Dear Friends, Colleagues, Readers of this little blog,

It’s that time of year again, where I get involved with another project to invite you all to. This time I invite you to the opening of the exhibition for Papergirl NY. A project that started in Berlin and now is spreading around the world like the iphone. In it’s simplicity, we collected art from over 100 artists (from 10 countries), we display the art in three galleries and then ride around the city on bicycles giving out the art to people on the streets for free! It’s random acts of art kindness or in it’s simplest form street art.

Opening Night is Tuesday August 24th from 5p to 9p at Dumbo Art Center featuring over 100 pieces of art from artists near and far, drinks and cupcakes donated by Le Petit Cupcakery.

More details are here

Dumbo Art Center

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141761762523042

And if you miss the opening but still want to see ALL THE ART you can get a second chance at The Armory over the weekend.

The Armory

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=358378271966&ref=ts

Stacey
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p.s. if you have friends in Albany NY be sure to let them know they can catch Papergirl at The Market Place Gallery Sept 3-5

Do you walk around your neighborhood and find yourself nostalgic for that old favorite  bar, restaurant, coffee shop or  venue where you saw _______ band or ______ comedian for the first time. I do. Do you often wonder what your Grandpa or Grandma would say of that same neighborhood? I do.

Gallery Bar, another venue that doubles as an art gallery by day, lounge by night, unveils Sampling and Revisions: The L.E.S. deframed. This exhibit curated by Zoe Lukow opens tonight, March 3rd till March 24th and commemorates the neighborhood history through photographs of then and now.

Gallery Bar is located at 120 Orchard Street, north of Delancey.

I apologize as I totally dropped the ball. Only writing about pancakes for the month of February is shameful, unless of course I was a food critic blogger.

What’s going on this week in NYC? Tons of cool stuff!

Friday Feb. 26th

Wonderland: A Tim Burton Ball - dress up in your favorite character and learn to dance!

Dumbo Art Center: Pop Up Art Sale - Help support them and some wonderfully talent artists while also adding something to your wall. Art prices start at $50 a pop.

On Saturday 27th

The Music Hall of Williamsburg is screening UNPROTECTED, a series of 2 minute films by members of The FilmShop. For more information click here

Bike Buddy & Bike Tweetup in Brooklyn.

On Sunday Feb 28th

NYC Food Crawl Presents:  The February Pork Bun Crawl, Manhattan

Don’t forget to stop by City Bakery for the last day of the Hot Chocolate Festival! Sunday is their FINALE!!!!

So you are so over BAM’s Sounds Like Brooklyn festival, you’re in the mood for something more foreign, new or avant-garde, let me suggest the Unsound Festival that’s happening in venues throughout New York and Brooklyn starting tonight Feb 4th till 14th.

Opening night at Lincoln Center features Vladislav Delay, one of the most innovative musicians working in electronic music today, and Lillevan, the highly-regarded video artist who has worked with Fennesz and Morton Subotnik, continue an ongoing collaboration on a brand-new free-form audio and visual improvisation, creating their performance specifically for the David Rubenstein Atrium. There is also a special screening of Andy Warhol’s Kiss and Blow Job. You know if you want to star at one image on a screen for a very very long time. More information about Unsound Festival can be found at http://unsound.pl/en you can also find Unsound Festival 2010 lineup and music clips at though Last.fm page

In the summer of 2009 millions of people were suddenly caught by a short film, on buses, subways and at their local coffee shop. How did this happen? Why we took over digital signage in several countries all over the world. Now, we’re reading to do it again!

ART BY CHANCE 2010 will take place in May 2010 in several countries and cities around the world again. The submission is open now for TIME themed 30 second films.

For more information on Art By Chance and how you can submit you film or get involved with the digital movement. Please visit us at  http://www.artbychance.org/

WE ARE LOOKING FOR REPS IN VAROUS US STATES TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD AND BRING SCREENING PARTIES TO YOUR HOME TOWN. IF INTEREST HEAD OVER TO ME CONTACT PAGE AND SEND ME A NOTE!

Last year I put together a screening in NY where I showed all 22 Art By Chance and had various musical acts perform impromptu live scores. Just think what you can do in your on city!

When I think Miami, I think of that time I almost chocked to death over a giant french fry at The Rascal House, the 5 bucks my Great Grandma used to sneak me when my parent’s weren’t looking AND ART BASEL!

Although I’m scheduled to head down to Florida later in the month, if you’re about to head down or if you from the area here is a list of events going on around Miami. P.S. The original Rascal House is closed, all the Grandmas and Grandpa’s will have to steal rolls from another dining establishment.

Listing is courtesy of Danger List since I’m too tired tonight to actually do any research for you myself.

Thursday : The Riot Temple at Scope Art Fair
TheDanger is producing the entrance piece to the Scope Art Fair.  The work
is the full version of The Riot Temple, a visceral exploration of worship
& violence.  Scope is again teamed with Art Asia to present 70 galleries
and hundreds of artists.  From what we’ve seen during setup, much of the
work is amazing.  Details on Scope and The Riot Temple are at:
http://www.theriottemple.com/

Thursday: Wynwood Walls
While in the Wynwood district, check out the Deitch Projects presentation
of Wynwood Walls.  Fifteen influential artists from Asia, Europe, Latin
America and the United States have been invited to create outdoor murals
on the warehouse walls of Miami’s Wynwood Art District.  Including
artists: Aiko from Japan, Os Gemeos and Nunca from Brazil, Stelios
Faitakis from Greece, and Jim Drain, Shepard Fairey, Futura, Barry McGee,
Ara Peterson, Clare Rojas, Kenny Scharf and the team of Swoon, David Ellis
and Ben Wolf from the United States.
Details are at: http://deitchprojects.com/projects/sub.php?projId=295

Thursday Night : Ad Hoc Arts
The celebration of street art continues as our favorite Brooklyn Gallery
shows work from 40 artists. The exhibition opens Thursday, December 3rd,
noon to 5pm, with the Opening Reception / Party following that evening
from 7pm - 11pm.  The exhibition is located at: The Moore Building/Miami
Design District - 4040 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 103, Miami.
Friday : Creative Time presents: The New Oceanfront
The new Oceanfront area in Collins Park has been created as a platform for
virtually all of Art Basel Miami Beach’s cultural programming. Situated
directly beside the beach, the Oceanfront marks the point where the
artworld interfaces with the broader public.  Free of any admission charge
the project is located at Collins Park, between 21st and 22nd Streets.
Details can be found at: http://www.creativetime.org/

Friday Night : Fountain Party
Fountain Miami, is an independent alternative to art fairs held concurrent
with Art Basel Miami Beach and features work from many of our favorite
Brooklyn based galleries.  Friday night is their party night with the
galleries open and music by G.Love and David Katz.  More information can
be found at: http://www.fountainexhibit.com/

Saturday : Art Basel
With so much happening in Miami this week it’s easy to overlook the art
fair central to it all: Art Basel.  However, experiencing the diversity of
work presented by the worlds top galleries is an incredible experience,
even for art cynics.  Art Basel happens at the Miami Beach Convention
Center.

Performa 09, the third edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performance presented by Performa, will be held in New York City from November 1–22, 2009. The three-week festival will showcase new work by more than 80 of the most exciting artists working today, in an innovative program breaking down the boundaries between visual art, music, dance, poetry, fashion, architecture, graphic design, and the culinary arts.

Light Industry will be host to “Untitled Performances” by Emma Hart and Benedict Drew in their first collaborative performance in New York. Juxtaposing and transforming the mechanics of 16mm film, video and sound,

Tuesday November 17th $7 at Light Industry 220 36th Street, 5th Floor - Brooklyn, New York.

For full schedule on Performa 09 and Light Industry click on their respective links

Need to make a note to self to get involved in the next one. Marking my calender now.

A few years back I accompanied a friend to one of these Poprally events. Why haven’t I gone back since? Oh yeah, the last time I wanted to go to a show it was sold out! So I’m getting my ticket early this time!

PopRally presents an exclusive after-hours viewing of the exhibition New Photography 2009: Walead Beshty, Daniel Gordon, Leslie Hewitt, Carter Mull, Sterling Ruby, Sara VanDerBeek. Using digital photo-booth technology, guests can also construct their own take-away photographs using backgrounds newly designed by Gordon, Hewitt, and VanDerBeek. Music is provided by Andrew Kuo. Creative dress is encouraged.

If I were to create an interactive digital exhibition I would call it “Slipping Through The Cracks” and it  would be about me, technophonbia and adaptation. Don’t get me wrong. I love technology but somehow I always ended up getting by with a paper and pen instead of a keyboard and code.  As my interest in technology grows, I see what’s out there and I see there is so much possibility.  The number of people working on interesting projects combining art, video, technology and gadgetry continues to grow.

Thanks to the good folks over at EYEBEAM, I can get a look at what some of these artists are working on this weekend. Maybe I can even have them explain things to me really really slowly.

EYEBEAM OPEN STUDIOS

Date: Fri., October 23 + Sat., October 24, 2009 | 3–6PM
Location: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21s

Eyebam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design. This two-day presentation at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center will allow a rare, inside look at current research. Guided tours of artists’ work will be given every hour from 3–6PM.

Let the wild rumpus begin! I’m just going to directly cut and past this from NYCGO. Awesome event for old and young lovers of my favorite book of all time.

New York is going wild! In anticipation of the premiere of Spike Jonze’s film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, the five boroughs will channel the imaginative spirit of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book to help New Yorkers release their inner howl. During Wild Things Week NYC (October 12–16),

Book Readings: The New York Public Library, where Catherine Keener, Forest Whitaker and Max Records will read the book aloud to fans of all ages. For kid-oriented interpretations of the story, head over to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan on October 12 or the Brooklyn Children’s Museum October 10–18 for interactive readings of the book—with the kids playing the part of the Wild Things.

Wild Things for Adults: