Art & Design Events, New York, Thursday, 10 August 2017

Swiss Institute 102 Franklin St artist talk and screening: Luke Willis Thompson Mourning, Militancy, & Media; film: Thompson’s Cemetery of Uniforms and Liveries 7-9

The Drawing Center 35 Wooster St Walkthrough of exhibition Jackie Ferrara: Lines with Jackie Ferrara and Olga Valle Tetkowski 6:300 free

Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand St discussion: Institution Building: Abrons Arts Center 1975-2017 conversation: architects Lo-Yi Chan and Timothy Hartung of Ennead Architects and Alan Ruiz (Abrons Artist-in-Residence) 6:30-7:30 free

Ashok Jain 58 Hester St exhibition: New Arts Prospect from Japan IV: Creative Act Part II Atsuko Tanaka, Eri Hirano, Hatsumi Koganeya, Joshua, Kanahe Shimada, Kenji Sato, Kyoko Miyamoto, Manabu Kogaito, Mayuko Hayashi, Niwako Mori, Osamu Miyamoto, Reiko Furukawa, Shigeki Mori, Shingo Hayamizu, Takamasa Senaga, Tomoji Ogawa, Toshiaki Chikusa, Yasutaka Watanabe, Yoshiko Suzuki; Sai Morikawa NY Colors; Touku Okamura Anthropology/LOVE 6-8
YUI 131 Eldridge St exhibition: Shindig Christopher Davison, Ryan Foley, Philip Hinge, Royal Jarmon, Robert Nava and Jennifer Sullivan 6-9

frosch&portmann 53 Stanton St exhibition: Werner Widmer Splash! 6-8

Art on A Gallery 24 Avenue A screening: The Art of Linus Coraggio by Thomas W. Campbell 6-8 also 16 August and 24 August

Sheen Center 18 Bleecker St exhibition: Fr. Frank Sabatté, CSP Embroidered Lives 6

Aicon 35 Great Jones St exhibition: Gigi Scaria All About This Side 6-8

La MaMa Galleria 47 Great Jones St exhibition: Jackson Shea Mecca presented by PAYN 7

The Phatory 618 E 9 Gary Sherman American Night(mare) 7-9

Forbidden Planet 832  Troma instore signing:  with Lloyd Kaufman  creator of the Toxic Avenger) in celebration of  release of action figure Super 7 Toxic Avenger; also: Brandon Bassham, director of The Slashening and Fear Town USA, and writer on Troma's Tempest signing copies of his newest blu ray release 6-8

Milk Gallery 450 W 15 exhibition and reception: PDN Curator Awards Bill Durgin, Amiko Li, Janice Levy, George Nobechi, Damon Pablo, Joshua White, hosted by ChromaLuxe and PDN 6-8 rsvp https://www.pdncuratorawards.com/RSVP/

SVA Flatiron Project Space 133/141 W 21 Summer Residency Photography Exhibition Joseph O'Neill, Liz McGrady, Evan Carter, KC Chao, Gemma Holzer, Chen Ma, Jiji Kim, Cameron McLeod and Dave Lim, curated by Michael Foley 6-8

Klein Sun 525 W 22 exhibition: Lí Wei Cellar and Garret 6-8

El Taller Latino Americano 215 E 99 exhibition: One Giannina Gutierrez & Miguel A Rivera 6-9

Camaradas El Barrio 2241 1st Ave exhibition: Albert TainoImage Areizaga A Cultural Perpetuation; performance by The Titere Poets; curated by Claudia Reyes 6-10

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St Long Island City perfomrative auction: Strictly Business: Martini Auction and Potluck 7-10, auction 8, please bring something to share

The New Work Project 97 N 10 Williamsburg mural and design presentation: Eskayel Unveils Beautiful Decay Collection 6-9 by invitation

Beyond Studios 272 Seigel St One-Day Immersive Art Show: Nima Veiseh Summer Lasts Forever 7-10

Grandchamps 197 Patchen Ave Bedford Stuyvesant Artist Spotlight design exhibition: Eddy Albertini 7-9 rsvp Eventbrite

Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop 141 Front St Dumbo release party and reading: Curlew Quarterly: Issue One; readings by Isaac Myers III, Alison Rodriguez, Jason Koo, Sean Damlos-Mitchell, Andrew Jimenez, and Ben Janse 7

Asia Art Archive in America 43 Remsen St Brooklyn Heights presentations & discussion: Asian American Art Collectives Margo Machida, Bing Lee & Ryan Lee Wong 7

Books Are Magic 255 Smith St Cobble Hill book celebration: Michael Harlan Turkell Acid Trip: Travels in the World of Vinegar; Turkell in conversation with TASTE editor Matt Rodbard 7:30-8:30 free

The Watermill Center 39 Watermill Towd Road Watermill Summer Lecture Series: Jared Angle Dancers as Interpreters of the Past and Present 7:30-8:30 $12