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Art & Design Events...
- Czech Functionalism at the Prague Kolektiv
- Professor Vladimir Slapeta comes to NY to discuss Czech avant-garde design of the pre-war generation. Cocktails served during presentation.
- April 13th, 6:30 pm
- Prague Kolektiv, 143 Front Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn.
rsvp: barton@praguekolektiv.com
Earth Day New York
- Music, plantings, lectures--multiple venues
- Through the end of the month
Amanda Mathis: Bringing Down the House
- Amanda Mathis uses common building materials to meticulously recreate large sections of rooms--a wall, a doorway, a corner--and then presents them in unexpected ways.
- April 6th through May 06th
- James Nicholson Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, 2nd Floor, NY, 212.967.5700
Garden Paradise
- Artists explore the idea of garden as paradise: with its beauty and darkness
- April 19th through May 24th
- The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, 5th Avenue at 64th St.
Grand Central Portraits: People in a New Town Square
- Photographer John Sarsgard views the Beaux Arts masterpiece and the people that pass through it as a kind of social crossroads.
- Through May 18.
- Municipal Arts Society's Urban Center 457 Madison Avenue, 212.935.2075
Tiny Houses
- From the tiny houses of the early settlers to the diminutive but highly technological designs of today, author Lester Walker reveals the persistent fascination with self-sufficiency in American living.
- April 18th, 6:30-8pm
- Urban Center Books 457 Madison Avenue, 212.935.2075
Olivo Barbieri: Site_Specific
- Global photo investigation into the nature of cities from 300 to 500 feet above ground with a large-format camera and a tilt-focus lens
- Through May 13th
- Yancey Richardson Gallery, 535 West 22nd St.
Designing and Building Your Own Green/ Environmentally Healthy Home or Apartment
- How can individual home owners, renters, and builders transform their living spaces into green homes? Each class will cover practical, technical, and theoretical information on a variety of topics ranging from energy efficiency to rooftop gardens to lighting and insulation. The course will also feature a tour of local green buildings.
- CUNY Continuing Education, 365 Fifth Avenue (34th St,)
- 6 Tuesdays, March 14th-April 18th 7-9pm $250. 212.817.8215, or email continuinged@gc.cuny.edu
Mind the Gap
- Through sculpture, photography, video, performance, and urban-scale architectural interventions, artists amplify and animate the urban void
- March 18th through April 30th
- Smack Mellon Gallery, 92 Plymouth Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn (718)834-8761.
Museum of Art and Design's 'Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art'
- How are contemporary artists exploring a socially &
environmentally conscientious way of living & working.
- Through May 7th
- Museum of Arts & Design, 40 W 53rd St., 212-956-3535.
Floral Design
by NY Botanical Garden in conjunction with Cooper Union
- Learn how to create basic centerpieces and arrangements
- Eight Wednesdays, starting April 19th, 6:30-8:30pm. $336
I've been to this store. Everything's beautiful there.
Owners love what they do and they know their stuff.
Inspirational!