Meet Illinois artisans at the Chicago Water Works Visitor Center and purchase one-of-a-kind art, made right here in the state. Presented by the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture and the Illinois Artisans Program, this unique event takes place the second Friday and Saturday of every month, and is an opportunity to view live artmaking demonstrations by Illinois artisans and buy their wares.
This month’s featured artisans include:
Samantha Barrett-Rogers, Feather Jewelry, Lansing, IL
Since 2005, Samantha Barrett-Rogers has been creating unique accessoriesand producing the finest quality, visually artistic and culturally inspired couture feather accessories and designs. The natural iridescent beauty and unique pattern in each feather, intertwined with the designer’s vision, in ... Go to event
Cultural Services of the French Embassy will present Delpire’s children books including the original French edition of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Crocodile Tears by André François. These publications have entertained several generations of children since the 1950s until now.
In conjunction with this exhibition, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will host a PANEL DISCUSSION and STUDENT WORKSHOPS.
Presenting classical and seminal publications by now-iconic photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, and Sarah Moon. Delpire’s work with magazines will also be featured, including the very first issue of Neuf from 1950 and the seven issues of Nouvel Observateur Spécial Photo. Also presented in this space will be Delpire’ ... 
Holy River is a multimedia exhibition by the New York based artist Prune Nourry and curated by Tatyana Franck. The exhibition is the culmination of a three-year project on gender selection focused on India mirroring the Holy Daughters exhibition that took place in Paris in 2011 on the theme of milk, the theme of this show is water. It features a selection of sculptures, installations, photographs and videos inspired by a performance Prune created last year in Kolkata.
Conjoining with the diverse layers of Nourry’s art, performances throughout the exhibition will feature a special sensory experience in the artistic merging of dance curated by Simon Dove and performed by Preeti Vasudevan, sound by Mitchell Yoshida, smell by Olivier Delcour, and taste by Michael Hamilton.
When: May 12 – ... 
On the occasion of Tribal Art Week in New York, Friedman & Vallois will present the exhibition Africa from May 9 to June 30, 2012, in partnership with fine art studio Gallery – Sandra Agbessi from Brussels and Bernard Dulon Gallery from Paris.
This exhibition will introduce in exclusivity for the first time in the United States the works of protean artist from Benin, Africa, Dominique Zinkpè. Will be exhibited 20 works in various media including sculpture and works on paper, all produced in 2010. concurrently, renown African and Tribal Art dealer Bernard Dulon will present a series of exclusive objects.
When: May 9th – June 30th, 2012
Times: Tues-Fri 10-6pm, Sat 10-5pm, closed Sun-Mon
Where: Friedman & Vallois, 27 east 67th St, NY
(between Madison & 67th)
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Black champagne and the smells of Mars, tasteless candy and recorded silence, Lori Gréaud’s art is equal parts science experiment and cyberpunk carnival ride. On Saturday, Greaud will bring his heady thrills to New York with “The Unplayed Notes” at the Pace Gallery, his first major US show.
The 32-year-old artist shot to international prominence in recent years with shows in London, Tokyo and Paris, including a 2008 exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo that was the first solo show to use the venue’s entire 40,000 square foot space. Gréaud’s works are ambitious and complex, often created in collaboration with engineers, scientists, and other specialists, with the artist playing a role more often associated with a film director. The results are immersive experiences that throw the viewer into a ... 
Richard Misrach Keynote artMRKT San Francisco
artMRKT San Francisco, the Bay Area’s premier contemporary and modern art fair, will feature seventy esteemed galleries from around the globe, bringing some of the world’s most intriguing artists’ work to San Francisco from Thursday, May 17–Sunday, May 20, 2012. In showcasing historically important work alongside relevant contemporary pieces and projects, artMRKT creates an ideal context for the discovery, exploration, and acquisition of art.
This year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge and, in recognition, artMRKT San Francisco welcomes keynote speaker Richard Misrach, on the occasion of the reissue of his acclaimed book Golden Gate. Copies of the luxe, oversized volume will be available during a bo ... 
The Edge of Vision:
Abstraction in Contemporary Photography
Curated by Lyle Rexer and produced by Aperture Foundation, this exhibition presents photographs and photo-based installations, many exhibited for the first time, which explore the territory of “undisclosed” or abstract imagery in all its forms. These investigations include artifacts of the process of recording the action of light without the benefit or limitation of a camera lens (as seen in the work of Ellen Carey, Michael Flomen, and Ilan Wolff); direct photographs of surfaces that generate pattern and optical uncertainty (Roland Fischer) to images that comment on our culture of images (Penelope Umbrico and Carel Balth). In some works, documentary references are all but expunged, creating a new class of aesthetic ob ... 
This August 17th at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch, Monterey California Concorso Italiano will once again open the traditional Monterey/Pebble Beach Weekend. Concorso Italiano’s unique format features more than 800 – 1000 vehicles of Italian origin, and its atmosphere is on the vehicles on display, conversations between people who love and appreciate them, and elements of Italian style such as fashion, food, music and art – all of this on the beautiful grounds of the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch. The Ranch was crafted by Robert Trent Jones Senior & Junior and nestled among the oak-studded hillsides of Monterey, providing breathtaking views of gorgeous Central Coast landscapes.
Take everything ever made in Italy, from fashion to Ferraris, sprinkle it with some red wine, slather it in sunshine, ... 
Festival Navideno en la Calle Ocho LA 2012
Es orgullosamente el evento Latino de entrega de juguetes más grande en los Estados Unidos en la temporada navideña.
Sea parte de este gran festival que se llevará a cabo este 1 & 2 de Diciembre 2012 en la Calle 8, entre la avenida Vermont y la calle Irolo en la ciudad de Los Angeles.
Festival Navideno en la Calle Ocho LA is proud to be one of the largest Latino events and toy distributions during the holiday seasons. Be part of this great festival that will take place December 1st and 2nd, 2012 on 8th Street, between Vermont Avenue and Irolo Street in the city of Los Angeles.
3305 WEST 8TH St.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Tel: (213) 388-8291
Fax: (213) 388-4428
For more information, please click here.
