THE CREATIVES PROJECT

portrait of Bethany Marchman for the Atlanta Creatives ProjectThe Creatives Project: New York 2010

The Creatives Project is seeking visual artists and DJs to be the subjects of an exhibition to take place in New York this summer.  After three years of documenting Atlanta’s creative core, photographer Neda Abghari comes to New York to launch The Creatives Project on a national level.  In this next phase of the Project, Abghari will feature visuals artists employing fine art techniques, yet addressing subject matter that makes them accessible to a broader audience. The DJ's included will be included as a part of an ongoing series, photographed in their personal studios with their favorite childhood objects. Exploring the intersections of media, culture, and fine art, The Creatives Project: NY will serve as a snapshot of the current creative movement, highlighting the meshing of high and low brow in technique, context or medium.  The exhibition will include thirty portraits of the faces of New York’s creative community, while exploring how they connect and intersect within the city and beyond.  Participation in the Project will provide artists with the opportunity to connect with the larger creative community - in New York, Atlanta and nationally - and will also provide exposure and access to new audiences.  In keeping with the Project's original mission, Abghari hopes to use her photography to encourage participants and audiences alike to learn about artists in other genres, find connections, and perhaps discover new inspiration that was right around the corner, but previously unknown.  

 The Creatives Project will be in NYC FEB 20 – MARCH 29 to collaborate and photograph twenty new faces for the summer exhibition.  If you are interested in participating, or would like more information about the Creatives Project, visit www.thecreativesproject.org, or contact Neda Abghari at neda@thecreativesproject.org or (917) 338-6833.