Mayo Sandoval Projects presents:
A Million and One Thanks – An Interactive, Community-based, Social Media Installation 

WHAT: New Exhibition A Million and One Thanks – An Interactive, Community-based, Social Media Installation 

WHEN: Free opening reception and artist talk on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 from 6 to 9 pm.  Exhibition will run February 6th – February 21st, 2010 and is open to the public.     

ABOUT:   In an age where the media and people in general tend to focus on the negative in the everyday, artists Trish Mayo and Stephen Sandoval propose another approach by introducing their interactive, community-based, social media installation entitled A Million and One Thanks.  It begins with an open call to the community to contribute their special thank yous for the important things in their lives.  The installation will feature photographs, a shrine-like display of objects and contributions received using the social media sites Twitter and Facebook or via email allowing anyone to submit their thanks and contribute to the installation.   Online submissions will be accepted throughout the exhibition and added in the gallery space creating a constantly evolving display.  Contributions will also be accepted by drop off into a box at the Local Project gallery. The goal of the project is to ask participants to explore their feelings, connect with others and celebrate the people, places or things that make their lives richer and fuller and to ultimately say THANKS!  
 
Find and contribute your THANKS to the project:
twitter - MayoSandoval    #millionand1thanks
facebook - MayoSandoval
email - MayoSandoval@gmail.com
blog - www.mayosandoval.blogspot.com/

ARTISTS: 
Trish Mayo is a photographer and social media artist.  Her work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum and Queens Museum of Art, New York and Tate Modern, London. She was selected as the Brooklyn Museum's 1stfans twitter feed artist for October 2009. 

Stephen Sandoval is a photographer, painter, and social media artist.  His work is held in private collections around the world, and has most recently been exhibited at the Queens Museum of Art in November 2009.