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May 14, 2010
3rd Ward Magazine Hits the Streets!
Keep your eyes peeled, NYC! Our Summer Magazine hits the streets city-wide today in coffee shops, galleries, restaurants, etc! This issue is better than ever with:
*an interview with artist extraordinaire Ken Butler
*our FULL Summer Class Listings
*a how-to on making a Conjoined Hoodie
*a review of Jeff Stark's latest masterpiece
*Plus more interviews, info on events, and a very special fiction piece!
Look for it in your neighborhood, mailbox, or swing by 3rd Ward & pick up your copy!
Education Director Celebrates Another Year in Style
3rd Ward Education Director J. Perelmuter celeberates his birthday today in style with McDonald's Big Macs & an apple pie. If you're in today - come wish him well!
Do you have a picture worth 10,000 dollars?
Our friends at Artists Wanted have just launched their 2nd Annual Photography Competition: EXPOSURE.
This international search for photography is so awesome, we just had to spread the word. One photographer will win their choice of prizes: $10,000 or 1-year rent free at the Edge in Williamsburg (an apartment worth $1.2 Million!).
Lisa Kirk: Revolution!, THIS FRIDAY
We found an opening event that's definitely worth sniffing out...
SmartSpaces is pleased to present:
Lisa Kirk: Revolution!
Opening Night, Friday, May 7, 5:30 to 8 p, 1133 Broadway, between 25th and 26th Streets
Lisa Kirk's new installation Revolution! inverts our perception of reality and addresses the marketing of transgressive political and social practices. Through interviews with anonymous journalists, activists, and political radicals, Lisa Kirk developed the original Revolution! fragrance based on their olfactory memories of revolution. She crafted the final scent to evoke the odors of smoke, gasoline, tear gas, burnt rubber and decaying flesh, packaged in limited edition as a precious metal pipe bomb.
The installation features an upside-down fragrance lab and anarchist hideout in one window, and a ransacked store display in the other. SmartSpces' signage and free cell phone audio guides provide passersby instant access to information about the work and the space, generously donated by Kew Management.
RSVP rsvp@smartspaces.org
For more information visit http://smartspaces.org/revolution.
On display through June 1 in the windows of 1133 Broadway, between 25th and 26th Street.
Support Bags for the People!
Non-profit Bags for the People (www.bagsforthepeople.org) hosts the Sweatshop Social on the last Monday of every month at 3rd Ward.
Participants learn how to use a sewing machine and how to construct a reusable bag made from repurposed materials. Participants are also encouraged to express themselves creatively throughout the process. Everyone leaves having made their own reusable bag as well one to donate to a local Greenmarket.
But MAN! Bag Building makes you hungry, thirsty, and more. So support this awesome group through Kickstarter by clicking here!
PLUS! Donations come with some cool perks.
Williamsburg Walks Public Art Competition // Now Accepting Proposals!
Williamsburg Walk is looking for public art that supports the theme of “Rethink Your Public Space”. For many of us, the streets are literally our front yards. But all too often our streets fail to offer a pleasant space, a place to socialize and bond with our community, to recreate, and to feel safe when walking or riding a bike. In response to these conditions,they are seeking work that engages the issues of how public space can encourage substantive community engagement in fun and creative ways, how art can play a role in activating public space, and how the dominance of certain modes of transportation over others on streets can be reduced.
Please send a short proposal summary to Annie de Mayo, the exhibit coordinator, at public.art.williamsburgwalks@gmail.com by Friday, May 28th at midnight. You can expect to get a final answer from us by Wednesday, June 2nd.
More more information, guidlines for submissions and installation specifications, head to: http://www.williamsburgwalks.org/publicart/
Red Hook Mercado is Looking for Vendors!
Attention Artists and Artisans!
Red Hook Mercado, a new outdoor, open-air food and craft market in Red Hood is looking for vendors selling homemade & handmade goods, art, photos, music, you name it. The Mercado has already had huge media attention due to the popularity of our food vendors so crowds will be on hand to buy and eat!
The market will be held weekends between May 15 - Oct 31.
Daily, monthly or seasonal rentals available.
For more information please email a brief description of what you would want to sell along with sample images in jpeg form to info@redhookmercado.com.
How do you like your burger?
Good things coming soon!
3rd Ward co-Founder Jeremy Lovitt with girlfriend Jen Li!
BOS '10: Only four days left to get on the program!
BOS '10: Only four days left to get on the program!
Registration for the 2010 Bushwick Open Studios and Arts Festival is open from now through May 2nd! From what they tell us, registrations are coming in fast and furious, so don't miss out! Visit www.artsinbushwick.org for complete information about BOS '10, to connect with other artists and spaces, and to register your show for the Festival.
If you're planning to participate in BOS, have last-minute questions, or want to meet other artists and organizers to collaborate with, check out their second and final pre-registration MIXER next Thursday, April 29 at Bodega Wine Bar (24 St. Nicholas Ave @ Troutman St) from 7 to 10 p!
