Untitled Art San Francisco Celebrates Bay Area Artists with Artadia!


Untitled, San Francisco 
Celebrates Bay Area Artists
with Artadia
for Inaugural Edition in January 2017
New York, NY, November 18, 2016 – Untitled, Art, the international, curated art fair, known for its unique curatorial approach and emphasis on artistic collaboration will  team up with Artadia to celebrate artists living in the Bay Area by co-hosting the Vernissage opening of the inaugural fair. The inaugural edition of Untitled, San Francisco will take place from January 13-15, 2017.
Complementing a diverse roster of world-class exhibitors, Untitled, San Francisco will highlight the local arts community in the Bay Area and celebrate the city’s emerging importance as a global center for contemporary art. In addition to dedicating its Vernissage to the artists who live and work in the Bay Area, Untitled is proud to collaborate with some of the most esteemed local institutions and non-profit organizations, who will present a series of dynamic programs at the fair.  Collaborators include: UC Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film ArchiveThe Wattis InstituteThe Contemporary Jewish MuseumThe 500 Capp Street FoundationKadistCreative GrowthSan Francisco Cinematheque, and The Lab among others.
Untitled and Artadia share an inclusive ethos, both providing a unique opportunity for the presentation of contemporary art.  Artadia is a national non-profit organization that supports visual artists with unrestricted, merit-based grants and professional opportunities.  To celebrate San Francisco's vibrant creative culture Artadia will present new works by over 20 San Francisco Artadia Awardees and debut two new limited editions by Awardees Joseph Havel and Richard T. WalkerOver the last 17 years of grant giving in San Francisco, more than 80% of the artists have continued to work and build their careers in the Bay Area. The vernissage will highlight the beneficiary support of Artadia and celebrate the artistic community, past present and future. All proceeds from sales of these artworks will benefit the Artadia Award program, which annually provides crucial funds to artists in San Francisco and five other US cities. Since its founding, Artadia has provided over 90 unrestricted grants in San Francisco, highlighting and supporting artists who represent the strength and diversity of the Bay Area art community.
About Untitled, Art
Untitled, Art is an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art. Untitled, Art innovates the standard fair model by selecting a curatorial team to identify, and curate a selection of galleries, artist-run exhibition spaces, and non-profit institutions and organizations, in discussion with a site-specific, architecturally designed venue. Since 2014 the curatorial team has consisted of Christophe Boutin, Omar López-Chahoud, and Melanie Scarciglia. The next editions of Untitled will take place on the beach at Ocean Drive and 12th Street in Miami Beach, FL, November 30 – December 4, 2016, and at Pier 70, 420 22nd Street in San Francisco, CA, January 13 – 15, 2017.
About Artadia:
Artadia is a national non-profit organization that supports visual artists with unrestricted, merit-based awards and fosters connections to a network of opportunities. In the past 17 years, Artadia has awarded over $3 million to more than 300 artists throughout its participating award cities of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.

As the only national artist service organization supporting artists directly in the cities where they live and work, Artadia promotes fiscal and social change for artists and their communities. In 2017, Artadia will maximize the impact of its unparalleled grant program by providing a $10,000 award to two artists in every program city every year.
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General Information:
Untitled, San Francisco will take place:
Friday, January 13 – Saturday, January 14, 11am –7pm
Sunday, January 15, 11am –5pm
Admission:
General Admission: $30
Seniors and Students: $20
Groups of 15 or more: $20 per person
Children under 12: FREE

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