Saturday, August 29, 2020

Art & Design Events, Saturday, 29 August 2020

A daily compilation of suggestions for the continuing appreciation of art and design in dire times 


MUSEUMS REOPENING

Metropolitan Museum of Art opens to the public today


LIVE EVENTS

Stand4 414-78th St Bay Ridge exhibition closing today: Anna Lise Jensen Trying, curated by Valeria Federici noon-3 

Open Source Gallery 306 17th St Park Slope Quarantine Jam 8/29 performance: Accord Treble Choir 7pm
FiveMyles 558 St John’s Place Crown Heights performance: Concerts on the sidewalk #DNGRSLYFREE: Music & Spoken Word Outdoors with Madi Dangerously, SoSoon, Trezure Empire, Path P and more 6-8

Underccurrent 70 John St Dumbo opening reception: Daniel Jodocy Soundboxgarden 1-8 

Proto Gomez 13  Monroe St pop-up sale: Uniforms for the End of Time Round 2 hand-made shirts presented by artist and curator Nicholas Cueva, participants: Jon Lutz, Debbie Manville, Elias Melad, Leah Dixon, Kris Rac, Mark Sengbusch, Olivia Swider, Phil Hardy, Gil Riley, Emily Strauss, Lily Rosen, Angela Simone, Ambre Kelly, Diego Chavez, Adam Brazil, Katie Hector, Fabio Esteban Amador, Alex Sewell, Colin Tom, Lia O'Brien, Nicholas Cueva, Willard Morgan, and Jillian Van Volkenburgh 11-6 continues on Sunday

BronxArtSpace 305 E 140 exhibition: How to Dance Lindsay Benedict,  Julia Brown, Mark Bradford,  Klara Liden, Glendalys Medina, curated by Phyllis Rosenzweig noon-5

Upstate Art Weekend various events, exhibitions, and receptions, organized by Stoneleaf Retreat to celebrate creative spaces in the Hudson Valley; for complete program and times today and Sunday see link


VIRTUAL EVENTS

Municipal Art Society of New York virtual tour: 400 Years of Flatbush In the Heart of Brooklyn with Zack Rhodes 11am $20 link 


NYPL third episode of four-part Zoom course conducted by Rena Tobey: The Modern City: Art of New York, 1900-1945 today:  Social Realists who unveiled the challenges of the Depression each episode Saturday 2-3:30 registration link 

Indo-American Arts Council NextGen Artists panel: Exploring Identity: Art and the Artist Shreya Mehta, Sarasvathy TK, in conversation with Raj Shahani 8:30 pm live on Facebook, Youtube, Twitter

Coney Island Mermaid Parade virtual parade with performances: TAIL-A-THON for information see Coney Island USA website link 


STREAMING

Columbia University Italian Academy Summer Online Festival today:  Italian pianist and expert on American music Emanuele Arciuli will discusses and previews programs he will  perform at the Italian Academy under the auspices of Carnegie Hall’s 2021 festival called “Voices of Hope: Artists in Times of Oppression”: Black American Composers and “The People United Will Never Be Defeated” Variations by Fredric Rzewski; from noon link  


IN MEMORIAM

Artist Siah Armajani (July 10, 1939--August 28, 2020)

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