Weekly Events Calendar: 04.26.06 | Apartment Therapy New York

Weekly Events Calendar: 04.26.06

Dorothy Draper at MCNY

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The High Style of Dorothy Draper: New York's Decorating Maven
- Pioneer of Interior Design from 1925-1960. Approaching design as entertainment, Dorothy Draper was named the most influential tastemaker of the time in America.
- Opens May 2nd
- Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Ave, (103rd St.) 212.534.1672

Antique Garden Furniture Show & Sale
- 14th annual sale of garden ornaments, featuring more than thirty exhibitors, tours, lectures, and demonstrations
- April 28th through April 30th
- New York Botanical Garden, Conservatory Tent, Bronx River Parkway & Fordham Rd. 718.817.8700

Tribeca Open Studios
- 10th Annual Artists in their Studio tour
- April 29th through May 1st, 1-6pm
- TriBeCa, 212.479.7317

The 25th Annual BBG Cherry Blossom Festival
- April 29th and April 30th
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave. 718.623.7200

The Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition Winner's Party
- An evening of inspiring design & energizing networking, honoring the winner of the 3rd annual Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize.
- April 26, 2006, Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served
- Art Directors Club, 106 West 29th Street (at 6th Avenue), New York, NY.
- RSVP: nextparty@metropolismag.com

Earth Day New York
- Music, plantings, lectures--multiple venues
- Through the end of the month

The Metropolis View: 25 Years Through the Lens
- Metropolis magazine celebrates a quarter-century of visual excellence with an exhibition of photographers who each present an image of their favorite metropolis.
- Through April 28, 2006
- The Art Directors Club, 106 West 29th Street (at 6th Avenue), New York, NY.

Susanna Harwood Rubin
- Through April 30th
- ArtMoving Gallery, 166 North 12th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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 6th
- James Nicholson Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, 2nd Floor, NY, 212.967.5700

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

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.

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.

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.

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