The DART Board: 12.18.2012
Lower East Side, Continuing
Joshua Neustein. Untitled, 30 Orchard Street, NY, NY.
JJ Peet | Defend_Station_ On Stellar Rays, 133 Orchard Street, NY, NY.
Ken Buhler | Birdland. Lesley Heller Workspace, 54 Orchard Street, NY, NY.
Introduction, featuring photographs by gallery artists Andrew Borowiec, Peter Kayafas, Elinor Carucci, Thomas Holton, and Katherine Wolkoffamong others. Sasha Wolf Gallery, 70 Orchard Street, NY, NY.
Plant-in City. Mark Miller Gallery, 92 Orchard Street, NY, NY.
Riad Miah & Luis Nobre | Factor41N-9W. Rooster Gallery, 190 Orchard Street, NY, NY.
Winston Chmielinski | Ecstatic Skin. Envoy Enterprises, 87 Rivington Street, NY, NY.
Lizzi Bougatsos | I’m Not Pregnant. James Fuentes, 55 Delancey Street, NY, NY.
Henry Leutwyler | Ballet (above). Foley Gallery, 97 Allen Street, just south of Delancey Street, NY, NY.
Jeffrey Kessel | Paintings. Thierry Goldberg Gallery, 103 Norfolk Street, NY, NY.
Within Zero | White Box Salutes John Cage. White Box, 329 Broome Street, NY, NY.
Jules de Balincourt | Ecstatic Contact. Salon 94, 243 Bowery, NY, NY.
Kutlug Ataman | Mesopotamian Dramaturgies. Sperone Westwater Gallery, 257 Bowery, NY, NY.
Holiday 20x200 Pop-up. Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring Street, NY, NY.
Elswhere around town and beyond
Tuesday, December 18
Etsy Hands-on, 5-6:30 pm and 6:30-8 pm: Brooklyn Charm with Tracie Campbell. Create a charm necklace and make a photo in the Magnolia Photo Booth. Etsy Labs, 55 Washington Street between Front and Water Streets, Suite 712, DUMBO, Brooklyn, Free, RSVP.
Wednesday, December 19
Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Jean-Baptiste Bernadet & Patrick Brennan: Dirty Windows. Toomer Labzda, 100a Forsyth St (Between Grand St & Broome St), NY, NY.
The Photographers Lecture Series presents, 7 pm: Marc Asnin, moderated by Philip Block. School at ICP, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Tickets $15 at the door, first come, first served. Information. Online live feed.
Opening reception and Holiday Happy Hour, 5 pm: 23rd Annual Members Open | Start Making Sense. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rdStreet, NY, NY. Cash bar.
Sarah Hoskins, Pot Pies, 2012, from The Homeplace, © Sarah Hoskins. Information.
Friday, December 21 in Beacon, NY
Solstice Ceremony, 6 pm: The Roundhouse/Creekside Park, Herbert and Main Streets; reception and potluck following at the Beacon Yoga Center, 464 Main Street, Beacon, NY. Information.
Saturday, December 22
Launch party, and opening reception, 6-8 pm: Conveyor Magazine Issue Number 4 | Dark Matter. Film screening, 8:30 pm: Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street, NY, NY. RSVP, free but limited seating.
In Easthampton Harper’s Books Bizarre: Seasonal Party, 6-9 pm, with DJ Mister Lama spinning sexy vinyl. Harper’s Books, 87 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, NY. Drinks, snacks & good ideas all day long.
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