RE*GEN*ER*ATE - ART AUCTION - 08/16/2014

Skate-art Auction benefitting the East Side Rec Skatepark

RE*GEN*ER*ATE ART SHOW BRINGS ART AND SKATE CULTURES TOGETHER IN CREATIVE WAYS

ON DECK Saratoga Uses Art to Raise Funds for Saratoga Skate Park

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY -- ON DECK Saratoga and Spring Street Gallery 
present Re*gen*er*ate, a skateboard art show and auction benefitting Saratoga’s 

historic skate park, opening Saturday, August 16th Street Gallery, 110 Spring Street in Saratoga Springs.

ON DECK Saratoga, a project of the not-for-profit Saratoga Institute, produces 
local and regional art and community events that are inspired by the creative 
and supportive spirit of skate culture. “I’m a lifelong skater and have travelled to
skateparks around the world, and always been welcomed as a member of their
local community,” said Benj Gleeksman, who heads the project with his wife, 
Belinda Colon. “That spirit is something we want to have here in Saratoga, and 
that’s why we formed ON DECK organization.” “Skate culture has always been a magnet for creative people, and that’s why we use art, films, music and other arts in our ON DECK projects,” said Colon, the curator and organizer of the Re*gen*er*ate Skateboard Art Show. 

ON DECK Saratoga has produced free skateboard jams, movie screenings and art shows, and works closely with he Saratoga Springs Recreation Department to keep the skate park safe and well-maintained, raising funds through projects like the Re*gen*er*ate auction.

The Re*gen*er*ate show features works by over 50 artists – including kids – 
who decorated skateboard decks in a wide variety of styles and media. An 
online auction for the artwork begins at the August 16 event. Participating artists 
donate their work free of charge to ON DECK Saratoga, with proceeds going to 
skate park programming and maintenance.

Opening: Saturday, August 16 from 6 to 9 pm, at Spring 

Spring Street Gallery is an award-winning not-for-profit art and performance 
space organization in Saratoga Springs, New York, that promotes the arts as 
a means of social and civic engagement. Our artists and exhibits have raised 
funds and awareness for local and worldwide causes, including drilling wells 
in Nepal and Rwanda, conservation of a sheep farm in Northumberland, NY, 
the urban treescape efforts in Saratoga Springs, saving our local skate park, 
and much more. Voted Best Art Gallery for three years running from Saratoga 
Today newspaper, Spring Street Gallery recently awarded the 2014 Gallery 
System ArtsUp Grand Prize, for our "level of creative thinking, effectiveness, and 
motivation to go beyond basic expectations." 

Contact Belinda Colon at emailbelinda@gmail.com or 518-290-0209