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Artist Statement: A tribute to pianist and savant Olga Samaroff who was active in early 20th century New York City, long forgotten in contemporary culture.
  • 2016

Tribute to Olga Samaroff

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Ali Printz
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Ali Printz is a historical figurative painter and curator based out of Bushwick, Brooklyn. Her work pulls from vintage photograph, color theory, fashion, and reworking identities of unknown subjects. She works with various mediums including oil, acrylic, collage, printmaking techniques as well as sewn fabric, and most recently video installation. Ali also runs a curatorial and artistic collective with artist and fellow Sotheby’s alum Jenna Gard, known as NewYorkKillsArtists, which showcases the work of unrepresented, Brooklyn-based artists. She has shown her work at several galleries and artist-run spaces in NYC as well as both nationally and internationally in public spaces. Her recent projects include a public art piece for the Faberge Big Egg Hunt in New York City in 2014, her first solo show in 2015 entitled “Fabric of History” at Gallery Rene Mele, and most recently the “Cityseats” project for the New York Yankees and the Sing For Hope Pianos project in 2016 Ali was born in West Virginia and considers herself an Appalachian artist. She has lived and worked in Spain, Panama, and Washington, D.C, before moving to New York City for graduate school. She received her BFA in Painting and a BA in Art History from West Virginia University in 2009 and an MA in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2012.

Public Location

Old Stone House (June 9 - 19, 2016)

Permanent Home

I.S. 392 (Delivered Fall 2016)

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New York, NY 10005 

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Founders' Circle

  • The International Foundation for Arts and Culture
    (Dr. Haruhisa Handa, Chairman, Sing for Hope Global Patron)
  • The Arnhold Foundation in loving memory of Sissy and Henry Arnhold
  • The Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation
  • The Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation
  • Jacqueline Novogratz and Chris Anderson
  • The Seedlings Foundation 
  • Ann Ziff

Sing for Hope is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.

 

Sing for Hope is the official Cultural Partner of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.

Sing for Hope is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization (EIN 01-0856384). A copy of our most recently filed financial report is available from the Charities Registry on the New York State Attorney General’s website (www.charitiesnys.com) or, upon request, by contacting the New York State Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, or Sing for Hope at 99 Wall Street #1812, New York, NY 10005. You also may obtain information on charitable organizations from the New York State Office of the Attorney General at www.charitiesnys.com or (212) 416-8401.

Our mission is “art for all” – we actively engage those with special physical or intellectual needs. Both our office and our SFH Pianos Studio at 28 Liberty are ADA compliant, as are our partner sites.