NEWS

BROOKLYN’S FIFTH ANNUAL ATLANTIC AVENUE ARTWALK - JUNE 7 & 8, 2008

ArtWalk Specials

ARTWALK08 SPECIAL EVENTS

In addition to the ArtWalk artists studio tour, work from over 200 artists across a range of media will be on view during the weekend. Events during ArtWalk include artist receptions and artist talks, music, film screenings, readings, workshops, demonstrations, and much more.

*** Programs Great for Families and Kids

BOTH SATURDAY & SUNDAY:

• AXELLE FINE ARTS: OPEN PRINT STUDIO TOUR

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 - 8, 1pm - 6pm

  + Axelle Fine Arts Galerie Brooklyn, 312 Atlantic Avenue

  Axelle Fine Arts opens its print studio to the public - view a range of print techniques presented by their master printer in this inspiring space rarely open to the public. Annually, Axelle prints editions with over 300 artists using both traditional and technologically innovative approaches to printmaking. Works presented by over 100 artists will be on view.

  Described by NY Arts Magazine as a print studio in a "beautiful Art Deco building [where] they do high-end graphics producing editions for local art stars like Inka Essenhigh and Matthew Barney."

  

  

• CHRIS PIAZZA TO LAUNCH MONUMENTAL NEW WORK AT ARTWALK08

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 - 8, 1pm - 6pm

  + Downtown Atlantic, 364 Atlantic Avenue

  ArtWalk08 brings art into the public realm, making it accessible to all through a tour of open studios, gallery shows, public art projects, and special events. Continuing to build Atlantic Nomadic, presenting compelling artists projects in a public forum, ArtWalk08 will premiere the yearlong production of Saint Peter - The Thirteenth Apostle, a new work by Chris Piazza.

  Ms. Piazza, a resident of Boerum Hill, is known for her large sculptures of figures inside elaborate display boxes. The figure of Saint Peter, which will stand inside a 20 ft. tall tower of seashells and "Pique-assiette," broken dish mosaic, is scheduled for exhibition in 2009 at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, in Manhattan. It's exhibition will be during The Cathedral's year long rededication celebrations after a fire in 2001 led to a major restoration.

  

  Ms. Piazza sees Saint Peter as a way to connect her Brooklyn neighborhood with the spirit of The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, which has traditionally embraced New York City's many cultures and histories. To that end, During ArtWalk08, Ms. Piazza is inviting neighborhood residents to contribute their dishes to the production of this work of art. She's asking for those dishes that may have personal significance to the giver or their family - preferably those dishes that have already been broken. As she explains, "I'm looking for dishes that have unfortunately broken but are difficult to part with because of the sentiment connected to them. My hope is that the people who donate these dishes will be able to find that little bit of themselves somewhere up there on that 20 ft. tower and be reminded of their contribution to this work and also, symbolically through this humble material, to the broader fabric of the history and community which is all of our collective NYC."

  Visitors to ArtWalk will be invited to participate by donating dishes, which will become part of an ornate, elaborate mosaic case to the large sculpture. In addition to dishes from Brooklyn neighborhoods, Piazza will collect "letters to Saint Peter" from visitors which will further be built into the chambers of this sculpture to serve as a time capsule, where the history of dish and owner can be connected to the piece for as long as it stands. The subsequent creation of this new work will, which will soar over 19' will be filmed in 2008. ArtWalk 2009 will debut this documentary and the unveiling of the completed Saint Peter sculptural work.

  

  This is a chance for ArtWalk audiences to be part of the making of this monumental work and to participate in Brooklyn's art scene in a unique and unconventional way.

  Chris Piazza's work has been described in the New York Times as "artwork that memorialized both her cultural heros and the vanishing parts of New York." Her work is connected by themes of multiple reference, antique materials and found objects, imbued with the passage of time. Piazza currently lives and works in Boerum Hill in a 19th century carriage house, which she personally restored. For more information: NY Times or www.cpiazza.com

• CANNONBALL PRESS SHOW

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 - 8, 1pm - 6pm

  + Atlantic Gardens Storefront, Atlantic Avenue and 3rd Avenue

  

  Since ArtWalk07, Cannonball Press have presented their work from Oppikoppi Music Festival in South Africa to the PopRally at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Founded by artists, Mike Houston and Martin Mazorra – Cannonball Press also present the popular "Prints Gone Wild" fair held annually in Williamsburg.

  Cannonball Press is back at ArtWalk08 to present their print show, which has become a much anticipated event for new and young collectors alike at ArtWalk. Cannonball Press will present high quality, fine-art editions of original work starting at only $20 by over 50 artists such as Sean Star Wars, David Rees, David Ellis, Maya Hayuk, and Swoon.

  The collaborative duo and master printer will also be on hand doing woodcut demonstrations and will exhibit new large-scale 25" x 12" mural banners created from this process. For more information:

  http://www.cannonballpress.com
  www.davidkrutpublishing.com

  

• ARTWALK "RESTAURANT WEEK"END

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 - 8

  + Various Locations

  In celebration of ArtWalk's fifth anniversary, Atlantic Avenue area restaurants and bars present ArtWalk: Restaurant "Week"end. Over 30 venues throughout the five historic neighborhoods surrounding the Avenue featuring a rich, international array of food and drink will offer promotional specials just as unique as the festival's artists. Visitors participating in ArtWalk08 simply present their free tour map to receive special pricing, happy hour drink specials, and much more.

  Apartment 138, Bacchus, Betty Bakery, Big Trout, Blue Marble Ice Cream, The Brazen Head, Damascus Bread & Bakery, donna da vine, Downtown Atlantic, Floyd NY, Heights Chateau, Kili, La Mancha, Mai Restaurant, The Moxie Spot, Stir it Up, Waterfalls Café, and many more will be offering food and drink promotions for the ArtWalk weekend. Simply present your ArtWalk tour map to receive special offers.

  Full details and more restaurants and bars to be listed here soon!

  

• ARTWALK 2008 LIVE MUSIC SERIES

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 - 8

  + Various Locations

  Music Programming as of 5/12/2008; more listings will be added: LIVE music lineups all weekend-long during ArtWalk – featuring everything from rock and acoustic to DJ sets, Jazz and even an improvisational 20-piece orchestra!

  • Guillaume Jazz Trio
  Saturday, June 7th, 2pm - 5pm
  Location: Bacchus, 409 Atlantic Avenue
  Also offering drink specials all weekend to all ArtWalk visitors

  • Brooklyn Music Wide Open Afternoon session***
  Saturday, June 7th, 2pm – 5pm
  Location: Belarusan Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue
  See below for detailed event listing.

  • Brooklyn Music Wide Open Evening Performance
  Saturday, June 7th, 7pm – 10:30pm
  Location: Belarusan Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue
  See below for detailed event listing.

  • Dimitri & "The Black Coffee Blues Band"
  Saturday, June 7th, 9pm to Midnight
  Location: The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue
  Also offering the "ArtWalk Martini" for $5
  $3 Champagne Specials and Happy Hour all night to all ArtWalk visitors

  • Electronic Music Concert at Artlog Studio
  Sunday, June 8 @ 3pm
  Location: Artlog, 310 Atlantic Avenue
  Pianist and electronic musician Konrad Kaczmarek will perform a set of improvised music for Fender Rhodes and live electronics. Building on his experience as an improvising jazz musician and with the aid of a computer program he wrote called Metamorphic_Gestures, each piece will be inspired by the visual works on display at the gallery. The artworks featured at the studio are from local NYC artists who were selected through online submissions at http://www.artlog.com

  • DJ sets at Omala
  Sunday, June 8, 2pm – 5pm
  Location: Omala, 400 Atlantic Avenue
  Celebrate Omala's 1 year anniversary with live music, free cool spritzers, cupcakes and raffles.

  • Bluegrass Pickin' Party Sunday Afternoon | Live Bluegrass Band
  Sunday, June 8, Starts at 4pm
  Location: Kili Restaurant, 79 Hoyt Street

  • Sunday Night Jazz
  Sunday, June 8 @ 7pm - 10pm
  Location: Downtown Atlantic, 364 Atlantic Avenue

  • Live Bands All Weekend @ Flying Saucer
  Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8, 1pm – 6pm
  Location: Flying Saucer, 494 Atlantic Avenue
  Enjoy live music and specials all weekend in honor of ArtWalk.

• Kim Holleman: Mobile Public Artwork Trailer Park

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 - 8, 1pm

  + Public Art Project

  Trailer Park is a portable, natural, public park housed inside an 18' x 8' x 7'' mobile Coachman Travel Trailer. The interior is fully planted, designed, and treated as a "real" park. Hand-laid brick planter beds containing lush shrubs, trees, and plants are complimented by masonry laid in the same tradition as public parks. Ivy climbs the walls where a self-contained stone wall-fountain provides more area for plant growth and moisture.

  Concrete and wooden benches invite visitors to rest and enjoy the park view. Skylights provide rays of sunlight beaming in, kissing the interior.

  Trailer Park is a site of paradox. It is nonfunctional, yet completely functional in its re-purpose.

  All visitors to the Trailer Park can walk inside to go for a stroll in the park. A mobile metaphor, and a transcendent experience, Trailer Park cautiously asks where we will go when there is no more nature.

  Village Voice describes Holleman's solo show "Law of the Land" currently on view at Black & White Gallery in Williamsburg through May 25 as a "dynamic of the immense and the small, of ruin and regeneration... the uniqueness—and importance—of Holleman's eco-aesthetics reside in her imaginative attempts to reconcile this awkward relationship."

  

  For more information:
  www.kimholleman.com

• IRUBNY COLLECTIVE ART PROJECT***

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 - 8

  + Belarusan, Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue

  IRUBNY is a community arts initiative that invites both children and adults to experience the city in a creative new way, creating their own artwork by taking rubbings of street, sidewalk, and building surfaces. This tactile activity and avid awareness with the surroundings helps to form a better connection with the past as well as the present.

  IRUBNY collects completed rubbings and creates artist bound books to be exhibited in libraries, museums, and galleries in the hopes of inspiring more IRUB events worldwide.

  

  For more information:
  www.irubny.com

• ARTWALK08 AT NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM***

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 - 8, Noon - 5pm

  + York Transit Museum, Schermerhorn Street & Boerum Place

  Present your ArtWalk tour map to enjoy 2-for-1 admission to the New York Transit Museum, open from Noon - 5 p.m. On Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8, children can create Brooklyn-inspired art at our weekend workshops – all free with Museum special admission price offered in honor of ArtWalk.

  MEET THE AUTHOR: MELANIE HOPE GREENBERG***
  Saturday, June 7th, 1pm
  Author and illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg's latest book, "Mermaids on Parade," features vibrant images of Coney Island and its famed parade. After reading the story, Melanie will share her artistic process and help you create your own
  colorful cityscape.
  Suggested for ages 5+.

  PLAQUE DESIGN***
  Sunday, June 8th, 1pm
  The ceramic plaques we find in New York City's oldest subway stations are often connected to the neighborhoods or landmarks surrounding the stations. Using air dry clay and watercolor paints, fashion a tile plaque that represents your neighborhood or special community place!
  Suggested for ages 5+.

  Also on view during ArtWalk08
  Exhibition: Tools OF THE TRADE***
  Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8
  Noon – 5pm
  
  An anemometer, a ballast fork, a trolley ice scraper, a pneumatic drill, an opacity tester, an oxygen deficiency indicator, a TelAutograph telescriber, signal locks, fire nozzles, and a portable shunt – these are some of the tools used to build, operate, and maintain New York's subway, bridges, tunnels, bus and rail systems. This exhibition shows how an obscure function can take on a fascinating form. For more information:
  http://mta.info/mta/museum/whatsnew.htm

• SHINSUKE ASO: POSTCARD

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8, 1pm – 6pm

  + Atlantic Gardens Storefront, Atlantic Avenue and 3rd Avenue

  Shinsuke Aso: Postcard, Presented by MINUS SPACE
  Part installation, part performance, part micro enterprise.

  MINUS SPACE is a curatorial project based in Brooklyn, New York, presenting innovative reductive art* by international artists working in all media. MINUS SPACE is about art, ideas, and community.

  MINUS SPACE presents four exhibitions annually in its Brooklyn project space, as well as curatorial projects in other venues nationally and internationally.

  

  Here's a rarity — a tiny, specialized gallery with a very
  wide reach." — ARTnews

  "Favorite Art Blog" — artkrush.com

  "Our neighborhood's own advocates of minimalism." —The Brooklyn Rail

  *Reductive art is generally characterized by its use of plainspoken materials, monochromatic or limited color, geometry and pattern, repetition and seriality, precise craftsmanship, and intellectual rigor.

  For more information:
  www.minusspace.com

• BACK TO THE GARDEN: GROUP SHOW

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8, Noon – 6pm

  + metaphor contemporary art, 382 Atlantic Avenue

  Back to the Garden is a group show highlighting Summer's pleasures featuring painting,  sculpture, and installation by artists Ketta Ioannidou, Amy Talluto, Julia Schwadron, Melanie Fischer, Callie Danae Hirsch, Timothy McDowell, Rachel Selekman, Susan Homer, Jung Hyang Kim, Ilene Sunshine, and Cara Enteles.  Back to the Garden runs from June 6-July 27.

  metaphor contemporary art exhibits new works of exceptional quality by emerging and mid-career artists. Our focus is on art that surprises, engages and challenges the viewer. We exhibit both image based and abstract work in all media with particular attention to painting, works on paper and installation. The unifying basis to our curatorial approach is a clarity of vision, intent and execution. As a Brooklyn based gallery we are well placed in a vibrant community of artists.

  

  metaphor contemporary art was founded in 2001.  In May 2004 metaphor moved from Dumbo to a newly renovated street level gallery space on Atlantic Avenue in central Brooklyn near the B.A.M. cultural district. The main gallery space has an expansive 18 foot ceiling ideal for exhibiting large scale paintings, sculpture and installation. There is an additional mezzanine gallery which serves as a project room for the exhibition of smaller scale work and projects
  by emerging artists.

  metaphor's publications include full color catalogues Tricia Wright, with an essay by Lilly Wei, Holly Sears, Sightings, with an essay by Dominique Nahas, Charles Yuen with an essay by Robert C. Morgan, and a full color brochure Julie Evans, Swish of the Yak Tail Fly-Wisk with an essay by Stephen Westfall. metaphor has received feature and cover articles and reviews in Art in America, ARTnews, The New York Times, The New York Observer, The Washington Post, Time Out NY, Artnet.com, Sculpture Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, The L Magazine, and numerous other publications.

  For more information:
  www.metaphorcontemporaryart.com

• MARTIN SOBEY: Site Specific Art Installation on Atlantic Avenue

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8, 1pm – 6pm

  + Public Art Project

  Artists Statement: I install abstract photography on just about everything, including poles, ventilation ducts, sidewalks, streets and high traffic pedestrian zones. Placement is critical, as I find very specific locations for differing types of installations.

  I experiment with shape and color, taking into consideration aesthetics, semiotics and potential for both manmade and natural elements to breakdown the various materials I use photographic prints and tape.

  I then retrieve the impermanent pieces after some time, if they still exist. What was once new and beautiful has become ragged and beat, and sometimes is just plain detritus. All the while I watch people and their reactions, if any, and document the varying scenarios.

  ArtWalk is pleased to have artist Martin Sobey present this work to the public this year. These captivating works will be installed en route during the event for visitors, traffic, and the elements alike to interact with and affect the works over time.

  For more information:
  beaconart.blogspot.com

• Kids Drop-In Art Project at ArtsCetera

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8, 2pm – 5pm

  + ArtsCetera, 212 Smith Street

  

  Families and kids (age 2+) are welcome to come by and make an art project together.

• Silent Film Screenings at Floyd NY

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8, 2pm – 5pm

  + Floyd NY, 131 Atlantic Avenue

  Drop by for $2 beer specials all weekend and enjoy a silent film screening featuring work by Brooklyn filmmakers.

• BWAC Open Studio Tour

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8, noon – 6pm

  + BWAC website: www.bwac.org

  

  A self-guided tour of local artists' studios in Red Hook and Carroll Gardens. Come out and support living artists in these close-by neighborhoods!

• Anniversary Celebration at Omala

  + Saturday & Sunday, June 7 – 8, 2pm – 5pm

  + Omala, 400 Atlantic Avenue

  

  Join us for this reception to celebrate our one-year anniversary. Installation work by artist, Katie Merz will be on view during ArtWalk. While you shop enjoy a free cool spritzer, cupcakes and raffles, reflexology/scalp massages offered (2pm-5pm Saturday) and live music (2pm-5pm Sunday).

SATURDAY ONLY:

• PROTEUS GOWANUS: Contemporary Printmaking Event

  + Saturday, June 7th, 4pm - 6pm

  + Proteus Gowanus, 543 Union Street

  Dubbed Best of New York "Best Proof That The Gowanus Arts District May Not Be Entirely A Real Estate Fiction" by Village Voice - Proteus Gowanus, a gallery and reading room exhibiting art, artifacts and books, invites you to visit the gallery and take part in a special event:

  ArtWalk participants are invited to take part in a a contemporary printmaking event at Proteus Gowanus in collaboration with our non-profit partner Kentler International Drawing Space.

  Contemporary printmakers will be on hand for an informal discussion of their work, and to describe various printmaking techniques that they use.

  The event will highlight contemporary prints in the Kentler Satellite Flatfile located at Proteus Gowanus.

  The event is sponsored in part by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

  Also on view this weekend, visit the gallery on the last weekend of the yearlong exhibit of art, artifacts and books revolving around the theme "Play".

  

  Next year's theme will be "Mend". ArtWalkers are invited to bring your unwanted tools for mending and fixing. Your contribution will be part of the next year's exhibit! For more information:
  www.proteusgowanus.com

• ARTISTS RECEPTION AT GUMBO***

  + Saturday, June 7, 6PM - 8PM

  + Gumbo, 493 Atlantic Avenue

  Featuring work by more than 10 artists and Haitian Ceremonial Banner exhibit.

• ARTISTS RECEPTION AT HOME & ABROAD

  + Saturday, June 7, 7pm

  + Home & Abroad, 487 Atlantic Avenue

  Featuring artist collective Ocean Explorers group show.

• BROOKLYN MUSIC WIDE OPEN – TWO UNIQUE MUSIC EVENTS PRESENTED BY CONNECTION WORKS AT ARTWALK08 – Afternoon Session

  + Saturday, June 7, 2pm – 5pm***

  + Belarusan Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue

  This fantastic program new to ArtWalk08 is an ongoing series of daylong events consisting of music presentations, workshops and performances open to all. The afternoon session will engage young people, families, and aspiring musicians in the experience of making music. The evening concerts will bring together a variety of Brooklyn-based groups to share their diverse musical styles through performance and discussion. For more information:
  www.connectionworks.org

  This unique music session will engage young people, families, and aspiring musicians in the experience of making music.

  2:00 p.m.: Performance and workshop with local student ensembles.
  This event allows student groups to hear each other perform and be in workshop with the Connection Works Ensemble. This opportunity to work with seasoned professionals is an invaluable experience for student musicians.

  3:30 p.m.: Jam Session hosted by the Connection Works Ensemble with Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly, and Rob Garcia. All ages and levels are welcome. Bring your instruments!

  The Members of the Connection Works Ensemble have performed and/or recorded with such artists as: Michael Brecker, Fred Hersch, Wynton Marsalis, Joseph Jarman, Woody Allen, Lauryn Hill, Ray Barretto, Kurt Rosenwinckel and Wycliffe Gordon among many others.

• BROOKLYN MUSIC WIDE OPEN – TWO UNIQUE MUSIC EVENTS PRESENTED BY CONNECTION WORKS AT ARTWALK08 – Evening session

  + Saturday, June 7, 7pm – 10:30pm

  + Belarusan Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue

  This fantastic program new to ArtWalk08 is an ongoing series of daylong events consisting of music presentations, workshops and performances open to all. The afternoon session will engage young people, families, and aspiring musicians in the experience of making music. The evening concerts will bring together a variety of Brooklyn-based groups to share their diverse musical styles through performance and discussion. For more information:
  www.connectionworks.org

  (admission: $15, students $10)

  After ArtWalk08 closes, stay to experience these three dynamic performances – offering the unique opportunity to engage the musicians in a Q/A session, which has become a highlight for viewers and the performers themselves:

  7pm: MICHEL GENTILE/ BRAHIM FRIBGANE/ ADAM RUDOLPH An exciting collaboration between three creative musicians fusing a lifetime of experience.

  8:15pm: ADAM RUDOLPH'S "GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA" (20 Piece Ensemble!)
  "The music truly is organic -- a blend of gentle sustained dissonance, heaven-crashing rhythm jams, and individual improvisations."
  - Greg Burk, LA Weekly

  9:30pm: MATT DARIAU'S "YO LATEEF", featuring PECK ALLMOND, BARNEY MCALL, DAVE AMBROSIO, and ROB GARCIA Playing music inspired by, and of the great Yusef Lateef.

  The mission of Connection Works is to engage the Brooklyn community with a cultural center featuring the performance, presentation, development, and education of music and art. Our programs increase awareness and appreciation for various traditional and cutting edge forms of music, all of which contribute to our rich Brooklyn culture.

  Executive director is Rob Garcia - jazz drummer, who has shared his superb skills, performing and recording with such greats as: Wynton Marsalis, Joseph Jarman, Woody Allen, Howard Alden, Wycliff Gordon, and Chris Potter, among others. The Connection Works advisory board includes Woody Allen, Joe Lovano, Bill de Blasio, Dan Zanes, Joel Thome, and David Gonzalez.

• Portraiture: A Live Painting Demonstration by Donato Giancola

  + Saturday, June 7, 2pm – 4pm

  + Donato Arts, 397 Pacific Street

  

  Join Donato Giancola in his studio as he shares his technique, palette, and craft while creating an oil painted portrait. From extensive research to observations from life, the artist culls multiple influences to create compelling visuals in his realistic images. Donato’s paintings have garnered numerous awards and graced hundreds of products from book covers like The Lord of the Rings to illustrations for National Geographic, StarWars Galaxies, and The United Nations.

  From the great figuration of Rubens to the abstraction of Modrian, see how this contemporary artist blends these traditional influences with the fascinating worlds of science fiction and fantasy today.

  Donato Giancola will be opening his private studio to the public during both days of Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk. Donato’s work and technique are truly remarkable. Visitors to ArtWalk should not miss this rare opportunity to view this artist’s process. Drop by to meet Donato, tour the studio, and see his original art. Many new works will be on display along with some of Donato's classic pieces. Prints and catalogues will be also available for purchase.

  

  For more information:
  718.797.2438
  www.donatoarts.com

• Artist Reception at Brazen Head

  + Saturday, June 7, 6pm – 8pm

  + The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue

  Featuring the work of Victor Rojas, Brazen Head will host a champagne reception along with other drink specials.

• Artist Reception at Layers

  + Saturday, June 7, 7pm – 9pm

  + Layers, 394 Atlantic Avenue

  Featuring the work of Mary Edwards and Barbara Gallucci.

• Artist Reception at Camilla Boutique

  + Saturday, June 7, 6pm – 8pm

  + Camilla Boutique, 355 Atlantic Avenue

  Featuring the work of Morgan Maclean.

• Film Screenings at Flying Saucer Café

  + Saturday, June 7, 5pm

  + Flying Saucer Café, 494 Atlantic Avenue

  Cardiac Arrest by Jesse Ash
  When Cory Edwards comes home from work one day and finds that his power bill has tripled, he suffers what appears to be an everyday heart attack. Little does he know that his heart has completely stopped and soon after he finds out that the power box in his basement controls his heart beat. Living with a stopped heart Cory gets the idea that collecting on his life insurance may be the next best thing, however, his wife, Betty, has a soul saving plan in mind.

  Multiple Shorts by Roger Hill of Mental-Rev Productions:
  We are a video collective dedicated to the production of edgy, visceral documentary that challenges American indoctrination and motivates people into action. As thinking human beings we are not enamored with the myth of objectivity. Rather we witness, and interpret, and above all strive to remain honest in our analysis. Video is our tool of choice in the fight for radical social change, Power to the People.

  Homeless Love ((Musical-Narrative-Documentary, 10 min)
  In this category-defying musical film-within-a-film, a young grieving poet finds grace rekindling the love between a homeless man and a prostitute.

  

  Tasers & Lies (Documentary, 8 min)
  The Truth about Military Recruitment lies somewhere between Tasers and Lies.

  Salaam (Video Poem, 4 min)
  Salaam means Peace and Peace means Salaam

  Next Generation (Documentary, 5min)
  On the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war young activists discover the limits on their 'freedom.'

  Lucky Few (Music Video, 5 min)
  An acoustic guitar, raw fingers and immersion into intensive police brutality during the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in Miami Florida November 2003.

• Artlog wood-type letterpress printing demo

  + Saturday, June 7, 3pm

  + Artlog Studio, 310 Atlantic Avenue

  

  Artlog.com is a social web application designed to connect people through art & design. Launched just this year by Manish Vora and Dylan Fareed in Brooklyn, Artlog is a vibrant art community that combines venue/event listings, online and offline social networking and professional tools for artists and galleries.

  For the Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, Artlog is opening it's Boerum Hill studio space to exhibit selected users' artworks. As part of an open-call run through the site, many New York City artists submitted their work for consideration. Artlog & curators selected 8 artists working in diverse media -- photography, sculpture, painting and drawing. Mostly living and working in Brooklyn, these emerging artists include Elizabeth Daggar, Carlo Grassini, Thomas Haddad, Daniel Kelly, Galina Kurlat, Mari Oshima and Christopher Rose. The work will be on exhibition throughout the weekend.

  On Saturday @3pm, Artlog Co-Founder, Dylan Fareed, will give a wood-type letterpress poster printing demonstration, giving away the prints that he and participants produce during the demonstration.

  Artwork Credits:
  Seeing Red : Attribution: Thomas Haddad
  Untitled Drawing #5 Attribution: Christopher Rose

Sunday Only

• "Twilight Becomes Night" by director, Virginie-Alvine Perrette Followed by discussion with the filmmaker

  + Film Screening: Sunday, June 8th, 5pm

  + Belarusan Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue

  ArtWalk is pleased to present this moving film which centers on neighborhood preservation. Atlantic Avenue is one of the great streets of New York City, home to people of various cultural backgrounds, vibrant and successful businesses, long standing institutions, and rich architectural character.

  Twilight Becomes Night examines the pivotal role of neighborhood stores in our individual lives, our communities, and in our society as a whole.

  Twilight Becomes Night is an intimate and emotional portrait documenting the life of small businesses today surviving amidst myriad issues that threaten neighborhood stores - the large chains, high rents, and public policy, among others.

  Using the streets and shops of New York City as a backdrop, the film moves beyond nostalgic regret to reveal a high-stakes transformation and its potential to affect us all. In the end, the film is a powerful reminder of individual commitment and community activism in preserving local business.

  ArtWalk works to support this vibrant community as well as the artists and merchants that live and work in Brooklyn. In turn, the Avenue has nurtured this event - providing the canvas for this public tour of studios and each small businesses offering their space to the local artists.

  

  You can save your neighborhood store.
  www.twilightbecomesnight.com
  www.fastcompany.com

  With interviews and commentary from:
  Professor Kenneth Jackson Editor, The Encyclopedia of New York City
  Dr. Peter Whybrow Author, American Mania: When More Is Not Enough
  Steve Zeitlin, Director and Co-Founder, City Lore, NYC
  Richard Lipsky, Director, Neighborhood Retail Alliance, NYC
  Roberta Brandes Gratz, Author, Cities Back From the Edge
  Marci Reaven, Managing Director, Place Matters, NYC
  Stacy Mitchell, Author, Big Box Swindle
  

• THE POETIC BODY: Visceral Interplay Between Words and Movement

  + Sunday, June 8th, 1:30pm – 3pm

  + Belarusan Church, 401 Atlantic Avenue

  THE POETIC BODY: Visceral Interplay Between Words and Movement Free Workshop Facilitated by Rebekah Windmiller, Director, nycExpressive Arts Studio.

  Discover rich and meaningful language that poetically expresses exactly who you are and develop new and surprising moves that communicate without words.

  We articulate ourselves through our bodies and words everyday. When we pay closer attention to gesture and voice, we can take movement and language from the ordinary to the extraordinary.

  The moving body together with the speaking voice create a new poetry of the body, a powerful integration of word, movement and exquisite expression. Discover your exquisite potential through this unique workshop: The Poetic Body.

  

  This workshop is open to all regardless of experience in the arts. The environment is built around trust, going at your own pace and slowly taking risks in ways that feel right to you. There is never any pressure to be anyone other than who you already are!

  For more information:
  www.nycexpressivearts.com

• Silent Auction Benefit & Artist Reception

  + Sunday, June 8th, 3pm – 5pm

  + Flying Saucer Café, 494 Atlantic Avenue

  

  Bid on oil paintings by Robert Szot and Glenn Paul Smith throughout ArtWalk and join us Sunday 3pm-5pm as we celebrate and announce the auction winners. Fifty percent of all silent auction proceeds will benefit Getting Out & Staying Out, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the recidivism rate of young men being released from Rikers Island. Artist Louisa Armbrust will be donating 15% of her sales to Getting Out and Staying Out.

• Artlog electronic Concert & open studio group show

  + Sunday, June 8th, 3pm

  + Artlog Studio, 310 Atlantic Avenue

  Musician and composer Konrad Kaczmarek will be joined by guest musicians to perform an eclectic set of jazz & electronic music. Konrad Kaczmarek is a composer, musician, and programmer working primarily in live audio processing and video performance. He received music degrees from Yale University and University of London, Goldsmiths, and in September he will begin his doctoral studies in composition at Princeton University. He will be performing at the Chelsea Art Museum on June 12 in a collaborative music and art concert.

  Artlog.com is a social web application designed to connect people through art & design. Launched just this year by Manish Vora and Dylan Fareed in Brooklyn, Artlog is a vibrant art community that combines venue/event listings, online and offline social networking and professional tools for artists and galleries.

  For the Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, Artlog is opening it's Boerum Hill studio space to exhibit selected users' artworks. As part of an open-call run through the site, many New York City artists submitted their work for consideration. Artlog & curators selected 8 artists working in diverse media -- photography, sculpture, painting and drawing. Mostly living and working in Brooklyn, these emerging artists include Elizabeth Daggar, Carlo Grassini, Thomas Haddad, Daniel Kelly, Galina Kurlat, Mari Oshima and Christopher Rose. The work will be on exhibition throughout the weekend.

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