Events

Come join some of the coolest ladies in the bizzness at Rare View on April 9th, 2009 @ 7pm for some happy hour drinks, some complaining and most of all, networking-free socializing!!!

Closing Reception:

Wednesday, May 13 from 6:30 - 9 pm

Curator Marshall Kappel has compiles an exhibition in Dumbo of all Polaroid-based artitsts.

Thursday, June 4th 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 11 7-9:30p.m. at Capsule Studio 873 Broadway, suite 204

Join us for an evening @ Pink Elephant on Friday October 2 from 8:00 to 11:00pm, benefiting Free Arts NYC 

Hosted by: Monica Alvarez-Mitchell, Victor Alvarez, Aurelie Dauphin, Daniel Ehrmann, Arnaud De Laage, Tracy Oliver, Jacques Roizen, Hervé Sawko, Stephane Siboni & Matt Turck 

Please get your tickets online by going to: 
https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/FreeArtsforAbusedChildren/Tickets.html 

VIP Tickets start at $125 and include: Access to Pink Elephant's VIP area with Table Seating, Bottle Service, Open Bar, Hors d'Oeuvres from 8:00 to 11:00pm, and guaranteed admission to Pink Elephant for the entire evening. 

General Admission Tickets start at $40 and include: Access to Pink Elephant, Open Bar from 8:00 to 11:00pm, and guaranteed admission to Pink Elephant for the entire evening. 

Hope to see you all there!

In an age where many high-adrenaline sports have become watered-down exercises in marketing, dirt bike racing remains intensely raw; a dangerous enterprise populated with a colorful, profane cast of daredevils. Ortolani applies an artist’s eye to this unforgiving sport and the riders who pursue it, resulting in an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes window into this punishing competition.

ENDURANCE offers embedded access to the races, the travel, the preparation, and a scope that spans three years' worth of WEC, GNCC, and Enduro races across the U.S. and Europe. Ortolani traveled thousands of miles to more than ten events in three different countries, in the process capturing Nathan Kanney’s ascent from underdog privateer to KTM Factory Team rider — an achievement that required beating world champions riding bikes three times the cost of his.

ENDURANCE includes photographs of Kanney's world-champion competitors and teammates including David Knight, Kailub Russell, Cory Buttrick, Homero Diaz, Ryan Mills, Anders Eriksson, and Bartosz Oblucki, with a cameo appearance by Travis Pastrana. Among the contributors are Ian Mclaughlin, Ezra Dyer, Eddie Brannan,Alexander Wolf, Nathan Kanney, Jerry Bernardo, Carrie Coombs Russell, Jason Weigandt, Kailub Russell, and Cory Buttrick.

For more information about Endurance, visit: theresaortolani.com

From 8:00 pm to midnight on Thursday, January 14, ICP will be the hottest nightclub in Midtown. Hosted by Kerry Diamond, Benoit Lagarde, and Jed Root, CLiCK will offer 400 of New York's trendiest young art enthusiasts, collectors, and photography and media industry professionals the opportunity to celebrate Dress Codes: The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, and fashion's use as a rich visual language—and be rewarded for it...

DJ Dhundee will keep the crowd movin' and special guest, Eclectic Method, will captivate the audience with a bit of video magic.

Party goers will have their thirst quenched at the all night open bar by Belvedere and Grand Marnier and have their hunger satiated by hors d'oeuvres from Taste Caterers.

Guests wanting to capture the fun—or have a keepsake of the stranger(s) you're bound to meet—can strike a pose at Photobooth by Splashlight Studio.

Get an ICP Membership with your General Admission ticket for only $65, a $10 savings!

Purchase tickets online.

To purchase by phone, email your name, ticket quantity and type, and phone number with the subject line: "CLiCK January 14" to events@icp.org.

TICKETS:

General Admission for 1: $75

General Admission for 2: $100

VIP for 1: $250 includes the following—

 • Admission to VIP reception at 7:30 pm

 • 1-year ICP Individual Membership

 • Party portrait

The first 40 VIP ticket purchasers will receive a fabulous swag bag worth over $900 containing:

1. The Sixties by Richard Avedon (book valued at $75)
2. DJ Dhundee Take Flight CD download (valued at $10)
3. DVF Scarf (valued at $295)
4. Godiva Chocolatier
5. ICP Individual Membership (valued at $75)
6. Lancôme Secret de Vie Ultimate Cellular Reviving Crème (valued at $240)
7. Pentax P80 digital camera (valued at $220)
8. Adrienne Vittadini

Missed out on getting the swag bag? No worries. CLiCK guests can enter Pentax's raffle for the K-x Digital SLR (valued at $650).

In honor of its centennial, the L’Oréal Corporate Foundation in France initiated a study of the human quest for beauty in all cultures and civilizations throughout the ages. The result is100,000 Years of Beauty. This fascinating book is an original approach to research about the exploration of beauty from the various points of view of international experts including sociologists, philosophers, historians, and artists. It includes contributions from 300 authors of 35 nationalities and working in 20 different disciplines.

To celebrate this renowned research project, L’Oréal is hosting an evening with Béatrice Dautresme, Managing Director of the L’Oréal Corporate Foundation, and Elisabeth Azoulay, Editorial Director of 100,000 Years of Beauty, in addition to other experts from the book who will discuss and identify the pursuit of beauty in all civilizations, from prehistoric time to today, and provide a special glimpse of the future.

A cocktail reception will follow the discussion.

Ticket Prices 
FIAF Members $20 
Non-Members $25

Buy Tickets
Online: Ticketmaster.com

Opening February 25th, Owls Have More Fun is a solo show of works by Danish artist Lisa Grue featuring the artist's bold and exuberant nature illustrations on custom-made wallpaper, handprinted porcelain plates, and more. Lisa, known for her playful and sometimes shocking illustrations that mix girlishness with feminism, puts her spin on owl and nature motifs, surrounding viewers with a magical world via domestic objects.

The show will comprise a large, custom-made wallpaper, 100 handprinted porcelain plates, and a rug, all customized with Lisa's black and white illustrations that mix owls, flowers, and words. Limited-edition prints will also be available.

Lisa's powerful and fun illustrations remind viewers to never forget the magic in everyday life. In addition, they make a statement to girls and women that wisdom and beauty go hand in hand. And of course, Lisa's artwork reminds us all to love and take care of our natural world.

Please join us and the artist for a cozy opening with (limited!) owl goody giveaways on Thursday, February 25th, at 7-9 pm!

In conjunction with this show, gallery hanahou is asking owl-lovers everywhere to share their own owl artwork in the new gallery hanahou Flickr group. We already have some wonderful owls posted - keep them coming!

galleryhanahou.com

RSVP: info@galleryhanahou.com

Please join Bernstein and Andriulli for the launch of Olaf Hajek's first monograph "Flowerhead", published by Gestalten. The book presents his advertising and editorial work, commercial portraits, fashion illustration, as well as never before seen personal art.

BENEFIT PARTY AND SILENT AUCTION HOSTED BY OPTART TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN OF EASTERN SRILANKA

On August 6th, 2010 OptART, a project based philanthropic arts initiative, will host a benefit party and silent auction at the Clemente Soto Valez Community Center’s L.E.S. Gallery, NYC (107 Suffolk Street at Rivington), from 7pm – 12am. Photographs taken by the children of the Visions of Hope Community Center in the Tamil village of Pandiruppu in the eastern province of Ampara, Sri Lanka will be auctioned to raise funds for the Visions of Hope Community Center and Sri Lankan Children’s Trust. Local musicians Sharkey (HUNTER), DutchE.Germ (YEMENWED/GGD/WHITEMAGIC), SMALL BLACK, and producer/engineer Chris Coady will dj. The silent auction will close at 10pm but the event will last until midnight. Come, browse, bid, imbibe, dance and be merry because it’s all for a good cause. ($3 suggested donation at door. Cash bar. Auction: Cash or Check Only)

Over a one-month period in 2008, Lindsay Aveilhe, founder of OptART, lived and taught photography to approximately 30 children at the Sri Lanka Children’s Trust’s Visions of Hope Community Center. Life has not been easy for the children of Sri Lanka’s eastern provinces. Decades of ethnic violence and continued poverty, alcoholism, and high rates of violence against women and children were only made worse by the 2004 tsunami that completely devastated the region. The death toll in the tiny village of Pandiruppu alone was more than 1,700.

Through sponsorship from Lomography Asia and private donors, the children were provided with Colorsplash and Fisheye cameras and film. The culmination of the month long project is an impressive and intimate collection of images that provide insight into the daily lives of the children. The photographs will be available for early viewing and bidding as of August 3rd.

ABOUT SRI LANKAN CHILDREN’S TRUST

Sri Lankan Children’s Trust, a local Sri Lankan NGO, was established in 2005 to help improve the health, sanitation, nutrition, education and general well-being of poor and needy children living in remote areas of Sri Lanka. SLCTsponsors The Vision of Hope Community Center’s daily operations. The Visions of Hope Community Center provides approximately 85 children, ages 4-15, with free tutoring programs, daily fresh fruit & milk, and education. Please visithttp://navashakti.org/ and http://slctrust.org/ for more information.

ABOUT OPPORTUNITYART

OpportunityART (OptART) is a project based philanthropic arts initiative whose reason for being is the belief that there is great opportunity in the arts and that creative expression is an important tool for the revitalization of lives. These projects are not medium specific and can range from exhibitions to product design.

OpportunityART strives to organize projects that are conscious of social or political concerns, whether local or global. Each project will keep in mind a community in need, sponsoring initiatives such as new water purification systems or neighborhood arts projects. Through collaboration and networks established with non-profits around the world, proceeds from sales will go directly to those in need.

SUPPORT

OptART gratefully acknowledges the support of sponsors Lomography Asia and Pre-Fix Mag as well as private funding from individual donors.