A fundraising party and one-night-only showcase of the lifesaving work
UNICEF does for children around the world.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012

7:00 PM

Jenna Bush Hager

Honorary Chair

Joyce Goss

Chair

The Goss-Michael Foundation
1405 Turtle Creek Boulevard | Dallas, Texas 75207

unicefusa.org/experiencedallas

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is excited to premiere The UNICEF Experience to the Dallas-Fort Worth area after its successful launch in Atlanta in May 2011. It is a one-of-a-kind event, designed to engage the community around UNICEF’s global work while raising funding to support its lifesaving programs. At the event, interactive exhibits will showcase our work and allow guests to experience what children in developing countries face and what UNICEF does to help.

- Carry water buckets as heavy as those carried by women and children in the developing world
- Contribute to a “wishing well” that will supply water pumps to countries most in need of safe water
- Shop for lifesaving Inspired Gifts including First Aid Kits and Protein Biscuits
- Write messages of hope for the world’s children

Cocktail Attire

540 W. 26th Street & 201 Chrystie Street, New York

For their first gallery exhibition in  New York since 2004. artistic duo Gilbert & George will take over both Lehmann Maupin’s Chelsea and Lower East Side locations to present their newest series London Pictures. The enormous works with titles such as Arrested, Attack, Bomb, Child Killer, Lover, Missing, Suicide, and Terror take their names from newspaper headlines and as  a whole portray the sorrow and humanity of city life. The exhibition will be presented in partnership with Sonnabend Gallery who will hold a concurrent exhibition of works from the London Pictures series.

McEwen, former obit writer for the Daily Telegraph talked about his transforming that job into art by writing elaborate obits about well-know people who were still alive.
“If it’s in print, it’s real,” McEwen said. He liked the idea that people would wonder, for a split second, if Bill Clinton was really alive.

“These obits are melancholy but not morbid,” he said.

Over the years McEwen has become an expert at graphite, using the material in his sculptures of everyday things.

“Like an ATM … every thing I choose is some kind of object that is generally rooted and thread into our daily life. You know, everyone knows what an [AMEX] card looks like. You take something very familiar that we all know and make it yours,” McEwen said. “It makes you feel alive.”

McEwen was born in London in 1965 and attended Oxford in 1987 where he received his bachelor’s in English literature.

He then studied at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, Cali.

He lives and works in New York City.

Stay tuned for more updates.

February 18, 2012

Student Art Contest,  titled HUMAN it -Arian, submissions are due by February 18, 2012. Winners will be announced March 3, 2012.

 Russell Young exhibition

March 7, 2012 – March 31, 2012

 Adam McEwen exhibition

April 13, 2012 – July 28, 2012

For more information please email Brenda Matamoros, educational programmer, at Brenda@gossmichaelfoundation.org.

 THE GOSS-MICHAEL FOUNDATION’S OUTREACH PROGRAMS …

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Goss-Michael Foundation offers scholarships annually to students in the DFW area and throughout Texas in order to assist high school seniors with the challenging costs of pursing a visual arts education at the college level. All scholarships are merit-based in the amount of $5,000 and upon acceptance, applied toward tuition at the student’s chosen college or university. In addition to the funding, the recipients of the visual arts scholarships will have one piece of art framed and displayed at The Goss-Michael Foundation and will be featured on the Foundation website and monthly newsletter. Consideration for each award in based on artistic and scholastic achievement, leadership, and school and community participation. Every year, recipients are selected by a distinguished panel of judges chosen for their reputation and professionalism in the art and music industry.

 The GMF is also launching a new $5,000 scholarship geared to all college and university enrolled students who are working on their degree in the Arts. The recipient will also receive a membership to the GMF for one year and be featured on The Foundation’s website and monthly newsletter.

STUDENT ART CONTEST

The Goss-Michael Foundation annually organizes a themed student art contest. This opportunity is open to all public, private and home-schooled high school students in the Dallas/Ft. Worth are who are enrolled in the 9^th through 12^th grade and excel in the disciplines of photography, drawing, print-making, film and mixed media. Finalists’ works are displayed for two weeks at the Foundation in a special student exhibition. First, second and third place prizes are awarded by a judge with a professional art background.

 ARTIST TALKS AND LECTURES

With each new exhibition, The Goss-Michael Foundation often has the exciting opportunity to welcome the featured artist(s) to Dallas. Since 2007, the Foundation has had the privilege of hosting some of the leading British Contemporary artists including Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Richard Patterson, Michael Craig-Martin and Nigel Cooke. While here, the artists attend book signings, give tours of their exhibitions, participate in public lectures often held in partnership with the Dallas Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center of Dallas Contemporary and – on occasion – hold public art demonstrations or performances.

TOURS

Tours of the exhibitions are available by appointment for individuals, school groups and organizations. Preferably scheduled a week in advance, private tours are given Tuesday through Friday between 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. and last approximately 45 minutes.

 LIBRARY

The Goss-Michael Foundation library and archive is available by appointment. This serves as a resource for the study of contemporary art. The library consists of an expanding collection of books, DVD’s, video, periodicals and online computer access. Access to the library is available by appointment only with valid student I.D.

TEACHER PREVIEWS

To nurture education The Goss-Michael Foundation holds special teacher previews to introduce forthcoming exhibitions and activities. These events are designed to give an opportunity to teachers and group leaders to meet with colleagues and The Goss-Michael Foundation staff as well as discover the range of opportunities and resources available through the education and public program.