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- "Build Your Own Shoebox Theater" Workshop, Sept 20, 2-4 pm
- "Nighttime is for Dreaming" Performance and Artist Reception, October 10, 7-10 pm
- ATTRACKTION + Artist Reception, Sept 27 3-6 pm
- Hannah Kasper Artist Reception, Sept 12, 6-9 pm
- Lucky Gallery Presents “Nighttime is for Dreaming” Closing Reception, with Rap/Danceattack Project, BIG DIGITS, Oct, 31 8-12 pm
- Outdoor Film Event 'When Clouds Clear' by Danielle Bernstein, October 16, 7-11PM
- “Carving Out the Light”, a Pumpkin Carving Workshop hosted by Christopher Coggiano, October 23, 8-10 pm
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- "Honey I Shrunk Red Hook" Closing Reception, Aug 29, 6-10 pm
- Analog Showcase and Show + Tell, June 14, 2009
- Ivy Glass ECO+ Couture Trunk Show, July 26, 2-5 pm
- Lilian Asterfield is Throwing a "Tie" Party, Aug 2, 4-6 pm
- Low-Tech Alternative Photo Techniques Workshop, July 12. 2009
- Red Hook Tales, Aug 16, 1-6 pm
- Winter Events 2009
- Winter Events 2010
- "Anatomically Incorrect" Closing Party, Feb 6. 6-9pm
- "Anatomically Incorrect" Opening Reception, Jan 16, 6-9PM
- "Daily Porn" Opening Reception, Feb 13, 6-9PM
- "Wearing Whitman's Words; A Typographic Exploration" Closing Party, January 9th, 6-9 pm
- Chubrub Productions & The Speakeasy Crew present: PDA, March 6, 7-10PM
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Chubrub Productions & The Speakeasy Crew present: PDA, March 6, 7-10PM
Posted by admin in Chubrub Productions & The Speakeasy Crew present: PDA, March 6, 7-10PM on March 2nd, 2010
Chubrub Productions & The Speakeasy Crew present: PDA -The Daily Porn Closing Party, Saturday, March 6, 7-10PM
This will be a night of visual and aural delights designed to encourage connectivity and creativity.
Music: DJ D’hana (Indie/Pop/Electro/Tropical/Other)
Visuals: The Speakeasy Crew
Games: All Of You
“Daily Porn”, a pornographic bonanza of erotic books, collages, drawings, sculpture, and performance by artists Greg Beyer, Will Kurtz, John Lennon, Morgan Miller, Mark Mulroney, Kevin Muth and Iulia Toacaci, exploring the ever-changing role of pornography in the realm of the contemporary art.
“Anatomically Incorrect” Closing Party, Feb 6. 6-9pm
Posted by admin in "Anatomically Incorrect" Closing Party, Feb 6. 6-9pm on February 1st, 2010
Saturday evening, Feb. 6th from 6-9PM, Lucky Gallery is hosting an a closing party for the exhibition “Anatomically Incorrect” which is an an on-site collaborative drawing installation by Anastasia Akulinina/Kaerfkrahs, Brian Butler, Downer, Faro, Scott Ferguson, Fish McGill, Maxwell Piersol, Cardon Webb, and Eunjeong Yoo.
Local Brooklyn-based band, Descender will be performing. Taking their name from an obscure typographic term, Descender is a band made up of four graphic designers. Drawing on influences ranging from early ’90s indie and punk rock to hardcore and new progressive metal, Descender effortlessly fuses together a sound that defies easy classification. Often sidestepping traditional verse/chorus conventions, their songs are short and to the point, but also richly textured. Try to imagine a hint of Sonic Youth’s wall of guitars, Snapcase’s brutal breakdowns and Fugazi’s anthemic energy mixed with Slayer’s unrelenting metal riffs and you’ll have a reference point for Descender.
Over the last year Descender has been making a name for itself playing regularly in NYC-area clubs, basement venues and DIY loft spaces. Lucky Gallery is excited to have them perform along with a live drawing performance from local Red Hook artists, Todd Von Ammon and Nate Luce.
Bring your earplugs and have a drink or two and say good bye to “Anatomically Incorrect”.
“Daily Porn” Opening Reception, Feb 13, 6-9PM
Posted by admin in "Daily Porn" Opening Reception, Feb 13, 6-9PM on January 27th, 2010
Spend part of your Valentines weekend at Lucky Gallery, join us Feb 13th for the opening reception of “Daily Porn.”
It might be cold outside but things are heating up in Red Hook with a pornographic bonanza of erotic books, collages, drawings, sculpture, and performance by artists Greg Beyer, Will Kurtz, John Lennon, Morgan Miller, Mark Mulroney, Kevin Muth, Hannah Nelson, Tara Sinn, Alix Sorrell, and Iulia Toacaci, exploring the ever-changing role of pornography in the realm of the contemporary art.
Curated by gallery director Laura Arena and artist Iulia Toacaci, Daily Porn aims to explore and define what is erotic and titillating to different creative individuals, displaying a diversity of sensibilities and approaches that range from the humorous and raunchy, to the personal and the intimate.
DJ Spacey Sissick will be spinning records, special Valentines Day treats made by Hannah Nelson, live sex drawings done by Alix Sorrell. Food and drink will be povided!
“Anatomically Incorrect” Opening Reception, Jan 16, 6-9PM
Posted by admin in "Anatomically Incorrect" Opening Reception, Jan 16, 6-9PM on December 31st, 2009
Anatomically Incorrect
Saturday evening, January 16, from 6-9PM, Lucky Gallery is hosting an artist reception for the exhibition “Anatomically Incorrect” which is an an on-site collaborative drawing installation by Anastasia Akulinina/Kaerfkrahs, Brian Butler, Downer, Faro, Scott Ferguson, Fish McGill, Maxwell Piersol, Cardon Webb, and Eunjeong Yoo. “Anatomically Incorrect” exhibition runs January 16th to February 7th.
The artists chose to focus on anatomy, which is a concrete, organized system, which is in contrast to the chaotic/spontaneous process of this show – the end result leads to figures anatomically incorrect.
Working directly on the gallery wall each artist creates a visual conversation; the alchemy of characters, text, and pattern affecting how the mural expands as each artist works responsively to the other.
Food and drink will be provided.
“Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” Closing Party, January 9th, 6-9 pm
Posted by admin in "Wearing Whitman's Words; A Typographic Exploration" Closing Party, January 9th, 6-9 pm on December 22nd, 2009
Join us at Lucky Gallery for the Closing Party for “Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration,” with poet Sara Sowers who will read the quotes from the show in context, followed by a performance by the band Voyager. Curated by Ben Peterson, the exhibition features t-shirt designs by nine new york designers and collectives using quotes from Leaves of Grass.
Sara Sowers studied English literature and Classics, devoting much time and brain to learning Latin and ancient Greek, as an undergraduate at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, then went on to earn an M.F.A. in poetry writing at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2001. Sower’s poems have been published here and there since then, hopefully coagulating toward a cogent book-length work of poetry.
VOYAGER is a Boston based melodic doom/post-metal band, arranged with past members of bands like Waking Judea and The Locomotive Espada. The band combines a wide variety of influences, creating a style of post-metal that fuses the melancholy and melody of bands like Cult of Luna and Katatonia with massive, crushing riffs and a sense of urgency hinting at their roots in hardcore and sludge (ala Crowbar, Will Haven, Helmet etc).
Fast becoming known for their dynamic and sometimes ‘trance-inducing’ live performances, the band released a well-received self-titled debut EP in 2008 on Forgotten Empire records, and currently have both a vinyl-only split and a proper full length record in the works, due to be released in 2010.
“Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” Closing Party is at Lucky Gallery, January 9th from 6-9 pm. Food and drink will be provided.
“Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” Opening Reception, Dec 5, 6-9 pm
Posted by admin in "Wearing Whitman's Words; A Typographic Exploration" Opening Reception, Dec 5, 6-9 pm on November 12th, 2009
Illustration by Portal Porfavor
This exhibition features new works created specifically for this show by; Friends of Type, Jennifer Heuer, Jessica Hische, Justin Thomas Kay, Pablo A. Medina, Ed Nacional, Meg Paradise, Pillow Fort, and Travis Simon.
These designers were asked to make selections from Leaves of Grass to visually explore letter forms. The designed words will be displayed on the front of t-shirts with the selected text written on the back in a font consistent across each of the shirts. This contrast will highlight how the shape of letters can add meaning to the words we read.
Everyone attending the opening will receive a free shirt from the show, extending the exhibition beyond the gallery walls.
This show is supported by generous donations from Monotype Imaging and Portal Porfavor.
The typefaces featured in this show are Slate, a versatile humanist/grotesque sans serif and Egyptian Slate, its slab serif counterpart. Both typefaces were designed by Rod McDonald, the award-winning typeface designer and lettering artist and are available from Monotype Imaging.
DJ Spacey Sissick will be spinning records, food and drink will be provided.
Lucky Gallery Presents “Nighttime is for Dreaming” Closing Reception, with Rap/Danceattack Project, Big Digits, October 31, 8-12 PM
Posted by admin in Lucky Gallery Presents “Nighttime is for Dreaming” Closing Reception, with Rap/Danceattack Project, BIG DIGITS, Oct, 31 8-12 pm on October 22nd, 2009
Michael Gutowski
On October 31st, from 8-12PM, Lucky Gallery is hosting a closing reception for “Nighttime is for Dreaming”, a Halloween celebration under the lights with special guests, Big Digits, a rap/danceattack/computerkiller project based in Cambridge, MA.
“Nighttime is for Dreaming” a collaborative installation of light, sound, imagery and text, from New York artists’ Christoper Coggiano and Alix Sorrell and New Jersey based artists’ Ralph Maratta and “War of the Lightning Bugs”.
Big Digits is MC Mac Swell and TD, the two primary components handling beats, rhymes, and death defying live shows but have recently added the phenomenal live re-mixing and WiiJ skills of DJ Mark E. Moon.
Big Digits consistently play shows in and around the Boston area, varying in venues from basements, to arenas, to art galleries, and college dorms. They have also toured across North America several times; being met with both enthusiastic acclaim and swarms of this continent’s dancing sweaty youth. While keeping the original spirit of rap music nearby, they explore the possibilities and avenues of a genre without heed to the dogma or orthodoxy of any style of music.
Big Digits has been described in variety of ways from: “art rap nonsense” (The Village Voice) to “twisted genius” (The Northeast Performer) to “You guys dress like mummies and hit drums and dance, that shit’s awesome” (some dude on the street), they kind of all fit.
Libations will be provided and special treats to those that are in costume. “Nighttime is for Dreaming” but it is also for dancing.
“Carving Out the Light”, a Pumpkin Carving Workshop hosted by Christopher Coggiano, October 23, 8-10PM
Posted by admin in “Carving Out the Light”, a Pumpkin Carving Workshop hosted by Christopher Coggiano, October 23, 8-10 pm on October 13th, 2009
Jack O' Lantern
Pumpkin carving is a popular part of modern America’s Halloween celebration. Come October, pumpkins can be found everywhere in the country from doorsteps to dinner tables. People have been making jack o’lanterns at Halloween for centuries.
The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed “Stingy Jack.” According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul.
The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree’s bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.
Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as “Jack of the Lantern,” and then, simply “Jack O’Lantern.”
Come make your own version of a Jack-O’-Lantern with Christopher Coggiano, featured artist in the current exhibition at Lucky Gallery “Nighttime is for Dreaming”, on October 23, 8-10PM. Bring a pumpkin if you can we might not have enough for everyone! We will have all the tools and will provide food and drink.
Happy Halloween!
Lucky Gallery Outdoor Film Event ‘When Clouds Clear’ by Danielle Bernstein
Posted by admin in Outdoor Film Event 'When Clouds Clear' by Danielle Bernstein, October 16, 7-11PM on October 2nd, 2009
When Clouds Clear
‘When Clouds Clear’ is an award winning feature-length documentary that delves into one remote community’s radical resistance to a proposed copper mine that would level and destroy their way of life forever. Set in the isolated cloud forests of the northern Ecuadorian Andes Mountains, the film is narrated by the founders and children of Junín who depict how the village’s daily life has been affected by copper that were discovered beneath their land.
As two invading mining companies become increasingly brazen in their attempts to infiltrate and control the area, the community forms a united resistance in order to survive. Still, some citizens side with the wealth that the companies promise, causing irreparable divisions, pitting friend against friend and father against son. Suddenly these once-peaceful farmers find themselves thrust into a dangerous world of corruption, splintered households, murder and arson as they fight tenaciously to protect their land and families.
Danielle Bernstein
Danielle is a New York based filmmaker from Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. In 2006 she started the production company Clear Films and went on to co-direct, produce and shoot the award winning film ‘When Clouds Clear’, released in 2008. Clear Films is in the process of becoming a green production company and supports filmmakers and artist whose projects address social issues and strive to move audiences to action. Danielle is currently working on a new film, Mothers of a Nation.
“Nighttime is for Dreaming” Performance and Artist Reception, October 10, 7-10 PM
Posted by admin in "Nighttime is for Dreaming" Performance and Artist Reception, October 10, 7-10 pm on September 28th, 2009
“Nighttime is for Dreaming” a collaborative installation of light, sound, imagery and text, from New York artists’ Christoper Coggiano and Alix Sorrell and New Jersey based artists’ Ralph Maratta and “War of the Lightning Bugs”.
Coggiano’s light installations of wire and handmade paper are brilliant colors of organic shapes, pulling spontaneously from his subconscious mind. His whimsical and playful creations bring warmth to your inner child and feed your imagination as if you have just woken from a fantastic dream.
Maratta’s imagery in “Big Dreams” is inspired by the idea that humankind shares a bank of common images; “archetypes” or symbols in the collective or “universal unconscious” as described by the psychologist Carl Jung. Such symbols and themes common to mankind can be found in religion, mythology, fables and folklore. Maratta explores this common imagery in his most recent work.
Sorrell is collaborating with Maratta, interpreting his text and visually displaying it within context of the installation in the gallery.
“War of the Lightning Bugs” is providing an evolving experiment in spontaneous sound inspired by the repetition of each passing day, the aggressive tension of congested roadways, the peaceful dreaming of free time and the happiness of coming home on a Friday night. The soundtrack is a reaction to the imagery and themes of the photos and is used as a mechanism for triggering universal ideas and emotions.
Food and drink will be provided.
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