Tuesday, November 30, 6:30 pm: Aperture presents Daniel Gordon on his large color photographs, including Flying Pctures (powerHouse Books, 2009), in the Parsons Lecture Series. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 546 West 27 Street, 4th floor, NY, NY. Free.

Tuesday, November 30: Last chance for Vogue'ology, an exhibition created by the Ballroom Archive & Oral History Project and the sound art collective Ultra-red, in collaboration. Parsons The New School for Design, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue at 13^th Street, NY, NY. Information

This just in from David Sandlin: Three new SVA subway posters, coming to a subway near you starting next Monday, December 6^th.

Wednesday, December 1, 6:00 pm: Publish Your Photography Book, lecture with Mary Virginia Swanson and Darius Himes. Doors open at 5:30 at the New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Margaret Liebman Berger Forum, Fifth Avenue and 42^nd Street, NY, NY. (Map and directions). Free. Information.

Wednesday, December 1, Rubin Museum of Art continues its Talk About Nothing Series with Sandra Bernhard in conversation with Michael Cunningham. The series continues through January 29, 2011, with Rick Moody and Melissa Franklin on Friday, December 4th. Information and tickets. Rubin Museum of Art, 17^th Street between 7^th and 8^th Avenues, NY, NY.

Wednesday, December 1, 6-8 pm: Opening reception for Claudio Edinger | Sao Paolo Ambiguous. 1500 Gallery, 511 West 25^th Street, #609, NY, NY. Caipierinhas will be served.

Thursday, December 2, 8:15 pm: Lynda Barry and Maira Kalman on Words and Pictures. The two artists will show slides of their work, compare notes and talk about their experiences as creators in many genres. Lynda's new book is Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly 2010); Maira's most recet book is And the Pursuit of Happiness (Penguin Press 2010). The 92^nd Street Y, Lexington Avenue at 92^nd Street. Tickets, $29. Lynda will also be a special guest at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival with Charles Burns, Adrian Tomine and Leanne Shapton on December 4th.

Thursday, December 2, 6-8 pm William Allard, Five Decades, featuring 30 large scale photographs and a selection of unique Polaroids. Opening reception and book signing. Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, December 2, 6-8 pm: Reception for 2009 Tierney Grant recipient Ayala Gazit at the exhbiiton, Was It a Dream. SVA Gallery, 209 East 23^rd Street, NY, NY. Information.

Thursday, December 2, 7-9 pm: Book Maker's Dozen - Thirteen children's book illustrators present and discuss their work. Opening reception and panel discussion with art by Selina Alko, Peter Brown, Brian Floca, David Gordon, Dan Yaccarino, Boris Kulikov, Sophie Blackall, Brett Helquist, Aileen Leijten, Sergio Ruzzier, John Bemelmans Marciano, Sean Qualls, John Rocco. powerhouse Arena, 31 Main Street, DUMBO Brooklyn, NY. Informaiton. RSVP. Also see DUMBO Culture 411 for more First Thursday events.

Friday, December 3, 6-8 pm: Opening reception for the 32^nd Annual Holiday Sale at Alan Klotz Gallery. Featuring work by Arthur Rothstein, James Van Der Zee, Andreas Feininger, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, E.O. Hoppe and more. Exhibition and sale runs through December 23. Hours: Wed. - Sat. from noon to 6 pm. 511 West 25^th Street, Suite 701, NY, NY. Information

Saturday, December 4, noon-9pm: The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, organized by Desert Island, PictureBox and Bill Kartalopolous. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 275 North 8^th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Free and open to the public. Featured guests Information View Google Map

Saturday, December 4, 2-4pm: Join origami artists Yoshiko and Ricki Ebihara for a hands-on workshop on traditional Japanese tableware and decorations made from paper. Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NY, NY. Free with museum admission.

Tuesday, December 7, 6:30 pm: The New York City Subway Map - Form v. Function in the Public Realm. Join the creators of several subway maps, including John Tauranac and Massimo Vignelli, for a discussion about designing for the riding public. Panelists include Eddie Jabbour, creator of the Kick Map and the NYC subway app, and Paul Shaw, author of Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story (110 Editions, 2009). Special half-price tickets are available for DART subscribers: $6. Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103^rd Street, NY, NY. RSVP or 917.492.3395.

Tuesday, December 7, 7-9 pm: Opening reception for Graphic Radicals, 30 Years of World War 3 Illustrated, and launch party for Issue #41: The Food Chain. Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue at 36^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Tuesday, December 7, 7 pm: Zachari Logan reads from A Eulogy for the Buoyant and other writings at Daniel Cooney Fine Art, 511 West 25^th Street, #506, NY, NY. Doors open at 6:30. Information.

Friday, December 10, 7-9:30 pm: Pearls on the Ocean Floor, a new film exploring the life and work of sixteen Iranian female artists including including Shirin Neshat, Parastou Forouhar and Sara Rahbar. Film screening followed by a panel discussion with Robert Adanto, Dr. Robert C. Morgan, Maryam Homayoun-Eisler and Sara Rahbar. RH Gallery, 137 Duane Street, NY, NY.

Friday, December 10, 6:00-9:00 pm: Preview party at Center for Book Arts for the Annual Holiday Gift Fair, featuring hand-crafted goods, many of which were made in their own letterpress printshop and bindery. Admission: $10. The Fair runs on Saturday, December 11, noon-7 pm. Admission: free. The Center for Book Arts, 28 W. 27th St., 3rd Floor, NY, NY. Information, or call 212.481.0295.

Friday, December 10, 10:30 am-9 pm: Month-long exhibition of Great European Libraries, large format photograps by Massimo Listri. The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street, NY, NY.

Editor's Note-1: This just in from Lou Beach, a Friend of DART in LA: A Collage of Artists - The Lou Beaches, recently seen in the Huffington Post.

Editor's Note-2: This just in from Blake Ziddell, a Friend of DART through the New York Photo Festival: I want to let you know about a photo contest that the World Festival of Black Arts & Cultures just launched. The deadline is this Sunday, December 5^th. mid-day GMT.

The contest is open to photographers age 35 or under and jurors include Emanoel Araujo, artist, director of the Afro-Brasil Museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Deborah Willis, photography professor and director of the Tisch School of the Arts (New York University), United States; Ousseynou Wade, director of the Dakar Biennale, Senegal; Sindika Dokolo, contemporary art collector, Dokolo Foundation, DRC, Angola; Marie-Cécile Zinsou, director of the Zinsou Foundation , Cotonou, Benin

The festival, which starts Dec 10 and takes place in Dakar, Senegal, aims to be the biggest gathering to date of black artists and thinkers. The winners will be brought to the awards ceremony on December 21 in Dakar. Also, the winning pictures will be uploaded on the festival website (www.blackworldfestival.com) and exhibited in Dakar, Senegal, December 13 - 31. More info about the photo contest is here:
http://blackworldfestival.com/wp/en/participate/contest/

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