Color Me Empowered and Tres Reyes Fine Art Productions announce I LOVE ART 2016 Art Auction

Color Me Empowered and Tres Reyes Fine Art Productions announce

I LOVE ART 2016 Art Auction





DALLAS, TX – I LOVE ART 2016 Art Auction is a high-end pop-up art fundraiser featuring some of Dallas' professional painters, sculptors, photographers and more. Every artist was selected for his or her unique connection to Dallas. This is an unconventional type of art auction because Color Me Empowered has agreed to split the sales with the artist. 50% will benefit Color Me Empowered and 50% will go back to the artist. We are expecting 60+ works of art created specifically for this art auction. All local artists are encouraged to attend our event and sign up to participate in next years I LOVE ART 2017 Art Auction. Dallas artist, George Mendez, will be live-painting an oil on canvas to be auctioned at the end of the night. Music by DJ DAPOW.

This art auction is one night only, free to attend and open to the public.

A $10 donation, at the door, is suggested to assist Color Me Empowered’s community efforts.



November 10, 2016

Thursday

6-10pm

The Gallery at The Continental Lofts

3311 Elm St.

Dallas, TX 75226



I LOVE ART 2016 Art Auction is produced and curated by George Fowler and Frank Garcia III with Tres Reyes Fine Art Productions.



For more information about I LOVE ART 2016 Art Auction, visit:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1693797197605965/



PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE:

Ruben Ramirez, Steven Hamilton, JD Moore, Francisco Javier, Bob Poe, George Mendez, George Fowler, FGIII, Mikki Mallow, Michael Ledoux, Treva Gilkey, Hal Samples, Jonathon Gonzalez, Michael Schaper, Ross von Rosenberg & Lauren von Rosenberg, Izk Davies, Johnny Hawkins, Emily Hawkins, Jenn Lefleur, Chet Cade, Roxanne Noel, Francois Showgreen, Daniel Yanez, Jeff Skele, Richard Ross, Judith Lea Perkins, Steven Reeves, Erin Reeves, Michael McPheeters, George Wallace, Clint Scism, Venus, Jessica Criscoe, Vincent Figueroa, Minji Watrous, Travis Stinson, Iris Candelaria, Kevin Gilmore, Carmen Menza, Leona Perez, Andres Jojola, Sonia Semone, Favio Moreno, Andrea Davis, Christopher Bingham, Simon Waranch, Steve Lawrence, James Zamora and more…


CONTACT: Kristen Elizabeth Rice Jackson, 214.729.2499

kristen@colormeempowered.org

Frank Garcia III, 972.730.2257

frankiegarcia2933@gmail.com

COLOR ME EMPOWERED is a 501c3, based in Dallas, TX, empowering at-risk children while improving neglected communities through public art. Kristen Elizabeth Rice Jackson founded Color Me Empowered in 2009. Their projects tie-in cross-curricular activities, such as math, writing, and creative problem solving with real-world applications to the subjects students are learning in school. They work on designing civic art projects for a very low cost. They believe that giving children the opportunity to improve their immediate community will enable them to appreciate the power that art can have and the ability within themselves to bring about positive change to their direct communities. They work with a team of highly qualified artists, designers, teachers and contractors to provide children with the very best resources to teach them basic art skills while creating public art pieces.



KRISTEN ELIZABETH RICE JACKSON grew up in rural South Texas. After finishing her BFA at Baylor University in 2002, she moved to Dallas and began teaching elementary art in Dallas ISD in 2005. After several years at Polk Elementary, she was impressed by how her students continued to rise to the artistic challenges she put before them. She did a school-wide public art project with her students and the results were so fantastic, she decided to organize Color Me Empowered, along with Chavalia Mwamba and Amy Kilpatrick, to help facilitate more student-created public art projects throughout the city. In addition to running Color Me Empowered, Kristen is an artist who works in several mediums. While lately she has been focusing almost entirely on metal sculpture, she continues to draw and paint, which are her artistic foundations. Her art is motivated by the human struggle, striving to reveal universal emotions with earnestness and distinction. She believes in the redemptive quality of all things and tries to reflect this belief in all her work.



TRES REYES FINE ART PRODUCTION is directed by Frank Garcia III and George Fowler. We focus on top-level fine art exhibition, art representation and art consulting/advising. Our mission is to empower our artists with the necessary professional tools to drive their business and create worth through their art. We have over 20 years experience in curating art exhibitions, pop-up art shows, art auctions/fundraiser’s and managing residential/commercial art projects.



GEORGE FOWLER is a professional sculptor and Partner at Tres Reyes Fine Art Productions. In 2014, he obtained his MFA from the New York Academy of Arts with a focus on figurative sculpture. Fowler has been working as a professional sculptor in Dallas for over ten years. His sculptures have been featured at Kettle Art, Hal Samples Gallery, Rising Gallery, Ross Akard Gallery and the Affordable Art Fair in NYC. His work began attracting critical attention in 2008 from a solo show at Hal Samples Gallery. Fowler is also a curator and is most recognized for his award winning pop-up exhibitions:

- PRISM

- FRACTAL LOGIC

- SAVAGES 2016.



FRANK GARCIA III is an artist/painter | curator/advisor at FGIIIArt and Partner at Tres Reyes Fine Art Productions. FGIIIArt was founded in 1998 as an umbrella organization dedicated to establishing unity within the Dallas arts as well as instilling purpose and vision into the work of the individual artist.

Garcia’s most notable shows, exhibitions and projects include:

- 2007 YOUR ELEMENT partnered with D Magazine

- 2008 OBELISK partnered with NTBCA

- 2008 D-ART SLAM partnered with D Magazine

- 2009 OFF THE GRID partnered with Kobes Arts

- 2009 Art Chair for ART+ADVOCACY, a DCAC art auction

- 2010 I AM WOMAN partnered with Rising Gallery

- 2010 WELL VERSED partnered with TractorBeam Gallery

- 2011 WONDER YEARS a SourGrapes exhibition

- 2010-2011 FGIIIArt was lead art consultant and responsible for the room art acquisition for the OMNI HOTEL Dallas Project

- 2012 JORDAN WINERY 4 ON 4 ART COMPETITION partnered with D Magazine

- 2016 SAVAGES partnered with Madison Partners & Arts+Culture Texas






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Location:Dallas Texas