Art & Design Events, Saturday, 18 July 2020

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

VIRTUAL LIVE EVENTS

Municipal Art Society virtual tours: Protecting the Heart of Brooklyn: Three Impressive Armories with Suzanne Spellen & Morgan Munsey 11-1 $20 link; Terra Cotta New York: Exploring the Ornamentation of New York Architecture 1-3 $20 link

Harlem Book Fair virtual exposition: One Story, Many Voices readings, panels, promotions; information and registration link

TBD Salon II virtual conversation/studio visit: artist E.T. Chong, whose current practice is about creating safe spaces for queer and non-gender binary minorities within the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community, and interdisciplinary scholar and artist Ace Lehner, organized in partnership with Recess 7:30 donation requested link 

SVA MFA Fine Arts virtual opening reception: *We Interrupt This Program… thesis work by the MFA Fine Arts class of 2020: LaTonia Allen, Daniel Arturo Almeida, Peter (Chun Chieh) Chang, Andrea Crapanzano, Jason Elizondo, Becca Guzzo, Yawen Erin Huang, Jyoon Hurr, Jee Youn Hwang, Kunjin Jiang, Maximilian Juliá, Jae Won Jung, Dulce Lamarca, Sarah Malekzadeh, Michael Marrella, Jimmy Mezei, Marcelina Pater, Jennifer Rappaport, Tarah Rhoda, Carlos Rosales-Silva, Maria Duran Sampedro, Carra Seals, Olive (Mengxia) Shi, Amanda Smith, Linda Streicher, Keno Tung, Tao Wei, Lynn Weilin and Esther Yijun Xu, curated by Regine Basha 8-9:30 link 

Launch LA Facebook Live opening: Connected Abstractly Duane Paul, Annie Compean, and Nano Rubio 8-11 link  

ON-SITE LIVE EVENTS

Open Source 306 17th St Park Slope music: Quarantine Jams Martha Partridge, Tigger Benford, Francis Jacob and Lily White 

NYC GALLERIES REOPENING

Postmasters 54 Franklin St opening today: Serena Stevens Iowa Dream noon-7

Michele Mariaud Gallery 153 Lafayette Str 4th fl exhibition: Color Focus: Blue Albert Delamour, Pascal Pierme, Linc Thelen, Stepanka Summer, Xan Padron, Karenina Fabrizzi, Tomek Sadurski, Joan Salo and Yolanda & H; also on Artsy link 

Microscope 1329 Willoughby Ave Bushwick video installation: Cat Del Buono Voices by appointment

Janet Borden 91 Water St Dumbo exhibition: gallery artists 

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS

Asia Week New York virtual exhibition: Summer Redux featuring 38 galleries and three auction houses link 

De Buck Gallery Artist Spotlight: Tahnee Lonsdale link

AIA New York Center for Architecture digital exhibiitons: Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture curated by Sekou Cooke link; Topiary Tango curated by Mark Zlotsky link; Single-Story Project photographed by Adam Friedberg, curated by Alan G. Brake link

Sunny Days of Ithaca virtual exhibit: Lockdown 2020 John Dowd and Jennifer Edmondson link

EFA Project Space online: Conjuncture: Whitney Independent Study Program 2019-20 Studio Program Michaela Bathrick, Matt Browning, Mariangela Ciccarello, Vikram Divecha, Philipp Farra, Michèle Graf and Selina Grüter, Fields Harrington, Kevin Kelly, Karlito Miller Espinosa, Eliza Myrie, Sindhu Thirumalaisamy, Andres Villarreal, Charisse Pearlina Weston, William Wiebe; interactive PDF hosted online by the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts’ EFA Project Space from July 17, 2020 - August 7, 2020 link

Gerald Peters Gallery virtual exhibition: Michael Cassidy Far West link; vimeo conversation link 

Lowell Ryan Projects viewing room: Amy Kim Keeler Future Jupiter link

STREAMING 

Martos Film Fridays screening: Jazmine Hayes A Round of Applause through Monday link

IN MEMORIAM
Photographer Paul  Fusco (1930-2020) 

Basket Maker Molly Neptune (1939-2020)