The UBS Art Gallery

Collaged transportation mural Artwork: Group Project

Studio in a School's mission is to foster the creative and intellectual development of young people through quality visual arts programs directed by professional artists, and to collaborate with and enhance the capacity of those who provide and support arts programming for youth in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

	Portrait of a boy in front of cityscape (Manhattan) Artwork: Daizon Wills

Studio in a School is a not-for-profit organization that, through the guidance of professional artists, provides visual arts programs to the city's youth, working in schools, childcare centers and community centers. Founded in 1977 by philanthropist and President Emerita of The Museum of Modern Art, Agnes Gund, at a time when arts programs were virtually eliminated from public schools due to fiscal constraints, the organization has served hundreds of thousands of New York City students. In 2004, Studio in a School played an instrumental role in creating the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts, the first comprehensive, multi-dimensional kindergarten through 12th grade framework for arts education ever designed for use throughout the New York City school system.

Pink flower print on green background Artwork: Hortencia Reyes

Collaged flamingo on blue background Artwork: Cynthia Cruz

	Print of animal drinking from watering hole Artwork: Shamal Flood

UBS has a longstanding and ongoing commitment to the support of the arts and culture. UBS sponsors four exhibitions each year in The UBS Art Gallery, located in the lobby of its building at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York City. Through its exhibition program, the Gallery offers non-profit arts and cultural organizations a midtown Manhattan exhibition space and the opportunity to introduce their programs to a new audience. The UBS Art Gallery enables many institutions to organize and mount exhibitions that might not otherwise be seen. These exhibitions encourage interest in the arts among the hundreds of employees, clients and members of the general public who pass through the UBS building each day.

UBS also has its own art collection. Recognized internationally as one of the most important corporate collections of contemporary art, The UBS Art Collection comprises more than 900 paintings, photographs, drawings and sculptures by many of the world’s leading artists from 1950 to the present. UBS is proud of this heritage of collecting and embraces the Collection as a treasure to be shared with our employees, clients, shareholders and other individuals passionate about art through international loans and tours of selected works. To further share our Collection with the public, UBS provides permanent online access to works in the Collection, information on the artists and online exhibitions via an interactive web museum at www.ubs.com/artcollection.

UBS is one of the world’s leading financial firms, serving a discerning international client base. Its business, global in scale, is focused on growth. As an integrated firm, UBS creates added value for clients by drawing on the combined resources and expertise of all its businesses.

UBS is the leading global wealth manager, a top tier investment banking and securities firm, and one of the largest global asset managers. In Switzerland, UBS is the market leader in retail and commercial banking.

UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in 50 countries, with about 39% of its employees working in the Americas, 34% in Switzerland, 17% in the rest of Europe and 10% in Asia Pacific. UBS’s financial businesses employ some 80,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SWX Swiss Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

Josiah Wedgwood Ceramics from the University Art Museum SUNY Binghamton
January 24 – April 18, 2008

The Horticultural Society of New York
August 7 – October 31, 2008

The UBS Art Gallery is located in the UBS Building at 1285 Avenue of the Americas (between 51st and 52nd Streets) in New York City. The Gallery is on the ground floor of the building and exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Admission is free.

**For recorded exhibition information: (212) 713-2885**