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Please join us  this  Saturday February first   from 3-6 pm and meet Michael Torlen  Michael Torlen is Professor Emeritus, School of Art+Design, Purchase College, SUNY.   Carl Little, art critic and author, has said of the artist’s work: “Torlen invites his viewers to explore layers of memory and mediums, and to join him in creating a narrative out of the ‘seamarks’ of life and art.”  The exhibition will be open to the public in presence of the artist on three consecutive Saturdays February 1, 8, and 15 from 3-6 PM. In Addition, on February 8 there will be a conversation with the artist and Julian Kreimer, painter and critic for  Art in America  at 4 PM.  Seamarks  includes   paintings, watercolors, monotypes, and editions inspired by his family's history and his experiences as a boy aboard ship with his Norwegian-born father and as a crewmember on a commercial tuna boat. Mr. Torlen’s work has been reviewed in...

DRAWING ROOM Jan 25, 2014 - Feb 28, 2014 Deborah Grant Christ You Know It Ain't Easy!! For the past decade, artist Deborah Grant has interwoven historical accounts and personal experiences with references to contemporary political and social issues in her ongoing series  Random Select . Grant culls material from a variety of sources including magazine photographs, comic books, published texts, and art historical reference books which she masterfully translates and brings together via her signature drawing method to create highly personal, non-linear narratives that investigate politics, race, and cultural identity. Grant’s Christ You Know It Ain't Easy!!  (the installation takes its title from the Lennon/McCartney song “The Ballad of John and Yoko”) combines painting, drawing, and collage to recount the fictional meeting between African-American folk artist Mary A. Bell and renowned modernist painter Henri Matisse. Mary A. Bell (1873–1941), a deeply devout Cat...

Some of you may remember Gregoire...(Cafe noir, Singe vert,..DJ Gusto..) You can find him most of the time now at LOUIE and CHAN do not hesitate to say HELLO check out on facebook the information https://www.facebook.com/louieandchan © 2013 Microsoft Corporation · © 2013 Nokia

                                               ArtLab78 01.12.14  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW UPPER EAST SIDE PROJECT SPACE presents: MICHAEL TORLEN : Selections from Seamarks  February  1 – 21, 2014 Artist in attendance: Saturdays,February 1-8-15 , 3–6 pm New York, NY – ArtLab78, is pleased to present  Selections from Seamarks , recent works by Michael Torlen, in February 2014. The exhibition will be open to the public in presence of the artist on three consecutive Saturdays February 1, 8, and 15 from 3-6 PM. In Addition, on February 8 there will be a conversation with the artist and Julian Kreimer, painter and critic for Art in America at 4 PM. Seamarks includes paintings, watercolors, monotypes, and editions inspired by his family's history and his experiences as a boy aboard ship with his Norwegian-born fat...

check out www.ARTLAB78.com Save the Dates THE ARTIST : MICHAEL TORLEN ON VIEW  February 1st -16th where: 516 east 78th Street DATES OPENING Saturday February 1       3-6pm + SPECIAL EVENT Saturday February 8       3-6 pm with a special Q&A with Julian KREIMER  @ 4 pm + CLOSING Reception Saturday February 15     3-6 pm MORE INFOS Laurence Neron-Bancel email: laurenceneronbancel@gmail.com Artist’s Website  :  www.michaeltorlen.com Quote “The contemporary world should buy the work of contemporary artists” ROY NEUBERGER

http://whitney.org/About/JobPostings DOCENT TRAINING PROGRAM: OPEN CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS APPLICATION  DEADLINE: JAN 20 The Whitney Museum is  now accepting  applications f or a new docent training  program  which will begin in spring 2014.  Applicants should be articulate, i ntelligent, and motivated people who are willing  to make a long-term commitment  to the Whitney community  and share their enthusiasm  for art in a serious and thoughtful way. Whitney docents volunteer their time, and come from a range  of backgrounds. Current docents include recent college graduates,  working professionals, retirees, artists, collectors, stay-at-home parents and college professors. You can be a docent even if you work during the day as training sessions and tours will be planned both days and evenings.  People living near the Whitney’s new location in downtown Manhattan are...

Nall Art Association January 6, 2014 Call to Young Artists Apprentice applications are currently being reviewed for the  period of January through April in Fairhope, AL, USA and from  April through September in France and Monaco. For any young  artists who would like experience in Alabama or France/Monaco  as an apprentice please send a resume to Nall at   artistnall@gmail.com  i am always eager to see new works  and interview young talented artists.!!!