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Art Walk
Saturday May 25 (11am-10pm), Sunday May 26 (11am-4pm)
Art Factory, Paterson New Jersey

The 5th annual Paterson Arts Council (PAC) Art Walk sponsored by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council, the Passaic County Community College and the Art Factory will be held on Memorial Day Weekend, 2013. On Saturday, May 25 and Sunday May 26 the public is invited to visit the historic district of Paterson, where hundreds of thousands of square feet of nineteenth century historical industrial facilities will be activated with many wonderful and awe-inspiring artworks. There will be live bands on several stages, food and refreshments, dance performances, special installation exhibits and historical tours, as well as artist demonstrations in wood shops, metal shops, photo studios and pottery studios. Visitors will be encouraged to interact with artist members of the Art Factory, discuss their work, and bear witness to the commencement of the cultural renaissance of the great City of Paterson. Take a stroll from the Dolphin Manufacturing complex on Spruce Street through the new National Park, across the Great Falls, and on to the Meisch Silk Mill adjacent to Hinchliff Stadium and visit the Paterson Museum for a walk through industrial history.

For more information please visit http://artfactory.us.com
Contact: 973-278-1500

Art Factory | 70 Spruce Street | Paterson, New Jersey 07501

Beauty Embodied- Art Show
Saturday, June 1- Saturday June 8, 2013
Dramatics NYC Salon

The human body consists of intricacies and fine detail that comprise the essence of endless qualities.

We will express our vision for how we see the image and beauty of the human body and focus in on its unique aspects.Each artist will bring forth a different taste to the palette, providing an astonishing collection of display.All art will be featured for an entire week, from June 1st- June 8th.

Opening Night is Saturday, June 1st @ 7:30 pm.Free Entry!Wine and fine chocolates will be served to entice the atmosphere,Promotions will be given,Music,Sexy-theme dress code (Dress SEXY!)

(Roster to be announced) (Currently accepting submissions).Please e-mail at:artramontrif@gmail.com for inquiries.Photography by Eddie Soto (www.eddiefilm.wix.com/eddiesotophotography)

Entry is free. For more information about the event, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/448666581878626/

Dramatics NYC Salon l 1488 3rd Ave l New York NY l 10028

Calls for Submissions:
For and About: Art and Reactions to Superstorm Sandy
Curated by Radar Curatorial
Deadline to Apply: June 5, 2013
Exhibition Dates: September 27, 2013 – February 14, 2014
BAC Gallery

BAC Gallery seeks work that extends beyond documentation for For and About: Art and Reactions to Superstorm Sandy, a curatorial project focused on how artists experience and interpret natural disasters. The show is open to visual and literary artists based in Brooklyn, who wish to present work dedicated to people affected by Hurricane Sandy, and/or about the storm’s impact on Brooklyn. For and About is an opportunity to focus on the communities hit hardest by the storm, creating a space to reflect on the collective and individual experiences at the one-year anniversary of the storm.

The project will include a group exhibition of visual artworks on display in BAC Gallery as well as a site-specific installation integrated into the Dumbo community during the Dumbo Arts Festival. For this multi-faceted curatorial project, Radar Curatorial will also gather written work along the same theme to present in a limited-edition printed zine and to publish online at brooklynartscouncil.org.

For more information and to apply:
http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/2184

Chelsea Gallery Exhibition
MAY 3 - JUNE 4, 2013
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery

AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY, 511 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York City, is proud to showcase in its MAY 3 – JUNE 4 Exhibition and special “Salute to the Stars !” Diamond Jubilee Soiree on Thursday, May 9 leading Contemporary Master Artists whose mesmerizing work explores the abstract, figurative and natural worlds, exalting the magical realm of the aesthetic through brilliant coloration and dazzling form. This Stellar exhibition offers a visual bouquet to delight the senses of both art acquisitiors and art aficionados, entrancing the apex of excellence while offering a fantastical international perspective to the representational and non-representational realm through dazzling artistic interpretations of the world.
Artists Exhibiting Include:
“STARS On EARTH”
HÉLÈNE DeSERRES
J. B. DULE
KAY GRIFFITH
MANUELLA MUERNER MARIONI
“SYNERGY of the STARS”
PHILIP CATANIA
TERI LEVINE
ZINAIDA LIHACHEVA
“STARLIGHT SYNCHRONICITIES”
MARCELA CARVALHO
NATASA MENART
JANET TIMMERIJE
“CANDESCENCE of the STARS”
R. BRUCE BRENNAN
TERREL JONES
FRANCES de COURCY MERCER
PHYLLIS TERRELL

Free

Amsterdam Whitney Gallery | 511 West 25th Street, Chelsea
New York, NY 10001
ph: (212) 255-9050
f: (212) 255-9020
AmsterdamWhitney@aol.com
www.AmsterdamWhitneyGallery.com

Children With AIDS: Spirit and Memory
A Presentation of Photographs by Claire Yaffa
A Companion Exhibition to AIDS in New York: The First Five Years
Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday – 10am-6pm
Friday – 10am-8pm (6-8pm pay as you wish)
Sunday – 11am-5pm
Monday – CLOSED
Both on View June 7 – September 15, 2013
New-York Historical Society

A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, Children With AIDS: Spirit and Memory, will feature twenty powerful black and white photographs by noted photographer and social realist Claire Yaffa from her collection “The Changing Face of Children with AIDS.” Installed in the Civil Rights Gallery from June 7 through September 15, 2013, the mid- to large-format photographs, taken from 1990-2000, reveal heartbreaking tales of children afflicted with HIV and AIDS.
Yaffa, whose photographs have been featured in The New York Times and other major publications, has worked for years to document medical institutions and their youngest patients, giving agency and voice to thousands of individuals—particularly children—struggling with life-threatening illnesses. Among the institutions that Yaffa worked with during her long artistic career is the Incarnation Children’s Center in the Bronx, one of the first organizations to care for orphaned infants born with HIV. In 1990, Yaffa began documenting the lives of afflicted children and adolescents at the Center, continuing her project over a period of ten years. Her haunting portraits capture the pathos and beauty of dozens of HIV’s youngest victims—most of whom did not survive to adulthood—and document the extraordinary devotion of the children’s caretakers.
Children With AIDS: Spirit and Memory is the companion exhibition to AIDS in New York: The First Five Years, an exploration of the early history of the AIDS epidemic in New York City from 1981 through 1985, also opening June 7. The exhibition traces the first rumors in 1981 of a “gay plague,” through the ensuing period of intense activism, clinical research, and political struggle. With a wealth of materials drawn from New-York Historical’s archives, as well as the archives of the New York Public Library, New York University, and the National Archive of LGBT History, the exhibition uses artifacts—including clinicians’ notes, journal entries, diaries, letters, audio and video clips, posters, photographs, pamphlets, and newspapers—to revisit the impact of the epidemic on personal lives and public culture in New York City and the nation.

On May 31, The World Science Festival will partner with the New-York Historical Society on the program “Ending the Epidemic: Science Advances on AIDS.” Moderated by Richard Besser, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, speakers will evaluate where we stand in the battle against HIV and AIDS and explore the most promising opportunities for future breakthroughs. Joining the conversation will be Dr. David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate on the hunt for a vaccine and cure; Peter Staley, a nationally-renowned AIDS activist whose work shifted the political landscape; and Susan Zolla-Pazner, a leading pathologist and immunologist. The program will include a special preview of the New-York Historical Society exhibitions about AIDS.

On June 26, the New-York Historical Society will host a discussion about the AIDS crisis and AIDS activism with playwright Larry Kramer, interviewed by Tony Kushner, and enhanced by a reading from Mr. Kramer’s classic play The Normal Heart by actor/director Joe Mantello.

New-York Historical Society | 170 Central Park West
Between West 76th and West 77th Streets

Chelsea Gallery Exhibition
JUNE 7 - JULY 9, 2013
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery


AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY, 511 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York City, is proud to showcase in its JUNE 7 – JULY 9 Exhibition and special “Mid-Summer Night’s Dream” Fête on Thursday, June 13 leading Contemporary Master Artists whose mesmerizing work explores the abstract, figurative and natural worlds, exalting the magical realm of the aesthetic through brilliant coloration and dazzling form. This exhibition offers a visual bouquet to delight the senses of both art acquisitiors and art aficionados, entrancing the apex of excellence while offering a fantastical international perspective to the representational and non-representational realm through dazzling artistic interpretations of the world.
Artists Exhibiting Include:

“REVERIES to MOONLIGHT & STARLIGHT”
DIANE HOLLAND
BREGJE HORSTEN
LINDA MORALES
“ENCHANTED KINGDOMS”
ANYA AKHTAR
ZOË ANN FISCHER
ANN GORES

“HEAVEN On EARTH”
RUDOLPH MASON
H. LLOYD WESTON
ANNE PRICE YATES

“PRISMATIC DREAMSCAPES”
MARIANA ACUÑA
ISA D'ARLEANS
MAL LUBER
PAUL McKAY

Free

Amsterdam Whitney Gallery | 511 W. 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
ph: (212) 255-9050
f: (212) 255-9020
AmsterdamWhitney@aol.com
www.AmsterdamWhitneyGallery.com

Surface Intentions:
Corydon Cowansage, Mark Dorf and Shawn Powell
May 18th - June 23rd
Opening reception May 18th, 7-9pm
Harbor

Harbor is pleased to announce Surface Intentions featuring artists Corydon Cowansage, Mark Dorf and Shawn Powell. Surface Intentions features three artists who re-examine the tradition of landscape painting to explore the urban, suburban and technological perspectives of our surroundings. Concepts of surface, facade, and perception materialize in the form of monumental paintings and altered photographs. Cowansage’s magnified suburban elements edge into the realm of the sublime while Dorf quantifies and reconsiders the natural environment through digital means. Powell’s surfaces speak to the urban experience, combining interior and exterior environments to create a synthesized world. Landscapes are constructed of elements from our daily lives and set slightly askew. Together the three present an ambiguous view of the world that questions the habitat we take for granted.

Free

Harbor Gallery | 17-17 Troutman Street #258, Ridgewood, Queens 11385.
We are open Saturday - Sunday, 1 - 6 pm and by appointment. For more information, please contact us at info@harborbk.com, 347-460-7360, or visit us at www.harborbk.com.

ELEVATING THE MUNDANE art opening
Friday, May 17, 2013 | 6-8:00pm
NYOC Gallery - 22 East 30th St. 2nd Flr. NY, NY 10016

The NYOC Gallery is pleased to present Elevating the Mundane featuring the photography of Frank Burgel and Jeffrey Ben Berman. This exhibition will run from May 17 - June 21, 2013 with an opening reception on Friday, May 17 from 6-8:00 p.m. Elevating the Mundane exemplifies the unrestrained potentials of imagination. Through the conduit of the camera's eye, ordinary, everyday objects, many times spotted from the corner of an eye, are transformed into a new context altogether. Elevating the Mundane is curated by Lola C. Shepard.

Free and open to the Public.
For more info: www.opencenter.org/gallery.

New York Open Center | 22 East 30th St. 2nd Flr. NY, NY 10016
T: 212-219-2527 | Trains: N,R to 28th / 6 to 28th or 33rd

Exhibition opening:
Wednesday, May 15 at 7PM
Open through May 31
Czech Center New York

Lead by fashion designer Libena Rochova, eleven students from the Studio of Fashion and Footwear Design at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague show their projects relating to lore, folk literature and tradition.
The aim of the Bohemia project is to unite traditional crafts with its application in contemporary fashion design.

This project, blending tradition with the contemporary Czech art scene, will be exhibited at the Gallery of the Czech Center New York at the Bohemian National Hall during Design Week NYC 2013.

MORE INFO
www.czechcenter.com
Free admission

Czech Center New York at the Bohemian National Hall | 321 E 73rd Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues), New York, NY 10021

Inspired at Agora Gallery this May
Saturday May 11th 11a.m. – Friday May 31st 6 p.m.
Agora Gallery

Celebrate the natural beauty of the world which is so apparent during the spring season with these lovely and evocative works of art at Agora this May. The Odyssey of Color presents work bursting with the life and subtlety of color, giving due importance to the power of hue without forgetting the other aspects that build up an unforgettable image. Out From Down Under & Beyond: Fine Art From Australia and New Zealand brings the boundless energy and awe-inspiring natural beauty of the artists' homeland to artworks of particular skill and charm. In Stephen Tobin: the natural instincts of nature - a solo exhibition you will find the acutely observed and aesthetically impressive images of 'the Wandering Photographer' whose love of travel spills over into the passion with which he composes and creates his art. The exhibitions begin on May 11, 2013 and will run until May 31, 2013, with an opening reception on the evening of Thursday, May 16, 2013. Entrance is free and art enthusiasts are warmly welcomed to attend and enjoy these delightful works of art.

Entrance is free and art lovers are warmly encouraged to attend.
http://www.agora-gallery.com/receptionexhibitions/5_16_2013.aspx

Agora Gallery | 530 West 25th St.

NECTAR: Raw Honey Gin Tasting & Silent Art Auction by Caledonia Spirits
Friday, June 7th - 6PM to Midnight
(Complimentary Bar Hill Gin Tasting 6PM to 9PM)
Bar Catalonia

Bar Catalonia presents NECTAR, a local artists collection to showcase and explore the rich, vibrant nature of human curiosity and expression through color, texture and dimension. Distilled from raw honey and the juniper berry, Bar Hill Gin by Caledonia Spirits & Winery will offer complimentary tastings of their signature, Vermont brew from 6PM to 9PM in tandem with the art show. Bar Catalonia will also offer Spanish-inspired food and select raw honey drink specials for the entirety of the evening.

Participating Artists: Paul Tillinghast, Alicia P, Maria Tanikawa, Saulius Siuksta, tet T San, Adam Waltner, Chungho Lyu, Lawrence Ciarallo, Emmanuel Jaquez, Dennis Gunden

Cost: Free To Public
www.barcatalonia.com

Bar Catalonia | 206 W41st Street, New York, NY 10036

Keith Haring's Pop Shop Tokyo on View
January 29 through June 2, 2013
New-York Historical Society

In 1986, internationally famed artist Keith Haring (1958-1990) opened the Pop Shop—the ceiling of which is installed above the admissions area of the New-York Historical Society—at 292 Lafayette Street. Following the artist’s untimely death, the Keith Haring Foundation donated the ceiling of the Pop Shop to the New-York Historical Society, where the work, with its bold and lively design, now hovers above the admissions area. The New-York Historical Society is collaborating with the Keith Haring Foundation in installing a rotating display of Pop Shop Tokyo items and related materials in the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture. All objects on view in the rotating display will be on loan from the Keith Haring Foundation Archive.

In 1987, the success of the Pop Shop led Haring to collaborate on a Tokyo venue with his friends, Japanese film producer Kaz Kuzui and his American wife, film director Fran Rubel Kuzui (Tokyo Pop, 1988). The shop, located in the Aoyama neighborhood of Tokyo, was made out of two shipping containers welded together to form one large room. While the shop was conceived very much in the image of its New York counterpart, many of the products were created by Haring to mirror Japan’s cultural traditions. Haring did extensive design work in Tokyo; fans and kimonos were manufactured in Kyoto, and rice bowl templates were painted and then produced in Nagoya. With speed and virtuosity, Haring began painting the interior of the shop on Wednesday, January 27, 1988 and finished the next day. The paint was still tacky on Friday, January 29 when he oversaw the installation of the displays in time for a press preview that evening—exactly 25 years ago. On Saturday, January 30, Pop Shop Tokyo opened to the public. However, sales were disappointing, and Haring noted “there are just too many Haring fakes available all over Tokyo and, this time, they’re really well done.” The shop closed in the summer of 1988.

Items on display in this rotation include an illuminated paper lantern hand-painted by Haring, store merchandise designed by Haring such as a paper fan, ceramic rice bowls, stickers and bags, buttons and cards, and videos of Tokyo interviews with Haring as well as behind the scenes footage of Pop Shop Tokyo’s creation.

New-York Historical Society | 292 Lafayette Street

JAMES GORTNER, "Carolina, The Empress," 2013
Assembled found canvases, oil & mixed media, 70 x 55 inches

JAMES GORTNER
"The Lovers"
MAY 2 - JUNE 1, 2013 6 - 8 pm
Opening Reception Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Lyons Weir Gallery

Lyons Wier Gallery is proud to announce our representation of New York based artist James Gortner. We are also delighted to present his latest body of work, "The Lovers," opening May 2nd, 2013.

For the last two years, Gortner has been developing a series of paintings based on his relationship with photographer Carolina Palmgren, the symbolism found in the Tarot, and his theories on artistic production.

Gortner's painted image begins as a constructed composition of many other artist's original works. Via friends' donations, thrift stores, street finds, the cleaning of college art studios, and the Internet, Gortner has an ongoing empirical model for his exploration of expanded authorship. Once the background mosaic is solidified, Gortner then begins to paint upon it using traditional oil painting tropes, but enhances the surface sculpturally with collage, ripped and reassembled canvases, and found objects. Gortner may then ask other artists to intervene in the painting, further complicating his model for artistic authorship. Through the technical process and conceptual scope of the project, Gortner produces a multidimensional social mirror, plane, or lens between artist(s) and the viewer.

"The Lovers" is James Gortner's first solo exhibition in New York City.

Lyons Wier Gallery | 542 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tel: +1 212-242-6220
gallery@lyonswiergallery.com
www.lyonswiergallery.com
Nearest Subway: C, E @ 23rd St & 8th Ave

Midnight Confessions
May 22,2013-June 6,2013
Con Artist Gallery

Growing up in Brooklyn, Artist Daniel Lamanna pledges allegiance to the familiar Graffiti-ed Basement Parties while paying homeage to Fine Art’s long history of clean, white walls.Midnight Confessions references the wealthy in business suits and those playing Quarters in a Brooklyn Basement, puts them next to each other and asks the viewer whose quarter is worth more?

With a retail-work history, Lamanna has become intrigued by moment to moment human interactions,and what lies beneath the surface. Daniel Lamanna urges his viewer to think twice, and to always remember that there is always a deeper meaning behind the illustrations and words. Things aren't always as they seem.
At Midnight Confessions, high-brow and low-brow will lay their gloves aside. Brass Monkeys and Cabernets will be sipped next to each other to a soundtrack including The Supremes, Jedi Mind Tricks, The Misfits,Wu Tang, Roy Orbison, and Mozart will accompany your walk home down that shady alley.

Admission is free, for more information visit www.conartistnyc.com

Con Artist Collective & Gallery | 119 Ludlow St. New York, New York 10002
Email: conartistnyc@gmail.com
Website: conartistnyc.com

The Museum of Modern Art

For more information about MoMA, log onto: www.moma.org

The Museum of Modern Art |11 West 53 Street,
Between Fifth and Sixth avenues
New York, NY 10019-5497
(212) 708-9400

On The Waterfront Zone A and Wide Open 4
May 11 - June 16 Saturdays and Sundays Noon - 6 PM
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Gallery

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s Red Hook waterfront galleries open May 11th, bigger and better than ever with two new shows – Wide Open 4 and On the Waterfront Zone A. This is BWAC’s fourth annual national juried art show, once again with a world-class juror, Carrie Springer, senior curatorial assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art. She selected, from the over 1,700 submissions, the 101 pieces in all media that are to be exhibited. Opening concurrently with Wide Open 4 is On the Waterfront, BWAC’s 21st annual spring pier show. More than 200 artists will be exhibiting 1000 works in every medium. The all-day Meet the Artists reception on May 11th, an opportunity for visitors to meet and chat with the exhibiting artists, will feature the punky folk music of The Rob Crowe Situation.

For more information see www.bwac.org or call 718 596-2506/7

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Gallery
499 Van Brunt St. Red Hook, Brooklyn NY

Ivan Franco and Lígia Teixeira
Strings of Thought #2
Thursday May 23rd. 7PM
Harvestworks

A woman sits on a chair and from her head several strings emerge to form a network structure like dendritic trees of neurons. These cells generate electric signals based on potential voltage and the reaction to outside stimuli. Strings of Thought #2 is an interactive installation that invites the audience to explore and play with a musical meta-instrument and collaboratively create an intricate soundscape.

Free admission.
Venue phone: 212-431-1130
http://www.harvestworks.org/may-23-ligia-teixeira-ivan-franco-strings-of-thought-2/

Harvestworks | 596 Broadway #602, New York, NY 10012

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