Behold: zing #23

  

wednesdayapril9

Jon Plasse opens at Bosi Contemporary, 48 Orchard St, btw Hester and Grand, 6-9pm

Heidi Bucher opens at Alexander Gray, 508 W 26^th St, #215, btw 10^th and 11^th, 6-8pm

Bardo Matrix Exhibit Talk at The Groiler Club, 47 E 60^th St, btw Park and Madison, 5:30pm

SculptureCenter Lucky Draw Before, During, and After Party at Queens Plaza Clocktower, 29-27 41^st Ave, at Queens Plaza, Queens, 6-10pm, $75

thursdayapril10

Nina Bovasso opens at m+e gallery, 434 Greenwich St, at Vestry, 6-8pm

Jasmina Cibic opens at LMAKprojects, 139 Eldridge St, btw Broome and Delancey, 6-9pm

Robert Yoder opens at Frosch&Portmann, 53 Stanton St, btw Forsyth and Eldridge, 6-8pm

Florencia Walfisch opens at Molly Krom, 53 Stanton St, btw Forsyth and Eldridge, 6-8pm

No City is an Island opens at The Lodge Gallery, 131 Chrystie St, btw Broome and Delancey, 7-9pm

Home Turf opens at Brian Morris, 163 Chrystie St, btw Delancey and Rivington, 6-8pm

Rochelle Feinstein opens at On Stellar Rays, 1 Rivington St, btw Bowery and Chrystie, 6-8pm

Thank You opens at DODGEgallery, 15 Rivington St, btw Bowery and Chrystie, 6-8pm

Anna Sorenson opens at Ed Varie, 618 E 9^th St, btw Ave B and Ave C, 6-9pm

Robert Longo opens at Friedrich Petzel, 456 W 18^th St, btw 9^th and 10^th, 6-8pm

Animal Rescue Fund Benefit at Dorfman Projects, 529 W 20^th St, 7^th Fl, btw 10^th and 11^th, 5:30-8pm

Andre Vida performs at Eyebeam, 540 W 21^st St, btw 10^th and 11^th, 6-8pm

Charlie Rubin book launch at Printed Matter, 195 10^th Ave, 21^st and 22^nd, 6-8pm

Vik Muniz opens at Sikkema Jenkins & Co, 530 W 22^nd St, btw 10^th and 11^th, 6-8pm

Robert Longo opens at Metro Pictures, 519 W 24^th St, btw 10^th and 11^th, 6-8pm

Matthew Schreiber opens at Johannes Vogt, 526 W 26^th St, Ste 205, btw 10^th and 11^th, 6-8pm

Language Forged Out of Place, curated by Saya Woolfalk, opens at Lower East Side Printshop, 306 W 37^th St, 6^th Fl, at 8^th, 6-8pm

Tim Prentice opens at Maxwell Davidson, 724 5^th Ave, 4^th fl, btw 56^th and 57^th, 5:30-7:30pm

John Chamberlain and Michael Scott are in conversation at Sandra Gering, 14 E 63^rd St, btw Madison and 5^th, 6-8pm

The AIPAD Photography Show at Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, at 67^th St, 11am-7pm

Artie Vierkant opens at Higher Pictures, 980 Madison Ave, btw 76^th and 77^th, 6-8pm

Spring Movement 2014 at Center for Performance Research, 361 Manhattan Ave, Unit 1, btw Jackson and Withers, 7:30pm, $10

fridayapril11

The Issues of Our Time (3): Less Time, More Issues, curated by castillo/corrales, opens at Artists Space Books & Talks, 55 Walker St, btw Broadway and Church, 6-8pm

Richard Bella opens at agnes b Galerie Boutique, 50 Howard St, btw Mercer and Broadway, 6-8pm

Michael Phelan opens at Horton Gallery, 55-59 Chrystie St, R106, at Canal, 6-8pm

King Britt: Omnipresent at Red Bull Space, 220 W 18^th St, btw 7^th and 8^th, Noon-8pm

Sara Cwynar book launch at Printed Matter, 195 10^th Ave, btw 10^th and 11^th, 6-8pm

The AIDPAD Photography Show at Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, at 67^th St, 11am-7pm

Recess, curated by Beatrice Shen and Gessica Lesser, at 7 Dunham, 7 Dunham Pl, btw Broadway and S 6^th, Brooklyn, 7-9pm

Archives of the Collective, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, opens at Pierogi, The Boiler, 191 N 14^th St, btw Berry and Wythe, Brooklyn, 7-9pm

big window little field, curated by Baris Gokturk, Georgia Elrod, and Sarada Rauch, opens at Heliopolis, 154 Huron St, btw Franklin and Manhattan, Brooklyn, 7-9pm

Tirtzah Bassel opens at Slag Gallery, 56 Bogart St, at Harrison, Brooklyn, 6-9pm

Amanda Trage and Erik Moskowitz open at Studio 10, 56 Bogart St, at Harrison, Brooklyn, 7-9pm

saturdayapril12

Witness: The Cedar Tavern Phone Booth Show, curated by Gwynne Duncan and John Carruthers, opens at Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune St, at Washington, 6-8pm

King Britt: Omnipresent at Red Bull Space, 220 W 18^th St, btw 7^th and 8^th, Noon-8pm

Steven Baris artist talk at dm contemporary, 39 E 29^th St, #2B, btw Park and Madison, 2-4pm

The AIDPAD Photography Show at Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, at 67^th St, 11am-7pm

Jasa “Crystal C” performs at Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer St, at Imlay, Brooklyn, 7-10pm

Double Take opens at Youme Haus, 99 Meserole St, #4, btw Leonard and Manhattan, Brooklyn, 6pm-Midnight

Thomas Lendvai opens at Projekt722, 722 Metropolitan Ave, 2^nd Fl, btw Graham and Manhattan, Brooklyn, 6-9pm

Ben Berlow opens at Rawson Projects, 223 Franklin St, btw Eagle and Freeman, Brooklyn, 6-8pm

Caroline Paquita opens at Booklyn Artists Alliance, 37 Greenpoint Ave, 4^th Fl, btw West and Franklin, Brooklyn, 7-10pm

Christina Dallas opens at Catland Books, 987 Flushing Ave, at Bogart, 7-10pm

Joshua Simon is in conversation at SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St, at Jackson, Queens, 2pm

Judy Chicago and Jeffrey Deitch are in conversation at Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, 2-5pm, RSVP to vip@manafinearts.com

sundayapril13

Photography Walk on the LES, Noon-6pm

Brian Leo and Jason Clay Lewis open at RJAMPOL PROJECT(s), 191 Henry St, btw Jefferson and Clinton, 6-9pm

Emily Noelle closes at Lu Magnus, 55 Hester St, btw Essex and Ludlow, 4-6pm

Katherine Newbegin artist talk at Lesley Heller, 54 Orchard St, btw Hester and Grand, 4:30pm

Michael Mahalchick performs at Louis B James, 143B Orchard St, btw Delancey and Rivington, 7pm

Andy Meerow opens at Essex Flowers, 365 Grand St, btw Essex and Norfolk, 5-8pm

The AIDPAD Photography Show at Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, at 67^th St, 11am-6pm

David B Smith opens at Ugly Art Room (Calico Brooklyn), 67 West St, #206, btw Milton and Noble, Brooklyn, 1-7pm

mondayapril14

The King of Escape screens at Anthology Film Archives, 32 2^nd Ave, at 2^nd, 7pm

Government Flu, Ugly Parts, and Grey Nurse perform at Death By Audio, 49 S 2^nd St, btw Wythe and Kent, Brooklyn, 8pm, $7

tuesdayapril15

Double Blind performance at Garis & Hahn, 263 Bowery, btw Stanton and E Houston St, 6-8pm

Juana Molina performs at (le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker St, btw Sullivan and Thompson, 8pm, $15

Lonnie Holley performs at Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway, at Bedford, Brooklyn, 8pm, $10

Michel de Broi and Vito Acconci artist talk at ISCP, 1040 Metropolitan Ave, at Morgan, 6:30pm

 

JEFF MUELLER

JEFF MUELLER Jeff Mueller is a talented artist working with photographic images and both digital and acrylic painting to achieve the unique results you see below. Recent Bio: 2009 to Present-Currently I am taking the genres of fine art and digital art and pushing them into new areas. I digitally produced images and paint them into pieces of fine art; fresh, exciting concepts combining these two techniques Digital Painting with acrylic canvas painting are pushing the boundaries of art and technology. I have been featured in American Art Collector Magazine. I am currently featured in the Chinese Luxury I Pad Magazine Luxury Hotels of America and the 2014 release of Unsung Magazine.    2012 I was in the New York Group Show In Brooklyn NY Dec 27-Jan 5 2012  Recently I was in the Stark County Artist Exhibit November 22-Jan 5  2014. I have an upcoming Solo show in late March 2014 at The Launch House in Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland.      Fresh Decisions   Dinner At A Grill Somewhere Else Bright Lights Big City a Collaboration with Rod Jones  To see the video interview with Artist Jennifer Sabella If you are an artist interested in applying for membership click here TO SEE MORE OF JEFF MUELLER'S ART WORK CLICK HERE #fineartmagazine

Material Culture and Archive: Cuba and the United States

LAST REMINDER!!! Dear friends, We hope to see you tonight, from 6 to 8:00pm, for the presentations: Material Culture and Archive: Cuba and the United States   by María Antonia Cabrera      &   Possible Destinies: Reflections on Cuban/American Video By: Meyken Barreto        These presentations are part of the related programming for the exhibition Cuban America: An Empire State of Mind,  on view through May 14th, 2014.  Other upcoming events are:   May 8, 2014 at 12:30pm Gallery Talk with artists María Elena González, Alexandre Arrechea and the curators from the exhibition.   In collaboration with the City and the Humanities Program     Gallery Talks:  April 10, 2014 at 12:30pm May 1, 2014 at 12:00 pm    Exhibition and events are always free and open to the public       Reception for Cuban America: An Empire State of Mind.  Artwork: Empire State, 2013, by Alexandre Arrechea.  Photo Courtesy of Geandy Pavón    Cuban America: An Empire State of Mind includes over 35 contemporary artists of Cuban descent, who have been raised in the States or in Cuba. In this groundbreaking exhibition, a myriad of themes are inspired by America: as the familiar homeland for second and third generation children of Cuban parents, or as the distant, imagined place that has historically empowered diverse ideologies on the Island. In a wide range of perspectives and styles, the United States can be both the backdrop, and the protagonist in diverse narratives.  These views, rarely put together, portray multiple landscapes of the concept of empire, so easily associated with both countries, while the works in this exhibition add to the construction of a fresh, as well as complex, image of America: a Cuban America.      The exhibition is co-curated by Yuneikys Villalonga and Susan Hoeltzel and includes a related Cuban video art program organized by guest curator Meykén Barreto. A series of special programs is conducted by guest curator Elvis Fuentes.     Artists in the show include Alejandro Aguilera, Jairo Alfonso, Alexandre Arrechea, Tania Bruguera, María Magdalena Campos, Yoán Capote, Los Carpinteros, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Christian Curiel, Alessandra Expósito, Teresita Fernández, Carlos Garaicoa, Anthony Goicolea, María Elena González, Armando Guiller, Luis Mallo, María Martínez Cañas, Abelardo Morell, Gean Moreno & Ernesto Oroza, Glexis Novoa, Geandy Pavón, Emilio Pérez, Javier Piñón, Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas, Andrés Serrano, & Katarina Wong. Video program: Juan Carlos Alom, Allora and Calzadilla, Humberto Díaz, Felipe Dulzaides, Luis Gárciga, Tony Labat, Glenda León, and Ana Olema.    This exhibition is made possible with support from Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.;  Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation; The Reed Foundation; Alex and Carole Rosenberg; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature    Special Thanks to Cabot Creamery and Havana Central Restaurant       Please help support the Lehman College Art Gallery   with a tax deductible donation! Lehman College Art Gallery's programs are made possible by:  Institute of Museum and Library Services; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York City Council through G. Oliver Koppell and the Bronx Delegation; Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation; IBM; Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation; The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation; The Reed Foundation; and The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund Lehman College Art Gallery 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, N.Y. 10468-1589  tel. 718-960-8731 - fax 718-960-6991    Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm  Admission is always free www.lehman.edu/gallery #fineartmagazine

“Transcendence” Opens at the Art League of Long Island May 18

“Transcendence” Opens at the Art League of Long Island May 18

 “Transcendence”, a unique exhibit featuring sculpture, installations and two-dimensional works, showcases the creative interpretations of nine diverse artists. The exhibit, showing in the spacious Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery runs from May 18 through June 21, with an opening reception on May 18 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.

Curator Carole Jay notes that a musical note, paint and brush, a block of stone are some of the pathways available for artists to create art. What of more simple things? Creation can unfold within everyday occurrences. Viewed through the selective eye and thought, and in the right hands, the ordinary can become extraordinary. Through the ages artists have examined ways to incorporate human interaction and experience, fabricating a very personal art. We build monoliths of stone, excavate land, re-purpose wood and plants, always seeking alternatives to what was.

The artists in this exhibit of transcended objects were chosen for their ability to find and change materials into something different than from their original purpose..  Creative imagining can be both an educational and thought provoking experience.

For example, Dix Hills artist Lisa Berley employs photography to view the world not from a macro but to a micro viewpoint, combining painting, photography and computer imaging to deconstruct and reconstruct images into a new form.

Megan Biddle, of Pennsylvania, transforms glass marbles and steel wire into a swirling vortex of kinetic activity evoking the image of a tornado.

For Brooklyn artist Chris Coffin, a surfer, love of the ocean as his place of peace is his inspiration for works that reflect both acute awareness of the moment and surrender to that experience.

Elizabeth Duffy divides her time between Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Brooklyn. As one who had moved 11 times by the age of 18, her quasi nomadic life influences her “Landless” series of map drawings that are combined with everyday objects, connecting home to faraway places.

            A resident of Stony Brook, Joseph Esser’s  “Kinesthetic 1.0”, is a kinetic and interactive installation conceived and built in 2012-13, designed with electronics and monofilaments that come alive as one nears the work, taking on the appearance of a volumetric waveform.

            New York artist Nicole Hixon’s “Division of its Parts” employs steel belted radial tires to provoke the viewer to further explore her chosen media and to see the object as something other than its original form.

                In “Red Carpet” and ”Stepping Out”, world-renowned yarn artist Carol Hummel uses thread, weavings, and sculpture to communicate the unraveling of one part of life and the formation of a new one.  Also, in June, Ms. Hummel, who comes from Ohio, will have her “Hand-Stitched Hamlet” installation on view at the start of the Oyster Bay Art Walk season in the downtown business district.

            In the spring of 2013, New York sculptor Michael Kukla started using masking tape, available everywhere is the world, as a solution to the problem of dealing with heavy sculptural material, such as wood and marble that is difficult to transport. Finding masking tape to be pliable and flexible, he creates honeycombed tapestries that undulate like clouds from the wall.

            Greenlawn artist Maureen Palmieri’s “Candlewall” is an installation expressing the merging and melting of candles used in different rituals, intermingling their original essence into a combined experience symbolizing life and its many rites of passage.

            The Art League of Long Island is a not-for-profit organization serving the community since 1955.  The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is open to the public free of charge Monday through Thursday 9am – 9pm, Friday 9am – 4pm and on weekends from 11am to 4pm.   The Art League center is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills.  For additional information call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.

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Lisa Berley (Dix Hills) http://lisaberley.com/

Megan Biddle (Pennsylvania)   http://www.meganbiddle.com/

Chris Coffin (Brooklyn)  http://mixedgreens.com/representing/Chris-Coffin-4/about.html

Elizabeth Duffy (Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Brooklyn)  http://www.elizabethduffy.net/

Joseph Esser (Stony Brook)  http://emedia.art.sunysb.edu/jesser/

Nicole Hixon (New York) http://nicolehixonart.com/

Carol Hummel’s (Ohio)  http://www.carolhummel.com/

Michael Kukla (New York) www.mkukla.com/

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Celia Evans set to screen latest release at Cannes Film Festival

Miami Based Film Producer, Celia Evans set to screen latest release at Cannes Film Festival. She discusses international film production and women in film.

Celia Evans, owner of Sea Star Films, Miami based film production expands her production portfolio with a full-length documentary about the largest wedding planner in the world.

Miami Beach, FL – Celia Evans is the industrious owner of Sea Star Films a full-service film and video production company based in Miami Beach. The company shoots in the U.S. and internationally, establishing itself in just over a decade as a culturally diverse and multilingual corporation that handles all media from conception to completion.

Celia started out as a writer, and worked in the music and finance industries after law school. She quickly realized that she was great at sales and sales are the basis for film and commercial projects. With Sea Star, Evans has always emphasized an international approach, with a goal to develop stimulating, aspirational media, that reaches a global audience. “I’ve been filming fashion weeks in Europe and New York for over a decade for international broadcast” says Evans “and I’ve seen the demand for all types of international content grow”.  

Her production career started with commercials, the first big break being the opportunity to become the go-to production company for Lamborghini, which immediately opened doors. The company then moved into TV show territory, launching a much-coveted style program called PlanetFashionTV, that went behind-the-scenes at fashion weeks, runway shows, and luxury events throughout the world.

Evans finds that Miami is the perfect place for her company. She served on the government appointed Film and Entertainment Advisory Board for Miami Dade County for 4 years. “I based my company in Miami because it is the new big media market.  It’s extremely diverse and international, and there is vibrancy here. There is a artistic revolution exploding in Miami, and at the same time it’s so much more financially accessible than NY or LA.”

Now, Sea Star is proliferating its portfolio with a full slate of compelling new releases including

The Ultimate Wedding Planner, Sea Star's first full-length documentary. It was directed and produced by Evans. It spotlights famed and unconventional Japanese weddings guru Yoshi Nojiri. It will be released at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Nojiri was the youngest person in Japan to take a company public and the company was this one-stop shop for luxury wedding planning. His rapid rise to success speaks to the never-ending passion that people around the world have for the perfect wedding. Nojiri’s company now makes an incredible 22,000 weddings a year. The documentary profiles Nojiri and features he and his team working on American celebrity weddings.

Evans met a representative of Nojiri, while filming Milan Fashion Week a year ago, and thought the story of the largest wedding planner in the world was compelling so she took off to Japan, Hong Kong, Bali, and Hawaii following this Japanese wedding planning company.

 It was difficult because there were many times when no one spoke English and Evans being African American found herself in some remote places in Asia where very few African Americans have ever been. Says Evans “This film was interesting to me as a Black person and an American getting an up close and personal introduction into Asian culture. First there was the very real hierarchy between women and men. Also I think Asian people are fascinated by African Americans and automatically assume that we're trendy and cool. I thought that was great! “

She shot with fifteen different DSLR and Sony cameras and a film crew from around the world. The international film crew she used was from Asia, Latin America and America. “ It was a mini United Nations”. The film was shot in English and Japanese with English subtitles. Evans is excited about the role of women in film today.

 “It’s a great time for women and filmmaking” say Evans. “More doors are open than ever before.” All of the producers on the film were women.

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Canine Companions For Independence Long Island Chapter

Have you seen that Canine Companions for Independence's new litter of “Heroes” made their debut on the Eukanuba Puppycam? The “H” Litter is doing its best to provide some entertainment every day until turn-in May 14th. All they need is an audience!

We are gathering our chapter members, friends and family and holding a volunteer group puppycam viewing party.   We will be snapping a “selfie” of our group and posting our photo to Twitter or Instagram requesting re-tweets and likes!

Using the hashtag #puppycamselfie and tag @Eukanuba and @ccicanine, if our photo has the best response (i.e., retweets and likes), Eukanuba will donate a whole pallet of Eukanuba dog biscuits to Canine Companions' Northeast Regional Training Center.    Will our chapter and friends be crowned as the most extreme puppy watchers?

Come on Saturday to The Painted Pet/Scoopy Doo Plaza ~ 175 Forest Avenue, Locust Valley, New York from 12 Noon until 4 PM…We will be taking the photograph of the group between 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM.  So, come on down and get into the action.  In the meantime, take a look at how the puppies are doing now…

Visit the live stream at :  www.ustream.tv/eukanuba

During the event you'll be able to learn more about Canine Companions for Independence, and meet some puppies in training that someday will become highly trained assistance dogs.  In addition, The Glen Cove Animals Lovers League will be there with wonderful dogs for adoption…A "Friend For Life!!!

Hope to see you all there 

Event Coordinators,

Jim, Kathy & Lisa of Scoopy Doo

Yvonne Dagger of The Painted Pet

Scoopy Doo Plaza

175 Forest Avenue

Locust Valley, NY  11560

(516) 802-0215

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