And the Winners are!
Thanks to everyone who entered the August Book Prize Contest. It’s really great to hear from subscribers from all over and this was no exception, with entries from Brooklyn to the Bay Area.
A copy of American Photography 27 goes to New York-based photographer Micheal McLaughlin, who wrote: Socrates Sculpture Park at 53rd and Broadway in Long Island City, Mark Di Suvero's studio in the background. Cheers to you Micheal, not many people are aware that the sculptor who founded Socrates Sculpture Park, which is to the immediate left of the fence in the photo above, has his studio in said red structure.
And a copy of American Illustration 30 goes to Roger Hom of Elmhurst, NY, who wrote: You are a few feet south of Vernon Blvd and 31st Avenue, a few feet north of the end of Socrates Sculpture park. You are looking into the ONLY entrance to the rocky beach that's between Socrates Park and the red factory/warehouse building on Vernon and 30th Dr. Looking East from your location, you see a brick building with an old clock that has stopped. Each face shows a different time. The first floor is available for rent. Looks renovated. To the west of your location is the northern tip of Roosevelt island, and beyond that, Manhattan. I usually don't walk past Socrates Sculpure Park going north, but I discovered this oasis when I decided to go exploring the neighborhood.
So, watch for the second August installment coming next Monday in celebration of another of NYC’s water holes. This one should be a little easier….

Wednesday, August 22

Panel discussion, 6:30 pm: Damn Yankees | Twenty-four Major League Writers on the World’s Most Loved (and Hated) Team. Join Robert Fleder, former Executive Editor of Sports Illustrated, as he talks about Damn Yankees (Ecco, 2012), a new collection of essays he edited, which demonstrates that no one feels neutral about the Yankees! In the line-up with Fleder for this program will be contributors Dan Barry, New York Times columnist and author of Bottom of the 33rd (Harper, 2011), and Bruce McCall, author of Marveltown (Farrar, Straus and Gioux, 2008). Along with Pete Dexter, Roy Blount, Jr., Jane Leavy, and Colum McCann, they make up this collection's winning team of writers whose stories illuminate the Bronx Bombers' personalities, rivalries and economics. Refreshments provided courtesy of The Bronx Brewery. Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103^rd Street, NY, NY. Register $12/$8/$6.

Thursday, August 23

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Icy and Sot | Made in Iran. Openhouse Gallery, 379 Broome Street, NY, NY.

The School of Visual Arts BFA Film, Video and Animation Department presents, 7pm: Scribble Junkies Festival of DRAWN Animation! Join Pat Smith and Bill Plympton for a one-night festival showcasing a selection of hand-drawn animation. Selections include the American premiere of Hisko Hulsing's "Junkyard" and a special preview of color sequences from Bill's upcoming feature "Cheatin.'" SVA Theatre, 333 W. 23 Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). This event is FREE and open to the public. Information.

Friday, August 24

Opening reception, 6 pm: A Garden of Visuality | Work by Smack Mellon’s Summer Arts Intensive Program Participants: Sumura Bell, Zori Davidson, Lesley Diaz, Jahir Hipps, SaraIqbal, Madjeen Isaac, Samuel Joseph, Sahara Leung, Debbie Li, Cinaya McClean, Saliha Noor, Juan Nieves, Tiana Ratcliffe, Danissa Santos, Maat Saline. Smack Mellon, 92 Plymouth Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. 

Above: Photo by Kenia Naraz, from Looking at Mexico, closing Saturday at Kopeikin Gallery, in L.A.

Out of Town

Woodstock, NY, Friday, 8 pm: An Evening with Shelby Lee Adams. The Center for Photography at Woodstock, 59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY. Information $7/$5.

New Haven, CT: Artspace open call to register for City-Wide Open Studios and apply for two artist opportunities for site-specific installations at the historic New Haven Register building. To learn more about CWOS, please visit www.cwos.org. Registration is only open until September 1st, so be sure to register today to participate in City-Wide Open Studios! To learn more about the installation projects and the funds available for selected artists click here and here.  

Stockbridge, MA: Thursday, 5:30 pm: Discover Howard Pyle’s approach to teaching, with curator Joyce K. Schiller. In conjunction with the exhibition, Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered. Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Route 183, Stockbridge, MA. Directions.  $16/$10.

Fort Worth, TX: The Modern Museum of Art and the Lone Star Film Society present The New Russian Cinema Film Festival. Friday, August 24, 7:30 pm: My Dad is Barishnykov. Saturday, 2pm and 5 pm: Chapiteau-Show (in 2 parts). Sunday, 2pm: lena. Sunday, 2pm: The Hunter. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, TX. Information.

Los Angeles, CA, closing Saturday: Looking at Mexico | Curated by Allejandro Cartajena and Allejandro Cartagena | Suburbia Mexicana. Kopeikin Gallery, 2755 La Cienega, just north of Washington, Los Angeles, CA.