June, 2011

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Made with Love at the Textile Arts Center

image-4611 'Made with Love' is a series of 500 unique garments handmade from slightly varying shades of blue, green, or grey cotton jersey. The public is invited to try on and investigate these garments. The nature of these garments is ambiguous and varied with random arm, neck, and leg holes. The ...

Cat Celebrezze at Sweet Lorraine Gallery

image-4621 TIME COLOSSUS: a repetition in laminated love 365 non consecutive laminations of the Brooklyn Bridge by Cat Celebrezze Art opening.  Free and Open to the public. Saturday, July 2nd · 5:00pm - 8:00pm Sweet Lorraine Gallery 183 Lorraine St. 3rd Floor (between Court and Clinton) Brooklyn NY 11321 Everything is safety coated to last in laminated love. www.laminatedlove.com/timecolossus.html

Remarkable Marks Group Show at Purume Gallery

image-4608 Remarkable Marks June 29 - August 26, 2011 Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 29, 6-8 pm Featuring drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and printmaking of artists who create abstractions based on ideas, gestures, distillation of layers, calligraphic marks. We are pleased to present: large format, dramatically layered watercolors by Jo Bidner; intuitive and ...

Grey Matter at The Painting Center

image-4606 June 21, 2011 - August 6, 2011 OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 6:00-8:00 pm Mutable and mysterious, grey can signify both a presence and an absence in painting. It is the middle ground of our perceptual value scale and lends itself to a variety of usages and interpretations. The relationship artists ...

LUMEN 2011 International Video and Performance Art Festival

image-4594 LUMEN 2011 will feature video installations, new media projections, animation, performance art, art interventions, and sound art. An industrial Staten Island waterfront stage will feature work from nearly 100 international and NYC based artists. LUMEN will take place on Saturday, June 25, 6pm-12am at the former US Coastguard Depot, adjacent ...

Artist Profile: Matt and Mark Enger

image-4577 About the Artists Born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Matt and Mark Enger, identical twins, were raised on U.S. Army posts throughout the United States and the world. They grew up surrounded by military officers, archaeologists and Native Americans, whose ledger drawings Matt and Mark liked to draw inspiration from. This upbringing ...

Crest Hardware Art Show Opens

image-4522 Since opening Crest Hardware in 1962, Manny Franquinha has become an icon in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn through his dedication to customer service and focus on community improvement. Crest Hardware is an exemplary family business that has strengthened and transformed with their community’s ever-evolving needs ...

Artist Profile: Aditya Shringarpure

image-4511 Artist Statement My love of art stems from my early childhood in India, where I was exposed to a conglomeration of art ranging from traditional Indian to contemporary western. I find myself synthesizing images from places I visit into themes of urban decay, renewal, and everyday life. ...