Tote Bag Art Exhibition! Figureworks Gallery, burg

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Hello fellow CAT students, professionals, and faculty,I would like to announce that I will be in an upcoming group exhibition on tote bag art at Figureworks Gallery in burg, Brooklyn. The opening is Friday, November 13th, from 6 to 9 pm. See below for details. Hope to see you there, and if not, we will meet again next time!Blessings, Elim Mak2nd Year Pratt CAT graduate studentOriginal Tote Bag ExhibitionThe Future FigureNovember 6 - December 20, 2009Reception: Friday, November 13th* from 6-9PM*burg Every Second - burg Gallery Association's 2nd Friday monthly event when all member galleries extend hours until 9PMFigureworks168 N. 6th Street(1 block from the "L" train at Bedford Avenue)burg, Brooklyn, NY 11211Gallery Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 1-6PMFigureworks is pleased to host this traveling exhibition, which opened this summer in Japan. Guest curated by K. Saito, this exhibition features over 100 ordinary canvas tote bags reborn into one-of-a-kind works of art by artists from around the world. The tote, a humdrum daily use item, is given new life through the vision of these international artists. Ecological friendliness meets bold artistic vision: the tote reborn.Countries represented:Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ghana, Haiti, Japan, Russia, Spain, USA, VenezuelaArtists Represented:Yoko Kobayashi, Yoshie Maruyama, Sakiko Kuroiwa, Yuki Kawaguchi, Asuka Yoshida, Kanoko Iwata, Kumi NishizawaIori, Nosaka Yumiko, Kuroiwa Takehiko, Yamagishi Michiko, Yamagishi Nobuo, Yamagishi Tamie, Asakawa Unsai, An Bougi, Tsukakoshi Misao, Okazawa Yuriko, Yamazaki Tatsuo, Niizeki Yasuyuki Matsutani, Yuka Sugawara, Haruo Suekichi, Hideaki Onodera, Takasuke Nishiyama, Ayako Fuse, Hiroki Kiribayashi, Akiko Hatori, Akiko Sugawara,  Naoki Kato, Tsukigaeru Hiroko, HosomiIjuyo Sunami, Sumito Miyashita, Kotoji Izeki, Moyoko Uematsu, Yoko Omori, Fumihito Sato, Naoto Shimizu, Miki Mori, Nami Miural, Koubun Yoshida, Ayami Nakamura, Akemi Kura ,Yumi Ishikita, Tomoko Matsuil,Keitaro Taniguchi, Naomi Chiba, Syuku Nishi, Hitoshi Kimura, Tomoko Tanaka, Yukiko Sakurai, Kyoko Machida, Aki Sakurai, Atsuko Toshida, Hidenori Yanagisawa, Hirofumi Maeshiba, Masako, Kono Tomoko, Fujiki Satomi, Kotatsu Iwata, Koji Moriya, Mineko Maruyama, Yuko Kubota, Miho Takai, K.Saito, Arbizu, Colling, Dapiran, Bonnie Faulkner, Randall , Jahn-Clough, Maho KIno, Yulia Lanina, andra Limpert, Meridith McNeal, Lurro Stavovcik, Arlene , Westring, White, Hisami Holland, Merce Jara Muns, Nikita Baptista De Silva, Tatsuya Mitani, Kei Kitamura, Anne Bernard, Elim Mak, Raina Bajpai, Camacho Chin Yonsu Takuji, Kanou TAFA, Girault, Akemi Takeda, Hiromi Iuchi, Simon Levenson, Fumihiro Matsuzaki, Naoki Iwakawa, Tetsuya Yamazaki,  Ran Fujieda, Caedron Burchfield, Toshie Otsuka, Saleme, Kiyomi Yamagishi,  Green, Joan Tarrag, Pampalona Issac, Terma, Thornhill,  Portia StudenrothFigureworks is located at 168 N. 6th St., burg, Brooklyn, NY 11211, one block from the Bedford Avenue "L" train. The gallery is open to the public Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 1-6 PM and is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary and 20th century fine art of the human form.For more information please call or visit us online at www.figureworks.com <http://www.figureworks.com> .