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

Seems like fun from the Observatory Room:

ENTOMOLOGIA – A Group Show of Insect Art
February 26th – April 4th, 2010

Opening: Friday, February 26; 7:00 – 10:00
Hours: Thursdays and Fridays 3-6; Saturdays and Sundays 12-6;

OBSERVATORY and Curious Expeditions’ Michelle Enemark are delighted to announce “Entomologia,” a group show of art incorporating and inspired by insects, on view from February 26th through April 4th.

“Four years of hard work in the darkness, and a month of delight in the sun – such is the Cicada’s life. We must not blame him for the noisy triumph of his song. For four years he has dug the earth with his feet, and then suddenly he is dressed in exquisite raiment, provided with wings that rival the bird’s, and bathed in heat and light. What cymbals can be loud enough to celebrate his happiness, so hardly earned, and so very, very short?” -Jean Henri Fabre

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Jennifer Angus
Joianne Bittle
Catherine Chalmers
Joanna Ebenstein
Michelle Enemark
Judith Klausner
Barrett Klein
Shanna Maurizi
Herbert Pfostl
Brian Riley
Stacey Steers
Steve Thurston
James Walsh
Lisa Wood

ENTOMOLOGIA EVENTS DURING THE RUN OF THE SHOW

Insect Safari with Catherine Chalmers
Friday, March 12, 7:30pm
A film screening of Entomologia contributing artist Catherine Chalmers’ insect shorts, “Safari” and “We Rule”. The screening will be followed by a talk about the cast of the Safari; 20 species of insects, reptiles and amphibians she raised in her SOHO studio.

Insects, Naturalist, Dioramas and World Travels
Friday, March 19, 2010, 8:00pm
A talk of insects, world travel, and art with Joianne Bittle, Entomologia contributing artist, and diorama artist for the American Museum of Natural History.

Curiosity and Horror: Transgenics, Cybernetics, and Evolution
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 8:00pm
An illustrated lecture by Entomologia contributing artist Shanna Maurizi on the nether regions of genetic engineering and transgenics, molecular biology, and military cybernetics.

Exhibition: ENTOMOLOGIA

ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Michelle Enemark is the creator of Curious Expeditions, a site devoted to traveling and exhuming the extraordinary past. Curious Expeditions was named a finalist for best travel blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards and received a 2009 Cliopatria Award. A motion graphics artist by trade, visual artist by training, and historian and naturalist by self appointment, Michelle aims to show the forgotten bits of the world, be they lost pieces of history, forgotten museums, or elements of the natural world that have been ignored or overlooked.

ADDITIONAL CURATION:
Jessica Oreck works as an animal keeper and docent at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. When not at the museum, Jessica spends her time inventing new ways to create a sense of wonder in the world. Jessica just finished her first feature documentary, “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo.” She is currently in production on several animated science shows, building her own museum exhibition, and pre-production for her next feature film, The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga.

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Poster Design by Andrew Hurst

BACK THE BEAT: DOWNLOAD MAP HERE

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THE FOLLOWING SPACES WILL BE PARTICIPATING
IN THIS LATE NITE EVENT:
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ENGLISH KILLS
ANDY PIEDILATO: New Paintings

February 19-March 21

114 Forrest Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

PH:  718.366.7323
EML:  info (at) englishkillsartgallery(dot)com
URL:  www.englishkillsartgallery.com

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CENTOTTO

TERRAE AND THE ETHER:  Bridging a recently bygone ’simposio’ denuding creative process with an upcoming ’simposio’ authorizing poly-authored forgeries, this new ‘interstizio’ exhibit merges the patent nominalities of photographed places and persons, or places and things, with paintings of an indefinite, abstractly envisioned ether that might conceivably dwell therebetween.

Featuring paintings by Tim Kent, Layton Hower and Miguel Kim, and photographs by Myles Dickason and Didier Clain.

250 Moore Street, #108, Brooklyn, NY 11206

PH: 908.338.3590
EML: postuccio (at) gmail.com
URL: http://centotto.com

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FACTORY FRESH

FRONT ROOM: pufferella

BACK ROOM: The Josh McCutchen Show

1053 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

EML: info (at) factoryfresh.net
URL: www.factoryfresh.net

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FAMOUS ACCOUNTANTS

In my Secrecy I Was Real: works by Randal Wilcox

1673 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

EML: kvnrgn (at) gmail.com
URL:  http://famousaccountants.wordpress.com/

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STOREFRONT

fog walks:
new sculpture by Norman Jabaut
and a work by Robert Rauschenberg

February 19-March 28

hours: Sat + Sun 1-6PM
email: info(at)storefront(dot)com
url:  http://www.storefrontbk.com

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SUGAR

council bluff: David B. Frye + JJ Sulin

449 Troutman St., 3rd floor #3-5, bell #21, Brooklyn, NY 11237

PH: 718-417-1180
EML: sugar (at) sugarbushwick(dot)com
URL: http://sugarbushwick.com/

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

19 FEBRUARY 2010, 6-9pm
CLOPEN STUDIO, 1100 Broadway, Brooklyn

Featuring the work of: Korakrit ARUNANONDCHAI, Michael ASSIFF, John BIANCHI, DADDY, Scott GOODMAN, Allie PISARRO-GRANT, Clayton SCHIFF, Andrew THOMAS, Justin WARSH

1100 Broadway is pleased to present CLOPEN STUDIO, a one night only exhibition of eight artists and one design firm. In the former home of the Bruce High Quality Foundation, 1100 Broadway has reemerged as a multidisciplinary art and music studio. Continuing in the independent spirit of the former occupants, CLOPEN STUDIO will feature a diverse representation of new work by emerging artists and musicians, and act as active space within the Bushwick art community.

Join us for an after hours drink and dance at Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway) with music by Bad Credit No Credit and Devin Kkenny.

Featured Event:

The 2009 Winter Group Show

New Works from Emerging Artists in Drawing & Painting
February 12, 7 to 10 p, FREE @ 195 Morgan Avenue, Bklyn, NY

We invited artists from around the world to submit new work for this dynamic and inventive group show.  With the help of judging panel David Elshout of Antistrot, Rachel Hinde Founding Director of Re-Title, and Kate McNamara Curator at P.S.1, work from these twenty-five distinguished artists has been selected for our 2nd Group Show.

Featuring Grand Prize Winner Craig Dongoski, Runners Up MaDora Frey, Ann-Marie James & Tim Mearini and Top 21 Artists: Wesley Berg . Alex Callender . Kimberly Deakins . Christian DeFilippo . Jesse Engelbrecht . Heather Gargon . June Glasson . Kelsey Henderson . Carolyn Hulbert . Lisa Iglesias . Jovan Karlo Villalba . Anna Kell . Kristian Kozul . Heidi Landau . Jayne Lawrence . Nikolay Lyutskanov . Monika Malewska . Jeremy Mangan . Nu Ryu . Anthony Schwartz . Emily St. John

Plus music from DJ Spreadin’ It and complimentary Colt 45.

RSVP events@3rdward.com

For images & information visit 3rdward.com/groupshowcurrent

On display through February 21, 2010

Superconcious Futureritual
R. Nicholas Kuszyk
February 12th – March 14th 2010
Opening Reception Friday February 12th 7-10pm

Peer into a parallel universe through R. Nicholas Kuszyk’s paintings and you will see a prisma-colored society of robots acting out the various roles of mankind’s existence. There are densely layered hyper metal war massacres with robots’ innards being yanked out of torsos, raining bits of robotic parts across a sea of retired machines. Glowing orbs float above the action spewing out jumbles of wires while magical rays of light blast out of holes in the ground as robots ceremoniously gather around. The scenes are sci-fi fantastical while transcending possible elements of kitsch in favor of exploring humankind’s complex conundrums.

There are peaceful moments amid the visual chaos: automatons endlessly toiling away at menial tasks, groups calmly working together, building structures, sharing everyday mundane moments, and saving one another from on the job peril. You can sense the comforting peace of their rituals and while there is not a human in sight, the seemingly expressionless robots unveil a myriad of emotions that we all can draw personal parallels to.

R. Nichoals Kuszyk is a prolific painter, muralist, and recent author of R.Robot Saves Lunch, published by Penguin Books. He has previously shown at McCaig Welles Gallery in Brooklyn, and most recently at Michael Rosenthal Gallery in San Francisco.

CINDERS GALLERY
103 Havemeyer st.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-2311
Wed-Sun 1-7pm
www.cindersgallery.com

Tonight, Friday 5, 2010:

The Backwards Step + The Stepchildren

Dear Sir or Madam -

You are cordially invited to attend Sights Beyond Seeing, a gala art opening and party at The Backwards Step, on Friday, February 5th, 2010, beginning at 8 o’clock in the evening. Refreshments and drinks will be served. Attire is Brooklyn casual.

8 PM-10 PM: Art Opening

Food by Callahan, Turntables by The Fleece

David Acevedo – photographs, Callahan – mixed media, Perry England – sculpture, Chul Hee Kim – drawings, Mu Gadu – video art and paintings, Alex Seel – video art and photographs, Jack Semple – paintings, Mitch Steinlicht – performance art

10 PM-1 AM: Live Musical Acts, 1 AM-Morning: see what happens

Cavalier Cavski, Pastel Group, Bangladeafy, Free Advice

Hope to see you there.

Peace & Love,
The Stepchildren

59 Jefferson Street #302 – Bushwick and Jefferson

Also tonight:

Drink-N-Draw-Overdrive // A Party for People who Love to Draw

February 5, 8 p to 2 a, $20, Admission includes Colt 45 & Live Music

Everyone’s favorite weekly figure drawing event goes big for the new year!  For the first time, we’re opening up 7,000 sq. ft. on our 2nd floor for a 6-hour Drink-n-Draw extravaganza.  As always we’ll provide the models and the beers, but this time there will be 10 models (costumed & nude), long & short drawing sessions, music from DJ Tanner, DJ Trent, The Fieros, Ego Puppets, War Cubs and more, complimentary Colt 45 and a cash bar.

Bring your drawing tools, creativity and a friend or a date. 

RSVP events@3rdward.com

Tomorrow Night, Saturday, February 6th, 2010:

Saturday February 6 2009. 10 pm. $ 5.

Free beer all night, sponsored by Colt 45, courtesy of VICE Magazine

100 Thames St +Knickerbocker (Off the Morgan L)

Opening night of the LOOM’s month long art installation, brought to you by many fabulous artistic talents from NYC and beyond.

presented by SARAH TAMAR, NORA ALEK, SARAH DEVI, DUNX of  BEAUTY MASSACRE NYC with THE DARDYS (www.thedardys.com) + DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS + MATT SHADETEK of DUTTY ARTZ + HIRO THA JAP  SKITSNYGG of RADICALOUTING! + ZAKEE KUDURO + JESSE JAMZ + GORDON GARTRELL + KID ROYALE

Special thanks to: Stephanie Dunx, Anton Glam of RadicalOuting! Zalmen Labin, Julien Othneil Richardson, Kevon Sterling, BarrelHouseNYC (http://barrelhousenyc.blogspot.com/2010/01/loomnyc.html), Hannah Rad (www.sheenabeaston.com), Kristina Marino (www.thedowntowndiaries.com)

The Loom

Art, Music, Fashion, Marketplace, Exhibition

JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 28

OPENING NIGHT SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6

RSVP  to sarahplaysnyc@gmail.com

Finally:

Art Show #1 at 567 Onderdonk ave this weekend in Ridgewood NYC. Sat Feb 06, 6-10pm…maybe later. Tons of art and music by The London Souls, Daddy Long Legs, Trouble & Strife. DJ Avi Spivak!

Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 6:00pm. RSVP: (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=283721026567&index=1)

The Laundromat, 238 Melrose Street, 3rd Floor

Two days only:
Reception Saturday, November 7th 6-10pm
Open Sunday November 8th 12-7pm

The Laundromat is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture by Maiko Shioda and Joe Protheroe. Both artists are concerned with an interplay between dream worlds and reality.

The Laundromat is an artist-curated exhibition space.

http://laundromatgallery.blogspot.com

ART EXHIBITION 11/7/09 – 11/21/09

Opening Reception: 11/7/09. 1717 Troutman St. Brooklyn, NY.  4pm-8pm

Celebrating the breadth and depth of video possibilities through art. A plethora of live video editors, electronic and interactive artists, video and installation artists who use the moving image outside the “box”. Coming from as far as Italy, Switzerland and Germany these artists showcase their work with the video community in New York City. For two weeks and in two different locations the festival hosts an array of projects. Projects include, Katja Loher’s video planets, a ¾ ton “ice-stallation” by Raphael DiLuzio, a demonstration by Berlin based Modul8 software representative and performer, Ilan Katin and a night of performance featuring video artist and collaborator, Alison Childs, the Spanish AV(Audio/Video) perfomer, *Rafaël*. Please join us for these exciting, free events.

http://playwithfirefestival.wordpress.com/

A FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION OF INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART

Open Studios present works by the 36 artists, artist groups and curators currently in residence at ISCP. Residents of ISCP employ a refreshingly diverse range of styles in the mediums of painting, drawing, photography, video, performance, sculpture and installation, all of which will be on view in their individual studios. Presented twice a year, ISCP Open Studios offer the public, art professionals and other enthusiasts access to cutting-edge contemporary art practices from around the world. These free events provide an exclusive peek into the production, process and personal archives of celebrated artists with global reputations, many of whom are showing their work in New York for the first time.

Opening Reception: Friday, November 6, 7 – 9PM
(shuttle to ISCP available at the Grand St stop, off the L train)

Opening Hours: Saturday, November 7, 2 – 6PM
Sunday, November 8, 2 – 6PM
Monday, November 9, 12 – 8PM

http://www.iscp-nyc.org/