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Upcoming: Open Studios 2016 Save the dates: October 20, 21, & 22 DATES: Thursday, October 20, 6 - 10 pm (opening night) Friday, October 21, 6 - 9pm Saturday, October 22, 1 - 6pm LOCATION: EFA Center 323 West 39th Street New York, NY 10018 OPEN STUDIOS 2016  is an annual event of the EFA Studio Program that invites the public to come explore and interact with our member artists in the intimate setting of their studios. It is an opportunity to see the most recent works by artists at the site of their origin and to gain meaningful insight into their process of creation. The EFA Studio Program is a vibrant and diverse community of over 73 artists working in a wide range of media and artistic sensibilities. All are professional artists with an established studio practice and recognized career. Rarely can curators, collectors, dealers, artists, and art lovers see so many internationally recognized artists working under one roof in Midtown Manhattan. PARTICIPAT...

Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) is a three-day arts and culture festival, hosted annually by the volunteer organization Arts in Bushwick (AiB) . Now in its ninth year, this celebration of our neighborhood’s vibrant community and local art scene is free and open to the public. The festival will take place from June 5-7, 2015. Open studios hours vary per artist, so check the directory for precise times. Most studios are open 12pm – 7pm on Saturday and Sunday. BOS is New York’s largest open studios event, encouraging hundreds of artists to open their doors and share their work. Additionally, visitors can enjoy a series of events, performances, and panels, coordinated by AiB. Participating artists, spaces, and events are listed in the official BOS directory online, on our iPhone app, and in our printed map book. The free printed map will be available to pick up at official BOS 2015 Hub spaces during the festival. INFOS:  http://artsinbushwick.org/open-studios/...

Open to the Public: Thursday, May 14; 6pm to 8pm Friday, May 15; 11am to 7pm Saturday, May 16; 11am to 7pm Sunday, May 17; 11am to 5pm Opening Preview: Thursday, May 14; 3pm to 6pm By Special Invitation Admission: Free and open to the public. Location: Pier 36 | Basketball City 299 South Street At intersection of Montgomery (off the FDR Drive) just north of Manhattan Bridge About NADA: Founded in 2002, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) collective of professionals working with contemporary art. Its mission is to create an open flow of information, support, and collaboration within the arts field and to develop a stronger sense of community among its constituency. Through support and encouragement, NADA facilitates strong and meaningful relationships between its members working with new contemporary and emerging art. NADA hosts two fairs a year: New York, and Miami Beach, which...

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READ in FRANCE AMERIQUE OPENING SOON ALBERTINE is a reading room and bookshop that brings to life French-American intellectual exchange. A permanent venue for free events and debates, the new space will offer more than 14,000 contemporary and classic titles from over 30 French-speaking countries around the world. check out more info: http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2014/09/02/ouverture_d_albertine_nouvelle_librairie_francaise_a_new_york.html?utm_source=Newsletter+France-Amérique+-+NATIONALE&utm_campaign=e2e4be9cb8-Newsletter_24_juillet_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7ae48566d7-e2e4be9cb8-125966890

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TIME OUT When is Labor Day? Labor Day is September 1, 2014. Labor Day is an annual workers' holiday on the first Monday in September. The first Labor Day was organized by the Central Labor Union of New York in 1882. AND ALSO.. NYC's best rooftop bars etc..... . ...read MORE... http://www.timeout.com/newyork/labor-day

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save the dates as it is ...starting very soon CHeck out the website http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/fec43b0c3ea628bb71d80792bc0a6128 ART²: An International Platform on Contemporary Art The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States presents  ART² , a month-long visual arts festival exploring ideas and themes paramount to the international art world, which will be presented with more than 40 partner museums, galleries, universities, and non-profit spaces in New York during April 2014. The culmination of 18 months of cross-cultural research,  ART²  will consider seven main issues prevalent in today’s patently global art world through exhibitions, public lectures, workshops and conferences by French and American art experts, with the goal of encouraging intellectual discourse between institutions, artists, scholars, students and the public. The conversations and workshops aim to generate constructive debate and explore the differen...

read the NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/realestate/when-the-prescription-is-fresh-air.html?_r=0 The Cherokee Apartments, from East 77th to East 78th Street, about 1912, as model tenements.   Wurts Bros./Museum of the City of New York A stairway skylight in 1912.   Avery Architectural Library

2013 DATES April 18 / May 16 / June 20 / July 18 / August 15 / September 19 / October 17 ABOUT THE WALK Experience SoHo’s art scene like never before with a walk down famous cobblestone streets that were once the stomping grounds of such greats as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. New York’s SoHo Arts Walk is a collaboration of more than 20 of the neighborhood’s fine, established galleries who exhibit their new works simultaneously. ABOUT SOHO Made famous by its prestigious art galleries and eclectic boutiques, SoHo is the area south of Houston and north of Canal Street on the west side of Manhattan. SoHo is home to an unparalleled collection of an American architectural innovation– cast iron structures. Most of the hundreds of cast iron buildings in New York City are located in this historic neighborhood, which is why it used to be nicknamed the Cast Iron District. In the 1970s, the upper stories of these buildings...

SOURCE http://gonyc.about.com/od/summer/p/museum_mile.htm What is the Museum Mile Festival?: During this annual festival, 5th Avenue is closed to traffic and becomes home  to a block party, complete with musical and artistic entertainment for children and adults.  In addition to the nine museums offering free admission, there are activities,  musical entertainment, and artist demonstrations along Fifth Avenue.  Face painting and chalk drawing along Fifth Avenue are especially fun for children. Which Museums Participate in the Museum Mile Festival?: All participating museums are located along Fifth Avenue. El Museo del Barrio  - 105th Street Museum of the City of New York  - 103rd Street The Jewish Museum  - 92nd Street Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution  - 91st Street National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts  - 90th Street Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  - 89th Street Ne...

LET'S START with PULSE VIP  VIEWING starting in a few hours... MAY 9–12, 2013 THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION 125 WEST 18TH STREET NEW YORK PULSE infos: http://pulse-art.com/ NADA  http://www.newartdealers.org/Fairs/2013/NewYork LOCATION Pier 36 at Basketball City 299 South Street on the East River New York, NY 10002 OPENING PREVIEW Friday, May 10: 10AM-2PM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Friday, May 10: 2-8PM Saturday, May 11: 10AM-8PM Sunday, May 12: 10AM-5PM check out Slant website about  Frieze  http://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/34919 Talks 2013 Lydia Davis Frieze New York Randall’s Island Park, Manhattan , New York, NY May 11, 2013 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Frieze New York: Literature and Art Fairs by James Thompson http://www.collectivedesignfair.com/ Visitor Info Collective .1 will take place Wednesday through Saturday, May 8–11, 2013 at Hudson River Park's Pier 57, New York. HOURS Wednesday May 8...