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The graduating Advertising Design students of the Fashion Institute of Technology is excited to present their thesis ad campaigns.

Open to Everyone - So Come

Opening Night: Monday, May 10, 2010 at 5:00pm - Come and Meet Us.

Runs Through - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 8:00pm

Location:
The Museum at FIT:
7 Avenue at 27 Street
Hours T-F 12pm-8pm

Circle Arts Presents:
MEAT
Art Gallery Show

Where: Jeffrey’s Meat Market
104 Essex Street
New York, NY 10002

Gallery Opening May 8, 2010 (Show Closes June 5, 2010)
Time: 3:00pm-7:00pm
Free.

Featuring Artists:

Betty Taopat Kao * Jessica Nissen * Kenneth Colosky * Nina Katan *Sherri Eldin * Troy C. Frantz * Alexander Hirka * Amy Shapiro When it gets down to the meat of it we choose to look at our carnivorous nature through an artistic lens. The instinctive, the primal and the culinary are all connected. Each of us is made of flesh and blood and some artists have an image of meat to share. This show will actually take place in one of New York's oldest family run gourmet butcher shops. The Essex Street is one of the oldest markets in New York, started by New York's government to ease pedestrian traffic.Today, the building is still owned by the City of New York. Jeffrey has offered to provide artistic tripe wrapped in plastic to put on your head. It is amazing and beautiful and we will be taking photographs of people wearing Tripe Head!

Come view Inwood POP: Portraits and Poetry featuring 100 photographs layered with bilingual poetry at over 50 local businesses and organizations. This project has been brought full circle and the collaborative art has been returned to the places students felt connected to in their community and were photographed at. Celebrate a community art project that praises youth voice and language diversity, instills community pride, and supports and gives thanks to local neighborhood shops and organizations. Photographs were taken by photographer and educator Katie DelaVaughn and layered with poetry written by 1st and 2nd grade students at Amistad Dual Language School. Photographs can be viewed at the New York Public Library Inwood Branch (4790 Broadway) and at various shops and organizations on Broadway from Dyckman St. to W. 207St.; W. 207 St. from Sherman Ave. to Inwood Hill Park; Dyckman St. at Sherman Ave. to the Hudson River; and on the side streets of Vermilyea Ave., Academy St., Cummings St., and Seaman Ave. Note: This is a community exhibit that was installed in June 2009. Photographs were gifted to the various shopkeepers and organizations and the community is responsible for the upkeep of the exhibit.

Annual exhibition featuring work by Senior Year students in the Design BFA Illustration Program featuring "Obsessions", their Senior Thesis projects, "Superheroes and Villains", a special collaboration with 826NYC/Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co., as well as animation, comix, zines, and children's books. This Event runs daily from May 10-14

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art is pleased to present Daughters of Turan, Almagul Menlibayeva’s third solo exhibition of video and photography at the gallery. In the Steppes of her native Kazakhstan, Menlibayeva stages and films complex mythological narratives, with reference to her own nomadic heritage and the Shamanistic traditions of the cultures of Central Asia.

Daughters of Turan explores the emotional and spiritual residues of an ancient belief system as well as a historic conflict, still resonating among the peoples of Central Asia today, between the Zoroastrian ideology of former Persia, spreading widely across Eurasia and influencing Western politicians and philosophers and the Tengriism (sky religion) of the Turkic tribes, reaching as far as the Pacific Ocean. Tūrān, the ancient Iranian name for Central Asia, the land of the Tur, inhabited by nomadic tribes, takes center stage signifying the relationship between the male and the female principles ingrained in the stories, myths and ritual practices of a widespread population and its cultures.

The nurturing earth goddess Umai and favorite wife of Tengri, the god of the sky, much like Gaia in the Greek mythology, created life also gynogenetic, out of herself, and symbolizes the close relationship of the people to the land and its given riches, without agriculture, by animals and humans feeding off her body and drinking her milk. The elusive sky god Tengri, foremost living on in Christianity, where then becoming omnipotent, is here still in his adolescent phase – while Umai satiates the voracious appetite of her inhabitants, Tengri watches over her body, the plains of the great Steppes of Central Asia, playfully entertaining several other wives and fathering many children.

Menlibayeva reaches further into the psychological fabric of the people living today on the Steppes which their ancestors had traversed before they were forced to settle down, first by Persia and China to become peasants and in the 20th century by the Soviet Union in a cultural genocide. Umai, said to have sixty golden strands, still has her ‘daughters’ today, the female population, engaging in the same acts as their predecessors, symbolizing the circle of life, the most powerful Shaman symbol by making sure the circle remains undisturbed and intact, reflected in Menlibayeva’s video, Milk for Lambs. From this perspective, all men remain ultimately adolescent- feeding on the female riches, “When I look at the Steppe, it reminds me of my body, dry and in some places hairy,” referenced in all roundness of all things, “When I look at the round yurts and tables, they remind me of my breasts.” (lyrics, Milk for Lambs, Menlibayeva).

In her video Butterflies of Aisha Bibi, Menlibayeva recounts an ancient love story of the Sufi poet’s daughter Aisha Bibi and Karakhan, the Central Asian version of Romeo and Juliet, visually transforming it into a modern day drama of unfulfilled longing, unconditional love and its underlying gender discourse, addressing a never ceasing problematic synergy/symbiosis, deeply rooted in the civilizations born between the elements of earth and sky.

Almagul Menlibayeva was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan and lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin and holds an MFA from the Art and Theatre University of Almaty. She has gained international recognition exhibiting at the Sydney Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2006; the 51st, 52nd & 53rd Venice Biennale, 2005, 2007 & 2009; Tarjama/Translation at the Queens Museum of Art, 2009, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY, forthcoming 2010; and the Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany, 2009 & 2010. Menlibayeva’s video Kissing Totems is traveling in Off the Beaten Path, Stenersen Museum, Oslo; University Art Gallery, the University of California, San Diego, CA, 2009; El Cubo-Tijuana Cultural Center, Tijuana, Mexico; Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, 2010; and forthcoming, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa; COP10 Nagoya, Japan; and the UN Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, China.

An inside look into some of the top agencies in New York City. Invite only. **Hosted by the One Club.

A unique opportunity for students of advertising to have their portfolios reviewed by top working creative directors, some of whom are One Show Judges. **Hosted by the One Club.

Back for its 16th year, the One Club’s Annual Student Exhibition, provides select colleges and portfolio schools from around the world with the opportunity to showcase their top seniors’ work. The exhibition has become a prominent event amongst industry recruiters and creatives as a source of new talent.

Is design becoming a more central part of today's brand marketing campaigns? Is it actually beginning to take precedence over advertising? These and other questions will be discussed by top ad/design experts as part of a pre-One Show Design event that is open to all, on the evening of Monday May 10 Hosted by Brian Collins of the COLLINS: design firm along with the design/advertising journalist Warren Berger, the event will feature special guests from several top agencies including R/GA, BBDO, Droga5, HUGE design and others, who will join in a casual discussion. Wine will be served. Special bonus: Those who are attending One Show Design later that evening will be eligible for a free signed copy of Berger's bestselling new book on design and marketing, Glimmer (supply limited; books will be raffled among OSD ticket holders). The discussion will begin promptly at 5:30 at COLLINS: offices located at 71 Fifth Avenue.

One Show Design, now celebrating its tenth year, has become a highly-respected worldwide competition that's unique in the industry for recognizing excellence in design.

TORCH presents premiere documentary film screening of:
Skyscrapers - NYC teens who soar beyond the limits
Panel discussion with TORCH teen filmmakers to follow
Light refreshments served prior to screening courtesy of Nice Shoes

Space is limited. Please RSVP to:
212-929-9573 or debid@thetorchprogram.org

Documentary Film Synopsis:
In the cosmopolitan metropolis of New York City, teenagers are presented with countless ways to spend their free time. Everyday teens may spend time with their friends; they work hard in school, play video games and live their lives (both online and in the real world) to their fullest; other teens become notorious for their less savory choices, with the media often pushing to perpetuate the image of the "juvenile delinquent." And still, there is a special breed of teenager that flies beyond either of these stereotypes and truly makes enormous strides to better their world while pursuing their dreams. They demonstrate tremendous empathy, whether it be with their peers, their family, or their community at large. These teenagers never take an opportunity for granted. Traveling the globe for humanitarian efforts, dedicating themselves to environmental awareness, making art with a message, and speaking out to inspire others are just some of this eclectic group’s passions. These teens teach a valuable lesson: never underestimate your own voice, dedication and ability to make a change in the world.

Arman, Corrine, Molly, Pascal, and Zora. These are our teen heroes. These are the Skyscrapers.

CSM Partners With Creative Week To Launch Official Creative Week Opening Party - Curates A Retrospective of Make.ie at White Box with New Works by CSM Clients and Live Music from twelve a.m. flowers.

Culture Shock Marketing (CSM), the New York City-based marketing consultancy, is thrilled to partner with Creative Week to present CSM: Creative Week Opening Party & Art Exhibition on Monday, May 10, 2010 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at White Box.

Works on view include the inaugural U.S. retrospective of Make.ie - the visionary Belfast-based film, animation, music and design company. The primary focus of Make was to explore the blurring boundaries between disciplines. Curated film works will be screened alongside the Make poster by Glenn Leyburn and book by Keith Connolly (Tonic Design). Additionally, CSM will present new work from Northern Ireland artists including photographic prints by Hugh McGrory, street-inspired works by Kev Largey and a generative animation installation by Glenn Marshall. Selected works by CSM-represented New York and Los Angeles-based creative design studios will also be exhibited including works by Thornberg & Forester and animations by Scott Pagano.

The evening entertainment will feature live music by twelve a.m. flowers who will debut select songs from their new album, ‘Curiously Immortal’. Guests will enjoy mingling with Creative Week partners to twelve a.m. flowers’ melodic sounds led by Kevin McGinnis on vocals and guitar, Kevin March on drums, Karen Satterthwaite on cello, Russ Fink on bass and Anders Kapur on piano. DJ Margherite of CSM will open and close out the evening with pop dance beats to add to the fun of the official Creative Week kick-off party.

CSM: Creative Week Opening Party & Art Exhibition is sponsored by Culture Shock Marketing (CSM) with support from Creative Week and White Box. Suggested donation is $10 with proceeds benefiting White Box.

About Culture Shock Marketing:
Culture Shock Marketing (CSM) is a New York City-based, 21st century strategic marketing consultancy. Focused on serving individuals, creative digital agencies, corporations, and cultural institutions, CSM is a valuable strategic partner, energetic and in tune with the individuals, events and associations driving the innovative markets where technology, art, science and business will interact. Founded by Debra Anderson in 2007, CSM is recognized for strategic and creative approaches to marketing, PR, brand development and positioning. CSM select clients include award-winning designers, fine artists, filmmakers, street artists, photographers, computer animators, fine art galleries and musicians, among them Glenn Marshall, Hugh McGrory, Kev Largey, Scott Pagano, Subliminal Projects, Thornberg & Forester, and twelve a.m. flowers. For more information on CSM’s international clientele and services, please visit www.cultureshockmarketing.com

About Make.ie:
Make was established in 2003 by Hugh McGrory and Glenn Marshall and included the artists Chris Kelly, Kev Largey and Pauric McAnespy. The company ran until 2006. Make was commissioned by Panasonic Japan and Guinness for commercials, BBC NI, IFB and NI Screen for short films, BBC and C4 for soundtracks, Peter Gabriel and Ninja Tune Records for music promos and secured a place on the prestigious Jumpstart program with Adobe.

About Whitebox:
WHITE BOX is a 501 [c] (3) not-for-profit arts organization. Your donations are tax-deductible to the maximum extent permitted by law. Annual exhibition support provided in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, with organizational funds from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. White Box is located on 329 Broome Street between Bowery and Chrystie Streets. The nearest subway stops are Grand Street on the B/D lines and Delancey Street on the F/J/M/Z lines. www.whiteboxny.org

photo credit: 'Subway platform with passing F train' by Hugh McGrory

Join us for a discussion between Nana Brew-Hammond, author of Powder Necklace, and Binyavanga Wainaina Bard Fellow and Director of the Chinua Achebe Center for African Writers and Artists. A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow.

Nana Brew-Hammond has written for AOL, Parenting, The Village Voice, Metro and Trace. Her short story "Bush Girl" was published in the May 2008 issue of African Writing. Binyavanga Wainaina is a Kenyan author, journalist and winner of the 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing. He has written for the East African, National Geographic, The Sunday Times (South Africa), Granta, The New York Times and The Guardian (United Kingdom). In addition to his current position at Bard College, Wainaina has also taught at Union College and Williams College.

Come view Inwood POP: Portraits and Poetry featuring 100 photographs layered with bilingual poetry at over 50 local businesses and organizations. This project has been brought full circle and the collaborative art has been returned to the places students felt connected to in their community and were photographed at. Celebrate a community art project that praises youth voice and language diversity, instills community pride, and supports and gives thanks to local neighborhood shops and organizations. Photographs were taken by photographer and educator Katie DelaVaughn and layered with poetry written by 1st and 2nd grade students at Amistad Dual Language School. Photographs can be viewed at the New York Public Library Inwood Branch (4790 Broadway) and at various shops and organizations on Broadway from Dyckman St. to W. 207St.; W. 207 St. from Sherman Ave. to Inwood Hill Park; Dyckman St. at Sherman Ave. to the Hudson River; and on the side streets of Vermilyea Ave., Academy St., Cummings St., and Seaman Ave. Note: This is a community exhibit that was installed in June 2009. Photographs were gifted to the various shopkeepers and organizations and the community is responsible for the upkeep of the exhibit.

Drawing on the research in his new book, "Making Ideas Happen," Behance Founder & CEO Scott Belsky will give an overview of key tips and insights for pushing ideas forward. He will touch on the three crucial components of creative execution – organization, communal forces, and leadership capability – and review a series of best practices shown to be effective across industries.

The morning will kick off with 30 minutes of coffee & networking. The presentation will start at 9:00am sharp, and be followed by a Q&A.

ABOUT "MAKING IDEAS HAPPEN" BY SCOTT BELSKY
Many of us believe that great ideas inevitably lead to success. Nothing could be further from the truth. Whether it is the perfect solution for an everyday problem or a bold new concept for a creative masterpiece, you must transform vision into reality for an idea to have value.

"Making Ideas Happen" chronicles the methods of exceptionally productive creative leaders and teams – companies like Google, IDEO, and Disney, and individuals like author Chris Anderson and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh – that make their ideas happen, time and time again.

Register to attend: http://mihthebook.eventbrite.com/

An Informed Dialogue with Natural Logic CEO Gil Friend & ISC Research Fellow Don Carli:

Are you an advertising, marketing, digital media or print media professional interested in greener media? If so, save the date and join, for FREE thought leaders GIL FRIEND and DON CARLI for breakfast and a provocative DIALOGUE on the ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT of PRINT AND DIGITAL MEDIA on between 8:30 and 10:30 AM on May 11th. (Coffee, tea, bagels and fruit will be served.)
Green and "paperless" campaigns imply that print media is harmful to the environment and digital media is not. For example: “Please consider the environment before printing this email" But …what if this warning is wrong? What if digital media is more destructive to the environment than print media?

_____________ Please RSVP here: http://printvsdigital.eventbrite.com/

Join the editors of SHOOT and our 2010 Event Sponsors for an informative and entertaining day filled with speakers, panels & networking and a fun-filled evening of entertainment including the debut screening of SHOOT's 8th Annual New Directors Showcase reel, a panel discussion introducing the new directors and hearing from several of them as to their backstories and strategies for gaining exposure in the marketplace--along with critiques/observations from industry pros. And, of course, the after-party where we will enjoy great food, cocktails, and the opportunity to meet the new directors and mingle with industry friends and make new contacts--directors, cinematographers, production company owners, advertising agency creatives & producers, brand marketers and other members of the commercial, TV and film production communities.


The SHOOT Directors Symposium: 9:30am-3:30pm:

Series of panel discussions, lunch and Q&A sessions featuring leading directors, agency creatives, production company entrepreneurs, and other leading artists and executives sharing their expertise, helping define opportunities in an evolving marketplace spanning advertising and entertainment (and the coming together of those two worlds), and the tools needed to take advantage of these opportunities.

The SHOOT New Directors Showcase Event: 6:00pm-10:00pm:

Screening debut of SHOOT's 2010 8th Annual New Directors Showcase reel followed by panel to introduce some of the new directors. Then enjoy cocktails & food at the after party while mingling with new directors, ad agency creatives & producers, and members of the commercial & entertainment production community.

To register click here. Group rates available.

The Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators presents the 2010 Student Scholarship Competition featuring the works of over one hundred of today’s top college level illustration students. Hours of Operation: Tuesday 10am-8pm; Wednesday-Friday 10am-5pm; Saturday 12pm-4pm

2 for 1 admission plus 10% discount in the gift shop for Creative Week attendees

Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Click the "Tickets" link below to print out your discount voucher.

The Museum of Arts and Design presents the exhibition Dead or Alive, featuring 37 international artists showcasing contemporary works created from organic material. Artists transform natural materials - feathers, bones, insect, plant materials, and more - into intricately crafted and designed installations and sculptures.

Creative Week attendees receive $3 off admissions. Click the "Tickets" link below.

Midtown Manhattan is a tourist destination for good reason. It is full of some of the best buildings—and hence best lettering—in the city since it is the heart of 20th c. New York. It is not only the home of Art Deco and Gothic Revivalist skyscrapers but it also contains major churches, hotels and schools that are worthy of the letter-hunter. This is an opportunity to see what you have overlooked during your day-to-day business trips to the area. And to see what the tourists are missing.

11 am to 2 pm Meet in front of Grand Central Terminal across from Pershing Square (42nd Street at Park Avenue). Bring cameras, notebooks, a sandwich, etc. and wear walking shoes.

Paul Shaw is widely known and respected as a guide to urban lettering. With Garrett Boge he co-founded and led the original Legacy of Letters tours of Rome, Florence and Tuscany from 1997 to 2000. On his own he has conducted regular walking tours of lettering in New York City since 2005 for the Type Directors Club and other organizations. He has also led similar tours of Boston, Buffalo and Atlanta for SoTA (the Society of Typographic Aficionados). Paul has been a calligrapher for over 40 years and has designed 18 typefaces. He is the principal of Paul Shaw / Letter Design and teaches calligraphy at Parsons School of Design and the history of typography at the School of Visual Arts. To reserve: payment is due with your reservation Call: 212-633-8943 with your credit card information or Mail your check to: Type Directors Club 347 West 36 Street Suite 603 New York, NY 10018

The premiere exhibition in El Museo’s new Permanent Collection Galleries celebrates El Museo's 40th anniversary. Over 100 works created by a cross-section of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists trace the museum's history and the artistic contributions and milestones that have been part of El Museo's four decades. Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Curator, El Museo del Barrio

An inside look into some of the top agencies in New York City. Invite only. **Hosted by the One Club.

A unique opportunity for students of advertising to have their portfolios reviewed by top working creative directors, some of whom are One Show Judges. **Hosted by the One Club.

Once Upon A Time: Beirut (Kan Ya Makan Beirut) directed by Jocelyne Saab May 11, 2010 12:30, 4 & 7:30PM French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) Florence Gould Hall 55 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 Distraught over Beirut's destruction, Yasmine and Leila embark on a journey in search of its past. Their possession of two rare, unreleased film reels lands them an encounter with Monsieur Farouk, a reclusive film connoisseur. Through the magic of cinema, the three of them go back in time on a mythical and history-laden tour of the city. Here the movie shines with images of Beirut from the large-scale American studio efforts of the 1970's to the Beirut of the 1960's as seen through the lenses of Arab filmmakers, to the French-directed films of the 1930s. Once Upon A Time: Beirut (Kan Ya Makan Beirut) offers an enchanting look at one of the Middle East's most complex and beautiful cities.

BrooklynArtProject.com is proud to present com.passion, a crowd-sourced contemporary art book project that celebrates humankind's greatest virtue in our ever-challenged world. From the global financial crisis to natural disasters of unprecedented proportion, people from all walks of life are in need — we believe artists and creative use of social media can help. 

Collaborative mixed media submissions and crowd-sourced tweets will be curated by a panel of judges and published in a limited edition, full color, hardcover book. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the American Cancer Society. The book will be launched in summer of 2010.

Through social media and real-world art collaborations at 5 Front Bistro BAr and Garden in Brooklyn, artists and designers are invited to create  submissions together during Creative Week (May 11-16) that remind us what it means to be human - and why compassion is so highly revered across all the world's major religions.

Starting May 1st, artworks for digital collaboration may be submitted online at Brooklynartproject.com. During Creative Week original works can be brought to 5 Front Restaurant in DUMBO for other artists to build throughout Creative Week (see schedule below). Together we'll produce a collaborative body of work that reflects what can happen when creative minds team up for the social good.

For full project details and submission guidelines, visit BrooklynArtProject.com/compassion starting March 29th, 2010.

Full Schedule

May 11-16
Tuesday - Thursday: 5:30pm to 11pm
Friday: 5:30pm To Midnight
Saturday: 11am to Midnight
Sunday: 11 am to 11 pm

Please join Art Directors Club, Adobe and Project H Design for a special speaker event. Founded and run by Emily Pilloton, Project H Design connects the power of design to the people who need it most, and the places where it can make a real and lasting difference. Emily has recently traveled across the United States, covering 6300 miles, on a “Design Revolution Roadshow, showcasing 40 products that have been designed to change the world. She will discuss their findings and their initiatives and how it relates to design. Joining Emily will be Lynn Grillo, Manager, Creative Products at Adobe Systems, who will discuss the latest version of Adobe Creative Suite software and show how through the use of the right tools, designers can reach more people, more effectively, in more places, with whatever masterpiece imagined. Come and see how design can change the world and how you can join the revolution.

This exhibit is a silent auction raising money for the TDC Scholarship Fund. Each designer/typographer is being asked to use the vernacular of a classified or personal ad (one of their choosing from a local source or newspaper). Classified print ads are extremely common, but are often ignored or taken for granted. When redesigned, the once banal message will be overpowered with a new typographic and visual language.

Plus:
Tina Roth Eisenberg, swissmiss, will be speaking

An exhibition of student work from some of the top Advertising and Design schools and programs in the world.

You know the work. Now get to know the agency. We're proud to host Doner in presenting a retrospective celebrating 70 years of helping change the destiny of brands through creativity. Retrospective runs May 12 through June 11 at The One Club Gallery.

Community Advocate, Conversation Monitor, Engagement Planner or Interaction Designer. Job titles are getting kind of kooky. In 1997 the only interactive title was Webmaster. We are forever being told that advertising is changing: both from a consumption point of view and a creative point of view. But how about specific roles in agencies - how are they adapting to this change? In this session our speakers will talk about 3 jobs they think will be big in the future and how current roles have started to change. Come and learn how to be a superstar of the future. SPEAKERS Anne Benvenuto – Senior Strategic Planner – McCann Erickson Molly Mandell – Client Partner at LBi Plus another VIP speaker

DESCRIPTION: GABRIEL is set around a largely forgotten moment in British history - the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. A naked young man washes up on a Guernsey beach. Unnervingly handsome and fluent in both German and English, he has no recollection of who he is - patriot or Nazi…innocent or madman. GABRIEL explores the heart of memory, identity and imagination, as well as the lies people tell themselves and each other to make the darkness light again. Written by Moira Buffini. Directed by David Esbjornson. With Patricia Conolly, Lisa Emery, Zach Grenier, Lee Aaron Rosen, Samantha Soule, and Libby Woodbridge.

Click on "Tickets" Below

DATES/TIMES: Tuesday, May 11th at 8pm
Wednesday, May 12th at 2pm
Wednesday, May 12th at 8pm
Friday, May 14th at 8pm
Saturday, May 15th at 2pm
Saturday, May 15th at 8pm
Sunday, May 16th at 3pm

The graduating Advertising Design students of the Fashion Institute of Technology is excited to present their thesis ad campaigns.

Open to Everyone - So Come

Opening Night: Monday, May 10, 2010 at 5:00pm - Come and Meet Us.

Runs Through - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 8:00pm

Location:
The Museum at FIT:
7 Avenue at 27 Street
Hours T-F 12pm-8pm

Come view Inwood POP: Portraits and Poetry featuring 100 photographs layered with bilingual poetry at over 50 local businesses and organizations. This project has been brought full circle and the collaborative art has been returned to the places students felt connected to in their community and were photographed at. Celebrate a community art project that praises youth voice and language diversity, instills community pride, and supports and gives thanks to local neighborhood shops and organizations. Photographs were taken by photographer and educator Katie DelaVaughn and layered with poetry written by 1st and 2nd grade students at Amistad Dual Language School. Photographs can be viewed at the New York Public Library Inwood Branch (4790 Broadway) and at various shops and organizations on Broadway from Dyckman St. to W. 207St.; W. 207 St. from Sherman Ave. to Inwood Hill Park; Dyckman St. at Sherman Ave. to the Hudson River; and on the side streets of Vermilyea Ave., Academy St., Cummings St., and Seaman Ave. Note: This is a community exhibit that was installed in June 2009. Photographs were gifted to the various shopkeepers and organizations and the community is responsible for the upkeep of the exhibit.

The Creative unConference is about creativity. No stale pitches from sponsors, no dated presentations—only the brightest minds in creative media gathering for a free-form, highly interactive event. If you are eager for an opportunity to talk to a diverse group of leaders in your field in a fast-paced, flexible format then you're the right person to come to the Creative unConference. You tell us what you want to say. You tell us what you want to hear. You set the agenda.

2 for 1 admission plus 10% discount in the gift shop for Creative Week attendees

Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Click the "Tickets" link below to print out your discount voucher.

The Museum of Arts and Design presents the exhibition Dead or Alive, featuring 37 international artists showcasing contemporary works created from organic material. Artists transform natural materials - feathers, bones, insect, plant materials, and more - into intricately crafted and designed installations and sculptures.

Creative Week attendees receive $3 off admissions. Click the "Tickets" link below.

The premiere exhibition in El Museo’s new Permanent Collection Galleries celebrates El Museo's 40th anniversary. Over 100 works created by a cross-section of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists trace the museum's history and the artistic contributions and milestones that have been part of El Museo's four decades. Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Curator, El Museo del Barrio

The Client Pitch Competition offers students a chance to win an award by pitching their College Competition entries. While the College Competition is judged solely by creative excellence and idea, the Client Pitch Competition is judged by the ability to create and articulate a focused strategy and the persuasiveness of the marketing pitch. 10 selected finalists will present creative pitches to the client and a panel of top creative directors. The winning team will be announced during the Student Awards Ceremony on the same Evening. **Hosted by the One Club.

Documentarian Doug Pray, whose earlier films explored hip-hop DJ-ing (Scratch) and surfing (Surfwise), turns to the ad game, profiling some of the most revered men and women in the business in this 2009 film, a Grand Jury Prize nominee at the Sundance Film Festival. Pray focuses on a posse of mavericks who revolutionized the industry with highly creative, convention-busting work, including Lee Clow (creator of iconic spots for Apple), Rich Silverstein and Jeff Goodby (“Got Milk?”), Hal Riney (everything from Bartles & Jaymes to Ronald Reagan), Dan Wieden and David Kennedy (Nike), George Lois (“I Want My MTV”), and May Wells (“I [Heart] New York”). Produced by the One Club, a trade group celebrating excellence in advertising (2009; 86 minutes)

Screens Daily at 1pm from 5/12-5/16

To view the film trailer go to: artandcopyfilm.com

DESCRIPTION: GABRIEL is set around a largely forgotten moment in British history - the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. A naked young man washes up on a Guernsey beach. Unnervingly handsome and fluent in both German and English, he has no recollection of who he is - patriot or Nazi…innocent or madman. GABRIEL explores the heart of memory, identity and imagination, as well as the lies people tell themselves and each other to make the darkness light again. Written by Moira Buffini. Directed by David Esbjornson. With Patricia Conolly, Lisa Emery, Zach Grenier, Lee Aaron Rosen, Samantha Soule, and Libby Woodbridge.

Click on "Tickets" Below

DATES/TIMES: Tuesday, May 11th at 8pm
Wednesday, May 12th at 2pm
Wednesday, May 12th at 8pm
Friday, May 14th at 8pm
Saturday, May 15th at 2pm
Saturday, May 15th at 8pm
Sunday, May 16th at 3pm

The Paley Center for Media saluted the acclaimed AMC drama series Mad Men with this special symposium in Los Angeles. TV Guide senior critic Matt Roush interviews Matt Weiner, creator of show, along with such cast members as Jon Hamm (Don Draper), Elisabeth Moss (Peggy Olson), John Slattery (Roger Sterling), Robert Morse (Bertram Cooper), Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell), and Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway). Highlights from the show, selected by Weiner, are screened. (2008; 107 minutes)

Daily May 12-16 at 3PM

BrooklynArtProject.com is proud to present com.passion, a crowd-sourced contemporary art book project that celebrates humankind's greatest virtue in our ever-challenged world. From the global financial crisis to natural disasters of unprecedented proportion, people from all walks of life are in need — we believe artists and creative use of social media can help. 

Collaborative mixed media submissions and crowd-sourced tweets will be curated by a panel of judges and published in a limited edition, full color, hardcover book. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the American Cancer Society. The book will be launched in summer of 2010.

Through social media and real-world art collaborations at 5 Front Bistro BAr and Garden in Brooklyn, artists and designers are invited to create  submissions together during Creative Week (May 11-16) that remind us what it means to be human - and why compassion is so highly revered across all the world's major religions.

Starting May 1st, artworks for digital collaboration may be submitted online at Brooklynartproject.com. During Creative Week original works can be brought to 5 Front Restaurant in DUMBO for other artists to build throughout Creative Week (see schedule below). Together we'll produce a collaborative body of work that reflects what can happen when creative minds team up for the social good.

For full project details and submission guidelines, visit BrooklynArtProject.com/compassion starting March 29th, 2010.

Full Schedule

May 11-16
Tuesday - Thursday: 5:30pm to 11pm
Friday: 5:30pm To Midnight
Saturday: 11am to Midnight
Sunday: 11 am to 11 pm

So you say you REALLY love type? Meet some typographic aficionados who have declared their typographic devotion indelibly: with typographic tattoos. Typographic tattoo expert Ina Saltz will share images and the fascinating stories behind the tattoos from her new book, "Body Type 2: More Typographic Tattoos" (the sequel to "Body Type: Intimate Messages Etched in Flesh"). And she has invited some typographically tattooed guests to show their typographic commitment "in the flesh;" many are art directors, creatives, type designers, et al. The power of type and the beauty of words on skin will surprise and (possibly) shock you. Do the font selection and the chosen text send the same message? You be the judge.

Join us in celebrating the opening of this year's New York Photo Festival. This year's curators Vince Aletti, Erik Kessels, Fred Ritchin and Lou Reed have been called upon to deliver their personal vision of the newest and most important trends in contemporary photography, each exhibited in their own pavilion and promising to draw the attention of the entire photographic community.

Calling all advertising copy writers.  Yes, we call it copy, that stuff you grind out every day.  But isn't it really poetry -- concise, intense, emotive words designed to stir the emotions so powerfully that the reader will fork over some cash?  Byron knew all about this.  So did Shelley, Whitman, Emily Dickinson.  Sure their heads were in the cosmos, but part of them (you know which part) was thinking of getting paid or getting laid.  Now you can get the literary recognition you deserve by reading your words at the The One Slam -- the 1st Annual Copy Writers Poetry Smackdown -- Wednesday night May 12th at the world-famous Bowery Poetry Club. 

Just RSVP below with your name, name of your agency or company, and maybe something personal and endearing about yourself.  Then come to the Bowery Poetry Club and read your copy -- it can be any copy, a love poem, political screed, shopping list, an ad too artistic for your philistine client to comprehend -- just something short and powerful that you wrote.  You'll win prizes, applause and finally the literary acclaim you've always wanted.  Who knows -- you may even get laid.

The One Show Student Award ceremony highlights great student work from around the world. Gold, Silver and Bronze pencils and checks are award to the top student work in Advertising, Design and Interactive. A prestigious industry scholarship is also presented.

Join us for a picnic at Sgt. Dougherty Park on May 12th starting at 7pm to launch the School of the Future project. Come with snacks, ideas for classes you'd like to teach, and WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN. We'll show you the list of learning deficits we have collected so far and brainstorm with you about classes you might like to teach/ projects you'd like to start based on what people want to learn about. School of the Future is a site specific project about what school could be. Opening this July, School of the Future is an intergenerational free school that will transform an underutilized park into an experiment in unschooling.

It’s time for The 2010 NYC Creative Circus Alumni Reunion!

All Circus graduates and close industry connections are welcome. We have the whole place to ourselves this year from 9:30-12:30! It’s Wednesday night following the One Show Student Award Ceremony.

The Belmonte Lounge
(located between Park Ave. & Irving.
Subways 4,5,6,N,R,L at 14th St. Union Square.)
http://belmontloungenyc.com/
Light hors d’oeuvres will be provided.
Drink tickets will be given at the door when you sign in.

RSVP not required but appreciated. We need your help to get the word out too - so pass it on to other alumni.

For more information, and to RSVP, contact DC Washington, Career Services Director, dc.washington@creativecircus.edu.

The graduating Advertising Design students of the Fashion Institute of Technology is excited to present their thesis ad campaigns.

Open to Everyone - So Come

Opening Night: Monday, May 10, 2010 at 5:00pm - Come and Meet Us.

Runs Through - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 8:00pm

Location:
The Museum at FIT:
7 Avenue at 27 Street
Hours T-F 12pm-8pm

Come view Inwood POP: Portraits and Poetry featuring 100 photographs layered with bilingual poetry at over 50 local businesses and organizations. This project has been brought full circle and the collaborative art has been returned to the places students felt connected to in their community and were photographed at. Celebrate a community art project that praises youth voice and language diversity, instills community pride, and supports and gives thanks to local neighborhood shops and organizations. Photographs were taken by photographer and educator Katie DelaVaughn and layered with poetry written by 1st and 2nd grade students at Amistad Dual Language School. Photographs can be viewed at the New York Public Library Inwood Branch (4790 Broadway) and at various shops and organizations on Broadway from Dyckman St. to W. 207St.; W. 207 St. from Sherman Ave. to Inwood Hill Park; Dyckman St. at Sherman Ave. to the Hudson River; and on the side streets of Vermilyea Ave., Academy St., Cummings St., and Seaman Ave. Note: This is a community exhibit that was installed in June 2009. Photographs were gifted to the various shopkeepers and organizations and the community is responsible for the upkeep of the exhibit.

The Creative unConference is about creativity. No stale pitches from sponsors, no dated presentations—only the brightest minds in creative media gathering for a free-form, highly interactive event. If you are eager for an opportunity to talk to a diverse group of leaders in your field in a fast-paced, flexible format then you're the right person to come to the Creative unConference. You tell us what you want to say. You tell us what you want to hear. You set the agenda.

The New York Photo Festival, the first international photo festival dedicated to contemporary photography, is proud to announce its NYPH ’10 Portfolio Review. The reviews are a platform for all levels of aspiring and professional photographers to present their body of work for review and critique by leading experts in the fields of photography, art, media, and advertising and to receive guidance and mentorship for future artistic and commercial career development. The portfolio review will be run by photography book publisher powerHouse Books, which has organized six highly successful and acclaimed portfolio reviews since 2005.

The NYPH ’10 Portfolio Review will host over 40 experts from all facets of the photography world, including a broad range of photo editors, gallery directors, museum curators, photography critics, commercial photography agents, publishers, art book packagers, and graphic designers.

The Museum of Arts and Design presents the exhibition Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle an overview of the highest state of bicycle design, ranging from fixed gear to road, cyclocross to mountain, and commuter to stripped down radonneur, designed expressly for long-distance racing. Creative Week attendees receive $3 off admission. Click the tickets link below.

2 for 1 admission plus 10% discount in the gift shop for Creative Week attendees

Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Click the "Tickets" link below to print out your discount voucher.

The Museum of Arts and Design presents the exhibition Dead or Alive, featuring 37 international artists showcasing contemporary works created from organic material. Artists transform natural materials - feathers, bones, insect, plant materials, and more - into intricately crafted and designed installations and sculptures.

Creative Week attendees receive $3 off admissions. Click the "Tickets" link below.

Since the 1980s this has been the creative heart of New York City. But instead of looking at design firms and advertising agencies this is an opportunity to walk the streets and see the lettering that helps give these two neighborhoods so much of their charm. Instead of Art Deco we will see a wider range of letterforms dating from the late 19th c. to the 1970s. Even a cemetery.

11 am to 2 pm meet at the Flatiron Building (intersection of Fifth Avenue, Broadway and 23rd Street). Bring cameras, notebooks, a sandwich, etc. and wear walking shoes.

Paul Shaw is widely known and respected as a guide to urban lettering. With Garrett Boge he co-founded and led the original Legacy of Letters tours of Rome, Florence and Tuscany from 1997 to 2000. On his own he has conducted regular walking tours of lettering in New York City since 2005 for the Type Directors Club and other organizations. He has also led similar tours of Boston, Buffalo and Atlanta for SoTA (the Society of Typographic Aficionados). Paul has been a calligrapher for over 40 years and has designed 18 typefaces. He is the principal of Paul Shaw / Letter Design and teaches calligraphy at Parsons School of Design and the history of typography at the School of Visual Arts.

The premiere exhibition in El Museo’s new Permanent Collection Galleries celebrates El Museo's 40th anniversary. Over 100 works created by a cross-section of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists trace the museum's history and the artistic contributions and milestones that have been part of El Museo's four decades. Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Curator, El Museo del Barrio

A Gallery Tour showcasing three solo shows by acclaimed artists from the Middle East and Central Asia:

Almagul Menlibayeva , Daughters of Turan (Kazakhstan), Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
www.priskajuschkafineart.com

Barbad Golshiri (Iran), Nothing is Left to Tell, Thomas Erben Gallery
www.thomaserben.com

Ghada Amer (Egypt): Color Misbehaviour, Cheim & Read
www.cheimread.com

A talk about the exhibition and the works will be given at each of the three galleries.

The history of photography is that of the still life, a staple of artwork throughout the modern era that has been reinvented with the introduction of photography. From the beginning, virtually every important photographer has contributed to the genre, and their names evoke an immense range of images and approaches: Henry Fox-Talbot, Paul Strand, Edward Steichen, Josef Sudek, László Moholy-Nagy, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Man Ray, Walker Evans, Robert Mapplethorpe and Wolgfang Tillmans, among others.

With this long tradition in mind, Vince Aletti has taken the occasion of the New York Photo Festival to reexamine the still life today. Object Lesson, according to Aletti, “pays homage to one of its masters, Irving Penn, whose work sets a standard few can match.”
Participating Artists: * Jeff Bark * Adam Bartos * Sharon Core * Sally Gall * Bill Jacobson * Richard Learoyd * Laura Letinsky * Andrea Modica * Yamini Nayar * Jiro Takamatsu

Five days Celebrating Contemporary Photography! In addition to the curated pavilions - displaying the personal visions of this year\'s curators Vince Aletti, Erik Kessels, Fred Ritchin and Lou Reed, the festival offers visitors an extensive range of activities that generate dialogue and buzz among all communities of photo professionals, amateurs, students, and aficionados of art and culture.

Documentarian Doug Pray, whose earlier films explored hip-hop DJ-ing (Scratch) and surfing (Surfwise), turns to the ad game, profiling some of the most revered men and women in the business in this 2009 film, a Grand Jury Prize nominee at the Sundance Film Festival. Pray focuses on a posse of mavericks who revolutionized the industry with highly creative, convention-busting work, including Lee Clow (creator of iconic spots for Apple), Rich Silverstein and Jeff Goodby (“Got Milk?”), Hal Riney (everything from Bartles & Jaymes to Ronald Reagan), Dan Wieden and David Kennedy (Nike), George Lois (“I Want My MTV”), and May Wells (“I [Heart] New York”). Produced by the One Club, a trade group celebrating excellence in advertising (2009; 86 minutes)

Screens Daily at 1pm from 5/12-5/16

To view the film trailer go to: artandcopyfilm.com

The Paley Center for Media saluted the acclaimed AMC drama series Mad Men with this special symposium in Los Angeles. TV Guide senior critic Matt Roush interviews Matt Weiner, creator of show, along with such cast members as Jon Hamm (Don Draper), Elisabeth Moss (Peggy Olson), John Slattery (Roger Sterling), Robert Morse (Bertram Cooper), Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell), and Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway). Highlights from the show, selected by Weiner, are screened. (2008; 107 minutes)

Daily May 12-16 at 3PM

BrooklynArtProject.com is proud to present com.passion, a crowd-sourced contemporary art book project that celebrates humankind's greatest virtue in our ever-challenged world. From the global financial crisis to natural disasters of unprecedented proportion, people from all walks of life are in need — we believe artists and creative use of social media can help. 

Collaborative mixed media submissions and crowd-sourced tweets will be curated by a panel of judges and published in a limited edition, full color, hardcover book. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the American Cancer Society. The book will be launched in summer of 2010.

Through social media and real-world art collaborations at 5 Front Bistro BAr and Garden in Brooklyn, artists and designers are invited to create  submissions together during Creative Week (May 11-16) that remind us what it means to be human - and why compassion is so highly revered across all the world's major religions.

Starting May 1st, artworks for digital collaboration may be submitted online at Brooklynartproject.com. During Creative Week original works can be brought to 5 Front Restaurant in DUMBO for other artists to build throughout Creative Week (see schedule below). Together we'll produce a collaborative body of work that reflects what can happen when creative minds team up for the social good.

For full project details and submission guidelines, visit BrooklynArtProject.com/compassion starting March 29th, 2010.

Full Schedule

May 11-16
Tuesday - Thursday: 5:30pm to 11pm
Friday: 5:30pm To Midnight
Saturday: 11am to Midnight
Sunday: 11 am to 11 pm

For immediate release
Contact: Bart Keijsers Koning
Bart@lmakprojects.com 212-255-9707

As Is
Penelope Umbrico
May 13 – June 20th, 2010
Opening: Thursday, May 13, 6-9 pm

LMAKprojects is pleased to present three series of work by Penelope Umbrico: Broken Sets (eBay), 2009- 2010, Zenith Replacement Parts, 2009, and Desk Trajectories (As Is), 2010. Mining the Internet for its idealized fictions of a technologically obsessed society, Umbrico creates taxonomies of images that point to a deflation or rupture in these fictions. Employing methods of appropriation, extraction, and accumulation, Umbrico extracts details from these images that belie an optimism usually associated with this content.

Broken Sets (eBay) are images of the screens cropped from pictures of broken LCD TVs Umbrico found on eBay.com, where they are sold for parts. The sellers turn on the TVs while photographing them so that potential buyers can see that the electronics behind the screens work. Umbrico became interested in the incidental abstract beauty of the screens because they are derived from the breakdown and failure of their own promising technology. By presenting these inadvertent abstract compositions as formal compositions in their own right, Umbrico collapses the obsolescence and breakdown of new technology with the aesthetic formalism of utopian Modernist abstraction.

Zenith Replacement Parts are photographs, also taken from eBay, of dusty cardboard boxes containing Zenith replacement parts. What intrigued Umbrico about these images was the seller’s belief in the photograph - that a picture of the box storing the part would lend more veracity to the objects inside, than to simply list the parts numbers. The reductiveness of the box form and its repetition is further emphasized by Umbrico’s gridding of them, turning them into a Judd-like eulogy.

A reoccurring theme in Umbrico's work is the examination of how unattainable lifestyles are marketed, lusted after, and devoured by consumers. She highlights underlying cultural longings of a consumer subject allowing it to be replaced by a fictional, idealized, non-existent abstraction. This sentiment is poignantly illustrated in Desk Trajectories (As Is), 2010. If a new office desk promises the ultimate in organization and productivity, these same desks on craigslist and eBay, by virtue of the fact that they are “used” and out of commission, represent the exact opposite: a deflated and empty sign of productivity. No longer useful, and taking up too much space, these desks have been subsumed to an economy of re-appropriation, value deflation, and physical degradation.

The term As Is indicates a good bargain with perhaps some flaw, but taken here as an ontological statement, As Is points to a sort of existential anxiety: its reason for being is hinged on its potential for facilitating productivity, and its form is a testament to ideologies of a clean, elegant modernist aesthetic. In these pictures, all efficiency, productivity and elegance is in question.

Penelope Umbrico has had numerous solo exhibitions, including International Center of Photography, NY; Julie Saul Gallery, NY; Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston; P|M Gallery, Toronto; and her work has been included in group shows at the Museum of Modern Art, NY; Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane Australia; Bard College, NY; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; Art in General, NY; Gallery 44, Toronto; Dazibao, Montreal; Ansel Adams Center for Photography, CA; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA. Umbrico’s work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; International Center of Photography; Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. She is the recipient of an Anonymous Was A Woman Award; New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists Fellowship; a New York Foundation for the Arts, Catalogue Project Grant; an Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship Grant; and a Harvestworks Scholar Fellowship.

For visuals or more information please contact the gallery at bart@lmakprojects or 212 255 9707.

The big idea lives and gets crowned at the 2010 One Show awards. This is the one night of essential advertisement viewing with no television interruption. Come, watch, weep.

You're invited to a one night viewing of new works by:

Eric Han
Menswear
Han is influenced by how geometric shapes are deconstructed when conforming to the human figure.

Jennifer Ipekel
Photography
Ipekel juxtaposes urban life with architectural forms to soften the impact of our environment with humor and human connections through photography. Erica Sanchez Styling & Photography Sanchez' work is influenced by old gypsy tales of the past and brought to life through a series of fashion stories. Maya Zaken Womenswear & Accessories Styling & photography Zaken's pieces are influenced by youth culture and urban city life. Gemma Glasser Paintings & Jewelry Glasser's work is inspired the experience and multiplicity of colors, textures, light and cultural meaning one encounters when watching the sea.

Spend your Thursday night with us. Come join Textile Arts Center in our beautiful new space for some refreshments, try out weaving on a floor loom, and watch a screening of Handmade Nation by Faythe Levine. A great way to celebrate Creative Week NYC! 6-7pm: schmoozing and weaving 7-9pm: Handmade Nation and discussion time Textile Arts Center 505 Carroll Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 718.369.0222

COLLABORATION: MIRKO ILIC AND DANIEL YOUNG

What happens when a designer and a former lawyer decide to take on the problems of the world? Mirco Ilic and Daniel Young have teamed up to be Ralph Nader, Robin Hood, Mother Theresa and maybe even Don Quixote, all rolled into one. They put the "pro" back in pro bono—not only do they create work for free, they actually self-finance the projects for causes they believe in. Even more than making different causes public, these guys like to make trouble. Come and hear about how they infuriated religious leaders in Jerusalem, and how they took their political provocations to the skies over Florida. It is said that necessity is the mother of invention, but for Mirko and Daniel, it is sensitivity, compassion and altruism. For them, that's necessity!

Mirko Ilic Corp. was established in 1995 as a multi-disciplinary studio specializing in graphic design, 3D animation, motion picture titles, and illustration. Mirko has written several books with Steve Heller, including Genius Moves: 100 Icons of Graphic Design, Handwritten, and The Anatomy of Design. He has also written The Design of Dissent with Milton Glaser. Mirko has taught advanced design classes at the Cooper Union and currently teaches master degree classes in illustration at the School of Visual Arts.

Daniel Young lives and works in New York City. He graduated from Cornell University and Columbia University Law School. He worked as a lawyer in the field of international trade. In 1988 he met Milton Glaser and, under his influence, changed from a lawyer into an inventor and designer. Young founded Paradoxy Products in 2005, a company dedicated to making design objects which cross the borders between fun and philosophy, and between design and art.

Each month, "Collaboration" will examine the process of co-creation; it will look closely at collaborative outcomes as we all learn to work with each other.

Join us to discover the pros and cons of working with experts in our field and others.

5th Annual Art Licensing Panel Discussion
Join our panelists as they share stories and tips of working in the business of art licensing. Learn from their experience and find out more about this growing industry. Get answers to specific questions and see how you can expand your own career into this area.

In This Info Packed Evening They Will Discuss:
• The Pros and Cons of Licensing, Success Stories and What Doesn’t Work
• Tradeshows for Licensing, Where and When to Exhibit
• How to Get Started in Art Licensing
• The Potential for Product Licensing, Your Creative Images On Any Product!
• Arts Advocacy for All Art Licensors Makes the Industry Better For Everyone.

Panelists

Diana Ponce
Modern Women's Fashion and Lifestyle Illustrator

Tim Goldman
Retro-graphic Cartoon Style Illustrator and Designer

Thomas A. Crowell, Esq.
Attorney practicing in licensing, copyright, film, and television.

Plus Special Guest

Cheryl Phelps
Illustrator and Teacher/Author of Art Licensing Workshops.

Detailed Speaker Bios:

Diana Ponce
Fashion and lifestyle illustrator Diana Ponce beautifully conveys the spirit of the modern woman with immense skills and painterly elegance. With her finger on the pulse of both current and classic style she imparts a modern sensibility with longevity. Having over 20 years experience as an illustrator, Diana's artwork has been enjoyed by many clients worldwide. Past clients include Avon, The Corcoran Group, Hearst Publications, Jones Apparel Group, L'Oréal, Publicis-USA, Shecky's Media, Star Magazine, Rodale Books, TRESemmé and Tri-Coastal Design. Her work focuses on editorial illustration, advertising art, as well as artwork for products within the licensing arena. Diana is a featured artist in the most recent version of the Big Book of Fashion Illustration. Her work can be viewed at http://www.DianaPonceART.com

Tim Goldman
Based in NYC, Tim creates retro-graphic cartoon styled illustrations and designs for variety of clients in print and web. Tim’s work is inspired by comic books, classic Saturday morning cartoons, pop art and 60’s graphic design. He is currently licensing designs to Momenta, http://www.momenta.com a scrapbooking company, and developing more art for them to feature on their new website. His work can be viewed at B3 Art Licensing Group http://www.timgoldman.com Originally hailing from Indiana, Tim earned a BFA in graphic design at Ball State University (where David Letterman and Garfield the cat got their start). From there he was off to Chicago, where he began his career as an art director at a promotional marketing agency. After deciding to start freelancing, he made his way to New York City where he established himself as a freelance illustrator and designer, and has worked with a diverse list of clients such as the Wall Street Journal, NBA/WNBA, Sylvan Learning, Disney and Scholastic.

Cheryl Phelps
A BFA Graduate in Painting and Surface Design from the Memphis College Of Art, Cheryl now lives in New York City, teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Visual Arts and is a 20 year veteran of freelance and art licensing. Her clients include: Hallmark, American Greetings, Gibson, Paramount, Portal, Marcel Schurman, Current, Mikasa China, Kodak, Target, Nordstroms, Keds, Benny & Smith- Crayola, Frances Meyers Inc., Shenny-Flomo Enterprises and Creative Expressions, etc. Cheryl works with a variety of creative image makers and conducts The Greeting Card, Licensing & Art Biz Workshop nationwide, and does private Licensing coaching, consulting and portfolio and contract reviews. Currently she is licensing her work along with developed lines Lola Girl, a teen/tween line of novelty products, Diva 2 Diva, a collection for Baby Boomer Divas and Mz Cheryl, a line that utilizes herself as a character; as well as writing a book about the licensing and greeting card business based on the content of her own workshops. Her work can be viewed at http://www.cherylphelps.com and Cheryl's New York Greeting Card and Art Licensing Workshop will be held this Saturday May 15.

Thomas A. Crowell, Esq.
Thomas A. Crowell, Esq. is a founding partner of the law firm of Saperstein & Crowell, LLP. He is a NYC based attorney whose practice includes copyright, licensing, film, and television, among other areas. He teaches film and television law at the School of Visual Arts and has organized and conducted the comic book legal workshops at NY ComicCon for the past 4 years. He is also the author of “The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers,” (focal press, 2007). For more information: http://www.thomascrowell.com

Advance Registration Fee:
$15 Graphic Artist Guild members
$25 Non-members
$5 Student/Senior M
$10 Stu/Sr NM
Free for Pratt Students, Faculty, and Staff
Pay at the Door Fee: add $5 to all categories

Every agency has a list of dirty words that they use to filter user generated content for their clients.

Kidsista thought it would be cool to aggregate all of those dirty words, so that everyone can access a huge, ever growing list of dirty words as a dynamic database, via an open API, for free-fifty-free, because that's how we roll.

If you want to contribute, then bring your agency's list on a thumbdrive, and we'll give you some thing super special. Or don’t bring anything. We just want to dance with you.

RSVP BELOW TO MAKE SURE YOU DRINK FOR FREE.

Special Event @ St. Ann’s Warehouse

8:30 – 10pm: “New Waves and Documentations”
– An evening of special screenings featuring:

* Lou Reed presents: Hidden Books, Hidden Stories – 12”
* INSTITUTE presents: Where Storytelling Lives – 30”
* Anthropographia presents: Human Rights and Multimedia – 40”

The graduating Advertising Design students of the Fashion Institute of Technology is excited to present their thesis ad campaigns.

Open to Everyone - So Come

Opening Night: Monday, May 10, 2010 at 5:00pm - Come and Meet Us.

Runs Through - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 8:00pm

Location:
The Museum at FIT:
7 Avenue at 27 Street
Hours T-F 12pm-8pm

Come view Inwood POP: Portraits and Poetry featuring 100 photographs layered with bilingual poetry at over 50 local businesses and organizations. This project has been brought full circle and the collaborative art has been returned to the places students felt connected to in their community and were photographed at. Celebrate a community art project that praises youth voice and language diversity, instills community pride, and supports and gives thanks to local neighborhood shops and organizations. Photographs were taken by photographer and educator Katie DelaVaughn and layered with poetry written by 1st and 2nd grade students at Amistad Dual Language School. Photographs can be viewed at the New York Public Library Inwood Branch (4790 Broadway) and at various shops and organizations on Broadway from Dyckman St. to W. 207St.; W. 207 St. from Sherman Ave. to Inwood Hill Park; Dyckman St. at Sherman Ave. to the Hudson River; and on the side streets of Vermilyea Ave., Academy St., Cummings St., and Seaman Ave. Note: This is a community exhibit that was installed in June 2009. Photographs were gifted to the various shopkeepers and organizations and the community is responsible for the upkeep of the exhibit.

The New York Photo Festival, the first international photo festival dedicated to contemporary photography, is proud to announce its NYPH ’10 Portfolio Review. The reviews are a platform for all levels of aspiring and professional photographers to present their body of work for review and critique by leading experts in the fields of photography, art, media, and advertising and to receive guidance and mentorship for future artistic and commercial career development. The portfolio review will be run by photography book publisher powerHouse Books, which has organized six highly successful and acclaimed portfolio reviews since 2005.

The NYPH ’10 Portfolio Review will host over 40 experts from all facets of the photography world, including a broad range of photo editors, gallery directors, museum curators, photography critics, commercial photography agents, publishers, art book packagers, and graphic designers.

The Museum of Arts and Design presents the exhibition Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle an overview of the highest state of bicycle design, ranging from fixed gear to road, cyclocross to mountain, and commuter to stripped down radonneur, designed expressly for long-distance racing. Creative Week attendees receive $3 off admission. Click the tickets link below.

2 for 1 admission plus 10% discount in the gift shop for Creative Week attendees

Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Click the "Tickets" link below to print out your discount voucher.

The Museum of Arts and Design presents the exhibition Dead or Alive, featuring 37 international artists showcasing contemporary works created from organic material. Artists transform natural materials - feathers, bones, insect, plant materials, and more - into intricately crafted and designed installations and sculptures.

Creative Week attendees receive $3 off admissions. Click the "Tickets" link below.

The premiere exhibition in El Museo’s new Permanent Collection Galleries celebrates El Museo's 40th anniversary. Over 100 works created by a cross-section of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists trace the museum's history and the artistic contributions and milestones that have been part of El Museo's four decades. Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Curator, El Museo del Barrio

Filling the vast Wade Thompson Drill Hall, No Man’s Land is Christian Boltanski’s most ambitious project in the United States to date. This monumental work explores the signature motifs of the artist’s forty-year career - individuality, anonymity, life and death - in an immersive landscape that is both powerful and infernal. Incorporating 30 tons of discarded clothing, a 60-foot crane and the sound of human heartbeats, the installation offers an unforgettable and deeply moving experience by one of today’s most important artists. Curated by Tom Eccles.

As part of the installation at the Armory, visitors will be invited to record their own heartbeat and offer it to the artist as he continues to expand his Archives du coeur, a collection of human heartbeats from around the world.

Admission
$12 General Admission (Adults 12 and up)
$10 Seniors (62 and up), Students (with valid ID), Groups (8 or more)
FREE: Children (11 and Under)
FREE: Park Avenue Armory Members
Tickets are available online and at the door.

The history of photography is that of the still life, a staple of artwork throughout the modern era that has been reinvented with the introduction of photography. From the beginning, virtually every important photographer has contributed to the genre, and their names evoke an immense range of images and approaches: Henry Fox-Talbot, Paul Strand, Edward Steichen, Josef Sudek, László Moholy-Nagy, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Man Ray, Walker Evans, Robert Mapplethorpe and Wolgfang Tillmans, among others.

With this long tradition in mind, Vince Aletti has taken the occasion of the New York Photo Festival to reexamine the still life today. Object Lesson, according to Aletti, “pays homage to one of its masters, Irving Penn, whose work sets a standard few can match.”
Participating Artists: * Jeff Bark * Adam Bartos * Sharon Core * Sally Gall * Bill Jacobson * Richard Learoyd * Laura Letinsky * Andrea Modica * Yamini Nayar * Jiro Takamatsu

Recent Work Predrag Dimitrijevič Non-objective painting is a form of madness lost to civilization some 20 years ago. Predrag Dimitrievich returns it with dispassionate vengeance. It’s checkmate from the get-go. These are bear-trap visual conundrums of geometric splendor. Predrag D. engineers impossible virtual nestings of pure space and form.

They are plotted ten moves ahead and as satisfyingly intelligent as a watchmaker’s palace of function.

Every element seems to rhyme itself into being as a cerebrated echo of the whole. They are puzzles without beginning or end, trance-circuit mazes to tease your retinal brain. The sophisticated drawing harks back to the complicated mechanics of another era. But the elegant, unforgettably mysterious solutions hint at the behind-the-scenes insanity of advanced contemporary science. Predrag D. makes no concessions to the twin love-buttons cute and funny. These are demanding paintings that, if you’re not careful, you might well fall into. Unlike their utopian forebears of the 1920s and 60s, they register an anxious and unrelenting logic that refuses to synthesize at a simple glance. They are raindrops in the optical pond, leading you in insistently to super-highways of thought.

Donald Carroll

Five days Celebrating Contemporary Photography! In addition to the curated pavilions - displaying the personal visions of this year\'s curators Vince Aletti, Erik Kessels, Fred Ritchin and Lou Reed, the festival offers visitors an extensive range of activities that generate dialogue and buzz among all communities of photo professionals, amateurs, students, and aficionados of art and culture.

Documentarian Doug Pray, whose earlier films explored hip-hop DJ-ing (Scratch) and surfing (Surfwise), turns to the ad game, profiling some of the most revered men and women in the business in this 2009 film, a Grand Jury Prize nominee at the Sundance Film Festival. Pray focuses on a posse of mavericks who revolutionized the industry with highly creative, convention-busting work, including Lee Clow (creator of iconic spots for Apple), Rich Silverstein and Jeff Goodby (“Got Milk?”), Hal Riney (everything from Bartles & Jaymes to Ronald Reagan), Dan Wieden and David Kennedy (Nike), George Lois (“I Want My MTV”), and May Wells (“I [Heart] New York”). Produced by the One Club, a trade group celebrating excellence in advertising (2009; 86 minutes)

Screens Daily at 1pm from 5/12-5/16

To view the film trailer go to: artandcopyfilm.com

The Paley Center for Media saluted the acclaimed AMC drama series Mad Men with this special symposium in Los Angeles. TV Guide senior critic Matt Roush interviews Matt Weiner, creator of show, along with such cast members as Jon Hamm (Don Draper), Elisabeth Moss (Peggy Olson), John Slattery (Roger Sterling), Robert Morse (Bertram Cooper), Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell), and Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway). Highlights from the show, selected by Weiner, are screened. (2008; 107 minutes)

Daily May 12-16 at 3PM

BrooklynArtProject.com is proud to present com.passion, a crowd-sourced contemporary art book project that celebrates humankind's greatest virtue in our ever-challenged world. From the global financial crisis to natural disasters of unprecedented proportion, people from all walks of life are in need — we believe artists and creative use of social media can help. 

Collaborative mixed media submissions and crowd-sourced tweets will be curated by a panel of judges and published in a limited edition, full color, hardcover book. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the American Cancer Society. The book will be launched in summer of 2010.

Through social media and real-world art collaborations at 5 Front Bistro BAr and Garden in Brooklyn, artists and designers are invited to create  submissions together during Creative Week (May 11-16) that remind us what it means to be human - and why compassion is so highly revered across all the world's major religions.

Starting May 1st, artworks for digital collaboration may be submitted online at Brooklynartproject.com. During Creative Week original works can be brought to 5 Front Restaurant in DUMBO for other artists to build throughout Creative Week (see schedule below). Together we'll produce a collaborative body of work that reflects what can happen when creative minds team up for the social good.

For full project details and submission guidelines, visit BrooklynArtProject.com/compassion starting March 29th, 2010.

Full Schedule

May 11-16
Tuesday - Thursday: 5:30pm to 11pm
Friday: 5:30pm To Midnight
Saturday: 11am to Midnight
Sunday: 11 am to 11 pm

The best in new media advertising is recognized and awarded at One Show Interactive, now in its 13th year. With cutting-edge categories like Microsites, New Media Innovation and Development, and the new Online Branded Content category, One Show Interactive reflects the ever-expanding realm of online and interactive work.

The future of fonts as we know them is ever-changing. To help prognosticate, we're collecting some of the industry's leaders and asking them to explain what's coming next, why and how it will effect our everyday. We'll touch on lettering, foundries, collectives, technology and applications as well as web, customization and licensing.

Typographers are a rare and specialized breed, so we'll keep an expert moderator on hand to translate and provoke. Questions for the discussion will be taken via Twitter leading up to and during the event. To pose a question, use the hashtag #freshd or address @freshdialogue.

SPEAKERS

Jessica Hische is a typographer and illustrator working in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia with a degree in Graphic Design, she worked for Headcase Design before moving to New York to take a position as Senior Designer at Louise Fili Ltd. In September of 2009, after two and a half years of little sleep, lots of gelato, and a ton of hand-lettering, Jessica left Louise Fili Ltd. to pursue her freelance career. She has since started Daily Drop Cap, a year long project that has gained international recognition in which she illustrates an initial cap every (work)day, and also released her first font, Buttermilk, in July of 2009.

Georg Seifert studied at Bauhaus-University Weimar. He works as a software and type designer in Berlin, Germany. His typefaces include Graublau Sans and OliveGreen Mono as well as corporate fonts for clients such as Duravit. For more than four years, Georg has been working on "Glyphs," his own font design application.

Joshua Darden is the founder of Darden Studio, a typeface design studio and consultancy based in Brooklyn, New York. Born and raised in suburban Los Angeles, Joshua published his first typeface at the age of fifteen. He has developed custom typefaces for Latin-based, Cyrillic, and Greek alphabets. He has lectured at the University of California Santa Barbara, has sat on panels at the TypeCon and South by Southwest Interactive conferences, juried the Type Directors Club Type Design Competition, and visited the Rhode Island School of Design as a Guest Critic. Joshua teaches the design and use of typefaces at Parsons School of Design, and has taught the history of typography at School of Visual Arts.

MODERATOR

Matteo Bologna is the founder of Mucca Design, a branding agency based in Manhattan. Born and raised in Milan, Italy, Matteo's grounding in architecture, graphic design, illustration and typography facilitated his early business successes and inspired his decision to create a New York business. He meticulously oversees every project at Mucca Design, as creative director and father figure. Matteo is on the board of directors of the AIGA New York Chapter and is the Chairman of the Type Salons for the Type Directors Club. He is frequently asked to lecture about branding and typography around the world

A collective exhibition of artists from around the world specializing in surrealism. Please visit our website for more information and an exhibition catalogue.

DESCRIPTION: GABRIEL is set around a largely forgotten moment in British history - the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. A naked young man washes up on a Guernsey beach. Unnervingly handsome and fluent in both German and English, he has no recollection of who he is - patriot or Nazi…innocent or madman. GABRIEL explores the heart of memory, identity and imagination, as well as the lies people tell themselves and each other to make the darkness light again. Written by Moira Buffini. Directed by David Esbjornson. With Patricia Conolly, Lisa Emery, Zach Grenier, Lee Aaron Rosen, Samantha Soule, and Libby Woodbridge.

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DATES/TIMES: Tuesday, May 11th at 8pm
Wednesday, May 12th at 2pm
Wednesday, May 12th at 8pm
Friday, May 14th at 8pm
Saturday, May 15th at 2pm
Saturday, May 15th at 8pm
Sunday, May 16th at 3pm

The New York Photo Awards Ceremony 2010 will present the work of the Award Winners and Honorable Mentions on the big screen before a packed audience of industry luminaries. Twelve major awards will be publicly presented to the Award Winners, and 24 artists will receive Honorable Mention certificates.

Special Event @ St. Ann’s Warehouse:

8:30 – 9:30pm: New York Photo Awards Ceremony
9:30pm +: New York Photo Awards Ceremony After Party @ pH Arena

Join us to celebrate this year's Award Winners!

The graduating Advertising Design students of the Fashion Institute of Technology is excited to present their thesis ad campaigns.

Open to Everyone - So Come

Opening Night: Monday, May 10, 2010 at 5:00pm - Come and Meet Us.

Runs Through - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 8:00pm

Location:
The Museum at FIT:
7 Avenue at 27 Street
Hours T-F 12pm-8pm

Come view Inwood POP: Portraits and Poetry featuring 100 photographs layered with bilingual poetry at over 50 local businesses and organizations. This project has been brought full circle and the collaborative art has been returned to the places students felt connected to in their community and were photographed at. Celebrate a community art project that praises youth voice and language diversity, instills community pride, and supports and gives thanks to local neighborhood shops and organizations. Photographs were taken by photographer and educator Katie DelaVaughn and layered with poetry written by 1st and 2nd grade students at Amistad Dual Language School. Photographs can be viewed at the New York Public Library Inwood Branch (4790 Broadway) and at various shops and organizations on Broadway from Dyckman St. to W. 207St.; W. 207 St. from Sherman Ave. to Inwood Hill Park; Dyckman St. at Sherman Ave. to the Hudson River; and on the side streets of Vermilyea Ave., Academy St., Cummings St., and Seaman Ave. Note: This is a community exhibit that was installed in June 2009. Photographs were gifted to the various shopkeepers and organizations and the community is responsible for the upkeep of the exhibit.

The New York Photo Festival, the first international photo festival dedicated to contemporary photography, is proud to announce its NYPH ’10 Portfolio Review. The reviews are a platform for all levels of aspiring and professional photographers to present their body of work for review and critique by leading experts in the fields of photography, art, media, and advertising and to receive guidance and mentorship for future artistic and commercial career development. The portfolio review will be run by photography book publisher powerHouse Books, which has organized six highly successful and acclaimed portfolio reviews since 2005.

The NYPH ’10 Portfolio Review will host over 40 experts from all facets of the photography world, including a broad range of photo editors, gallery directors, museum curators, photography critics, commercial photography agents, publishers, art book packagers, and graphic designers.

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art is pleased to present Daughters of Turan, Almagul Menlibayeva’s third solo exhibition of video and photography at the gallery. In the Steppes of her native Kazakhstan, Menlibayeva stages and films complex mythological narratives, with reference to her own nomadic heritage and the Shamanistic traditions of the cultures of Central Asia.

Daughters of Turan explores the emotional and spiritual residues of an ancient belief system as well as a historic conflict, still resonating among the peoples of Central Asia today, between the Zoroastrian ideology of former Persia, spreading widely across Eurasia and influencing Western politicians and philosophers and the Tengriism (sky religion) of the Turkic tribes, reaching as far as the Pacific Ocean. Tūrān, the ancient Iranian name for Central Asia, the land of the Tur, inhabited by nomadic tribes, takes center stage signifying the relationship between the male and the female principles ingrained in the stories, myths and ritual practices of a widespread population and its cultures.

The nurturing earth goddess Umai and favorite wife of Tengri, the god of the sky, much like Gaia in the Greek mythology, created life also gynogenetic, out of herself, and symbolizes the close relationship of the people to the land and its given riches, without agriculture, by animals and humans feeding off her body and drinking her milk. The elusive sky god Tengri, foremost living on in Christianity, where then becoming omnipotent, is here still in his adolescent phase – while Umai satiates the voracious appetite of her inhabitants, Tengri watches over her body, the plains of the great Steppes of Central Asia, playfully entertaining several other wives and fathering many children.

Menlibayeva reaches further into the psychological fabric of the people living today on the Steppes which their ancestors had traversed before they were forced to settle down, first by Persia and China to become peasants and in the 20th century by the Soviet Union in a cultural genocide. Umai, said to have sixty golden strands, still has her ‘daughters’ today, the female population, engaging in the same acts as their predecessors, symbolizing the circle of life, the most powerful Shaman symbol by making sure the circle remains undisturbed and intact, reflected in Menlibayeva’s video, Milk for Lambs. From this perspective, all men remain ultimately adolescent- feeding on the female riches, “When I look at the Steppe, it reminds me of my body, dry and in some places hairy,” referenced in all roundness of all things, “When I look at the round yurts and tables, they remind me of my breasts.” (lyrics, Milk for Lambs, Menlibayeva).

In her video Butterflies of Aisha Bibi, Menlibayeva recounts an ancient love story of the Sufi poet’s daughter Aisha Bibi and Karakhan, the Central Asian version of Romeo and Juliet, visually transforming it into a modern day drama of unfulfilled longing, unconditional love and its underlying gender discourse, addressing a never ceasing problematic synergy/symbiosis, deeply rooted in the civilizations born between the elements of earth and sky.

Almagul Menlibayeva was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan and lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin and holds an MFA from the Art and Theatre University of Almaty. She has gained international recognition exhibiting at the Sydney Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2006; the 51st, 52nd & 53rd Venice Biennale, 2005, 2007 & 2009; Tarjama/Translation at the Queens Museum of Art, 2009, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY, forthcoming 2010; and the Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany, 2009 & 2010. Menlibayeva’s video Kissing Totems is traveling in Off the Beaten Path, Stenersen Museum, Oslo; University Art Gallery, the University of California, San Diego, CA, 2009; El Cubo-Tijuana Cultural Center, Tijuana, Mexico; Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, 2010; and forthcoming, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa; COP10 Nagoya, Japan; and the UN Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, China.

The Museum of Arts and Design presents the exhibition Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle an overview of the highest state of bicycle design, ranging from fixed gear to road, cyclocross to mountain, and commuter to stripped down radonneur, designed expressly for long-distance racing. Creative Week attendees receive $3 off admission. Click the tickets link below.

2 for 1 admission plus 10% discount in the gift shop for Creative Week attendees

Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Click the "Tickets" link below to print out your discount voucher.

BrooklynArtProject.com is proud to present com.passion, a crowd-sourced contemporary art book project that celebrates humankind's greatest virtue in our ever-challenged world. From the global financial crisis to natural disasters of unprecedented proportion, people from all walks of life are in need — we believe artists and creative use of social media can help. 

Collaborative mixed media submissions and crowd-sourced tweets will be curated by a panel of judges and published in a limited edition, full color, hardcover book. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the American Cancer Society. The book will be launched in summer of 2010.

Through social media and real-world art collaborations at 5 Front Bistro BAr and Garden in Brooklyn, artists and designers are invited to create  submissions together during Creative Week (May 11-16) that remind us what it means to be human - and why compassion is so highly revered across all the world's major religions.

Starting May 1st, artworks for digital collaboration may be submitted online at Brooklynartproject.com. During Creative Week original works can be brought to 5 Front Restaurant in DUMBO for other artists to build throughout Creative Week (see schedule below). Together we'll produce a collaborative body of work that reflects what can happen when creative minds team up for the social good.

For full project details and submission guidelines, visit BrooklynArtProject.com/compassion starting March 29th, 2010.

Full Schedule

May 11-16
Tuesday - Thursday: 5:30pm to 11pm
Friday: 5:30pm To Midnight
Saturday: 11am to Midnight
Sunday: 11 am to 11 pm

The Museum of Arts and Design presents the exhibition Dead or Alive, featuring 37 international artists showcasing contemporary works created from organic material. Artists transform natural materials - feathers, bones, insect, plant materials, and more - into intricately crafted and designed installations and sculptures.

Creative Week attendees receive $3 off admissions. Click the "Tickets" link below.

On the third Saturday of each month, El Museo del Barrio opens its doors to everyone interested in exploring the vibrancy and diversity of Latino Culture. Through free concerts, exhibitions, gallery tours, art making workshops, walking tours, film screenings, and Spoken Word recitals, SUPER SABADO! showcases traditions, cultural expressions, and the latest in Latino art.

The premiere exhibition in El Museo’s new Permanent Collection Galleries celebrates El Museo's 40th anniversary. Over 100 works created by a cross-section of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists trace the museum's history and the artistic contributions and milestones that have been part of El Museo's four decades. Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Curator, El Museo del Barrio

A Gallery Tour showcasing three solo shows by acclaimed artists from the Middle East and Central Asia:

Almagul Menlibayeva , Daughters of Turan (Kazakhstan), Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
www.priskajuschkafineart.com

Barbad Golshiri (Iran), Nothing is Left to Tell, Thomas Erben Gallery
www.thomaserben.com

Ghada Amer (Egypt): Color Misbehaviour, Cheim & Read
www.cheimread.com

A talk about the exhibition and the works will be given at each of the three galleries.

Filling the vast Wade Thompson Drill Hall, No Man’s Land is Christian Boltanski’s most ambitious project in the United States to date. This monumental work explores the signature motifs of the artist’s forty-year career - individuality, anonymity, life and death - in an immersive landscape that is both powerful and infernal. Incorporating 30 tons of discarded clothing, a 60-foot crane and the sound of human heartbeats, the installation offers an unforgettable and deeply moving experience by one of today’s most important artists. Curated by Tom Eccles.

As part of the installation at the Armory, visitors will be invited to record their own heartbeat and offer it to the artist as he continues to expand his Archives du coeur, a collection of human heartbeats from around the world.

Admission
$12 General Admission (Adults 12 and up)
$10 Seniors (62 and up), Students (with valid ID), Groups (8 or more)
FREE: Children (11 and Under)
FREE: Park Avenue Armory Members
Tickets are available online and at the door.

The history of photography is that of the still life, a staple of artwork throughout the modern era that has been reinvented with the introduction of photography. From the beginning, virtually every important photographer has contributed to the genre, and their names evoke an immense range of images and approaches: Henry Fox-Talbot, Paul Strand, Edward Steichen, Josef Sudek, László Moholy-Nagy, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Man Ray, Walker Evans, Robert Mapplethorpe and Wolgfang Tillmans, among others.

With this long tradition in mind, Vince Aletti has taken the occasion of the New York Photo Festival to reexamine the still life today. Object Lesson, according to Aletti, “pays homage to one of its masters, Irving Penn, whose work sets a standard few can match.”
Participating Artists: * Jeff Bark * Adam Bartos * Sharon Core * Sally Gall * Bill Jacobson * Richard Learoyd * Laura Letinsky * Andrea Modica * Yamini Nayar * Jiro Takamatsu

Five days Celebrating Contemporary Photography! In addition to the curated pavilions - displaying the personal visions of this year\'s curators Vince Aletti, Erik Kessels, Fred Ritchin and Lou Reed, the festival offers visitors an extensive range of activities that generate dialogue and buzz among all communities of photo professionals, amateurs, students, and aficionados of art and culture.

Documentarian Doug Pray, whose earlier films explored hip-hop DJ-ing (Scratch) and surfing (Surfwise), turns to the ad game, profiling some of the most revered men and women in the business in this 2009 film, a Grand Jury Prize nominee at the Sundance Film Festival. Pray focuses on a posse of mavericks who revolutionized the industry with highly creative, convention-busting work, including Lee Clow (creator of iconic spots for Apple), Rich Silverstein and Jeff Goodby (“Got Milk?”), Hal Riney (everything from Bartles & Jaymes to Ronald Reagan), Dan Wieden and David Kennedy (Nike), George Lois (“I Want My MTV”), and May Wells (“I [Heart] New York”). Produced by the One Club, a trade group celebrating excellence in advertising (2009; 86 minutes)

Screens Daily at 1pm from 5/12-5/16

To view the film trailer go to: artandcopyfilm.com

Brooklyn Brainery hosts cheap, collaborative classes on anything and everything, and this Saturday we're throwing a party with LaunchPad to kickoff our new semester and the fact it's officially spring! Everyone's welcome to attend, whether or not you've ever taken a class or ever even plan on it. All proceeds will go toward helping us find a permanent space for the Brainery.

WHAT: Crawfish Boil and Barbecue
WHEN: Saturday, May 15, 2-7pm
WHERE: At Launchpad, 721 Franklin Avenue, between Park Place and Sterling Place, Brooklyn WHAT: $5 or a dish to share (salads, sides, stuff to BBQ, or desserts)

DESCRIPTION: GABRIEL is set around a largely forgotten moment in British history - the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. A naked young man washes up on a Guernsey beach. Unnervingly handsome and fluent in both German and English, he has no recollection of who he is - patriot or Nazi…innocent or madman. GABRIEL explores the heart of memory, identity and imagination, as well as the lies people tell themselves and each other to make the darkness light again. Written by Moira Buffini. Directed by David Esbjornson. With Patricia Conolly, Lisa Emery, Zach Grenier, Lee Aaron Rosen, Samantha Soule, and Libby Woodbridge.

Click on "Tickets" Below

DATES/TIMES: Tuesday, May 11th at 8pm
Wednesday, May 12th at 2pm
Wednesday, May 12th at 8pm
Friday, May 14th at 8pm
Saturday, May 15th at 2pm
Saturday, May 15th at 8pm
Sunday, May 16th at 3pm

The Paley Center for Media saluted the acclaimed AMC drama series Mad Men with this special symposium in Los Angeles. TV Guide senior critic Matt Roush interviews Matt Weiner, creator of show, along with such cast members as Jon Hamm (Don Draper), Elisabeth Moss (Peggy Olson), John Slattery (Roger Sterling), Robert Morse (Bertram Cooper), Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell), and Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway). Highlights from the show, selected by Weiner, are screened. (2008; 107 minutes)

Daily May 12-16 at 3PM