Got invited to an art show. You should come too:

For the first months at the start of this decade, Artists Wanted mounted an international search for the worlds most compelling Self Portraits. What was discovered is phenomenal. Artists from over 70 countries submitted work ranging from painting, to sculpture to performance to photographs. The range and depth of work was phenomenal and we are pleased to present the best of that process.

Friday, March 12th, from 7pm through 10pm,
you are invited to:

Self : Expressed
Open House Gallery
201 Mulberry St. in Manhattan.

For a map, click here.

rsvp: info@artistswanted.org

While in Iceland, I spent some time contributing artwork for a mural for the local Squatter’s House in Reykjavik.

Apparently, a local blogger, MARIA ALVA ROFF, captured me unbeknownst as I worked.

(via: http://www.icelandeyes.blogspot.com/2009/08/squat.html)

Valkyrie (photo: Ute Binder)

(via: mbl.is http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/innlent/2009/10/18/slokkvistarfi_ad_ljuka/)

I would encourage anyone to check out the spot if they happened to be in town, however the House burned down! Oh, those silly squatters.

Courtesy of Spread Art, at 104 Meserole Street, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11206:

The Love Show  – July 17th, 18th, 19th

Opening: Friday July 17th 6pm – 11pm

The show is about Love. Love as a force of good, bad, movement, height, hate, God, passion, destruction, construction, oppression. etc.

20 artists working in a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, wood, photography and more.

Music by Knight & Gale and Eastern Sweats

Opens: July 17th 6pm
on view: July 18th & 19th 12pm – 6pm

See you there.

3rd Ward Sweatshop Social:

Bags for the People and 3rd Ward have partnered up to bring you “Sweatshop Socials” every last Monday of each month. You bring the fun and the fabric; we’ll provide the sewing machines, instruction, drinks ($1 if you bring a cup, $3 if you don’t), snacks and live music. ‘Cause everybody knows plastic is passe.

RSVP events@3rdward.com

More info http://www.3rdward.com/sweatshop-social/

Art VS Design:

For the past six weeks hundreds of artists and designers participated in Artists Wanted’s competition that asked the eternal question: “What moves the world more – Art or Design?”  Wednesday, June 24th you are invited to participate in the answer.

Artists Wanted received submissions from over 60 countries with an incredible array of style and talent.  We couldn’t be more pleased to announce the winners.

Join us in the announcement and party:

Wednesday, June 24th 8pm
At the New Museum (235 Bowery, NY, New York)

AFTER PARTY: Katra Lounge, with free mojitos, projections of the top selected work from the competition and jump up dance music from dj Kimyon.
All absolutely free.

For details http://www.artistswanted.org/

Ha ha. I went to prom at Sexy Gazebo, hosted by Cinder’s Gallery for Armory Night, March 7th 2009.

I love art walks, they’re usually fun. Norte Maar and sponsor ArtCal are giving you some guidance in the form of “Bounce That Beat: Bushwick Art Spaces Stay Open Late.” Friday, Feb. 13th, a handful of galleries, both conventional and of the living room variety, will be open from 6 to 10 p.m. to allow “the public to see real art in real time.” And they are more or less on one simple route.

A lot of stuff happens at the 3rd Ward in Bushwick. Gotta RSVP.

January 16th from 6 to 9 pm, 3rd Ward presents Brooklyn’s first exclusively air-filled art show: Inflatable Sculpture! For this one-night exhibition, students from 3rd Ward’s Inflatable Sculpture Class will fill 3,000 sq. ft. of space with towering sculptures that by morning will fit into the pocket of even your skinniest jeans. Also, featuring the work of Instructor Patrick Flibotte, his former students from University of Miami and Billie Grace Lynn. Expect live music from DJ Tanner, complimentary drinks and a crash course on how to make an inflatable sculpture of your own. Inflatable Sculpture @3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn January 16th, 6 to 9 pm RSVP events@3rdward.com

Fun! Check it out Tomorrow Night!

HANDMADE MUSIC NIGHT, January 15th, 7:30 – 10:30 pm, FREE 3rd Ward, Etsy.com, Make Magazine, and createdigitalmusic.com present Handmade Music Night. Part party, part mixer, part Science Fair, and part performance, this is an informal chance for geeksters and the geek-curious to come together, relax, and discover new sounds and drink complimentary Pabst. The evening is a gathering of inventors of new instruments & music technology. Featuring circuit-bent toys, custom software and patches, interactive digital & visual instruments, custom electronics, electricity-powered noisemakers, DIY robots and new acoustic instruments. And it’s open to everyone from hard-core hackers & newcomers to music lovers who want to learn about the DIY music scene. Got a project in progress? Bring it along! Just want to hang out, meet some makers and discover new things? Drop in!