Small Works For Big Change 2011! SRLP's 6th Annual Benefit Art Sale

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project Collective is thrilled to celebrate our 6th Annual Small Works for Big Change Benefit Art Event
February 12, 2011 at Jack Studios 6-9PM.
**BIDDING ENDS AT 8PM SHARP**

Featuring:

MC Killer Sideburns as Ethel Mermaid
DJ Benjamin Haber// DJ Healthy Pleasures
Performances by Nicholas Gorham // My Gay Banjo // THE RUDE MECHANICAL ORCHESTRA!
Fabulous art (see Artist List below) and fantastic raffle prizes, such as 1 free hour of tattooing by em 16 tattoos,a 3 day weekend artist retreat at Smokey Belles Catskills, and more!
SRLP thanks our generous In-Kind Donors: All the fabulous contributing artists (see list below), ARTFORUM, Asahi Breweries, Browning Frames, em 16 tattoos, Izze Sparkling Juice, Ilana Lobet Framing, Jack Studios, Smokey Belles Catskills and many more.

PLUS! OFFICIAL AFTER-PARTY: LIBERATION IS A COLLECTIVE PROCESS, QUEEN!
Brought to you by the fine folks at HEY QUEEN! @ Public Assembly, 10PM-4AM. ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT SRLP. Mx. Justin Vivian Bond is Queen of Honor with DJs Savverson & Nath-Ann of WOAHmone Rising, DJ ASK RIGHT, and Go-Go Dancers The Bottomheavies, & Berlin Reed!

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CONTRIBUTING ARTIST LIST
click each artist's name to see details of their piece, or view the entire gallery online (as thumbnails or as slideshow)

Marina Ancona, M. Elizabeth Barrett, Timothy Atticus, Eden Batki, Elizabeth Bethea, Sarah Jenny Bleviss, Lynne Chan, Peter Cramer, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Carrie Elzey, Cooper Sabatino, Laura Esner, Edie Fake, Keltie Ferris, Laura Fields, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Baseera Khan Fox, Peter Gallo, Sarah Gottesdiener,Wade Guyton, Anne Hall, Carrie Hawks, Robyn Hillman-Harrigan, Kate Huh, Xylor Jane, Leeroy Kun Young Kang, Erika Keck, Jayson Keeling, Scooter LaForge, Charles Lahti, Zoe Leonard, Zavé G. Martohardjono, Tara Mateik, Ivan Monforte, Christopher Moss, Ulrike Mueller, Emily North/em sixteen (print) (tattoo), Laimah Osman, Donna Phipps + E. Phipps, Jack Pierson, Adee Roberson, Lacey Jane Roberts, Mariah Robertson, Jacob Robichaux, J. Rodewald, Favianna Rodriguez (Justseeds Artists' Cooperative), Guadalupe Rosales (piece), Michelle Ross, Emily Roysdon, Matt Savitsky, Christy Singleton, Kiki Smith (Blue Bird) (Butterfly and Fingerprint), Tuesday Smillie, Ryan Steadman, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Martyn Thompson, Joshua Thorson, Brina Thurston, Mary Tremonte (Justseeds Artists' Cooperative), Kristine Virsis (Justseeds Artists' Cooperative), Jessica Watson, Faith Wilding (Piece1) (Piece 2) (Piece 3) (Piece 4), Leidy Churchman, Paul Wirhun

SW4BC has been a wonderful success story for SRLP: in the past 5 years, over 35 organizing host committee members and more than 200 progressive, transgressive, and cutting-edge artists have generously donated over 270 visionary works of art! This vibrant annual celebration reflects the radical spirit of SRLP, as well as the experimental energy of some of New York’s most innovative established and emerging contemporary artists. 100% of the event’s proceeds will benefit SRLP’s crucial work for gender self-determination. The event is free to the public, and will including a silent auction with affordable price points beginning at $10, featuring photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, textile pieces and mixed media installations.

** THE BUILDING IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE**

When:

Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:

Jack Studios - 601 W 26th St, 12th Floor. NYC

View Slideshow

Tara Mateik Countess V., the dearest friend of the Empress Eugénie Year: Materials: Albumen print tinted in gold in found tin frame. Print sold with first unexpurgated edition of Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis: A Medico-Forensic Study Minimum bid: $50 Value: $300	Eden Batki Besties Year: 2006 Materials: Color photograph, C-Print Minimum bid: $300 Value: $800	Cooper Sabatino We Were Born to Fuck Each Other Year: 2010 Materials: Mixed Media (acrylic paint, miniature plastic babies, vinyl lettering) on wood Minimum bid: $25 Value: $75
Leidy Churchman Turkey Red Year: 2010 Materials: Monoprint, unique Minimum bid: $100 Value: $800	Faith Wilding 1 Print of 6 from the series Daily Text. Year: 1988 Materials: etchings Minimum bid: $100 Value: $250	Faith Wilding 1 Print of 6 from the series Daily Text Year: 1988 Materials: etchings Minimum bid: $100 Value: $250
Faith Wilding Print of 6 from the series Daily Text Year: 1988 Materials: etchings Minimum bid: $100 Value: $250	Faith Wilding Print of 6 from the series Daily Text Year: 1988 Materials: etchings Minimum bid: $100 Value: $250	Daphne Fitzpatrick Cool Hand Luke Year: 2010 Materials: Digital print, archival. Minimum bid: Value: