SARAH SHAFEY/ NY NEO’S
![Curated & Written by Amos White V for THE ARTISTS FORUM / AF MAG
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TORONTO SIREN SARAH SHAFEY & NY NEO-FUTURISTS THEATER ORG TOP AF FEATURED ARTISTS LIST FOR 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK, NY (December 8, 2009) After a tumultuous online battle of voters, fans, and campaigns by all candidates, THE ARTISTS FORUM proudly announces that the Reader’s Choice for the 2009 AF MAGAZINE Artist of the Year is SARAH SHAFEY, and that the 2009 AF MAGAZINE Arts Organization of the Year is NY NEO-FUTURISTS!
Both Sarah and the executive staff of NY Neo’s will receive a one year membership with The Artists Forum. Additionally, both winners will receive one year of free banner ads on www.theartistsforum.org. Also, there will be a reception for the winners along with the AF Artists & Arts Orgs of the Month for 2009. Details to be posted later in the year. For more information about the winners, please contact THE ARTISTS FORUM via email or view the links listed below.
Sarah Shafey writes:
Hey AF. How are you doing?
So, I wanted to say thank you for allowing me this fun opportunity and for thinking of me as a worthy candidate. I have always said that you guys have been kind to me and I have always appreciated it. I also want to thank everyone that voted for me -YOU ROCK MY SOCKS OFF!
THE BIG VOTE was indeed a big vote, and I had a chance to listen to Shinjuku Zulu and Maritri and wanted to say that you are supremely talented dudes (spoken like Bill and Ted from the Excellent Adventure, of course). Anyhow, please, for all of you watching, keep checking [out] my website and myspace page because I am releasing a new album in the summer which is going to make you fall on the floor in sheer excitement. AF ROCKS!!
Sarah Shafey
Rob Neill, Managing Director of the New York Neo-Futurists, writes:
The New York Neo-Futurists are very excited about being recognized as the 2009 AF MAGAZINE Arts Organization of the Year! A perfect topper on a banner year for the Neos: our company's Fifth Anniversary, receiving the New York Innovative Theatre Award for "Outstanding Ensemble" for our full-length production "(Not) Just A Day Like Any Other" and being named the Village Voice's Reader's Choice for "Best Performance Art." Wow!
We must first thank THE ARTISTS FORUM and Amos White V for providing a great medium for artists of all disciplines to interact and get recognition, then we have to give the credit to our fantastic fans and audiences who continue to support indie theatre and make our shows not only successful, but a constant party! We couldn't keep doing "Too Much Light" every Friday and Saturday night at the Kraine if people didn't keep coming in the door!
Thanks AF, and Happy New Year!!
For additional notices, please see Editor’s Letter December 2009.
To make comments about the winners, please email us here.
SARAH SHAFEY’S PROFILE: (MARCH 2009 ARTIST OF THE MONTH +
AF EMC PRESS RELEASE + AF EMC BIOS)
NY NEO-FUTURISTS PROFILE: (FEB. 2009 ARTS ORG OF THE MONTH) +
REVIEW: TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND + AF EMC BIOS)
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SARAH SHAFEY
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AF MAGAZINE: ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2009 WINNERS
