Rio, Adonia Douglas, Luis Estrada, Darlene Farr, Carlos Fernandez,
Kathllen Flannigan, Joe Flores, Sylvia Fragoso, Seth Friedman, Erik Friedman, Jon Fukui,
Cathie Giglio, Peter Gravener, Felicia Griffin, Jeff Hantman, Raven Harper, Shana Harper, Peter
Harris, H. George Herbert, Scott Hewicker, Ashley Hinceman, Aisha Ivery, Jeffrey Cortland
Jones, MP Landis, Matthew Langley, Carrie Lederer, Donzell Lewis, Mike MacFeat, Erica
Martinez, Karen May, Ann Meade, Cheryl Meeker, Kim Miskowicz, Carol Newborg , Janet
Norris, Ramekon OʼArwisters, Amelia Opie, Dawline-Jane Oni-Eseleh, Demi Petroupolos,
Anthony Pinata, Maria Porges, Maria Radilla, Lisa Reed, Dorrie Reid, Shantae Robinson, Elena
Rossi, Mike Roth, Jesus Salas, Alice Sampson, San Quentin Prison Arts Project, Lisa Solomon,
Linda Stewart, Nancy Stroud, Mark Taylor, Micke Tong, Bubba Trieber, Jonathan Valdivias,
Chirstian Vassell, Jonathan Velazquez, Michael Wlaker, Jamie Walsh, Michelle Wilson,
Christian Wimmer, Jim Winters, Susan Wise, Robert Wuilfe, Bill Zindel, and Nina Zurier. Participating artists who donated 24 x 24” pieces include John Casey, Dan Golden, Cliff Hengst,
Jen Huh, Kathleen King, Scott MacLeod, Sara Malpass, Marlon Mullen, Jessica Snow, John
Wehrle, Billy White, Matthew Wilson and Douglas Witmer.
About Clif Bar & Company
Clif Bar & Company is a leading maker of nutritious and organic foods and drinks, including
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About NIAD Art Center
NIADʼs visual art program promotes meaningful independent living by artists with disabilities—
while its artists create remarkable contemporary art. In a unique open studio environment, and
with the guidance of qualified staff, NIAD artists acquire new skills in artistic practice and in
independent living. As artists paint, build sculpture, mold clay, or work with textiles, their skills of
observation and project management improve. As they explore and express their creativity,
exhibit artwork in professional-quality galleries, participate in the community, and occasionally
earn money from selling art, their feelings of independence and self-esteem increase. Each
NIAD artwork is an original piece of contemporary art that tells an individual story from the
perspective of an artist with disabilities. Frequently remarkable, surprising, and engaging, NIAD
artwork has become a highlight of the Richmond art scene and has received recognition from
the national artistic community. For more information, visit niadart.org.
General Information
Win Win 4, a NIAD Art Center fundraiser where everyone with an admission ticket takes home a
piece of art, takes place Saturday, April 16 from 4-6pm at Clif Bar & Company, 1451 66th Street
in Emeryville. With records spun by Bill Zindel, light refreshments, a photo booth and film
screening, Win Win 4 letʼs you take a randomly chosen piece of art off the wall and put it in your
heart, all while helping a terrific studio arts program. Admission is $30 per person (including a
randomly chosen work of art) or $60 per person (including one piece of art pre-chosen by you).
Or you can stop into WW4 Sneak! fromApril 1-12 at NIAD Art Centerʼs Main Gallery, 551 23rd
Street in Richmond and see and buy the work in advance. Come to the opening on Saturday,
April 2 (from 12:30-4:00pm) and get the piece of your dreams before anyone else can nab it.
For tickets and more information, please telephone 510-602-0290 or niadart.org/win4.