YOUNITY

NEWS 2009!
This year Younity's 3rd exhibition entitled FRESHER! will host 40 female urban artists who will participate on an exhibition indoors and outdoors dedicated to bringing community awareness to environmental issues like; recycling, consumerism, global warming, pollution, health and renewable energy. Along with the exhibit YOUNITY will self publish it's second collectors book series that will help keep the message alive. Throughout the exhibit YOUNITY will host youth workshops, mural projects, and panel discussions to help educate the community about the importance of living GREEN.
FRESHER! CALL FOR ENTRIES - ( WORLDWIDE )
10 -15 new artists will be chosen to showcase their work at the Younity FRESHER exhibition in the fall of 09'. Each artist is asked to create a piece based on one or more of the environmental issues listed below. • Please note that if your work is chosen each artist will be responsible for shipping to and from YOUNITY NYC studio. • Please be conscious of size, weight, and fragile artwork.
RE-FRESH THE STREETS! - ( WORLDWIDE )
Artists / crews worldwide are asked to participate in a street art/mural project entitled "RE-FRESH THE STREETS" using one or more of the following environmental issues below. The street art/mural created must include Younity's FRESHER! stencil logo provided to be able to unite and identify the project worldwide. We will select 10-15 images from various cities/ streets/ communities which will be included in the 2009 "FRESHER!" exhibit.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INCLUDE: recycling , consumerism, global warming, pollution, health, renewable energy
REQUIREMENTS:
• Entry Fee: $10.00 per submission ( limit 3 submissions per artist )
• Payment Button Below ( We accept Credit Card, and Paypal )
• For Checks or Money order payments please email us directly at: [email protected]
• e-mail your JPG submission to: [email protected] with the subject heading:
FRESHER & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Please include the following:
• Artist Name:
• City:
• Website link and/or myspace link:
• Size:
• Title: • Medium:
• Short Bio:
PAYMENT BUTTON BELOW
Younity Fresher Submission 2009
* * * DEADLINE: JUNE 1st 2009 * * *
ARTWORK INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT:
Yvette Devito at: [email protected]
Younity Wall Collaboration Part-1 on YOUTUBE!
Younity Wall Collaboration Part-2
Younity Wall Collaboration Part-3
Shout out to Abeni Garrett for hooking it up!!! Artists: Toofly, Alice Mizrachi, Lady Pink, AIKO, Queen Andrea, Diva, Erotica, Niz, Sofia Maldonado, Jen One, Acet and Jakee!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

YOUNITY PRESENTS:
HEART & SOUL, AN ART EXHIBITION & BOOK LAUNCH
- Second Annual Exhibit Features 60 Avant-Garde Urban
Contemporary Female Artists –
Queens, NY (August 2008)— We are excited to announce the second annual YOUNITY art exhibition entitled Heart & Soul opening on October 17th, 2008 at Alphabeta in Greenpoint Brooklyn. As a celebratory theme between 60 international artists on what they identify as “heart and soul,” the exhibit promises an urban landscape installation piece that unifies and pushes the boundaries of graffiti, photography, urban arts and fine arts. In addition, YOUNITY will launch Heart and Soul; a book featuring works from all exhibitors including: Lady Pink, Martha Cooper and Swoon. With so very few art books that explicitly showcase women’s urban contemporary art, Heart and Soul will debut as authentic niche material needed in the ever-expanding art industry. Artists Alice Mizrachi and TOOFLY, founders of YOUNITY, look to harnesses the empowerment of established and aspiring young artists through expressive art.
YOUNITY is the first ever international women's urban contemporary art collective that brings female artists into a global networking system as a means to create art exhibitions, installations, books and a much needed archive of women's urban contemporary art. With the success of their premiere exhibit, The C R O S S O V E R, YOUNITY has become a sought after collective devoted to women with an inherent need to perfect their craft through self-expression, surpass male dominance and pass the torch on to younger female artists. For this project, only 60 out of 300 female urban artists were selected to participate with styles that range from hand-styles, graphics and collage to abstract riffs on the female identity, the urban habitat, life and love.
The Heart and Soul book is comprised of 60 artworks formatted onto a 5x8 inch postcard-style flipbook. It is the first publication in the YOUNITY collector’s book series that will showcase the works of varying members of the collective.
At the exhibition, all of original images featured in Heart & Soul will be framed and displayed as part of an indoor/outdoor site specific installation that pays homage to the urban landscape. The collective also includes world-renowned artists MAD C (Germany), Aiko Nakagawa (Japan), Faith47 (South Africa), Krista Franklin (Chicago) and Diana McClure (NYC), among others. Books and artwork will be on view and for sale at the Heart & Soul Exhibition and Book Launch and online at www.theyounity.com.
YOUNITY’s Heart & Soul Exhibition and Book Launch
PRESS HOUR: 7pm-8pm
[email protected]
Opening Reception: 8pm – 10pm
October 17, 2008
ALPHABETA 70 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Exhibit Dates: October 18, 2008 – November 17, 2008
PRESS & SPONSOR INQUIRIES:
Shana Louallen: [email protected]
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ABOUT YOUNITY ARTS COLLECTIVE:
YOUNITY was founded in New York City in 2007 by noted artists Alice Mizrachi, and Toofly. After spending years involved in the art world, they came to the realization that women artists do not have a properly-organized forum through which to disseminate their ideas to contemporaries and showcase their work to the public at large. The confines of galleries were too rigid and staid; the ‘white cube’ did not lend much room for personal expression and individual style. They wanted to create a place wherein females could tell their own stories in more universal, down-to-earth voices. They also wanted to build a stable community in which they could teach the next generation what goes into the process of setting up art shows and trying to successfully spread artistic ideas. The organization’s name derives from its overarching concept of creating a solid group filled with unique, autonomous participants. Each member has her own flavor, and can retain that identity even in the context of a collective body. Thus, the concept behind YOUNITY was born.
OUR MISSION:
The mission of YOUNITY is to create an international collective of female visual artists, designers, photographers and craftswomen. These participants will support each other by joining forces on projects, helping to build networks, providing resources, and creating community awareness about the collective with youth. It serves as a bridge that results in artistic mentoring, communal support, and the production of collaborative art shows that promote women in the arts.
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ARCHIVES 2007
Our 1st Annual Younity Exhibition, "CROSSOVER" NOV 2007, New York N.Y.
"THE CROSSOVER" A Fusion of Female Stylez, Ideaz and Skillz
This name reflects the founders’ vision of bringing together a diverse population of women who can reflect upon others’ life experiences as well as share their own. The event will feature work by painters, street artists, graffiti artists, photographers, graphic designers, fashion designers, and craftswomen of all backgrounds. This year, an exhibition will be held at The Showroom NYC, located in downtown Manhattan.