A brief administrative announcement: Cold snap + Heat problem = Uninhabitable gallery!

NYC weather is cold with temps only in the teens for the day and the heating system’s gone kaput. Rather than become human icicles, we’re closed for the day. We’ll resume regular hours tomorrow (Saturday): Noon - 6pm. Please come see us then!

Til then, spend time with the jb virtually:

Read up on all the Hot Shots

Check out jen bekman artists

Visit Jen’s blog, Personism

Your name:
Michael Itkoff

Age(optional):
25

Where are you from?
Philadelphia

Where do you live now?
NYC (East Harlem)

What’s your day job? (if you have one)
Founding Editor, Daylight Magazine

Which artists inspire you? (Doesn’t need to be photographers necessarily)
Sternfeld, Soth, Southam, Struffsky, Riebesehl, Evans, Frank,
Christenberry, Eggleston, Misrach.

What kind of camera do you use?
Mamiya 7

What’s your Favorite Museum?
Please Touch Museum

What are you reading now?
New Yorker / Transparent Things (Nabakov)

Favorite color?
Charcoal violet

If you could be any animal, what would you be?
Wolf

Salutations.

You met Christine the intern a few weeks ago. I’m Anna, and I’m an intern, too. Jen has asked me to edit a new blog that will focus specifically on the quarterly Hey, Hot Shot! photography competition. We recently had an exhibition for the 10 Winter Hot Shot winners, and it received great press. The opening packed the gallery to the gills and was a wonderful success. Stuff about the competition and the artists will be posted regularly, but first I must introduce myself properly.

This may help:

February 22, 2006
Dear Jen Bekman and friends, When I saw your post on NYFA, I was so excited. I discovered your gallery a few years back and have always appreciated the art you exhibit. I received a Bachelor’s degree in Art History from Davidson College in May, 2005, where I discovered a passion for Contemporary Art. As an undergraduate, I studied the works of established Contemporary artists. However, I have always been interested in learning about unknown and emerging talent; your gallery appears to be the perfect venue for this.
You’re a young gallery doing so much! I am interested in learning about how you operate, from the curatorial and research aspects to your web blog and Hot Shot photography contest (I love that you have this contest!). I believe an internship at your gallery would give me the opportunity to understand how the scholarly world of art and that of commercial art are bridged. I am thrilled at the prospect of helping out with upcoming exhibitions. I also have strong research, writing, and computer skills and am able to do any and all curatorial and handy work around the gallery. Below you will find my resume with additional information including education, experiences, skills, and languages. I would love to meet with you and discuss the position in further detail. Jen Bekman is a fresh gallery where I hope to get my wings!
Thanks in advance for considering me as an intern at your gallery.

Sincerely yours,

Anna Wolfgang

I guess you’ve caught on by now that this is the cover letter I sent to Jen a couple months ago asking her to hire me as an intern. What a lame-o. Nevertheless, I think you get an idea of what I’m into and why Jen asked me to edit the Hey, Hot Shot! blog . Exclamation point indeed. I hope the ice has been broken. Phew. With the introduction all wrapped up, I can move onto more interesting things for future posts.

Until very soon, then!

Anna