The Jungle Journal series has prompted numerous subscriber responses. Here, from Caryl Baron in Sandia, NM, a link to a film by Louie Schwartzberg, which was shown at the TED Conference last fall. Above: screen shot from The Hidden Beauty of Pollination. Information.

Wednesday, March 21

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: On the Threshold of the Senses | New Art from Southeast Asia. Tally Beck Contemporary, 42 Rivington Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Michaelangelo Pistoletto | Lavoro. Luhring Augustine Gallery, 531 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

The Photographer’s Lecture Series at ICP presents, 7 pm: Christopher Bucklow. School at ICP, 1144 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Information.

Panel discussion, 6:30 pm: Building Community in Complex Times, moderated by Michael Kimmelman, chief architecture critic of the New York Times, with Shelly Poticha, Director of the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities at HUD and Jonathan F.P. Rose, is President of the Jonathan Rose Companies, an award-winning private sector leader in building and maintaining environmentally responsible and equitable communities, including Via Verde in the South Bronx. Museum of the City of New York, Fifth Avenue at 103^rdStreet, NY, NY. Advance tickets (required) $10/$15.

Author talk and book signing, 7-9 pm: Rick Moody | On Celestial Music and Other Adventures in Listening. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Mystics | a Blessed Rage for Order, featuring work by Chris Fennell, Matthew Franklin Wilson, Meg Hitchcock, Bernard Maisner, Rob de Oude, JessePasca, Jen Stark, and Mario Trejo. BRIC Rotunda Gallery, 33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Brian Ulrich, left: Candy Store, New York, NY, 2005; right: Cinema I-IV, 2008. Courtesy Julie Saul Gallery.

Thursday, March 22

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Brian Ulrich | Is This a Great Place or What: Artifacts and Photographs. Julie Saul Gallery, 535 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY. Signed copies of the book (Aperture 2011) will be available.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Robert De Niro, Sr. | Paintings and Drawings, 1950-1993. DC Moore Gallery, 535 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

SVA MFA Design Departments present, 1-9 pm: The SVA/BBC Design/ Documentary Film Festival, moderated by Steven Heller and Adam Harrison Levy. SVA Theater, 333 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY. Tickets $15.

Camera Club of New York presents the SVA Lecture Series, 7 pm: Leigh Ledare. The School of Visual Arts Amphitheater, 209 East 23rd Street (between 2nd/ 3rd Ave), Third Floor, NY, NY. $5/$3/Free.

Book signing, 6-8 pm: Rewilding | by Cass Bird. Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, NY, NY.

TDC Salons presents, 6:30-8:30 pm: Viktor Koen | Metamorphabets. Type Directors Club, 347 West 36^th Street, #603, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: August Sander | Boris Mikhailov. Pace MacGill Gallery, 32 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Frank Gohlke | One Thing and Another. Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Orain Catledge | Cabbagetown. Robert Anderson Gallery, 24 West 57^th Street, #503, NY, NY.

Friday, March 23

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Every Exit is an Entrance | 30 Years of Exit Art and Collective/Performative, which will include new works by commissioned artists and organizations that will utilize Exit Art's space during gallery hours for a public project, as well as an "artists’ history" of performance told by seminal performance artists who have exhibited at Exit Art over the last 30 years. These exhibitions comprise the final exhibitions at Exit Art before its closing on June 1, 2012. 475 Tenth Ave @ 36th Street, NY, NY. Events.

Opening reception, 6:30 pm: Ice Age to the Digital Age | The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. Refreshments/Cash Bar. Suggested Donation $15.

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Arianna Carossa | Argo. NurtureArt, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Book signing, 6-7:30 pm: Join photographers Thomas Bangsted, Juliana Beasley, Elinor Carucci, Doug DuBois, Lisa Kereszi, Lyle Rexler, Peter Riesett, and Will Steacy for a signing of the book Photographs Not Taken; additional guests will be announced. ICP Bookstore, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Information.

Saturday, March 24

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Ryan McNamara | Still. Elizabeth Dee Gallery, 545 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Dance Conversations 2012 presents, 7:00 pm: David Appel | a boat makes its way across the water. The Flea Theater, 41 White Street, between Broadway and Church Streets, NY, NY. Free. Information.

Pratt Institute presents, 9:30 am-5 pm: Second Annual Sustainability Crash Course. Engineering Building, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Free with registration.

Triple Canopy presents, 7 pm: As Is/So Is | A talk on poems and paintings by Ann Pibal and Rebecca Wolff. 155 Freeman Street, Brooklyn, NY. Information.   

Scenes from The Armory Show last week.

Tuesday, March, 26

Multimedia performance piece by W.M. Hunt, 7 pm: The Unseen Eye | A Life in Photographs and other digressions. Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.Information.

This Week’s DART Picks:

Wednesday, March 21, opening reception, 6;30-9:30 pm: Solo ESAS Mujeres, Documenting the Universal | Material featuring work by Nina Chanel Abney, Dawn Black, ZöeCharlton, Gina M. Contreras, Lisa Cortés, Martha Diaz, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deborah Grant, Jessica Ingram, Nicole Markoff (Nicacelly), Kelly Ording, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Stephanie Syjuco, and Robyn Twomey Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA. Information.

Saturday, March 24: USC Roski School of Fine Arts and Visions and Voices present, 11am-5 pm:  Shelf Life 2: A Big Day for Small Press, a one-of-a-kind event featuring an influential group of independent publishers, artists, writers, and designers whose voices and images have questioned and pushed the boundaries of popular culture. Featured presenters: Byron Coley, Gary Panter, Chip Kidd. Gin D. Wong Auditorium, Harris Hall, University Park Campus, University of Southern California. Information.

Saturday, March 24, 8-11:30 pm: Juxtapox Turns 18. Copro Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Unit T5, Santa Monica, CA. Thanks to Cathie Bleck for the heads up.

Saturday, March 24, Noon-4 pm: Opening reception, in conjunction with Full Moon Farm’s Solstice celebration, 12 pm-4 pm: Natalie Wetzel | Medusadorf. Full Moon Farm, 67 Jaycox Road, Medusa, NY. Information.

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