Welcome to Painting for Preservation!

Welcome to Painting for Preservation! This initiative, founded by artist Sara M. Zak, is aimed at drawing attention to distressed, at-risk, and under-utilized historic locations through on site art making.

Mission: To bring together artists of all media in support of historic distressed properties and communities. To create artwork on-site related to the location as a means of raising positive awareness of the space.

My hope is that we can continue this effort in Buffalo and expand the concept to other architecturally rich cities. Please e-mail Sara M. Zak if you are interested in starting a Painting for Preservation initiative in your city at info@paintingforpreservation.org

Our goals:
1. Raise awareness of at-risk, distressed and under-utilized locations and their neighborhoods

2. Create a record of historically rich locations through art

3. Create a community of artists invested in the urban landscape

4. Bring exposure and provide assistance to artists interested in documenting at-risk historic neighborhoods while also collaborating with members of those same neighborhoods.

5. Involve communities in sharing their stories of local historic architectural and their neighborhoods.



Sunday, October 16, 2011

Many Thanks

I can't thank this crew of people enough... Meagan Baco, Amanda Maciuba, Steve Siegel, Nancy Siegel, Dana Saylor, and Casey Milbrand.  They've been working hard at the Statler Towers all weekend for ART +PRESERVATION.  Here's some cool setting up photos...

Dana hanging Vaux Barn by Painting for Preservation darling Mickey Harmon (our graphic designer extraordinaire!)

Meg, Casey, Amanda, Sara (with Dana taking the photo and in the painting in the background!)


Casey and Meagan hanging a great abstract inspired by the industrial waterfront by Josh Nickerson


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