New York Archive

  • Jim and Cold Sweat, cos that’s what everybody in Alphabetville calls him cos every time that James Brown song Cold Sweat comes on, he goes absolutely apeshit.  One time I…

    JIM AND COLD SWEAT

    Jim and Cold Sweat, cos that’s what everybody in Alphabetville calls him cos every time that James Brown song Cold Sweat comes on, he goes absolutely apeshit. One time I…

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  • Dear Lou,
Another rainy night here in Edge City.  I’m not making this up;  I really *am* in Edge City, California, on the coast about ten miles or so from…

    JIM IN EDGE CITY

    Dear Lou, Another rainy night here in Edge City. I’m not making this up; I really *am* in Edge City, California, on the coast about ten miles or so from…

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  • Jim looks at what it’s come down to.  He was in New York on business. He’d rather not say what it was.  He had just come from his meeting when…

    JIM IN NEW YORK

    Jim looks at what it’s come down to. He was in New York on business. He’d rather not say what it was. He had just come from his meeting when…

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  • Jim wished that he could relate to what she was saying but the truth was that he was deaf to her verbal marksmanship.  At least that’s what she thought about…

    JIM AND THE DRY CLEANING

    Jim wished that he could relate to what she was saying but the truth was that he was deaf to her verbal marksmanship. At least that’s what she thought about…

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  • EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY:  What follows is a narrative of my life that fleshes out the skeletal details found in a

    Extended Biography

    EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY: What follows is a narrative of my life that fleshes out the skeletal details found in a "just-the-facts" resume-type bio

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  • Joann Mackenzie, Gloucester Daily Times, Mass.
Aug. 17–While Gloucester deliberates the future of the old Birdseye building, members of the city’s creative community have quietly recognized in its vast, raw…

    Birdseye goes video: Local film group hits big time with Guster video work

    Joann Mackenzie, Gloucester Daily Times, Mass. Aug. 17–While Gloucester deliberates the future of the old Birdseye building, members of the city’s creative community have quietly recognized in its vast, raw…

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  • <em>In 2006 Sarkin was nominated for a Wynn Newhouse Foundation award for artists with disabilities. As part of the application, he composed the below essay to describe his disability. Sarkin …</em>

    “How My Disability has Influenced my Work”

    In 2006 Sarkin was nominated for a Wynn Newhouse Foundation award for artists with disabilities. As part of the application, he composed the below essay to describe his disability. Sarkin …

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  • Gloucester Daily Times
Jon Sarkin has received a great deal of attention from the media in the past year, but his strangest experience was seeing his own face on a…

    Local Artist Honored For Overcoming Disability With His Art

    Gloucester Daily Times Jon Sarkin has received a great deal of attention from the media in the past year, but his strangest experience was seeing his own face on a…

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  • Mini Documentary detailing Sarkin's trip to New York City to create a large work in a very short amount of time.

    What’s your Story? – NYC mini-documentary

    Mini Documentary detailing Sarkin's trip to New York City to create a large work in a very short amount of time.

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  • New York Times

David and Sybil Yurman, both artists, have long supported the artistic community in New York and throughout the country. This year they embrace Jon Sarkin, the prolific…

    Art Meets Fashion

    New York Times David and Sybil Yurman, both artists, have long supported the artistic community in New York and throughout the country. This year they embrace Jon Sarkin, the prolific…

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