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The First International Art Fair Ever Held in Brooklyn, Now Accepting Applications From Galleries Everywhere; DEADLINE February 1 for All Applications

THE INAUGURAL ART BROOKLYN
Verge is proud to announce its return to New York during Armory Show 2011 with the inaugural Art Brooklyn, a historic first-ever art fair to take place in multiple locations throughout the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, 3-6 March. Verge has partnered with Two Trees Management, Brooklyn Arts Council and the Brooklyn Borough President's office to provide critical real estate, government and institutional support to ensure a successful Brooklyn art fair. Available spaces will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. Affordable and accessible for every conceivable tier of exhibitor, we expect available space to fill quickly. Applications are now being accepted for galleries and artists to participate in Art Brooklyn. There are three types of application available, as detailed below.

GALLERY APPLICATIONS
Applications are now being accepted for galleries to exhibit at Art Brooklyn. Fees for participation are extraordinarily accommodating at a mere $1,950 for 200 sq. ft. of exhibition space. Download the application by clicking here.

ARTIST'S PROJECT SPACES
Applications are now being accepted for artist's project spaces at Art Brooklyn. Applications are for individual artists only. Artists accepted for project spaces are allocated 100 sq ft of exhibition space in existing gallery spaces at 111 Front Street for a total of fee of only $500. Download the application by clicking here.

THE ART BROOKLYN ARTIST'S OPEN CALL
And finally, applications are now being accepted for the Art Brooklyn open call juried exhibtion. Art Brooklyn is looking for the best in not-yet-seen before new work; finalists selected by a panel of distinguished jurors will be given space to exhibit one work from their application at Art Brooklyn. Works selected by the panel will be exhibited at Art Brooklyn in a special artist’s spotlight section. This open call is available to all artists practicing in every media, in and outside of Brooklyn. Download the application by clicking here.

SPONSORSHIP
Our company, which also produced the highly successful Verge Miami Beach this year, has had great success with sponsorship, working with some great companies, from Cirque du Soleil, Bombay Sapphire, Grey Goose Vodka, Bacardi Rum and Dry Creek Valley’s Verge wineries. Moving forward, we expect to target our event sponsorship platform to a high degree of Brooklyn-specificity. Interested parties may request a sponsor deck at sponsorship@brooklynartfair.com.

PUBLICITY AND PRESS OUTREACH
We are working with a New York-based publicity firm, Vital Publicity, to ensure press attendance and handling. New York-based leaders in the field of marketing and publicity, Vital Publicity will provide Verge with critical press and media outreach for the inaugural Art Brooklyn. Verge has had great success with past media sponsorship outreach, including Art In America, Mutualart.com, WAGMAG, ArtFacts and numerous others, and will aggressively pursue these sponsorships and others on behalf of Art Brooklyn. Additionally, a targeted advertising strategy will be organized and executed focusing on relevant art publications and outreach organizations, including popular art announcement services such as Re-title, Flux, VANlist, and others, with opt-in subscription totals well into the millions. Art Brooklyn and its partners will also pursue an integrated outreach strategy through proprietary subscription lists, social media, web and print advertising and available public displays.

ABOUT VERGE ART BROOKLYN
An art fair without precedent, Art Brooklyn is the first fair of its kind to be held in Brooklyn, NY. The intention of the fair is to promote and support Brooklyn as a cultural bellwether of artistic endeavor that influences artistic practice the world over. Open to artists and galleries alike at all levels of practice, Art Brooklyn recovers the standard of an art fair as a platform for presenting the best work by living artists.

PUBLIC HOURS
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 3 - 5 March, Noon to 10 pm
Sunday, 6 March, Noon to 6 pm

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
Thursday, 3 March, 2011, 10:00 pm to 2 am

ART BROOKLYN VIP PASSPORT
Art Brooklyn VIP Passport holders will receive discounts at a variety of DUMBO and Brooklyn-area businesses, including restaurants, bars and elsewhere. A full list of participating businesses and available discounts will be published at www.brooklynartfair.com. The Opening Night Reception is for those cardholders and for paid public admission. Click here for VIP Passport requests (Credentialed requests only)

PRESS INQUIRIES
+1-312-612-2270
Request a press pass
press@brooklynartfair.com