Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 24 September 2018

Spring Studio 293 Broome St Open House celebration of Minerva Durham’s 80th Brithday Coffee time: coffee and croissants 9; Portrait Slam drawing 9:30-noon; lunch: salads, cheese, Armenian grape  leaves, etc, bring food to share if you wish noon-1; Nicolaides Lesson: Drapery 1-4; Birthday cake, wine, water, soda served 4:30-5:30; performances and Gospel concert: Leticia and Esteban dance, Nilaya performs, Elizabeth Hellman reads a poem, L.D.Frazier sings Gospel accompanied by Andrew Hall on bass, wine, water, soda and refreshments 6:30; another birthday cake 8 live-screened on Instagram http://instagram.com/minervasdrawingstudio 9am-9pm
Swiss Institute 38 St Marks Pl readings and discussion: Writing Beyond Art, New York on the intersection between writing and the visual arts: Moyra Davey, Laura McLean-Ferris, Monica de la Torre and Elvia Wilk 6:30-8:30

AIA New York Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place panel: NYU in Brooklyn: Designing a New Academic Frontier Regina Myer, Seth Pinsky, Lynne Brown, Carol Loewenson, Stephen Dietz,  moderated by Benjamin Prosky 6-8 $10

Salmagundi Club 47 5th Ave panel: Drawing from Life Vs Drawing from Photographic Reference Burt Silverman and Alexander Katlan; in conjunction with Lines in Motion: Drawings Past and Present from Historic and Contemporary Masters 6-7:30

NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo 24 W 12 Italian Table Talks: Globalization vs Authenticity: The Future of Italian Restaurants speakers: Maurizio Forte (Director Italian Trade-Agency); Davide Paolini (Italian Food Journalist and Author, Milan); panelists: Gianfranco Sorrentino (Restaurateur, Il Gattopardo Group), Jordan Frosolone (Executive Chef “10 Corso Como”), Piero Selvaggio (Restaurateur, “Valentino” Restaurant, Los Angeles), Laura Zecchini (Communication Manager of Latteria San Pietro, Mantova), moderated by Michael Colameco 5:30 free,k reservation advised

New School 63 Fifth Ave L105 discussion: Pixels, Carpets, Knots, and Knowledge Faig Ahmed in conversation with Lidewij Edelkoort, Pamela Liou, Seph Rodney, Marisa Jahn; NY Textile Month Event noon-1:30

Betaworks Studios 29 Little West 12 co-mentorship event: CIRKEL: closing the generational loop speakers:Charles Broskoski, engineer at Artsy, and Danika Cleary Laszuk of betaworks camp, an accelerator program to support tech entrepreneurs and future start-ups 7 $15

SVA 133/141 W 21 Rm 101C discussion: Group Chat Elizabeth Glaessner, Jessica Stoller and Robin Williams,  moderated by Leigh Behnke, on their work and experiences 6:30-8 free

SVA Theatre 333 W 23 conversation: Gloria Steinem and Barbara Nessim 6:30-8 free, reservation requested https://steinemnessim2018.eventbrite.com/

Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53 Modern Mondays illustrated talk: An Evening with Xu Bing 7 sold out

Pratt Institute Higgins Hall 61 St James Place Clinton Hill School of Architecture Lectures: Olalekan Jeyifous 6-8 free