OPAF NEWS FLASH - OPAF PARTNERS WITH NEW YORK ARTIST STEVE KEENE
Tamara Bibby
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Title:
OPAF NEWS FLASH - OPAF PARTNERS WITH NEW YORK ARTIST STEVE KEENE
Creator:
Tamara Bibby
Date:
11/21/2002
Text:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 21, 2002
Contact: Tamara Bibby
(202) 223-2878
OPAF PARTNERS WITH NEW YORK ARTIST STEVE KEENE TO LAUNCH NEW FUNDRAISING
EVENT
Washington, DC - The Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund Inc. (OPAF)
has partnered with New York-based artist Steve Keene to launch a new
fundraising event: sale of colorful holiday and all-purpose note cards
that incorporate the OPAF logo and convey the humanitarian mission of
the organization.
Proceeds from the sale of these cards will support the primary objective
of OPAF: enable individuals with physical disabilities-especially those
served by members of the orthotics and prosthetics community-to enjoy
the rewards of personal achievement, physical fitness, and social
interaction.
The note and holiday cards are now available for purchase at $18.00 per
packet of ten cards (shipping and handling included). Order forms are
available directly at www.opfund.org.
The OPAF logo and mission inspired Keene's original and eccentric
designs. I think of my work as one big painting, and everyone can take
home a chunk of it. The art of painting, the performance is what I am
into. One of my goals is to put art in places where art is not normally
shown, Keene says.
Keene, who lives and works in Brooklyn, is America's Most Prolific
Artist. Recently he has displayed his art at Moore College of Art in
Philadelphia, at Rice University in Houston, at the Museum Ludwig in
Cologne, Germany, and at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in Los Angeles.
Having sold more than 70,000 paintings, he works constantly and produces
walls full for work everyday. He considerers each individual piece a
sort of a souvenir of a day and a participant in the larger, ongoing
event of Steve Keene Art. Learn more about Steve Keene at
www.stevekeene.com.
Our collaboration with Steve Keene is a fantastic way to raise the
profile of OPAF both within and beyond the O&P community, explains Jeff
Reznick, OPAF Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow. Through
this project, among many others to come, we will be able to communicate
our representation of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) more widely and
touch the lives of many more individuals who are served by the O&P
community itself.
Established in 1995, OPAF is nonprofit organization, a 501(c)(3) public
charity and the official philanthropy of the U.S. orthotic and
prosthetic community. Dedicated initially to providing financial and
in-kind support to the 1996 Paralympics, OPAF now generates its own
initiatives through partnerships with individuals, organizations and
institutions engaged in raising public awareness of disability and
improving the quality of rehabilitation medicine, science and
technology. For more information about OPAF, please visit
www.opfund.org.
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November 21, 2002
Contact: Tamara Bibby
(202) 223-2878
OPAF PARTNERS WITH NEW YORK ARTIST STEVE KEENE TO LAUNCH NEW FUNDRAISING
EVENT
Washington, DC - The Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund Inc. (OPAF)
has partnered with New York-based artist Steve Keene to launch a new
fundraising event: sale of colorful holiday and all-purpose note cards
that incorporate the OPAF logo and convey the humanitarian mission of
the organization.
Proceeds from the sale of these cards will support the primary objective
of OPAF: enable individuals with physical disabilities-especially those
served by members of the orthotics and prosthetics community-to enjoy
the rewards of personal achievement, physical fitness, and social
interaction.
The note and holiday cards are now available for purchase at $18.00 per
packet of ten cards (shipping and handling included). Order forms are
available directly at www.opfund.org.
The OPAF logo and mission inspired Keene's original and eccentric
designs. I think of my work as one big painting, and everyone can take
home a chunk of it. The art of painting, the performance is what I am
into. One of my goals is to put art in places where art is not normally
shown, Keene says.
Keene, who lives and works in Brooklyn, is America's Most Prolific
Artist. Recently he has displayed his art at Moore College of Art in
Philadelphia, at Rice University in Houston, at the Museum Ludwig in
Cologne, Germany, and at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in Los Angeles.
Having sold more than 70,000 paintings, he works constantly and produces
walls full for work everyday. He considerers each individual piece a
sort of a souvenir of a day and a participant in the larger, ongoing
event of Steve Keene Art. Learn more about Steve Keene at
www.stevekeene.com.
Our collaboration with Steve Keene is a fantastic way to raise the
profile of OPAF both within and beyond the O&P community, explains Jeff
Reznick, OPAF Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow. Through
this project, among many others to come, we will be able to communicate
our representation of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) more widely and
touch the lives of many more individuals who are served by the O&P
community itself.
Established in 1995, OPAF is nonprofit organization, a 501(c)(3) public
charity and the official philanthropy of the U.S. orthotic and
prosthetic community. Dedicated initially to providing financial and
in-kind support to the 1996 Paralympics, OPAF now generates its own
initiatives through partnerships with individuals, organizations and
institutions engaged in raising public awareness of disability and
improving the quality of rehabilitation medicine, science and
technology. For more information about OPAF, please visit
www.opfund.org.
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Citation
Tamara Bibby, “OPAF NEWS FLASH - OPAF PARTNERS WITH NEW YORK ARTIST STEVE KEENE,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 8, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220024.
