An opening reception of Real Small Art League’s "Creative Kindness Throwdown" exhibit, benefiting Richmond’s Art180, is on Friday, July 16, 2010 from 6-9pm at Crossroads Art Center, in the Caboose Gallery, (2016 Staples Mill Road), (Free admission.) The show runs through September 8th.
From Short Pump to Carytown, small art cats are waiting to be found and are free to a good home.
Join the fun in a city-wide hide-and-seek game as Real Small Art League artists Alyson Plante and L. Campbell Maxey hide small-art cats around RVA in public spaces. If you want to play along, visit lostcatsproject. wordpress.com.
"The project was just launched last week and already we have some collectors! It is always exciting for Real Small Art League artists to hear about where their creations end up, or if they made a small difference in someone's day," Plante explains.
"There is a saying we embrace that even the smallest pebbles can send ripples across a pond. The tiniest of gestures can have a ripple effect, even if it isn't seen on the surface. That is our hope for this effort, to spread artistic kindness and to gently remind us all that the world is inherently creative and peaceable. We plan for the Lost Cats Project to run throughout the summer, but if it is well-received then it would be great to keep it going."
The Real Small Art League is an artists' collective in Richmond and is the brainchild of artist Tiffany Glass Ferreira. The collective has a mission to inspire random acts of artistic kindness and creative awareness. To date, over 600 artists have made, documented and given away tiny works in surprise locations around the world. The ongoing journey and public responses are published via www.realsmallart.com. They believe a little work of art can go a long way.
The Lost Cats Project is a fun community art project in support of Real Small Art League and their upcoming group exhibition at Crossroads Art Center.
The "Creative Kindness Throwdown" highlights the talents of participating artists in the studio and within the community. The exhibit will feature original works of selected Real Small Art League members and will provide an opportunity to showcase the effects of creative kindness on both the artist and the audience. Participating artists include: Tiffany Glass Ferreira, Alyson Plante, Lisa Berberette, Betsy Sayre, Jennifer Hamrock, Elke Talbot and L. Campbell Maxey.
The Challenge This exhibition is presented in conjunction with Slash Coleman's "The Art of Business Throwdown" -- an initiative of his Facebook group "Manifest Your Creative Destiny."
The Throwdown is an artistic and marketing challenge between the Real Small Art League and their show (the "Creative Kindness Throwdown" benefitting Art180) and the Richmond Craft Mafia ("Handmade Throwdown" benefitting Richmond SPCA).
Coleman has directed the challenge and modeled it after Donald Trump's television show The Apprentice. The "Art of Business Throwdown" guest judge, artist Noah Scalin, will evaluate each team based on the philanthropic reach of their work for their chosen charity, overall sales, media exposure and the growth of each team's platform. The winning team will be announced after a completed video chronicling each team's project debuts in November.
