Finding Walls for your Art: a service for Artists & Art for your walls: a resource for businesses
FRESHART SF is a labor of love founded by San Francisco Artist Georgianne Fastaia, who has been helping her colleagues exhibit their work in alternative venues in an effort to support the independence of the working artist since 2005
I created FRESHART SF as a COMPLIMENTARY SERVICE FOR BUSINESSES
To present Artists I admire to venues showcasing local art
To create a user friendly online portfolio of exhibiting artists
To assist in coordinating a rotation of Art for local venues
And as a SERVICE FOR ARTISTS:
To provide artists with exhibition and low-commission sales opportunities
serve as a resource: assisting Artists with promotion, marketing and referrals
TO BRING ART TO THE PUBLIC EYE, FACILITATE SALES and PROMOTE GOODWILL
FRESHART SF relies on the Honor system. Sales go through the Artist.
My commission is based on the benefit I bring to the Artist by cultivating relationships in the community which provide artists with opportunities to sell their work directly to the public
HISTORY
I am an Artist selling my work through alternative venues including Starbucks, Arterra, The Barber Lounge, The Front Porch, and Philz Coffee
I coordinate the art as a free service to these merchants in exchange for the opportunity to showcase local Artists like myself.
FEES & COMMISSIONS ensure that the project stays viable (see Artist Contract for details)
Georgianne Fastaia was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1964. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from San Francisco State University in 1988 with a degree in Creative Writing. Her mother; an art teacher, encouraged Georgianne to follow her passion and to take art seriously. Self-taught, she began painting in 2001 and has sold her work directly to the public through alternative venues, cafés and restaurants since 2002. Using her experience as Open Studios Director, she created FRESHART SF: an art consulting service bringing artists and businesses together. Recent projects include “Organica”: a three women show at San Francisco’s first Green Housing Community: ARTERRA, as well as OFF THE WALL at The Barber Lounge.
Her involvement in the Arts is built upon extensive volunteer experience, most notably The Hillcrest Elementary Mural project for which she received a grant from the Phillips 66 corporation. The project garnered her invitation as guest lecturer at the John Swett Unified School District Board meeting. A writer and public speaker, she is an eloquent advocate for the arts. She is a member of Art Span, a Visual Aid Grant recipient, and a contributing writer for Mission Arts Monthly, The Painters Keys and a guest reviewer at Art business.
An accomplished Painter, she has had many successful Solo Exhibitions in galleries throughout Northern and Southern California and her Art is in private collections across the country. Her work has been featured in Artweek Magazine, The SF Chronicle, and prominently featured in the July 2009 issue of ELLE Décor magazine.
PRESS & REVIEWS 2009 Elle DÉCOR Magazine, Page 69-71 July 2009, Artwork featured and credited Mission Local, Art: More To Like, Artwork reviewed, Spring Open Studios ArtBusiness.com, Review by Lynorre Goldfarb, Solo Exhibition,” The Floating city of New Orleans” Arterra . 2008 ArtBusiness.com, Review by Alan Bamberger, “Debutantes",Secession Gallery S.F. Chronicle, Artwork Featured 2007 ArtBusiness.com, Review by Alan Bamberger, Group exhibition @ I SPY Gallery SF Bay Times, Review of Remains to be Seen, October 4 2007, Sister Dana Van Equity Cover, Mission Arts Monthly Magazine, Interview . 2006 ArtBusiness.com, Review by Alan Bamberger, Solo Exhibition, ”After the Flood” The Drugstore Gallery Podcast Interview, www.PacificNoise.com, Solo Exhibition, “After the Flood" the Drugstore Gallery 2005 ArtBusiness.com, Review by Alan Bamberger, “Badfish Gallery opening, Bad Neighborhood, Third St,Sf 2004 Art Week Magazine, Previews, Artwork Featured
PUBLICATIONS 2009 Review, “Who is Alice Shaw?” Art business.com , Alice Shaw Solo exhibition: Auto Biography at Gallery 16 Review, ArtSlant.com, Gallery 560 group Exhibition, June 18th 2009 Featured editorial ,The Painters Keys, “The Art of Bartering” Robert Genn’s The Painters Keys 2008 Featured editorial, “Personal icons as Everyday saints” Robert Genn’s The Painter’s Keys 2007 Featured editorial, “The Early morning Club”, Robert Genn’s The Painters Keys, 2004 Editorial, Mission Arts Monthly, “Why I buy art”
EDUCATION 1988 Magna cum Laude, B.A., Creative Writing, S.F.S.U.
EMPLOYMENT 2001-present Fine Artist 2002-present Artist Manager, The Art Explosion Studios,2425 17th st, SF,CA
GRANTS & AWARDS 2001-present Visual Aid Annual grant recipient 2001 Phillips 66 Corporation grant recipient, Hillcrest Mural Project
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2009 Solo Exhibition, Figurative Work, Starbucks Brannan @ 4th ,S.F. Solo Exhibition, Starbucks Mariposa @ 17th, S.F. Solo Exhibition, Orishas of Candomble, The Front Porch Restaurant, 65 29th Solo Exhibition, The Floating City, Arterra, 300 Berry,S.F. Visual Aid Solo Exhibition, Remains to Be Seen, Bioscrip Pharmacy, 2260 Market Solo Exhibition, The Floating City, The Front Porch Restaurant, 65 29th Group Exhibition, The Barber Lounge, 845 Folsom Solo Exhibition, Starbucks Brannon @ 4th1845 Market Solo Exhibition, Philz coffee, Berry @4th SF, 2008 Debutantes, Secession Gallery, 3361 Mission Solo Exhibition, The Children’s Room, I Spy Gallery, 1845 Market Solo Exhibition, Flood, Bioscrip Pharmacy Solo Exhibition, Equus, Accolades Gallery, Main St, Ventura 2007 Group Exhibition, A Glimpse into our Future, I Spy Gallery, 1845 Market Group Exhibition, Studio 333, 333 Caledonia, Sausalito Solo Exhibition, The Women, The Body Gallery, Baker St,S.F. Solo Exhibition, Equus, Accolades Gallery, Main St, Ventura 2006 Solo Exhibition, After the Flood, Griffin Davis Fine Art, 2323 Market Group Exhibition, My City, My Home - A Griffin Davis Show, Belcher Gallery, 69 Belcher Solo Exhibition, After the Flood, The Drugstore Gallery, 3149 Mission Group Exhibition, A Griffin Davis Show, Mononadanock Building, Market 2005 Solo Exhibition, Philz coffee, Sanchez @ 18th Solo Exhibition, New work, Starbucks Mariposa Visual Aid Group Exhibition, Spice, Catherine Clark Gallery, 49 Geary Group Exhibition, Bad Neighborhood, Badfish Gallery, Third St,SF 2004 Solo Exhibition, Equus, Starbucks Mariposa Georgianne Fastaia & Lee Cline; Drugstore Gallery, 3149 Mission 2003 Visual Aid Solo Exhibition, False Impressions, Harvey Milk Memorial Library Visual Aid Solo Exhibition, Second Look, The Women's Building, 3543 18th Group Exhibition, The Body & the Ghost, Painted Tongue Press, Berkeley
VOLUNTEER 2005-present Founder, FRESHART SF 2002-present Founder, Working Artists Group, Art Explosion 2005-2006 Owner, Bad fish Gallery, 148 Third 2005-2006 Speaker, Visual Aid Art Jam, Visual Aid, 116 New Montgomery 2003-2009 Show Director, Public Relations, Open Studios, Art Explosion, 2425 17th. 2004 Art Teacher, St John's Educational Thresholds, 3040 16th, grades3-5 . Precita Eyes Mural Center, Garfield Park & On Lok Center Mural Project 2000-2001 Hillcrest Elementary Mural Director, 601 California, Rodeo . Mural Project Speaker, John Swett School District Meeting, 2001-present Art Director, Starbuck Mariposa, Philz Coffee
REPRESENTATION 2007-2008 Accolades Gallery, Main St,, Ventura 2004-present Artist-Xchange Gallery, 3169 16th 2004-2006 Local Patron, 593 Valencia 2006-2007 Studio 333, 333A Caledonia St, Sausalito
DONATIONS 2002-present Petchitecture Art Auction, P.A.W.S. Benefit 2001-present Visual Aid’s Big Deal Art Auction 2001-2005 Art Span’s Art Auction
FRESHARTSFEXHIBITION VENUES
The Barber Lounge
Arterra
Philz coffee Downtown coming soon Philz coffee SOMA
Philz coffee Palo Alto Philz Coffee Berkeley coming soon Philz Coffee Castro
Starbucks (Bryant at Mariposa)
Starbucks (4th and Brannon)
Plant it Earth
the front porch restaurant
the body gallery
In-Symmetry
Cafe Quetzal
"To make art with all the questions answered deprives the viewer of the joy of participating in the act of creation. The choices I make between figuration and abstraction, between what is implied and what is revealed, serve to pull the viewer into the paintings surface and leave them with questions. My work is about transforming the mistake . In my process, I re-use old paintings, actively damaging the surface to give each a history. My hope is to affirm a more authentic concept of beauty while making paintings which retain an evocation of mystery."
