VISUAL ARTS

Art Fallout, a Day for Contemporary Art
Saturday, October 16, 5-8pm
Tour art venues, free bus transportation
One-Day Open Call exhibition of South Florida artists at Girls’ Club to galvanize Downtown Fort Lauderdale Contemporary Art Scene

September 10, 2010, Fort Lauderdale, FL -- To celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month, Girls’ Club will host Art Fallout in collaboration with 1310 Gallery at Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts and 18 Rabbit Gallery as an occasion to support the production and presentation of contemporary art in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.

All South Florida artists are invited to submit artworks to a one-day open-call visual art exhibition at Girls’ Club, at 117 NE 2nd Street, held Saturday, October 16th, 2010, from 5pm to 8pm. Works will be received at Girls’ Club Wed-Fri, October 13-15, from 1pm to 5pm. For a nominal $5 per work fee, all works are accepted and presented to the public for the one day exhibition event. A panel of prominent South Florida arts professionals will informally judge the works in the exhibition on their merits and the public is invited to give personal feedback to the artists via a system of handwritten messages. A fun way to connect artists and art enthusiasts, perhaps inspiring individuals to start their own art collections!

Simultaneously, neighboring artist spaces and galleries will join in and host their own exhibition openings and events. Look for the round purple Fallout signs designating each location.

18 Rabbit Gallery, a contemporary art exhibition space located in the F.A.T. Village Arts District, will open "Altered States", an exhibition about mind/body relationships, their first in their new space located at 17 NW 5th Street. 1310 Gallery, located in the Sailboat Bend Artists Lofts at 1310 SW 2nd Court, presents “The Myth of Power”, a group exhibit showcasing innovative works by regional artists, juried by artist Lisa Rockford. The Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale at 1 E Las Olas Blvd. will be open that evening from 5pm-8pm with free admission. A free bus will operate from 5pm to 9pm to transport attendees from one event space to the next. Free parking is available at: NW 1st Ave between NE 5th & NE 6th Streets in F.A.T. Village and NE 2nd Avenue across from Girls’ Club.

Art Fallout will be an annual event, and the organizers expect that it will ignite enthusiasm and bring together local artists and exhibition spaces so that they may develop new audiences for their works. Art aficionados will be pleased to discover the hotbed of creativity that is developing in Fort Lauderdale.

A print flyer announcing the event, map of Art Fallout sites, and how to participate will be widely distributed in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. Artist submission forms and guidelines will be available to download at www.girlsclubcollection.org/events and at www.artfallout.blogspot.com. A limited edition t-shirt for Art Fallout 2010 will be available for sale that day at Girls’ Club. The Art Fallout flyer and accompanying t-shirt features work by Kevin Arrow, an artist in the collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz.

Hi-res images are available for publication.
For information, contact:

Sarah Rupert/Catalina Jaramillo: admin@girlsclubcollection.org
Lisa Rockford: nunsopink@yahoo.com
Leah Brown: 18rabbitgallery@gmail.com