Thursday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 pm | Donna Karan and Valerie Steele
Parsons The New School for Design presents an evening with alumna Donna Karan, who helped to initiate the school's innovative new graduate program in fashion through her support. Karan will discuss her work and career, and how it has helped shape this new program. The conversation, moderated by Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, will launch Workwear, an exhibition and series of public programs exploring the legacy of dressing for success through American fashion - and its influence on New York as a fashion capital. Free, limited seating, reservations required. Click for more information on the exhibition and public programs.
Parsons The New School for Design. 66 W. 12th St. Tishman Auditorium, New York, NY.

Last year at Exit Art, left to right: The Labyrinth; David Sandlin makes a necessary correction; Seher Shah with her mural. Photos: Peggy Roalf.

Thursday, February 4, 7:00 pm | Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman on Iconic Shows: A talk with Exit Art's Founders
Starting in 1982 with "Illegal America," which used mimeographs, Xeroxes and other radical means to present multimedia artwork, Exit Art founders and creative directors Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman have mounted more than 100 groundbreaking presentations of art, theater, film and video. They will discuss some of the most iconic shows of this historic, independent New York City cultural space. and open to the public.
School of Visual Arts. 209 East 23 Street, 3rd-floor Amphitheater. Click for information.

Thursday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 pm | The Art of Archiving: Documenting Your Art Career
A presentation at A.I.R. Gallery by Marcia Bassett and Astrid Cravens, archivists at Barnard College, NY. The event will be an introduction to archiving for artists, with a tutorial/discussion atmosphere. RSVP required: Email Simone Meltesen to reserve your place.
A.I.R. Gallery. 111 Front Street, Suite 228, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. 212.255.6651.

Saturday, February 6, Noon-5:00 pm | Art Book Swap at MoMA
Art Book Swap New York is a free event organized by the nonprofit organizations Regency Arts Press Ltd. and the New Art Dealers Alliance in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art Library. The public is invited to swap any art books in good condition for any of the hundreds of art books donated by publishers, distributors, galleries and other art world professionals. All remaining books are then donated to prison libraries in New York City. Free and open to the public.
Museum of Modern Art, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building, 4 West 54^th Street, New York, NY. Email for information.

Saturday, February 6, 4:00 pm | Timothy Briner in Conversation with Amy Stein
The two photographers converse on the subject of Booneville, Timothy Briner's exhibition currently on view. Free and open to the public. Click for information.
Daniel Cooney Fine Art. 511 West 25^th Street, #506, New York, NY. 212.255.8158

Wednesday, February 10, 6:30-8:30 | Bomb Magazine's 11^th Annual Americas Issue launch
El Museo del Barrio and BOMB Magazine celebrates its 11th annual Americas Issue with an evening of readings, conversations, and multimedia presentations dedicated to Colombia and Venezuela. Featuring Luis Molina Pantin's narco-architecture photographs, videos by the Caracas-based team Nacimento/Lovera, Silvana Paternostro, Luis Enrique Perez-Oramas, Marc Nasdor on Colombia's Frente Cumbiero, and others. Free and open to the public. Click for information.
El Museo del Barrio. 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104^th Street, New York, NY.

Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 - 8:30pm | The Entrepreneurs at Galapagos Art Space
School of Visual Arts presents the second lecture in its MFA Interaction Design Department spring Dot Dot Dot lecture series, which explores interaction design, business and aesthetic inspiration. Practitioners and leaders in the field give short talks in an informal environment intended to satisfy both social and scholarly pursuits. This month's theme is The Entrepreneurs.
Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn. Admission is $6; free to SVA students, faculty and staff. RSVP required.

Thursday, February 11, 7:00-9:00 pm | Anti-Valentine's Day party and reading from It's Not You, It's Me: The Poetry of Breakup
Jonathan Ames emcees a round-robin reading of humorous, wise, bitter, and uplifting breakup-inspired poetry from this new anthology. Poet and anthology editor Jerry Williams and contributing poets Bob Hicok, Donna Masini, and Mark Halliday will be on hand to read and discuss their love lives and their work. Click for information. Free and open to th public; RSVP required.
powerHouse Arena. 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn. 718-666-3049 | www.powerhousearena.com

Friday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 pm | Book Arts Lounge: The Continuous Flexagon
The Center for Book Arts invites you to their monthly art-making workshop and open studio to create a moveable folded structure that yields intriguing possibilities. Artist and bookbinder Ana Cordeiro will lead us through conceptualization and construction of these delightful contraptions. Loungers will incorporate found text and pressure printing on the Vandercook printing press to create flexagons that might contain multiple meanings, hidden messages, or even secret Valentine's signals. Bring along several words of found text, and ideas for interesting impressions: lace, string, or other flat and flexible texture-making items. Suggested donation: $10/$5 members
The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, 3^rd Floor, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, New York, NY. For information: 212.481.0295 or email.

THIS JUST IN: Seth will be in attendance at the opening of his exhibition at Adam Baumgold Gallery on Thursday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 pm. See yesterday's DART.