In just TWO WEEKS, we‘ll race handmade pinewood derby cars down our incredible 35-foot track at the Gravity Racers Benefit Party & Art Auction! 🏁
Join us for the races, and bet to win a limited edition artist print, included with a ticket! 🖼️
Saturday, May 4
Doors open 3:30PM, races at 4PM
TICKETS
🎟️ A $400 ticket admits two and guarantees one limited-edition artist print
🎟️ Ticket packages offer discounts on multiple tickets
🎟️ A $200 ticket provides entry to the races and party
LIMITED-EDITION ARTIST PRINTS
11” x 14” (paper)
Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper
Signed edition of 10 + 2 AP
Print artists include: David Baskin (
@duvbaskin ), Yuchen Chang (
@yuchenyuchen ), Cecile Chong (
@cecilestudio ), Michele Oka Doner (
@micheleokadoner ), Madjeen Isaac (
@madjeenisaac ), Fatemeh Kazemi, LoVid (
@lovidlovid ), Tammy Nguyen (
@tammowhammo ), Simonette Quamina (
@simonette_quamina ), Ward Shelley (
@wardmshelley ), Tariku Shiferaw (
@abstractexit ), Eve Sussman, Summer Wheat (
@summerwheatlillian ), Anne Wu (
@annewu_ ), Dan Zeller
PARTY DETAILS
🔥 MC: Pat Oleszko
📣 Race Announcers:
@garararararara +
@augustine_boyce_cummings
💃Dress Code: Crash-test your fanciest Racing Fits!
🥟 Food by the
@pierogiboys
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Cecile Chong and Ryan Behroozi
Kate Gavriel, Two Trees Management
@twotreesny
Christos and Faye Giannikos
Bridget Murphy and Kay D. Vorderwuelbecke
Jennifer Sage and Peter Coombe, Sage and Coombe Architects
@sageandcoombe
Carol Salmanson
Ward Shelley
Alexandria Sica and Clara Inés Schuhmacher, DUMBO Improvement District
@dumbo_brooklyn
SPONSORS
@twotreesny
@greenpointframes
@team_studio
@partyrentalltd
@grimmales
@smartwater
@goldpeak
@shacksbury
Funds raised at the Gravity Racers Benefit support Smack Mellon’s mission to serve a diverse group of emerging, under-recognized, mid-career, and women artists through our exhibition, Artist Studio residency, and Art Ready teen mentorship programs.
Photos from the 2023 Gravity Racers Benefit Party & Art Auction. Photos by Saskia Kahn.