Calling all Locavores!!!

Calling all Locavores!!! Join us this Saturday in Marion Square for Opening Day of the 26th Annual Charleston Farmers Market. Open 8:00am - 2:00pm with live entertainment by Yee Haw Junction. Enjoy over 100 farmers, growers, food vendors and artisans. Bring your favorite picnic blanket and spend the day with us while enjoying the largest outdoor dining patio in all of Charleston. Help us celebrate Eat Local Month by shopping with the finest farmers and growers the Lowcountry has to offer. Lowcountry Local First is helping us celebrate and will pair local farmers and chefs in 'Plow to Chow' cooking demonstrations, offering samples of locally sourced foods from neighboring farms. There is no better way to celebrate Eat Local Month. See you there!       Poster artist: Laura Privette CHARLESTON FARMERS MARKET     Regular CFM Hours April 12 - November 29, 2014 Saturdays 8 am - 2 pm, RAIN or SHINE Sundays During Piccolo Spoleto Festival (9 am - 3 pm) May 25, June 1 & 8 Holiday Market Hours (9 am - 4 pm) Saturday, December 6, 13 & 20 Sunday, December 7, 14 & 21    Location: Marion Square 329 Meeting Street - Charleston, SC 29403 King & Calhoun Streets    Admission: FREE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:  City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs / 180 Meeting Street, Suite 200 / Charleston, SC  29401 (843) 724-7305 or FarmersMarket@charleston-sc.gov or   ChapmanH@charleston-sc.gov and visit www.charlestonfarmersmarket.com  #fineartmagazine

The Museum of Russian Art: Daria Bagrintseva

The Museum of Russian Art   is pleased to present   a solo exhibition of   the Russian artist, Daria Bagrintseva www.dariart.com    Closing reception Sunday, April 6th, 2014,  4:00 - 6:00 PM   Exhibition on view until April 6 Museum hours Thursday, Friday,  5-8pm;Saturday and Sunday 4-7pm   Please note:   PATH train DOES NOT OPERATE at World Trade Station    on Friday, Saturday and Sunday  The PATH  Train only  running on the JSQ-HOB-33rd Street line take PATH Train from 32nd St. and Broadway in Manhattan, to Grove St. and walk 10 minutes  to a corner of Washington St and Grand St. NY WATERWAY ferry    DOES NOT OPERATE    over the weekend  PLEASE USE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE:    MORA / Museum of Russian Art 80 Grand St. Jersey City, NJ 07302 (near Exchange Place Path train Subway station) For directions, click here. For more information contact Margo Grant: (917) 449-2842 or visit our website: www.moramuseum.org

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Walter Wickiser Gallery would like to invite you to join us at Silicon Valley Contemporary 2014!

Walter Wickiser Gallery would like to invite you to join us at 

Silicon Valley Contemporary 2014!

Time

Thursday, April 10th | 5pm - 9:30pm (First Look, Opening Night Preview)

Friday, April 11th | 11am – 8pm
Saturday, April 12th | 11am – 8pm
Sunday, April 13th | 11am – 6pm

Place

San Jose McEnery Convention Center
(150 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95113)

Walter Wickiser Gallery's Booth Number: 310

***If you would like to attend, please follow the link below to register for your DAY PASS.***

DAY PASS will you an access to any 1 day of the fair April 11, 12 or 13

(http://www.eventbrite.com/e/walter-wickiser-day-pass-tickets-10775976235)

  

Walter Wickiser Gallery

 210 Eleventh Ave Suite 303. 

 New York, NY 10001

   212.941.1817

 www.walterwickisergallery.com

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The Art Dossier

Storm King Art Center opens with new sculpture by Virginia Overton. "When Storm King Art Center commissioned a new work from Virginia Overton, she tapped into her Lebanon, Tenn., upbringing, particularly her farming family’s use of topographic maps, which employ contour lines and symbols as a way of surveying land... [What's in the news]

Egg hunting with Jeff Koons and Julian Schnabel. Overnight, the last of 22 dozen eggs were hidden around the five boroughs... [What's in the news] Meet Ai Weiwei, the next sci-fi action star. The Kickstarter campaign describes the project as “a low-fi sci-fi short, made in... [What's in the news] Art is included in this $27 million home that’s currently on the market. The five-story townhouse at 132 East 62nd Street... [What's in the news] Portuguese brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus were selected to design a new school of architecture. Located... [What's in the news]

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YonkersArts presents the Sixth Annual Yonkers Artist Showcase at the Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery

YonkersArts presents the Sixth Annual Yonkers Artist Showcase at 

the Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery 





A select group of over 30 Yonkers artists will show selections of their work in the sixth annual

Yonkers Artist Showcase in the Art Gallery at the Yonkers Riverfront Library, from Saturday

, through July 26th, 2014. The exhibition has been organized and curated by Gino Civale

May 3rd

and Luis Perelman under the auspices of YonkersArts. An opening reception will be held Friday,

May 2nd

, from 5 to 7p.m.

The sixth Yonkers Artist Showcase at the Riverfront Library spotlights the presence of a number

of remarkable artists in Yonkers, showing a variety and creativity comparable to what is found in

New York City. The curators have selected over thirty artists who will show works ranging from

painting, works on paper, photographs, sculpture, encaustics and other creative expressions.

Artists included are: Haifa Bint-Kadi, Anne Brooks, Gino Civale, James Love Cornwell,

Elizabeth de Bethune, P.K. Eagleton, David Fischweicher, Sheila Fischweicher, Yakov

Hanansen, Mary Ann Hardiman, Shelley Haven, Noel Hennelly, Diane Mitchell / Marko Gosar,

Paul Greco, Omar Kharem, Jacqueline Lorieo, Johanny Monsanto, Marvin Oberman, Meghan

Orbek, Teresa Pereira, Luis Perelman, Librado Romero, Christopher St. Lawrence, Nat Mayer

Shapiro, Arline Simon, Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Kathleen Yacoe Skura, Cecily Spitzer, Paulo

Suzuki, Nina Velazquez, Jonathan Wallen, and others

The exhibition is free to the public. For further information, please call 914 337-1500.

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Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

NMAI in the News NY Times: Warming Up to the Culture of Wikipedia OK Gazette: American Indian Cultural Center funding to be debated Monday NJ.com: Penn Museum's Pepper Mill Cafe offers Native American cuisine Cherokee Phoenix: Native American Women Warrior member to speak at NSU Upcoming Deadlines 2014 Young Native Writers Essay Contest: April 22, 2014 Artist Leadership Program (ALP) for Individual Artists: May 5, 2014, 5pm Artist Leadership Program for Museums and Cultural Arts Organizations: May 5, 2014, 5pm ALL IN with Christ Hayes (video) MSNBC's Chris Hayes interviewed NMAI Director Kevin Gover about the recent establishment of a philanthropic project benefitting Native Americans by Dan Snyder,owner of the the Washington National Football team.   Cherokee Days Festival April 3 - 5  The Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band will share the Cherokee story that spans history from the Trail of Tears to the successes of the modern tribes. The Cherokee Days program includes a three-day festival featuring food, dance, music, demonstrations, films, and hands-on activities. Calendar

Bringing It Home: Artists Reconnecting Cultural Heritage with Community April 9, 2 - 3:30pm Participants in museum's Artist Leadership Program discuss their work, their research with the Smithsonian, and their plan to share their experiences and knowledge with their community. Webcast Schedule Patterns of Native Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium April 11, 12:30 - 5pm Join us for a report on active collaborations between Native community members and researchers that focus on the distinct cultural values about wellbeing held by Native communities in solving serious health issues.Watch via Webcast! Calendar

NMAI Anniversary Year 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the NMAI by an Act of Congress, the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Museum in New York, the 15th anniversary of the opening of the museum's Cultural Resources Center, and the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Museum on the National Mall. Join us as we celebrate with special events throughout the year!