Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Rachel Sussman Antarctic Expedition Fundraiser

(via 20x200)
Photographer Rachel Sussman is holding a fundraiser tonight at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, NY to benefit her project, The Oldest Living Things in the World.


Galapagos Art Space says:

Come out for an evening of MUSIC, TRAPEZE, ART & ENTERTAINMENT + FOOD & DRINKS...featuring New York's indie-rock vaudevillians The LISPS, Dance performances by Jenny Rocha & Her Painted Ladies, an Art Auction featuring works by MacDowell Colony Fellows plus free Vodka Cocktails, Haircuts and FREE GRIMALDI'S Pizza. Hosted by Galapagos's resident artist OLGA of Olga and Bjorn fame!

Join us for this amazing evening of art and entertainment benefiting The Oldest Living Things in the World project. Internationally acclaimed artist Rachel Sussman has been researching, working with biologists, and traveling all over the world to find and photograph continuously living organisms 2,000 years old and older. Sussman, who is fiscally sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts Council, is endeavoring to raise funds for an expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula to photograph 5,000-year-old moss this winter.

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View some of The Oldest Living Things in the World at rachelsussman.com.



Can't attend the event but want to make a tax deductable donation? Click here, and make sure to specify your donation is designated for Rachel Sussman / OLTW.


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*Donating artists include: Karla Wozniack, Maria Levitsky, Stacey Steers, Laura Holder, Jon Feinstein, Rachel Simmons, Lucas Blalock, Alicia Ackerman, Angela Capetta, Ed Roth (Stencil1), Olivia Valentine, Sarah Small, Monica Bradley, Diana Folsom, Aviva Leeman, Dan Estabrook, and Firat Erdim


Tickets for the benefit can be purchased here. Because Rachel loves 20x200, she has created a discount code to get $15 tickets—simply enter 20x200 during checkout or mention 20x200 at the door.

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