Wednesday, December 13, 6-8pm: Holiday Caroling and Art Crawl, DUMBO

This inaugural event features 5 musical acts, large-scale holiday projections, free drinks, DUMBO Dollars and indie businesses open late. Pick up your Stamp Card at Susan Smith McKinney Park, collect your stamps at seven stops, and redeem them for free drinks. Enjoy live music by Vertrees and the Mistletoes, and watch holiday animations, designed by Augenblick Studios, projected onto the BQE.  Click here for all events

Friday, December 15, 1:30pm: Experimental Printmaking at Covello

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about printmaking at Covello. Join instructor  Karin Bruckner and her students to answer your questions. See and hear why printmaking is so wonderfully suited to open the door to making art, even for the unpracticed, the rusty and even for people who do not draw!. Left: Untitled, Monotype by @peggy.roalf

Covello Center for Older Adults,312 East 109th Street, New York, NY

Friday, December 15, 6:30 pm: Miss Chief Eagle Testickle on The True History

Join celebrated Cree artist Kent Monkman and his longtime collaborator Gisèle Gordon as they discuss their new work The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island. The genre-defying book, based on Monkman’s paintings, tells a story of the land called North America that reframes the narrative to be one of Indigenous resilience, which reshapes our shared understanding and lights the path ahead.

The evening includes a reading with Miss Chief, followed by a conversation with Monkman, Gordon, and Met curator Patricia Marroquin Norby. Free with Museum admission, but RSVP.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 100 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 

Friday, December 15, 6:30-9pm: Deck The Walls at the Academy

Featuring over 300 small works of art by New York Academy of Art artists, each available for sale at a fraction of their value. Join the excitement of the mad dash to snag these treasures, displayed anonymously until after the sale – a unique twist that adds an element of surprise and discovery to your art collection. Most importantly, your purchase becomes a meaningful contribution to the next generation of artistic talent! RSVPrequired

Friday, December 15, 7-10pm: The Library After Hours Uncensored at the Lion branch

The city's most cerebral happy hour returns to highlight some of the great works of literature and art that have been censored throughout history! Join NYPL for readings of banned books, rare 16mm films on the history of censorship, and a one-night-only collections display of once-banned materials. Plus, dance the night away with music by Rimarkable, see a performance by Grammy-nominated guitarist Gary Lucas in the Rose Main Reading Room, find your next great read with librarian-led book matchmaking, try your hand at games and puzzles, or relax with crafts and coloring. 

New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue at 42^nd Street, New York, NY Pay what you wish Tickets and info

Tuesday, December 19, 1:00pm: Curator tour, Unnamed Figures, Folk Art Museum

Join Emelie Gevalt, American Folk Art Museum’s Curator of Folk Art, Curatorial Chair for Collections and co-curator of Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North, for a gallery tour of the exhibition. Through 125 works including paintings, needlework, and photographs, this exhibition invites visitors to focus on figures who appear in—or are omitted from—early American images and will challenge conventional narratives that have minimized early Black histories in the North, revealing the complexities and contradictions of the region’s history between the late 1600s and early 1800s. This program is free with retistration. Please email  education@folkartmuseum.org.

American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY Info 

Continuing: The Art Students League Annual Sale

The League's Annual Art Sale is a rare opportunity to bring home work by current League students at affordable prices. Begin or grow your collection at this year's sale, where new work is added each day with most works priced below $1,000. Proceeds from every purchase directly support the participating artists and help the League continue its mission of subsidizing fine art education and exhibiting the work of League artists.

The Art Students League of New York, 215 West 57^th Street, New York, NY Info

Continuing: Above the Mantle |Art on the Avenue/ Downtown Alliance

Art on the Ave and the Alliance for Downtown New York have partnered to present “Art Above the Mantel,” a collection of visual art installations on display from November 25th through the end of December. The fireplace mantel - symbolizing warmth, home, and the holiday spirit - serves as the inspiration for local artists to create their signature pieces. The program has daily events for people of all ages, including artmaking, musical performances, holiday singalongs and more,  Hours and info here

Art on the Avenue, a not-for-profit formed by schoolteachers during the COVID lockdown, activates the streetscape by transforming vacant storefronts into street-facing galleries where local artists have a chance to exhibit work. It puts artists at the center of important conversations that we need to have as a community and provides a wider public the opportunity to enjoy art and engage in the dialogue. Info

Art on the Avenue, storefronts along Nassau Street. Between Fulton Street and Maiden Lane, New York, NY

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