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Repost and Reminder: Electric Windows in Beacon, May 17th-18th!

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ELECTRIC WINDOWS
BEACON, NY
May 17th-18th

24 street artists will converge in Beacon, NY from May 17th to May 18th to create live artwork and have their work installed on the exterior of a 19th century factory building. Electric Windows draws its name from the former electric blanket factory at the foot of Mount Beacon that will act as the backdrop for the event. E.W. turns the idea of a gallery inside out using the large industrial windows as frames for each artists work. Usually street art is not so easily contained in a rectangle but this installation ingeniously bridges the gap between indoor and outdoor art both inverting and subverting the concept of the art gallery. Each of the 24 pieces will be approximately 8 ft x 12 ft. The installation will be on display for 12 months.

Electric Windows coincides with the fifth anniversary of DIA:Beacon and Sitelines, a Hudson Valley arts fair. The project will be documented from the beginning of the weekend through completion of the installation for possible future publication.

There will be a companion show of Electric Windows artists at the Open Space gallery (owned by Adjunct Illustration Faculty Dan Weise!). Featured artists include Ron English (NYC), Above (San Francisco), Ripo (Barcelona), Lady Pink (NYC), Michael De Feo (NYC), Jim Darling/Tina Andersen (Los Angeles), Rick Price (Beacon), Peripheral Media Projects (Brooklyn) and Dan Funderburgh (Brooklyn) and many more…

Organizers will also be flying in DJs for the latest version of Next Step, a live art and dance party that has been gaining ground as the place for locals and expats from Brooklyn and Manhattan alike.

This weekend should be an unprecedented convergence of the arts from live street art to high end museum pieces that will have heads turning to Beacon.

Electric Windows Beacon
1 East Main Street
Beacon, New York
May 17th-18th

Tres Gallery at South of the Navy Yard Artists Walk

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SONYA presents the 9th Annual SONYA Studio Stroll in the vibrant cultural hub of downtown Brooklyn just south of the Navy Yard—where art is made.

The Stroll is a free self-guided walking tour of studios and galleries showcasing an incredible variety of artwork created by Brooklyn-based artists. We invite you to begin your Stroll experience by previewing the Stroll artists’ work, downloading a tour map, and planning your adventure on Stroll weekend, May 17 & 18. Bring your friends and family along and make it a celebration of art making and appreciation!

The SONYA Studio Stroll is funded, in part, by public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts, also by our Artist Members and our Friends of SONYA, as well as local businesses and organizations.

Among many other artists and galleries, Tres Gallery, a studio and gallery space run by artists Margaret Hurst, Eddie Pena and Illustration Alum and Adjunct Faculty Veronica Lawlor, will be participating in the Stroll and showing Recent Works. The gallery focuses on abstract and representational drawing and painting.

SONYA Studio Stroll 2008
Saturday May 17 & Sunday, May 18 12:00 – 6pm, both days
For more information about location and directions, call 718-857-5696.

TRES Gallery
20 Grand Avenue, #204
Brooklyn, NY 11205
info@tresgallery.com

[image by Veronica Lawlor]

Reminder and Repost: Parsons Illustration Pre-Commencement Reception

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Parsons Illustration Pre-Commencement Reception

This Afternoon–Wednesday, May 14th, 3-5 p.m.

Theresa Lang Student Center

55 W. 13th, 2nd Floor

Graduating Seniors–Bring your family and significant others for a reception featuring:

*Wine by the glassful!
*Snacks including cheese and cookies!
*Live quasi-experimental music!
*Fancy diploma covers!
*Possibly even some tote bags!

This is a great chance to meet up with all your classmates for one last time as Seniors.
Dish with your instructors, present and past.
Introduce everyone to everyone.

Don’t miss it. It is *the* graduation-related event of May, 2008.
All Illustration Faculty and Graduating Seniors are invited.

West Coast Alert: Witnessed from Afar at Carmichael Gallery

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Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art presents Witnessed From Afar, a showcase of artwork by Andrew Pommier, Irina Troitskaya, Karen Preston, Ken Garduno, Mel Kadel, Michael Hsiung, and Parskid. In an atmosphere of effervescent quietude, gorgeous misfits and delicate animals float across paper, cardboard, and wood – lost and lonely, but swelling with emotion and extraordinary grace. Evoking forgotten pains and philosophical yearnings, the artists contemplate the oddities of life and death with warmth and sincerity, yet always maintain their distance. Witnessed From Afar will be on view April 26 through May 18, 2008.

Get more info about the artists involved here!

Carmichael Gallery Presents:
Witnessed From Afar
Featuring Andrew Pommier, Irina Troitskaya, Karen Preston,
Ken Garduno, Mel Kadel, Michael Hsiung, and Parskid
Exhibition Dates: April 26 – May 18, 2008
1257 N. La Brea Ave
West Hollywood, CA 90038

[Thanks to Nora Krug for the tip!]

Parsons Illustration Pre-Commencement Reception

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Parsons Illustration Pre-Commencement Reception

Wednesday, May 14th, 3-5 p.m.

Theresa Lang Student Center

55 W. 13th, 2nd Floor

Graduating Seniors–Bring your family and significant others for a reception featuring:

*Wine by the glassful!
*Snacks including cheese and cookies!
*Live quasi-experimental music!
*Fancy diploma covers!
*Possibly even some tote bags!

This is a great chance to meet up with all your classmates for one last time as Seniors.
Dish with your instructors, present and past.
Introduce everyone to everyone.

Don’t miss it. It is *the* graduation-related event of May, 2008.
All Illustration Faculty and Graduating Seniors are invited.

Quick Hit: “Street Language” at Woodward Gallery

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An interesting show opens up at Woodward Gallery this weekend. Here’s a snippet from the official press release:

Woodward Gallery is proud to open the Spring season by introducing Artists Matt Siren and Darkcloud. “Street Language” will transpose two respected street artists with a select group of their peers to a gallery setting for the first time. Representing a true renaissance in urban art, these emerging artists surface from a subculture ruled by self-directed codes and complicated by its delight in youthful mayhem. They tag with their icons consuming the urban landscape with colorful enthusiasm; reveling in an ability to seep into and subvert the hyperkinetic visual surroundings most passersby take for granted.

Utilizing their individualized lexicons, Matt Siren and Darkcloud bring their recognizable icons indoors with edition prints on paper and original paintings on metal signs or wood. Born of media saturation, these icons speak of cartoons, video games, toys, and a generation aware of the potency of a powerfully branded image – and its repetition.

Connected through the rapid waves of text messaging, blogs, and websites these urban artists are now able to connect internationally with their peers creating a shifting social network. Their organized approach to a self-guided movement, so prominent in user-generated wiki-culture, is mirrored in each artist’s unique attempt to edit the urban landscape. Commenting on today, their optic, codified language is finally united to speak on the exhibition walls of Woodward.

Head over on Saturday, May 10th, 6-8pm, for the opening reception of this exciting cultural debut!

Matt Siren & Darkcloud: Street Language May 10 – Jun 28, 2008
 133 Eldridge Street (Between Broome and Delancey) New York, NY 10002

[images t-b: darkcloud, matt siren]

Don’t Paint with Your Teeth featuring a TON of Illustration students

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Move 16: Don’t Paint With Your Teeth
A Group Show of blue ballpoint pen, pencil and Sharpie drawings
Curated by Rich Jacobs
May 9th – June 8th 2008
Opening Reception Friday May 9th 2008 7 – 10pm

Move 16: Don’t Paint Your Teeth, marks the 2nd group drawing show at Cinders curated by artist Rich Jacobs. The guidelines for this one: Make a drawing using either ballpoint pen, pencil, or sharpie on an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of white paper. This show brings art back to its most basic and raw form of drawing and with materials that everyone has access to. This DIY creative spirit runs throughout the show, which includes a diverse array of artists that spans several generations from around the globe. There will be a limited edition zine catalogue made to go along with the show in the very near future!

Featuring work by Mark Gonzales, Matt Leines, Chris Shary, Caroline Hwang, Rachel Sumpter, Rich Jacobs, Chris Mendoza, Neckface, Eric White, Suzanne Sattler, Erika Borboa, Brian Chippendale, Diane Barcelowsky, Maya Hayuk, David Ellis, Jeff Ladouceur, Theo Ellsworth, Hisham Bharoocha, Travis Millard, Mel Kadel, Logan MacDonald, Allyson Mellberg, Justin Williams, Garry Davis, Irene Cho, Davd Aron, James Kirkpatrick, Jojo Li, Jordin Isip, Melinda Beck,Tim Kerr,Taylor Mckimens, Daniel Higgs, Ryan and Casey Gallagher, John Orth, Sto, Daniel Davidson, Pam Morris-Gallagher, Phil Franklin, Christine Shields, Andrew Scott, Pat Delaney, Mike Boul, Moses, Dennis and Loreto Remsing, Kelie Bowman, Kate Hurowitz, Carl Dunn, Oliver Rosenberg, Oliver Harkness, Rodger Bridges, Tod Swank, Olivia Shoa, Bill and Christopher Sprague, Kostas Seremetis, Zachary Rossman, Matthew Thurber, Rebecca Bird, Eric Shaw, Morgan Goodwin Acheson, WoonHyae Bae, Lindsey Balbierz, Noel Chanyungco, Arlette Espaillat, Nicholas Gannon, Florence Gidez, Rich Guzman, Seulki Kim, Sae-am Lee, Shanna Mahan, Yulia Makarova, Elizabeth Meluch, Ray Ray Mitrano, Cassie Ramone, Liz Riccardi, Jeremy Schlangen, Peter Sriployrung, Nicholas Sultana, Emmanuel Tavares, Franklin Valdez, Misaki Kawai, James Gallagher.

(fancy color code = Illustration Faculty, Illustration Alum, Current Illustration Students)

Cinders Gallery
103 Havemeyer st.
Btwn Hope and Grand St.
Williamsburg Brooklyn
718-388-2311
http://www.cindersgallery.com

[images l-r: Shanna Mahan, Lindsey Balbierz, Florence Gidez]

Mark Your Calendar: Recent Works at Tres Gallery featuring Ronnie Lawlor

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Illustration Alum and Adjunct Faculty Ronnie Lawlor, in conjunction with Margaret Hurst and Eddie Pena (both are also Parsons alums and faculty members), is mounting a show at Tres Gallery. Recent works by all three artists will be on view. Make sure to drop by!

Parsons Illustration BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition

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Join us for the Parsons Illustration
BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition!

Exhibition on view: May 6th-May 10th, 2008

Opening Celebration: May 7th, 2008 6-8 p.m.

Chelsea Art Museum

556 West 22nd Street

New York, NY

[top image: lindsey balbierz; bottom image: sae-am lee]