{"id":17980,"date":"2012-10-20T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T20:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=17980"},"modified":"2012-10-20T16:59:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T20:59:01","slug":"corner-social-mural-art-finalists-announced-vote-october-19-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=17980","title":{"rendered":"Corner Social Mural Art Finalists Announced ‘Vote October 19 – 26’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>Corner Social Mural Art Finalists Announced<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nThe public vote is open! Have a say in the design and execution of a mural on the exterior wall at\u00a0Corner Social<\/a>\u00a0Restaurant, 321 Lenox Avenue, on the corner of 126th<\/sup>\u00a0and Lenox.\u00a0 Local artists have submitted their visions for Harlem\u2019s great legacy of arts and culture as seen through their eyes. Corner Social and the Harlem Arts Alliance invite the public to have one of 9 votes to select the final winner whose painting will be featured on the iconic corner.\u00a0 Enter your vote\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WHEN:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nVoting begins October 19th on\u00a0<\/span>Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and final voting day is October 26th<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>October 29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winner Announced<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

November TBD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mural painting begins\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

November TBD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Completed Mural Unveiled<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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WHO:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nPanel of 8 Esteemed Judges will each have one vote and the public will have one vote:<\/span><\/span><\/span>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Bevy Smith, author of Dinner with Bevy blog\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Michael Feeney, Daily News<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Sherri Shepherd,\u00a0The View\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Vy Higginsen, founder of \u00a0Mama foundation for the Arts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Alexander Smalls, Chef<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Willie Walker,\u00a0General Manager of The Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Anahi Angelone, Co-owner Corner Social Restaurant<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Kim George, Harlem Arts Alliance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ARTIST FINALISTS:<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nPaul Deo<\/span><\/span><\/b>Inspired by ancestral oral tradition and modern mythology, DEO is an artistic story teller.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Charles Dey<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Hailing from Ghana, Dey learned to draw and paint by studying alongside his grandfather\u2019s apprentices. By day he is an illustrator and graphic designer at CAD advertising.<\/p>\n

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Vaimoana Niumeitolu –\u00a0<\/b>http:\/\/www.moanalove.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Capturing the human spirit IN life\u2019s challenges, poet, painter, and actor born in Nuku\u2019alofa, Tonga, Moana has traveled and shared her poetry and painting all over the world.\u00a0 A graduate of NYU in painting and performance, she earned the Ellen Stoekel Fellowship\/full scholarship in painting & drawing from Yale University.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gianna Gutierrez –\u00a0<\/b>http:\/\/www.artbygia.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

An East Harlem native, this Columbian self-taught artist has a style that exudes metamorphis and that is sexually charged.\u00a0 Gutierrez studied at Art Students League and Pratt Institute for 2 years with a focus of Fine Arts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Evan Bishop and\u00a0<\/b>Malika Hadaib<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Depicting social and spiritual truths as well as the beauty of black people and culture, Malika is a Morocco-born artist and studied at Saint Luc Superior Institute of Art (Liege, Belgium). \u00a0Evan brings his passion for art through love of Hip Hop and its visual platform, graffiti art.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Garry Grant –\u00a0<\/b>www.garryfgrant.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Known for his guilding (use of gold, silver and copper leaf), Grant began his career as a figurative artist but in the last decade has turned to abstract painting.\u00a0 He attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit studying graphic communication and the American College of Applied Arts in Atlanta.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nikolina Kovalenko<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

She describes her art as \u201csharp, uncompromising, merciless, contradictory and bold, just like life\u201d. Won 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0place in International online Art Competition 2012. She holds a Masters in Fine Art & History of Art from State Art Institute.\u00a0
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ABOUT CORNER SOCIAL<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Celebrities, locals and those who take eating and drinking seriously know that perched at the northwest corner of 126th and Lenox is a dining and drinking destination that embraces the very best of Harlem; a warm, inviting, vibrant, pulsing scene.\u00a0 \u00a0Corner Social offers late night dining, outdoor seating, special DJ nights, in addition to daily lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, a 18-brass tap bar and year round custom catering for events large and small.\u00a0 A proud member of the Harlem community, Corner Social sources ingredients from local vendors that serve the community and partners with local organizations that further the interests of the Harlem neighborhoods it serves.\u00a0For more information visit our\u00a0website<\/a>, like us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or check out our\u00a0menus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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