Photographer Alix Smith competing for Pepsi Grant

Photographer Alix Smith is among 1143 artists being considered for a $250,000 grant from Pepsi. Alix Smith was in KiptonART's first exhibition in June 2005. For the past two years, Smith has been working on a photography project/social action campaign that focuses on gay & lesbian couples and families. STATES OF UNION is up for the Pepsi grant which would fund the educational youth component of this project. Through traveling exhibitions, educational workshops, an interactive blog and working with other organizations that prevent teen suicide, the youth component of STATES OF UNION will encourage positive identity formation.

 Alix Smith, States of Union #10

Voting for the winner of this grant began on April 1st and continues until May 1st. Show your support by voting for this project online at: www.refresheverything.com/statesofunion
Learn more about STATES OF UNION at www.statesofunion.com

"I continue to admire her vision and support States of Union"- Kipton Cronkite, Founder of KiptonART

STATES OF UNION at Morgan Lehman Gallery

Alix Smith, States of Union #15

Alix Smith, States of Union #10

Alix Smith is opening a whole new world for herself this evening, starting with her first solo show, States of Union, at the Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York. The basis of this project is conceptual portraits and how they relay (or relate) to identity. Hashing out the idea(s) behind this project was a long process for Smith. She loves using photography because it captures something and is representative. Based on classic portraiture, Smith shows homosexual unions are really no different than conventional, heterosexual pairing. These images seem overtly familiar as Smith attempts to redefine the conventional definition of family.
This show is just the start for this particular project. After opening at the Morgan Lehman Gallery, States of Union will be traveling for the next 4 years to small towns and big cities. Along the way, Smith will be adding more images, accumulating a larger body of portraits. This has been made largely possible by the NYFA.
Check out the opening this evening at Morgan Lehman Gallery from 6-8pm.

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