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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT: Julie Du Brow
310-821-2463 tel /
julie@dubroworks.com
RENOWNED ‘MARIN SHOW: ART OF THE AMERICAS’ MARKS 25 YEARS AS
PREMIER COLLECTING SHOWCASE OF HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY
AMERICAS ART WITH DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS, HOT TOPICS,
AND GALA BENEFIT
Marin Show: Art of the Americas
February 21-22, 2009 -- Marin Civic Center Exhibit Hall, San Rafael, CA
WHAT:
The annual Marin Show: Art of the Americas celebrates its 25th year this coming February, as the most substantive and extensive ongoing showcase focused on the indigenous arts from across North, Central and South America. The show, produced by KR Martindale Show Management, is described as the “Superbowl of Native American Art collecting”, bringing together top and passionate dealers, collectors, artists, and academia from across the world. Kim Martindale, a collector for 40 years as well as an exhibitor, notes that the show has seen market prices of much of this art vault to the highest stratosphere during his 25 years producing the show. The exhibited art includes pottery, textiles, sculpture, jewelry, beadwork, baskets, paintings, photography and more, ranging in price from $25 - $1,000,025 so as to offer quality material to buyers ranging from first time buyers to seasoned collectors. The show is vetted by the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association (ATADA), and is broken down into two areas: the main floor focusing on antique material, and the adjacent hotel ballroom, which showcases more contemporary art and artists.
To highlight the Marin Show’s 25th anniversary, there will be a gala benefit on Friday, February 20th, from 7:00 – 10:00pm. More information forthcoming in full press release.
In addition to the exhibit floor, there will be two public lectures, and one directed more to those highly vested in the business of collecting, owning or selling specifically Native American art.
Public Lecture 1: Saturday, Feb. 21, (10am) – “25 Years of Collecting Indigenous American Art” A panel discussion with collectors and dealers discussing the changes the market has been through over the last 25 years, where it stands today, and where it is headed.
Public Lecture 2: Sunday, Feb. 22 (10:00am) – “Totem Poles and Tourism: The Creation of a Northwest Coast Icon”, presented by the Friends of Ethnic Arts. Author / art historian Aldona Jonaitis discusses her new book of this name and how encounters between the tourism industry and Northwest Coast Native
people helped make the totem pole the icon of the region.
Business Lecture: Thursday, Feb. 19, (5pm) ($100 per person; please call for reservations)
“Collecting and the Law, Pt. 2” Moderated by Roger Fry Esq., Rendigs, Fry,Kiely & Dennis, Llp, (OH), Professor of Law Emeritus Richard Edwards (U. of Toledo) will discuss the most recent changes in the interpretation of NAGPRA while Mark Rhodes Esq (Rhodes & Salmon, P.C.), trial attorney for Robert Gallegos, will discuss how these changes affect dealers and the dealers who have been on trial for violation(s) of ARPA. Proceeds to go to ATADA.
Some especially significant and longstanding exhibitors include such contemporary galleries as Fine Pueblo Pottery and 2 Bears Indian Jewelry (both with the show 10 years), and historic galleries – who’ve been with the show between 10 and 25 years – as Toadlena Historic Trading Post, Michael Higgins Elk Creek Trading, Terry DeWald American Indian Art, Four Winds Gallery, David Cook Fine American Art, Martha Hopkins Struever, Sandra Horn, and Shiprock Trading.
Sponsors are American Indian Art Magazine, Art & Antiques, Southwest Art Magazine, Tribal Arts Magazine, and Western Art Collector Magazine.
WHEN:
Saturday, February 21, 2009,
10:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday, February 22, 2009,
11:00am – 5:00pm
WHERE: Marin Civic Center
10 Avenue of the Flags
San Rafael, CA 94903
ADMISSION: $10 per day. Admission includes full-color show catalog.
INFO: For additional information, please visit www.marinshow.com.
