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Celebrating Five Years

ArtDesk celebrated its five-year anniversary in October 2018. An idea hatched on a park bench in Marfa, Texas in 2012 has become a widely distributed arts education publication with a global outreach. Naturally, a two-night celebration with friends, contributors, and colleagues was in order—cheers to fifteen issues and counting!

These evening events were held at the CORE: Club in New York’s Midtown East neighborhood. Not only was ArtDesk celebrated but this was the inaugural event for the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center National Council, a network of supporters from across the nation for Oklahoma Contemporary’s endeavors.

New York, New York
a group of people pose for a photo at a party
Jon and Tiffany Sweet, Hilary Davidson, James and Anna Hall
a group of people chat together at a party
Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas, Glenna and Richard Tanenbaum, Thomas and Angela Keesee
a woman in blue smiles at a party
Helen Little
three people look at ArtDesk magazine together and
John Newsom, Dalton Freed, and Lisa Brintz
A man in a suit and glasses looks at ArtDesk magazine
Nikolas Chen
two people at a party look at a camera
Paul Solberg and Zipora Fried
five people pose for a photo together at a party
Nicholas Fjellberg Swerdlowe, Julia Wheatley, Christian Keesee, Allen Swerdlowe, and Chandler Noah
a man smiles while talking to a crowd at a party
Victor Roquette
two women smile as they pose for a photo at a party
Elizabeth Frost Sainty and Ruth Newman
two people pose for a photo together
Alec Knight and Erin Baiano
two women chat together at a party
Jackie Collins and Kiwi Gleich
a woman at a party smiles while she embraces a friend
Edwina Sandys
two women pose for a photo together at a party
Angela Chen and Younghee Kim-Wait
three people pose for a photo together at a party
Paul Devlin, Thomas Keesee, and Emily Raabe
people engage in lively conversation at a party
Christaan Felber and Ree Willaford