Dave Bown Projects

New York, NY

Gregory Hayes was selected to be apart of the Dave Bown Projects 3rd Semiannual Competition curated by Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, New York; Richard Polsky, Author and Art Dealer; and Christina Strassfield, Guild Hall Museum, New York. The competition features the work of 25 contemporary artists that were selected from a international call. Please follow the link for the press release, images and other information.

DAVE BOWN PROJECTS

ArtBridge "Works in Progress"

Brooklyn, NY

Gregory Hayes was selected by curators Vik Muniz, Amani Olu and Eugenie Tsai to recive ArtBridge's "Works in Progress" honorarium for his excellent process and execution of his Temporal Shift series of Photographs!

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    Gregory Hayes - Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn, NY, 2011

Gregory Hayes on The Arts @ BC

Gregory Hayes is shown (at the 6 min mark) explaining his artwork in his Brooklyn Studio on the Brooklyn College television show The Arts @ BC.

The Arts @ BC

MP3 MONDAY // COMUNE // Two Thousand And Eleven

MP3 MONDAY
August 15th, 2011

by Corey Smith

Our friend Gregory Hayes sent over this song he made with a keyboard, bass, drum kit and a few peddles; just for fun. It’s titled “Man With Hat”..... read all

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The Wassaic Project

Gregory Hayes was selected to be apart of The Wassaic Projects 2011 Summer Festival.

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Fire Island Pines Arts Project

Gregory Hayes was selected to be Fire Island Pines Arts Project's artist-in-residence for 2011.

Established in 2009, FIPAP’s Artist in Residence grant is awarded annually to a Visual Arts professional or emerging artists to assist their growth and development. The recipient is selected from applicants by a panel of art professionals, educators and members of the FIPAP board. The grant includes a $5,000.00 gift and one month’s housing in Fire Island Pines.... read all

        Gregory Hayes - Fire Island, NY, 2011

"do it" Exhibition

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
Denver, CO

May 6, 2011 - July 29, 2011

"do it" is a unique exhibition that centers on the notion of interpretation as an artistic principle. Starting with a manual of written, do-it-yourself instructions compiled from internationally renowned artists, the idea is for other artists to carry out the instructions and re-imagine the procedures from their own individual perspectives. These procedures range from household chores and recipes to random social activities and abstract concepts. They can be as complex as Tacita Dean’s directions for finding a four leaf clover or as simple as Louise Bourgeois’ invitation to smile at a stranger..... read all 

CUNY New Music Festival “An Evening of Planned Entropy”

Baruch Performing Arts Center 
New York, NY

May 1, 2011

The 2nd Annual CUNY New Music Festival will take place at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave at 25th St) on Sunday, May 1st, 2011. This year’s festival has expanded to two 90 minute concerts at 4:00 and 7:00 pm in the Engelman Recital Hall.

Under the watchful leadership of composer, Amir Shpilman, and with the support of Grammy-winning pianist Ursula Oppens, Queens College percussion professor Michael Lipsey, and renowned composer Jason Eckardt, the Brooklyn Composers Collective has turned last year’s experiment into a formidable launching pad for new music performers and composers alike..... read all 

CAA Awards MFA Fellowships to Five Artists

by Michael Fahlund

February 2, 2011

CAA has awarded five 2010–11 Professional-Development Fellowships in the Visual Arts to artists enrolled in MFA programs across the United States. The organization has also recognized the work of five additional artists with honorable mentions.

CAA will award each fellow a one-time grant of $5,000. The fellows and honorable mentions will also receive complimentary one-year CAA memberships and free registrations for the 2011 Annual Conference in New York. In addition, Barbara Nesin, president of the CAA Board of Directors, will formally introduce and recognize the ten artists during the presentation of the 2011 Awards for Distinction, which takes place on Thursday evening, February 10, 6:00–7:30 PM, in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

CAA will publish full profiles of all ten artists later this month, with images of their recent work. Initiated in 1993, the fellowship program helps student artists and art historians bridge the gap between their graduate studies and professional careers. It is open to all eligible graduate students in the visual arts..... read all

North American Graduate Art Survey

Nash Gallery
Minneapolis, MN

January 18th - February 16th, 2011

Gregory Hayes' Primary Array #19 and Primary Array #56, have been selected to be part of the 2011 North American Graduate Art Survey. Receiving over 725 entries from 90 different schools representing 35 U.S. states and 5 Canadian provinces, Juror Bartholomew Ryan selected just 52 works to be on display!

University of Minnesota’s Department of Art is hosting its second North American Graduate Art Survey, a juried international exhibition of North American graduate student artwork. The exhibition will be open to all media, and to all current MFA candidates in Canada, Mexico and The United States. NAGAS, organized solely by graduate students for graduate students, will explore a diverse range of styles and points of view, representing the different cultures and backgrounds of emerging artists throughout North America.

NAGAS seeks to promote awareness of artwork being produced in graduate programs throughout North America. Our event not only promotes graduate art students and their professional goals, but also offers opportunities for the University of Minnesota community to access art outside of our area.

The exhibition is to be housed in the Katherine E. Nash Gallery in the Regis Center for Art, located in the University of Minnesota Arts Quarter..... read all