For the new year, we've created a fresh SugarHill News page for events in 2010. Yet great work is never outdated, so you can still browse the work of the talented artists previously featured on this page.
Looking for a specific artist? Use the links on the left to go directly to each news item. Like what you see? Support the artists and spread the word by sharing a link with your friends!
DEC 2009 | ART STUMBLE : FEATURING PHOTOS BY JENNY BURGOS
Jenny Burgos, Lily Pads, 2009
Art Stumble is the brainchild of Austin Thomas, an artist member of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. We attended the annual EFA Studio Tour last month, and discovered a space teeming with talented artists!
While getting her scans done at SugarHill Works, Austin was impressed with the personal work of Jenny Burgos, our scanning pro. She immediately decided to feature Jenny's photos in the her next Art Stumble, a combination group show and open studio event.
On show will be the latest photo series by Jenny Burgos and a book project by Dorothy Robinson. Plus, the following artists will have their studios open: Austin Thomas, Jeff Hoppa, David Storey, Mahmoud Hamadani, Jan Kent, Theresa Ganz, Dorothy Robinson, Richard Jochum, Cui Fei, and more...
Come join us to check out the artwork, mingle, and relax with snacks and wine! Find that special holiday gift, or add to your art collection: archival giclée prints and original works will be for sale directly from the artists.
Holiday Art Stumble
Reception: Thursday, Dec 17th, 6-9pm
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
323 West 39th Street, 7th Floor, New York
SHARENOV 2009 | NYC GREETING CARDS : PAINTINGS BY DEBRA SCHECHTER
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 198834th Street and Fashion Ave, 1985
Original paintings by Debra Schechter. Classic New York City scenes, reproduced in limited edition greeting cards and special order giclée prints.
Debra Schechter worked during the 70's and 80's as a scenic artist and freelance painter, at the Metropolitan Opera and exclusive NYC hotels. She aspired to be a famous painter, but unfortunately she died prematurely at age 38. So her daughter Edie decided to show the world her talented mother's paintings, by selling reprints of the artworks. NYC Greeting Cards is this labor of love.
'Tis the season of holiday shopping, so we encourage you to spread the love, and browse the NYC Greeting Cards collections for your holiday cards this year! You'll get special cards to give to your friends and family, and you'll also be supporting local New York artists and entrepreneurs!
Debra Schecter's paintings and selected sketches are also available as special order giclée prints. Visit nycgreetingcards.com and use the zoom view to see all the intricate detail in each work.
NOV 2009 | SUGARHILL WORKS 3RD BIRTHDAY + PRINT SPECIALS
This month is SugarHill Works' official 3rd birthday! To celebrate the continuing growth of our business, we're offering print specials through the end of the year.
2010 Update: We've decided to extend this offer through the month of January!
With SugarHill's reputation for top-quality scans, naturally our long-term plans include expanding our digital printing services. Now is a great time to try our giclée prints, with a 10% discount on 11x14 and 16x20 prints. Plus, you can order a free 8x10 test print with any scanning job!
SugarHill Works was born a little over three years ago, when the four of us joined forces to start a creative company that emphasizes customized service and distinctive work. We're proud of what we do, and we're thrilled that your feedback shows what a difference some personal attention and extra effort can make!
We look forward to planning more events like the SugarHill Client Works art show and growing our services in the years to come. We'd especially like to thank our clients, without whom this birthday, and many more, would not be possible.
Thank you!
— Ciel, Dan, Jenny, Tan-ya
NOV 2009 | ERIN BANTA'S AMERICANA PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
Erin Banta, ford truck in flood lights. alma, nebraska, 2009
Erin Banta is an artist working in traditional film photography and ceramics, and is also a master color printer. We were happy to help Erin bridge the gap from film to digital by working with her to create her online portfolio, one of SugarHill's first custom portfolio websites!
After a few years of self-updating her site, Erin decided to completely revamp the site with a new look. She collaborated with us to get the new design and layout just right, and we recently launched Erin's new portfolio live!
Erin's work is inspired by how context shapes an exploration of the American lifestyle. She explores the idea that a person's environment is a mirror unto himself; the homes she photographs reflect the uniqueness of their inhabitants, culture, demographics, and climate. (Excerpt from artist's statement.)
Check out the Americana series and more at: erinbanta.com.
NOV 2009 | BERKLEY GIRL NYC LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE STORE
Jen Bruder of Berkley Girl, a NYC clothing boutique for 'tween girls, came to us a year ago ready for a fresh site that would be exciting for the girls, and easily updatable. She loved the new site we made, and so did the girls!
Then the time came to expand her business into online shopping. We built a fully customized e-commerce store, designed to blend seamlessly with the rest of the site, for customers to shop and place orders. An admin interface makes it easy for Jen and the friendly Berkley Girl shopgirls, Glennes and Alyson, to update with the store's latest inventory.
Visit Berkley Girl for a fun selection of fashionably cute designer clothes and accessories for 'tween girls! Check out what's hot at: berkleygirl.com.
NOV 2009 | BEGONIA SANTA CECILIA AT CCNY MFA OPEN STUDIOS
Begonia Santa Cecilia, Black Void, 2006, acrylic and oil on canvas
As we saw in last month's Harlem Open Artist Studio Tour, there's a strong and growing art scene uptown! We're thrilled to meet so many talented artists in the SugarHill neighborhood.
This week, the artists in the MFA Studio Art program at City College are showing their work in an Open Studios event. Among the participating artists is Begonia Santa Cecilia, a Spanish-born, NYC based painter. Begonia's paintings "depict shapes that resemble stems, leaves, grasses, trunks and other parts of plants formed through a combination of divergent representational strategies. The process is crucial." (Excerpts from artist's statement.)
Come check out what's happening around the Hill! Join the artists for an evening of wine and snacks. As Duke Ellington said, Take the A Train... the quickest way to Harlem! (Sung by Ella Fitzgerald.) A/D express to 145th St, or 1 train to 137th St.
CCNY MFA Open Studios: Thursday, Nov 5th, 6-10pm
The City College of New York
160 Convent Avenue, Harlem
Compton Goethals Hall, Room 109 + Engineering building basement
OCT 2009 | PAUL KENNEDY'S THE END OF THE DAY BOOK LAUNCH
The end of the day, by Paul Kennedy, Darling Publications, Cologne, 2009
Paul Kennedy's book of photographs is in the SugarHill News again! We're excited to finally see the images in print, after months of scanning the original 4x5 negatives and fine-tuning the color to Paul's precise eye. (More details...) Plus, the book itself is a work of art, arranged with a narrative quality.
Paul's monograph, The end of the day, features 31 color reproductions of his photographs made between 2004 and 2008 in his northeast Tennessee hometown. The pictures present a storyboard-like narrative, in which an 1856 house is salvage-demolished to make way for a hotel, which incorporates design elements from the house into its otherwise boxy, formulaic style — while, across town on another site, the old house is rebuilt as a pseudo-reproduction.
Pages of documentary material collected and edited by the artist — including archival photographs and texts, architectural drawings, site maps, and recent advertising — further develop the story with supplemental information drawn from the 19th century to the present. The historical material gives an alternative version of the story that implicitly questions the photographs' ostensible function as "documentary" evidence. (Excerpted from press release.)
A book launch event at Andreas Grimm Munchen gallery in Munich will feature a slideshow conversation about the project between the artist and Berlin-based curator Rafael von Uslar, followed by a book signing and reception. Limited edition prints, of works not included in the book, are to be released.
You can also find the 96-page, hardbound book in NYC at Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, Manhattan — and at other specialty bookstores soon.
Paul Kennedy: The end of the day
Book Presentation: Thursday, Oct 29, 7pm
Andreas Grimm Munchen
Theresienstrasse 56b, 80333, Munich, Germany
OCT 2009 | NICOLE ROWARS OF PLUM SHOWCASES JEWELRY DESIGNS
Split Ring, in silver, 2009 Plum collection. Photo by Halle Hutcherson.
Plum by Nicole Rowars is a fresh collection of designer jewelry featuring unique pieces in precious metals. Nicole's designs are fashioned using yellow gold, white gold, rose gold, or silver, and accented with diamonds and semi-precious stones.
Nicole collaborated closely with Tan-ya, our graphic designer extraordinaire, throughout the process of designing Plum's new logo, business card, and website. Plumstore.com, still in the works, will feature customized online shopping, making the Plum collection available for purchase beyond the metro area!
Meet Nicole and see the latest Plum collection on display at an upcoming trunk show hosted by Anastasia's Accessories. Support your local artists, browse for fine jewelry, enjoy the refreshments, and enter to win a gift certificate!
Fall 2009 Trunk Show: Saturday, Oct 24th, 12-4pm
Anastasia's Accessories
88 Garden Street (btwn 1st and Newark), Hoboken, NJ
Seasonal Hours: Tues-Fri 12-8, Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5
OCT 2009 | TERU KUWAYAMA AWARDED 2009 LANGE-TAYLOR PRIZE
IDP camp in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, following earthquake, 2005
Teru Kuwayama, a freelance photojournalist based in NYC, has spent much of the past decade in war zones like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. His documentary photography work has earned many awards and fellowships.
We're most impressed by Teru's work because of how his photos humanize people whom we often only hear of as "collateral damage" or insurgents. Scanning his film is a real treat!
Together with writer Christian Parenti, Teru won the 2009 Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. This grant is given to encourage collaboration in documentary work. Their project, Unnatural Borders, Open Wounds: The Human Landscape of Pakistan, will explore Pakistan "through the lives of its myriad ethnic and tribal groups, and its vast population of refugees and displaced peoples."
Kuwayama and Parenti's project investigates the multi-faceted nature of Pakistani national identity and examines some of the underlying causes for the country's instability. "Our goal is to approach the complexity of this nation's history and its future through the individual portraits and histories of the people who have been swept across its borders." (Excerpt from the CDS proposal.)
An artist's talk featuring Teru will be held Friday, Oct 9th, 7pm, at the Center for Documentary Studies Gallery, Durham, NC.
Teru is also the cofounder of Lightstalkers, an online network of photographers, journalists, aid workers and other "unconventional travelers". He recently wrote an article of practical advice about the hazards of photographing in a war zone.
OCT 2009 | RUTH RODRIGUEZ IN SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION
Kitschen Mom Square, 12" x 12", oil, silkscreen and resin with paper on canvas
Ruth Rodriguez is a Dominican American artist, raised in NYC, who is infatuated with vibrant colors. We loved building her self-designed website, with textural pages from her sketchbook and a bold use of magenta!
Ruth's paintings concern various tangible and social phenomenon viewed through her life experiences, expressed with a collage-like style combining oil paint and silkscreen. She questions gender roles and stereotypes, the Kitsch, the expected and the unexpected.
Her work is featured in the Small Works Exhibition 2009 group show, along with over 30 CCNY alumni artists. At the SugarHill Client Works show last spring, Ruth's triptych attracted lots of attention, including an eager buyer! These pieces need to be seen up close and personal, to appreciate the depth and delicate detail of the built-up layers.
Small Works Exhibition 2009: CCNY Art Alumni
Oct 6 - Oct 20, 2009
2/20 Gallery: 220 West 16th Street, New York
Opening Reception: Saturday, Oct 10th, 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 2-7pm
OCT 2009 | MARILYN STEVENSON PHOTO EXHIBIT: IRIS FIELDS
Photographer Marilyn Stevenson's latest series, Iris Fields, is so pretty we almost want to smell the prints! We've enjoyed working with Marilyn for years, especially on her challenging maximum MB scans and retouching projects.
She's very active in the art world — always busy showing her own work, or coordinating others' shows as the assistant director of New Century Artists Gallery in NYC. She was a great help when we had our SugarHill group show there, and her baby elephant photo was right on-theme!
Iris Fields is a selection of 27 color photographs inspired by and photographed at the world renowned "Presby Memorial Iris Garden" in Montclair, New Jersey. Displaying the beauty of the iris reminds us of the pleasures of spring. The vision of the iris is a long lasting treat for the senses. Marilyn has created a photographic garden in bloom at the Levitas Center For The Arts. (Excerpt from press release.)
Marilyn Stevenson: Iris Fields
Sept 26 - Oct 11, 2009
Reception: Saturday, Oct 10th, 4-6pm
Levitas Center For The Arts
Southampton Cultural Center: 25 Pond Lane, Southampton, NY
For more info, contact Marilyn via her website: marilynstevenson.com.
OCT 2009 | BROOKE JACOBS + SUSAN KUHLMAN IN GONE TO THE DOGS
Susan Kuhlman, Dogs seriesBrooke Jacobs, Puppies series
These two passionate photographers, Brooke Jacobs and Susan Kuhlman, are each known for their endearing images of dogs.
Susan's documentary-style classic black and white images are influenced by her background as a researcher, photographer, and magazine photo editor. She says she loves capuring scenes of seemingly ordinary life and brief moments around NYC and then bringing them to life in the darkroom. We giggled a lot at the pictures of dogs while we were building Susan's website!
Brooke's intimate portraits of pets are inspired by her own love of animals. She applies her photography skills to publicize shelter animals in need of homes, showing the emotions, humor, and expressive sensibilities of these dogs and cats. Brooke's puppy photos were recently featured on marthastewart.com; see more at brookejacobs.com.
Both women are showing work in the group show Gone to the Dogs, a canine-themed exhibition featuring the work of 22 artists and 3 painting dogs! A portion of sales proceeds will benefit Animal Haven, a nonprofit organization that finds homes for abandoned cats and dogs throughout the Tri-State area.
Gone to the Dogs
Oct 8 - Nov 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct 8th, 6-8pm
Denise Bibro Fine Art: 529 West 20th Street 4W, New York
OCT 2009 | KIMSOOJA IN DRESS CODES: THIRD ICP TRIENNIAL
Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007-2008, video still, Dhobighat, Mumbai
Kimsooja is an international artist, born in Korea, based in NYC. We're honored that she trusted SugarHill with a major website overhaul and ongoing updates of this detailed online archive of her works from the past 25+ years.
Always on the move, Kimsooja explores the indefinable properties of fabric through video, sculpture, and installation. Her works often merge Eastern and Western traditions, observing and juxtaposing cultures and human conditions, investigating the common ground between the intimate and the universally global. (Excerpt from Kimsooja's press release.)
Kimsooja's four-channel video work Mumbai: A Laundry Field is a meditation on the ubiquity of brilliantly hued textiles in the Indian cityscape, and their place in the life of the city.
The theme of Dress Codes: The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video is fashion, and features 34 artists from 18 countries. The artists in this exhibition understand fashion as a form of social communication, and use costume, clothing, and disguise to create a rich visual language filled with specific references to history, culture, gender, and geography. (Excerpts from the ICP press release PDF.)
Dress Codes: The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video
Oct 2, 2009 - Jan 17, 2010
International Center of Photography: 1133 6th Avenue at 43rd Street
Museum Free Hours: Fridays 5-8pm
SEPT 2009 | DUSTY ROSE VINTAGE SPOTLIGHTS SUGARHILL WORKS
Dusty Rose Vintage is an online vintage clothing store based in Brooklyn. Along with their great selection of stylish retro fashions, Dusty Rose is distinctive in their choice of displaying the clothes. They use 'real people' as models, and then interview them about their lives and their passions.
When we heard that Dusty Rose was looking for entrepreneurs and artists to feature in their photo shoots, we saw a fun opportunity to cross promote with fellow small business people. Plus, we admire how they add dimension to fashion images by featuring their models as individuals with colorful stories.
Check out the latest Dusty Rose Vintage items for sale online at Etsy, worn by Jenny and Ciel of SugarHill Works. Here's your chance to see a couple camera-shy photographers in front of the lens! See the Dusty Rose blog for our interviews.
Thanks to the Dusty Rose team for their good-humored enthusiasm, making our slightly embarrassing modeling debut a fun experience. After a sweet laugh, we think we'll stick to doing our production work, as the off-camera talent!
SEPT 2009 | LANIE MCNULTY: LIFTED UP IN NEW YORK CITY
The Stewardesses, Harlem, 2005
Photographer Lanie McNulty's exhibit Lifted Up in New York City will be on display in the Bronx. When Lanie participated in the SugarHill Client Works show last April, her print was one of the first to sell!
"Lifted Up in New York City is a gift from the people of New York City, people from all five boroughs, who had the courage and generosity to let me and my camera into a very private, sacred space," says Lanie. "It belongs back in their neighborhoods." Startling in their intimacy, the black and white images in [the show] compel viewers to trust in the possibility of joy and meaning in our troubled times. (Excerpt from Bronx Borough President's press release.)
Lanie McNulty: Lifted Up in New York City
Sept 22 - Nov 30, 2009
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 22nd, 6-8pm
The Bronx County Courthouse: 851 Grand Concourse, Suite 301
To purchase prints or arrange an exhibition, contact Lanie: laniemcnulty.com.
SEPT 2009 | THE TRACEY BARAN MEMORIAL AUCTION
Tracey Baran, I Miss You Already, 2004, C-Print
All proceeds will benefit the Tracey Baran Award, an annual grant to be awarded to an emerging female photographer. In memory of Tracey Baran (1975-2008), as a celebration of her life and photographic work.
Auction begins Tuesday, Sept 15th and runs until Wednesday, Sept 30th at 5pm.
www.igavel.com
Presented by The School of Visual Arts.
Pictures of Tracey, an exhibition of Tracey Baran's work
Sept 12 - Oct 17, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17th, 6-8pm
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects: 535 W 22nd Street, New York
SEPT 2009 | NIGEL HOSANG'S FILM DEBUTS AT NYC FASHION WEEK
Mary (Glass), 2009
Nigel HoSang's avant-garde film Chadoralphrucci Calm Edit was selected for a screening in the New York Fashion Shorts film festival!
New York Fashion Shorts showcased 14 of the best fashion related short videos and films from across the world. Presented by designer Bruno Grizzo, and curated by the artist Konstantinos Menelaou, this Fashion Week screening was hosted by the Tribeca Grand Hotel, New York.
Nigel is an up-and-coming photographer and filmmaker from the Bronx. We admire his enthusiasm and creative drive, and we're happy to have such an energetic envoy out spreading the word about SugarHill Works!
Check out his latest work at nigelhosangstudio.com, Nigel's self-updated site.
SEPT 2009 | CHUCK KELTON PRESENTS CLUES TO IDENTITY AT ICP
Chuck Kelton, master black and white printer, is owner of Kelton Labs, a first-class darkroom known for outstanding b/w services. We really appreciate that Chuck trusts SugarHill Works to meet his clients' scanning needs.
When not in the darkroom, Chuck teaches in the graduate program at the International Center of Photography as well as workshops throughout the country. He's been teaching a long-term Independent Projects Seminar at the School at ICP for three years and has curated this exhibition, Clues To Identity, of all twenty photographers from the past terms.
Clues To Identity : Independent Projects Seminar 2007-2009
Sept 4, 2009 - Jan 3, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 11th, 6-8pm
ICP Education Gallery: 1114 6th Avenue at 43rd Street
AUG 2009 | LIVIA CORONA AWARDED GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP
Two Million Homes for Mexico
Livia Corona is an artist who works out of Mexico City and New York; her photographs have exhibited internationally. We're proud to call her one of SugarHill Works' founding clients!
This year, Livia was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for her current photographic project about mass housing developments in Mexico. Two Million Homes for Mexico is a long-term study that reflects on the notions of home and community for the individuals living within the massive tract home developments that have recently sprouted all throughout Mexico.
Livia also recently published Enanitos Toreros (powerHouse Books, New York, 2008), a ten-year documentary on the personal and professional experiences of people with dwarfism who work as the famed Dwarf Bullfighters of Mexico.
Go Livia!
See the photographs on her website, liviacorona.com.
AUG 2009 | PAUL KENNEDY'S THE END OF THE DAY PHOTO BOOK
Living Room, 2004
Paul Kennedy has just published his first book of photography, The End of the Day with Darling Publications in Cologne, Germany. We're excited to see the fruit of many months' labor!
The whole process of collaborating with Paul throughout this custom-tailored project was intriguing. Paul asked us to scan his 4x5 negatives and to color-correct them as precisely as possible using his darkroom prints as a guide — both for the CMYK printing of 31 color plates in the publication, and for future large-scale digital c-prints. You can zoom in to see the details of one of the scanned images from this photo series on our Scan Samples page.
SHW will also be building Paul's website, to be launched in the fall, in time for announcing book events in New York, Tennessee, and Munich. In the meantime, you can find his book in NYC at Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, Manhattan — and at other specialty bookstores soon.
JULY 2009 | PERBACCO RESTAURANT & WINE BAR LAUNCHES NEW SITE
Photo by Jade Hankinson, 2008
We've enjoyed working with Perbacco, a great little Italian restaurant and wine bar in the East Village, and Gnocco, their sister restaurant, for a while now, updating the menus and developing a new logo and website to enable them to reach out to more customers online. Here's the official email announcement owner Gian Luca sent out to all their customers:
We're pleased to announce the launch of the Perbacco website! Now you can browse our Dinner Menu, special Prix Fixe Tasting Menus, weekend Brunch Menu, and extensive Wine List. You'll also find information about our Catering Services and Gift Certificates, soon to be available for online purchase, plus our restaurant hours and Delivery Area. Coming in late July, you'll even be able to make reservations online, through our OpenTable service. Please visit our website often, to check for featured specials and updated seasonal menus!
Thanks to SugarHill Works for designing and building our new website and logo! They gave as much attention to crafting the site as we give to our food, and were able to perfectly capture the essence of Perbacco's warm, cozy ambiance and distinctive flavors. We're happy to offer this resource to you, our customers, and hope that you'll tell all your friends!
We invite you to come in to Perbacco to enjoy what New York Magazine called "some of the most elegant and progressive Italian food in the city" and the New York Times described as "food much better than you would expect for the price"!
Ciao!
Buon appetito!
perbacconyc.com
JUNE 2009 | MEYERS ACUPUNCTURE NEW OFFICE ACCEPTING PATIENTS
Christopher Meyers, licensed acupuncturist and licensed massage therapist, has completed his rigorous NYS certification process, and recently moved into a new office space on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Meyers Acupuncture offers acupuncture, herbal medicine, and massage services, with a free 15-minute phone consultation for new patients.
The discipline of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine differs from Western medicine in that it recognizes that patients are all different, and therefore it's important to work in partnership with a patient to customize the treatment.
We've already heard so many glowing testimonials from Christopher's patients who have had positive results from only a few acupuncture treatments, after being unable to find a cure elsewhere! We highly recommend making an appointment; see meyersacupuncture.com for details of what to expect, and for contact info.
MAY 2009 | KATRIN REIFEISS LAUNCHES NEW SUMMER COLLECTION
Katrin Reifeiss, designer of wearable yet luxurious, simple yet elegant, colorful "shibori" hand-dyed silk clothing pieces and accessories, announces the launch of her new Summer 2009 Collection! The theme is "amor a la vida con el color — to live life with color", and the colors and playful designs definitely look alive!
Says Katrin, "The 2009 Collection is inspired by my Mexican honeymoon, especially from the time spent with my husband in beautiful locations along Banderas Bay. The sea, the lush tropical flowers, the vibrant colors and tastes of the food, and the stunning sunsets, are all reflected in my 2009 Collection and color palette."
Katrin's unique pieces are sold at boutiques and flea markets in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and directly from her website, katrinreifeiss.com.
MAY 2009 | SUGARHILL WORKS PRESENTS OUR FIRST CURATED SHOW
Our first group show, SugarHill Client Works, was a sweet success and we're already excited to plan the next SugarHill show! This showcase of images by the talented folks who have helped our business grow over the past few years was on view at New Century Artists gallery, 530 West 25th St, Suite 406, Chelsea NYC, in April-May 2009.
The images in the above slideshow are our own submissions to the show, on the theme of "elephants & candy". Jenny Burgos, Sugar Packet; Ciel Mahoney, Earthly Delights; Dan Weisser, Untitled; Tan-ya Gerrodette, Shark's Cove.
If you'd like to see more great images by artists from the show, plus others, our clients page has links to their websites. You can also download the catalogue (PDF) here. Commission-free artwork is still for sale by the artists.
A big thanks to everyone who contributed their work and to those who helped us plan this fun event. Cheers to our sponsors: Bill Fauth of PEAK Advisors (specializing in helping creative people manage their talents and careers as a business), Azie Faison (author, songwriter, philosopher) and Josh Dirlam (patron of the arts).
When we founded SugarHill Works, we envisioned a business that would not only provide top-quality services, but also be active in supporting a vibrant community of artists. A few years down the road, we're still working hard and continue to be inspired by the talent of our diverse clientele. What better way to celebrate this progress towards our long-term goals than to showcase the work of the people who make it all possible?
— Jenny, Dan, Ciel, & Tan-ya
Download the show catalogue (PDF) here.
ONGOING, 2009 | PEAK ADVISORS MONTHLY NETWORKING SEMINAR
When we met Bill Fauth, we initially thought he would just help us organize our accounting and get the taxes filed on time. We quickly realized he also offers something even more valuable: business advice and consulting services specially designed for artistically-oriented small business people.
Bill's a fan of acronyms: PEAK stands for Planning, Education, Advice, and Know-How. Each month, Bill Fauth and Kris Rajan of CoGrow Systems host a Networking and Business Development seminar, faciliating collaboration and networking among the participants. They also give practical advice and positive strategies for becoming a successful creative business person.
In describing who can benefit from the PEAK Advisors services, Bill employs another acronym, asking "Are you SAWSCEY?" As in Smart, Artistic, Wealth of ideas, Sexy/Savvy, Creatvie, Entrepreneurial, Yearn to express. We personally can't always remember what these clever phrases mean, but we definitely find the advice to be motivational, especially in these tough times.
If you're interested in attending the monthly seminar, usually on a Tuesday night from 6:30-9pm, RSVP to learn@billfauth.com for more info.
