Member Paul Behnke to speak at A-Lab, NY

A-Lab Forum REPETITION

QMAD,Queens Media Arts Development,  presents a series of monthly discussions designed as an opportunity for artists, working in various media, to present their previous works or works in progress, share their visions and ideas in relation to selected topics and concepts in the field of art production, collaboration, and critical thinking. 

Philadelphia area artist Paul Behnke (image) will join Megan Bisbee-Durlam, Helen Dennis, Oasa Du Verney and Kathleen Mallaney for the second part of this series.

Saturday, May 15th, 2010, 2 - 4 PM

Crossing Art Gallery

136-17 39th Avenue at Main Street

Flushing, Queens-New York

www.qmad.org/alabforum

Member, Don Kaiser @ Cerulean Arts

CAUTION: ART IN HERE
A Group Exhibit by PMA Art Handlers
Curated by Hiro Sakaguchi

May 12 - June 18, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, May 14, 5-9pm

Artists: Nick Balko, Luke Barley, Sam Faix, Eric Griffin, Chris Havlish, Austin Heitzman, Michael Holland, Don Kaiser, Sebastien Leclercq, Patrick OLoughlin, Hiro Sakaguchi, James Strauss, Michael Studebaker, Justin Webb

Cerulean Arts
1355 Ridge Avenue 
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Image by Don Kaiser

Member, Don Kaiser @ Cerulean Arts

CAUTION: ART IN HERE
A Group Exhibit by PMA Art Handlers
Curated by Hiro Sakaguchi

May 12 - June 18, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, May 14, 5-9pm

Artists: Nick Balko, Luke Barley, Sam Faix, Eric Griffin, Chris Havlish, Austin Heitzman, Michael Holland, Don Kaiser, Sebastien Leclercq, Patrick OLoughlin, Hiro Sakaguchi, James Strauss, Michael Studebaker, Justin Webb

Cerulean Arts
1355 Ridge Avenue 
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Image by Don Kaiser

Member, Michael Young in Art of the State

Michael Young, Flex, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"


Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2010
June 26 - September 12, 2010
Opening reception on Saturday, June 26th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
State Museum of Pennsylvania
300 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120

Nic Coviello @ Penn Charter

Impressions: Exploring Printmaking in the 21st Century: March 12-21, 2010, William Penn Charter School, Biennial Gallery, Main Building, 3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 19144. March 12 reception, 7 to 10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Monday through Friday, March 15 to 19, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, March 20, 1 to 8:30 p.m.; and Sunday, March 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Artists: Daniel Miller, Frank Hyder, Ava Blitz, Elaine Erne, Lesley Mitchell, Meri Adelman, Jennifer Baker, Cynthia Back, Eric McDade, Dan Heyman, Bill Scott, Matt Neff, Nic Coviello (see above), Marisha Simons, Lynn Costomis, Neila Kun, Diane Pieri, Hiro Sakaguchi, Chris Hartshorne, Wendy Kerschner, Anne Johnson, Madeline Adams, Katie Baldwin, Amze Emmons, Neysa Grassi and Beans-N-Screens.

Above, two images from Nic Coviello.
Through the Spruce, acrylic on aluminum mounted on panel 24 x 28"
Morris Spruce, acrylic on aluminum mounted on panel 24 x 28"

Member Vincent Romaniello @ Brucennial

Sage members Vince Romaniello and Paul Behnke attended the opening of the Brucennial in NY. The image above is of Vince' piece that's in the exhibition. The show will be up until April 12, 2010 at 350 West Broadway. Paul took this photograph and there are more on Romanblog.

New Work from Bob Barbera

Nic Coviello portfolio

A series of prints on aluminum will make up Nic Coviello's part of a portfolio projects at Nexus/Foundation for Today's Art.

New work from Paul Behnke

Untitled, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 inches.

Romaniello @ Maloney Art Gallery

"New Classicism" at the College of Saint Elizabeth's, Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery in Morristown, NJ.

January 15 through March 5th. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 1 to 7 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Monday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Harold Venable @ Woodmere Museum

Above, new work by Harold Venable. Borogove, 2009, acrylic, 36x36". Harold Venable will be participating in this year's Contemporary Voices exhibit at the Woodmere Museum.

BRING YOUR OWN ART

From the X-Initiative Press Release

UPCOMING CLOSING EVENT – BRING YOUR OWN ART – FEBRUARY 3rd:
Please save the date for our closing event celebrating the end of X Initiative: Join us on FEBRUARY 3rd for BRING YOUR OWN ART, a 24-hour event inspired by Walter Hopps’s Thirty-Six Hours, an event that the legendary curator organized in the Museum of Temporary Art in Washington, DC in 1978, where Hopps installed anything that anybody brought to the museum. Artists, galleries, curators, collectors and enthusiasts are invited to site and install art at X Initiative, which will be open for viewers and participants for 24 consecutive hours. BRING YOUR OWN ART is a temporary occupation which mirrors X’s activity for the last twelve months. A gathering for the closing of X initiative, BYOA offers a DIY platform where any kind of art can be exhibited at this historic site. X Initiative will collaborate with Adam Simon of Fine Art Adoption Network (FAAN) for this event. FAAN is an online network ( http://www.fineartadoption.net ) that uses a gift economy to connect artists and potential collectors (adopters). Details to follow.

Other closing event dates:
1/9-Sharon Hayes
1/14-Jeanine Oleson with Juliana Snapper
1/14-Leah Gilliam
1/22-Lucien Castaing-Taylor
1/28-Wu Ingrid Tsang, Zackary Drucker & Mariana Marroquin
1/28-Dean Spade and Craig Willse

X INITIATIVE
548 West 22nd Street
New York NY 10011
917.697.4886
http://www.x-initiative.org

Free and open to the public
Wednesday - Saturday, 11 – 6