Artists Wanted : You're Invited...

		September 6, 2012 ISSUE NO. 104
	Today we're thrilled to invite you to be a part of two exciting events: Pearly's Beauty Shop, a dance party/exhibition/beauty salon hosted by the artist Swoon this Saturday at the See // Exhibition Space in NYC, and Art Takes Miami, our 3rd annual international search for emerging talent to present at SCOPE Miami this December - early entry deadline is tomorrow!		Send us news & tips! info@artistswanted.org
	FEATURED COMPETITION
	Art Takes Miami 2012 It's back, and featuring more artists than ever before. Click Here to Be a Part of It. Register by Tomorrow September 7th 11:59pm ET and you could be eligible for the $1,000 Early Entry Award.
	FEATURED EVENT
	This Saturday, you're invited to an all night exploration of art, music and absurdly fancy hair... Swoon : Pearly's Beauty Shop This Saturday, September 8, 2012 | 7pm - Late Night See // Exhibition Space, 25-25 44th Drive, Long Island City, NY Click Here for More Info Intermixing an exhibition, dance party and artistic pampering, the artist Swoon hosts a pop-up beauty shop like no other to help rebuild the ravaged town of Braddock, PA with art. Artists such as Mickalene Thomas, Dzine, Dustin Yellin, Swoon, Duke Riley, Natalie Frank, K8 Hardy and many, many more will be donating their talents to sculpting hair, painting nails and doing you up, while Dj Roofeeo, Dirtyfinger, Manhate and 3 Kings International Soundmake you shake your body. Special installations and performances by Lady Circus' Anya Sapozhnikova, Marshall LaCount and others will also be presented. $20 suggested donation. Special thanks to Rockrose and Chashama.
	FEATURED EXHIBITION  FEATURED EXHIBITION LEIGH LEDARE, ET. AL | BRUSSELSComprising over 100 works, Leigh Ledare's first solo exhibition opens at Wiels Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels tomorrow evening. Leigh Ledare, et al. boasts examples from nearly all of Ledare's photographic series to date, as well as video works, text-based pieces, and several newly produced pieces never shown before. Using these mediums to explore human agency, social relationships, taboos, Ledare's Leigh Ledare, et al. will be on view through November. Click here to learn more >> HONEY SPACE | NYCCulminating in one final experience, the days of Honey Space will come to a close with a self titled exhibition opening tonight at 6pm. Bringing the life-cycle of the space full-circle, Honey Space takes the form of an exhibition of sculptures as well as a celebration of the space itself. After opening its doors in 2007, the space will be dismantled brick by brick come the close of the exhibition later this month. Tom Beale, founder of Honey Space invites you to join him one last time in his Chelsea art gallery. Click here for details >>
	FEATURED EXHIBITION  FEATURED EXHIBITION KEVIN FRANCIS GRAY | LONDONIn a solo exhibition from London-based artist Kevin Francis Gray, several porcelain, bronze and marble sculptures are currently on view at London's Haunch of Venison, including a group of 12 porcelain heads titledTwelve Chambers, a reference to hip hop group Wu Tang Clan. Gray's signature aesthetic, rendered in a classical figurative style with a postmodern twist, contextualizes his work firmly within the visual landscape of contemporary society. More info >> STORM THORGERSON | CHICAGOComputers Have A Lot To Answer For is a 40 year retrospective of Storm Thorgerson's photographic prints. Working without the aid of digital technology, Thorgerson's reality-bending vision, maximalist style, and unparalleled photo montage produced many of the defining images of music culture in the 20th century.Computers Have A Lot To Answer For opens tomorrow at Public Works Gallery in Chicago. Click here to learn more >>
	FEATURED ART TAKES MIAMI ENTRANTS
	Today we bring you the first group of featured Art Takes Miami entrants! Introducing: Maria Mijares, Sophie Plimpton, Hyerin Byun, Jason Chase, Ruth Bauer Neustadter, Thelma Van Rensburg, Darlene Kaplan, Artemis Herber, and Marc Standing. We're featuring artists every day so keep your eyes open for the latest highlights in each newsletter. To view the works of this week's featured entrants, click here >> You can also meet featured artists everyday by following us on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.