Art & Design Events, New York, Saturday, 8 July 2017

Freight+Volume 97 Allen St exhibition: The Secret Life of Plants Alexis Rockman, Phoebe Washburn, Daniel Heidkamp, Neil Welliver, Cristina de Miguel, Samuel Jablon, JJ Manford, Benjamin King, George Jenne, David Baskin, Alec Egan, Max Razdow, Emily Noelle Lambert, Peter Hutchinson, Russell Tyler, Erik den Breejen, Emilia Olsen, Alex Ross, David Humphrey, Vera Iliatova, Benjamin Butler, Maria Calandra, Sangram Majumdar, Adrienne Elise Tarver, Rachel Schmidhofer, Jennifer Coates, Meg Lipke, Mi Ju, Peik Larsen, Summer Wheat, Stephen Eichhorn, Hye Jin Chung, Olivia Kaufman-Rovira, Sean Martindale, Pascual Sisto, Donna Cleary, and others. co-curated by Jennifer Coates and Nick Lawrence 7-10

Shoot the Lobster 138 Eldridge St exhibition: Theodore Titolo The Birth of Art 6-8

Chesterfield 109 Norfolk St exhibition: Tactile/Textile J. Mikal Davis, London Kaye, Maureen Meyer, Ellannah Sadkin & Jason Tudor 6-8

Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center 107 Suffolk St digital arts exhibition: Nightshift recent graduates of the MFA Digital Arts program at Pratt Institute: Sung Ah-Jun, Steven Baltay, Ben Ross Davis, Eona Jiawei Gao, Nianjia Han, Caroline Voagen Nelson, Taezoo Park, Leah Roh, Fuensanta Sobejano, Ruyin Tsai, and Cedric Yon, curated by Leah Roh and Caroline Voagen Nelson 7-10

Carré d'artistes 241 Bleecker St  Open Studio artist presentation: Daniel Castan Capsule Collection 11am

Spoke Art 210 Rivington St exhibition: Max Dalton Maxtape 6-9

Bowery 530 W 25 closing party: Petey Brown High Tide 6-8

The Kitchen 512 W 19 Art21 Presents screening: New York Close Up: Aki Sasamoto; talk with Sasamoto doors 5, screening 5:30, talk and Q&A 5:40 free with reservation Eventbrite

Last Rites 325 W 38 exhibition: Nicomi Nix Turner The Dying Thought 7-11

Manhattan Graphics Center 250 W 40 exhibitions: Erica Criss Prints; Totemic 17 Truthiness DA / discordant americans partnered prints by Francine Affourtit + Barbara Bell, Veronica Ceci + Keith Graham, Trisha Gupta + Kristie Valentine, Ahni Kruger + Kyung Eun You, Peach Tao 6:30-9

Calabar 2504 Frederick Douglass Blvd (135th St) exhibition: Conversations in Patterns, Textiles, Figures and Portraits Jamilla Okubo And Ify Chiejina 4-7

LMCC Arts Center Building 110  Governors Island Person Place Thing conversation: Randy Cohen with Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Marwa Helal 4-5 reservation required

Harvestworks New York Electronic Arts Festival Building 7A Nolan Park Governor's Island Artist Day artist talks: Liz Phillips, Matthew Ostrowski, Max Kazemzadeh/Renza Safavi, and LigoanoReese 3

RIVAA  527 Main St Roosevelt Island exhibition: Malcolm Hazeldean Be Amazed 6-8

Real Fine Arts 673 Meeker Ave  Greenpoint exhibition: Doris Guo Joss 7-10

sTudio 7 Gallery Fort Tilden Gateway National Recreation Area Far Rockaway [subway: A train to Rockaway Park/Beach 116th, then free shuttle bus from Beach 108th St to Rockaway Point Blvd./169th St; bus: Q22 or Q35 to Beach 169 St Rockaway Point Blvd, follow signs to gallery] ARTI.NYC presents: Secret Garden Art Festival Peter Tunney, Pablo Caviedes, Eduardo Terranova, Sivan Dayan, Toni Erm, Adriana Varella 2 general admission free, VIP tickets $50 via Eventbrite

Pete's Candy Store 709 Lorimer St Williamsburg fair: Pete's Mini Zine Fest--The original Fest-In-A-Bar in Brooklyn 2-7 free

El Museo de Los Sures 120 S 1 Williamsburg Residency Unlimited exhibition: The Witnessing Event Anna Orlikowska, Željka Blakšić (aka Gita Blak), Joshua Nierodzinski, and Georg Petermichl, curated by Rashmi Viswanathan 6-9

The Sketchbook Project 28 Frost St Williamsburg Library Market #1 15 local makers 10-6

John Doe NY 112 Waterbury St Bushwick Elevated Lifestyle NYC Pop Up Market 11-5

Sardine 286 Stanhope St Bushwick exhibition: Heavy Merge Andy Brown & Gabriel Hurier 6-9

NURTUREArt 56 Bogart St Bushwick Residency for New Collaborations: Summer 2017 Session 1: Amber Atiya and Ezra Wube reception 4-6

The Hand 601 Wilson Ave Bushwick exhibition: Ye Qin Zhu The Cosmos of Seeds: Paintings, Sculptures, and a Chapbook ‘Sculptures of Arhat’ 6-9

Bushwick Community Darkroom 110 Troutman St Bushwick exhibiton: Bring Your Own Photo Show 7-9

Gristle Tattoo+Art 26 Bushwick Ave Bushwick exhibition: The Legendary William Shatner Adam Carlson, Leanne Davies, Bob Doucette, Jacqueline Gallagher, Fred Harper, Matthew Henning, Anastasia Kalivas, K.r.Kitsch, Matthew Lineham, Dave Pollot, Erica Radol, and Veks Van Hillik 7-10

Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Prospect Heights Artist's Eye gallery talk: Tschabalala Self 2-3 free with Museum admission

Longevity Restaurant 810b Washington Ave Prospect Heights art and clothing: Medium by Lavish Creations hosted by Chance Pierre 5-9

Minus Space 16 Main St Dumbo exhibition: Polychromy Gabriele Evertz / Sanford Wurmfeld 6-8

powerHouse Arena 28 Adams St Dumbo children’s graphic novel launch: Aileen Leijten Lint Boy 4
Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 165 7th St Gowanus pop-up exhibition at the Canal: MP Landis, curated by Signe Bresling Rudolfsen 5-7

Gallery at Industry City 274 36th St Sunset Park artist talks and performances in conjunction with dis, exhibition of work by inaugural cohort of Art Beyond Sight's Art and Disability Institute; artist talk: Julia Yepez 12:30; verbal description tour: Emilie Gossiaux and Annie Leist 1-2:30; performance: Anthony Ptak 3; touch tour: Gordon Sasaki 4; performative and interactive lecture: Gema Alava Inspiring Audiences 5

Alex Ferrone 25425 Main Road Cutchogue National Juried Exhibition: Elemental Light selected by Lisa Chalif 6-8

Matteawan 436 Main St Beacon exhibition: Super Natural Julia Whitney Barnes, Gabe Brown, Cecilia Whittaker-Doe, ​Matt Frieburghaus, Charles Geiger, Eleanor Sabin 6-9

Dia:Beacon 3 Beekman St Beacon DiaTalks: Anna Lovatt on Michelle Stuart 2:30 free with museum admission