May, 2012 - Page 2

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Artist Opportunity Workshop

Saturday, June 2, 12 - 7pm & Sunday, June 3, 1 - 4:30pm Brooklyn Arts Council and D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center team up to present the 2012 Artist Opportunity Workshop. This two-day professional development event features workshops by Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and multi-disciplinary artist Man Bartlett, and a Live Barter event ...

Venus Over Manhattan Gallery Inaugural Exhibit

Adam Lindemann's new gallery, Venus Over Manhattan, takes its name from the sculpture on the building's facade at 980 Madison. Featuring two nudes - a female hovering over a reclined male - it is romantic and nostalgic. The inaugural exhibition is titled 'A rebours' translated as 'against the grain' from the ...

Red Hook Studio Tour This Weekend

Over 50 artists studios, galleries and local businesses are participating in this year's event.  Highlights include wine tastings at http://www.drydockny.com/, treats at http://www.margaretpalcabakes.com/, http://redhooklobsterpound.com/, and http://brooklynfarmacy.blogspot.com/. Tour map available at http://brooklynstudiotours.com/tour-map/

Installation: 38th Street 2pm

image-6426 38th Street 2pm, a photo, video and sound installation by artists Diana Leidel and Cat Del Buono simulates a lunchtime saunter down this typical block in the Fashion District. The intimately scaled images were shot with only an iPhone and Flip Camera and are accompanied by a live feed of ...

Artist Profile: Charles Geiger

image-6410This recent work is a visual combination of botanical life and improvised imagery that reference current human and natural events. These paintings may be referred to as “Quasi-Botanical” because they turn toward a traditionally surrealist or lyrical interpretation of the environment using botanical forms metaphorically. Leaves, trees, rhizomes and microorganisms ...

The New York Photo Festival Opens This Week

NYPH’12 will explore the matrix of art photography and social documentary through four curators creating sites and live events exploring the origins and meeting points of art photography and documentary work: Glenn Ruga will premiere a phenomenal collection of masterworks from Bruce Davidson, Reza, Eugene Richards, Rina Castelnuovo, and Platon walking ...