(Newswire.net — October 31, 2014) San Francisco, CA — The global power and reach of social media has been used time and again to raise awareness and create a call to action for causes around the world. But in a twist that brings together artists and the viewing public in a dynamic virtual dialogue, a global, online competition – Social Network Artists Competition expo Israel has used social media to promote and judge Israeli artists and their work in a whole new way.
Today’s best emerging contemporary Israeli artists submitted their work to this competition, and their work covers a wide range of subjects as seen at http://www.snac-expo.com/gallery/ . Almost as diverse as the art itself were the art lovers around the world who engaged with the artists online to participate in the competition:
• Total Israeli artists participating in the competition: 72
• Total pieces submitted to the competition: 219 pieces
• Total likes and followers of SNAC’s Facebook page: 13,000
• Total unique visitors to SNAC’s website: 129,000
• Total votes cast worldwide: almost 8,000
Three Bay Area exhibitions will be the first stops on a four-month tour of the competition’s 30 finalists (exhibit hours vary per location):
November 10-18, ZK Gallery, 213 Jefferson Street, San Francisco (opening night reception 11/13)
November 20-30, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
December 2-21, Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco
SNAC is the brainchild of two world-renowned Bay Area artists – Guy Clément Cohen (www.guyclementcohen.com) and Ali Meamar (http://meamar.com/home.html). Created to unite artists and art communities around the world, SNAC operates at the confluence of web technology and the traditional, physical experience of art in a participatory way.
For more information about the artists, the competition or the exhibits, contact SNAC at socialnetworkartcompetition@gmail.com or by calling 650-261-1643.
For more information:
Stephanie Miller