Art & Design Events, New York, Friday, 22 May 2015

Room East 41 Orchard St publication launch: Pidgin 19 (Publication of The Princeton School of Architecture) Emily Abruzzo & Gerald Bodziak,
Erin Besler & Ian Besler,
Laurel Broughton,
Nat Chard,
Jonathan Crisman,
Ben Denzer,
Victor Enrich,
David Eskenazi,
Sebastiano Fabbrini,
William Feuerman,
Adam Fure,
Swarnabh Ghosh,
Leen Katrib,
Fredrick Kiesler,
Andrew Kovacs,
Thomas Mica,l
Matthew Mullane,
On The Road,
Spyros Papapetros,
Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen,
Jon Piasecki,
Daria Ricchi,
Brendan Shea,
Universalassemblyunit, Leslie Van Duzer 6-9

Studio 26 179 E 3 Rebirth curated by Martha Reiter 6-9

Theater for the New City 155 First Ave The Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 6 all weekend, free

Whitney Museum 99 Gansevoort St in-gallery talk: Byron Kim on Abstract Painting, 1960–66 by Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967) 3 museum admission

Babycastles 137 W 14 Yeah, That's What She Said benefit for Legacy Garner and Our Bushwick, Our Stories: radical art and education created by and for women! Art Opening with: Gera, Liz Velazquez, Jenny Gonzalez Blitz, Adee Roberson, Simone Bailey, Grace Mateo, Joelle Riffle, E, Alyssa Fanning, Nicole Pimentel, Kamal Badhey, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Yelaine Rodriguez, Gil Arndt, Roxana Santana, Maria Bravo, Angelica Munoz Castano, Brittany Maldonado, Aisha Mirza, Habibat Adedagbo, Mensen, others sliding scale $8-15, no one turned away

The Kitchen 512 W 19 Whitney Independent Study Program Curators: S/N Cammisa Buerhaus, Sonia Boyce and Ain Bailey, James Coleman, Manon de Boer, Joan La Barbara, Tracie Morris, Vanessa Place, Steve Reinke, Lis Rhodes, SCRAAATCH, Masha Tupitsyn, Ultra-red, Galina Ustvolskaya, and Jackie Wang; curated by Alex Fleming, Anya Komar, and Blair Murphy 5-8

chashama 461 Gallery 461 W 126 Michael Kelly Williams Works on Paper 6-9

5 Sutton St 3RR 5 Sutton St Bushwick Andrea McGinty happiness is overrated lol jk curated by Ashley McNelis 7-10

Image 1501 Broadway Bushwick GAIA Theory Experience in form of live body painting by Mark Lawrence 7-11 rsvp

Good Work 1100 Broadway Bushwick show closing party: Catherine Pearson A Feeling 6-9

Grace Exhibition Space 840 Broadway Bushwick The Great American Performance Art Festival! #6 Linda Montano, Martha Wilson, Diane Dwyer, Thomas Albrecht, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Tsedaye Makonnen, Ayana Evans, Whitney Hunter, Myk Henry, curated by Jill Jill McDermid 8 suggested $5-20

Momenta 56 Bogart St Bushwick Justin Randolph Thompson Moldy Figs opening reception and performance 7

Transmitter 1329 Willoughby Ave Bushwick Spooky Laughter at a Distance Jennifer Grimyser, Todd Kelly, Ben Pederson 6-9

The Parlour 791 Bushwick Ave Bushwick Neo-Craftivism Sarah Bednarek, Rachael Gorchov, Roxanne Jackson, Robin Kang, Katerina Lanfranco, Heidi Lau, Rebecca Morgan, Courtney Puckett, Nichole Van Beek, co-organized by Rachael Gorchov, Roxanne Jackson and Robin Kang 6-9

TSA 1329 Willoughby Ave Bushwick Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York presents Night Flight Benjamin Degen, Johannes DeYoung, Angela Dufresne, Charlotte Hallberg, Trenton Doyle Hancock, MaryKate Maher, Tom McGrath, Mark Shetabi, and Jude Tallichet curated by Jackie Hoving and Norm Paris 6-9

Front Room 147 Roebling St Williamsburg Peter Fox Blind Trust curated by Kathleen Vance 7-9

Ventana244 244 N 6 Williamsburg Torched & Scorched Ana Busto, Yifan Hu, MTAA, Raphaele Shirley 6-9

Unnameable Books 600 Vanderbilt Ave Clinton Hill Lighght Reading with Ed Steck & Mariana Valencia, curated by Ugly Duckling Press 7:30 free

Trestle 168 Seventh St Gowanus Breathing Room Elizabeth Gilfilen, Jason Karolak, & Rachael Wren 7-9

Small Editions 60 Sackett St Red Hook video screening performance + zine launch: Will Rahilly presents Blastulacon + Blue Dot doors 7:30, screening 8 free; creening will be followed with a zine licking by the artist.

Basilica Hudson Back Gallery110 South Front Street Hudson HQTBD / Headquarters To Be Determined Still//Life, a 3D rendering of contemporary practices in the Hudson area Peggy Ahwesh, Ephraim Asili, Conor Backman, Annie Bielski, Hannah Black, Jeffrey Gibson, Elise McMahon, Takeshi Murata, Aily Nash, Nick Payne, Carla Perez-Gallardo, Daniel Seward, Tristan Schipa, William Stone, Earl Swanigan, Jon Wang 6-10