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Lynn Sures: Catalunya

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Image: Lynn Sures, Montserrat 4, 2015. Pigmented abaca pulp painting, 47 x 69 inches First Solo Exhibition in New York! Curated by Jennifer Riddell In Catalunya, Maryland artist Lynn Sures exhibits twenty six works in her new series, "Montserrat". Catalunya is Catalonia, a region in northeast Spain. The mountain Montserrat is located there, and its...

old Tech new Tech

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

old Tech new Tech September 9 - November 1, 2015 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17, 6-8pm Curator: Maddy Rosenberg Here at CENTRAL BOOKING, we have previously avoided technology exhibitions in order to concentrate on the pure sciences. But in the spirit of embracing all branches of thought and practices in the art and science realm,...

Then and Now

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AkuaTM Inks is proud to present its second exhibition, "Then and Now." This exhibition features works from (10) selected artists, one representing their past work and one specifically created for inclusion in this exhibition.

Buy the Book Fair

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

After the success of its inaugural year, CENTRAL BOOKING, the Lower East Side gallery specializing in artist’s books, is bringing back Buy the Book Fair as a yearly event. As an official event of the New York Fine Art Print Week, organized by the International Fine Print Dealers Association, Buy the Book Fair features print and the artist's book, with exhibitors from around the country and the world in an intimate gallery setting.

Figure/Ground

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  Figure/Ground John Baber and Maddy Rosenberg   John Baber's recent paintings and collages reflect contemporary events, life and relationships. The exploration of painterly space and perspective is demonstrated in his portraits as he integrates real and imagined interiors. Images from the media including newspaper, vintage magazines, television and movies are brought into the picture...

Twisted Data

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Misinterpretation of scientific findings seems to be a dangerous enough practice but the prevalence of beliefs in pseudo-sciences can have even a more devastating effect when they “prove” cultural prejudices. Participants: Brandstifter, Charley Friedman, Noah Fuller/Jack Tchen, Bram Harris, Todd Herman, Patricia Olynyk, Geraldine Ondrizek, Jeffrey Allen Price, Barbara Rosenthal, Rosary Solimanto, Sarah Stengle, Melissa Stern

Poren Huang: The Dogs Notes

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Powen Gallery, Taiwan, presents the first New York solo exhibition of the work of noted Chinese artist Poren Huang, The Dog's Notes.

Paper Monument

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Opening Reception: February 11, 6-8pm Performance: Soda, February 20, 7pm Curator: Stephanie Young Participants: Billy A.B., Marcy Brafman, D. Derek, Robyn Ellenbogen, Scott Fulmer, Daniel Herr, Jacob Hicks, Annaday Hiser, Karen Kunc, Nina Kuo, Sarah Rose Lejeune, Kurt Lightner, Christopher Manning, Becky Margonelli, Debora Oden, Tony Orrico, Jennifer Deppe Parker, Ricardo Roig, Lynn Sures, Abby...

Diana Wege: Nine Lives

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

Solo Exhibition

Insecta

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Opening Reception: February 11, 6-8pm The earth is teaming with microcosms of millions of crawling and flying insects, each building their own worlds while inhabiting ours. These artists reveal to us a bit of the life of these miniature neighbors of ours who exist and flourish. Their daily lives are explored through intense examination and...

Pablo Helguera: An Atlas of Commonplaces

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Pablo Helguera
An Atlas of Commonplaces

a notebook for artists
Jorge Pinto Books, NY 2016

Join us in a performative reading of Pablo Helguera's new book, An Atlas of Commonplaces, with excerpts read by Pablo Helguera and Laura Lona

$5

Visitor to Planet Six-Legs

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This panel in collaboration with the Insecta exhibition brings together artists and entomologists to discuss the whats: what first drew their attention to their insect subjects, what they most enjoy about working with insects, and what they hope to achieve with their projects.

$5

(Animal, Vegetable)…Mineral

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Mineralogy is a scientific discipline that catches the eye. We can all appreciate the multi- colors and forms that are firmly beneath our feet- and space exploration constantly opens up more possibilities and variations. We may admire the shine or find fascination with the richness of color or the form but it is more than a visual wonderland, beneath the surface lies clues to all our origins.

WOVEN Presents: REJECT VIOLENCE

The Library at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Reception September 7 6-8pm The nonprofit organization "We Oppose Violence Everywhere Now" (WOVEN) is having an opening reception at The Library at CENTRAL BOOKING.  WOVEN's goal is to end violence.  The collective employs varying methods to deter violence including community gatherings, discussion, public messages, art and media.  The REJECT VIOLENCE street ad campaign will be on...

Talk Talk

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Reception: September 22 Performance: Sunday, October 30, 4:30pm, Patrick Coyle - Babel Curator: Maddy Rosenberg In a world of sounds, the first one that travels through our consciousness is our own. We can experience the process, the vibrations, the positioning of the mouth to create sounds that communicate our desires, pain, joy. The words are...

Polish Impact: Ha!wangarda Festlab 2016 in New York

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Liberature, Book Art, E-literature Exhibition Opening and Launch of Festlab Thursday, September 22nd, 6-8pm 7 pm, Organizers' Talk: Maddy Rosenberg, Katarzyna Bazarnik, Piotr Marecki   Ha!wangarda: Liberature, Book Art, and E-literature exhibition kicks off Polish Impact: Ha!wangarda 2016 in New York City, an international festival of avant-garde and experimental writing, organised in Krakow since 2010....

$10 – $15

TYMOTEUZ: Earth on Fire

The Library at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

The “Talk Talk” Talk

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Art & Science Discussion Series The "Talk Talk" Talk Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 6:30 PM Admission: $5 Moderator: Robert Zott Panelists: Suzanne Dikker, MJ Caselden, Anne Gilman   OffLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING hosts the latest panel in our Art & Science Discussion Series on Thursday, October 20 at 6:30 pm. The "Talk Talk" Talk...

$5

Performance: Patrick Coyle “Babel”

For 'Babel', Patrick Coyle will deliver a new performance alongside his sculpture 'Babel (Milk Crates)'. Originating from an association between a stack of milk crates and the biblical description of the city of Babel, Coyle will explore different translations of the narrative and its contemporary implications using experimental compositional techniques. Patrick Coyle is a British...

Buy the Book Fair 2016

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

Buy the Book Fair 2016 Preview: Friday, Nov 4, 6-9pm November 5 and 6, 12-6pm CENTRAL BOOKING, the Lower East Side gallery specializing in artist's books, has the pleasure of hosting once again the Buy the Book Fair as a yearly event in our space. As part of New York Print Week organized by the...

Artshare for Heartshare

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Opening Reception: November 10, 2016, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. ArtShare for HeartShare is proud to host its eighth exhibition of artwork at Central Booking. Our art is created by HeartShare program participants-children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The artists' repertoire includes drawings, paintings, collages, photographs, prints and hand-crafted jewelry. Through ArtShare, individuals with...

In Harm’s Way

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

In Harm's Way November 17-January 22, 2017 Reception: November 17, 6-8pm Curator: Maddy Rosenberg Participating Artists include: Adrienne Moumin Tammy Nguyen Margaret Craig Carolyn Oberst Larry Aarons Mary Ting C Bangs Susan Hoenig Lauren Evans Sarah Haviland Sarah Stengle Alan Rosner Ilse Schreiber-Noll Cindy Kane Robynn Smith Julia Paul

Ornament

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Reception: Saturday Nov 26th, 6-8p Holiday Garage Sale Weekend: Dec 10-11, 12-6p This holiday season we're gearing up for a fun-filled show at OffLINE in Nov/Dec. Co-curated by Stephanie Young (Vellum Magazine) and John Coulter (Sharks Eat Meat), it will feature many different talents presenting work under 10" x 10". These parameters set the tone...

Nancy Campbell: SUDDEN SMILE QUICKLY GONE

The Library at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

  Nancy Campbell SUDDEN SMILE QUICKLY GONE December 1, 2016 - January 22, 2017 Gallery Closed: Dec. 19 - Jan. 4 Reception: December 8, 2016, 6-8 PM   A solo exhibition of screenprints entitled "Nancy Campbell: Sudden Smile Quickly Gone" will be presented in The Library at CENTRAL BOOKING, 21 Ludlow Street, New York NY...

Zamler-Carhart/Rauh/Greenberg Band + Guests

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OffLINE @ CENTRAL BOOKING presents: An exceptional evening of Music, Poetry and contemporary Dance, built on the artistic collaboration between composer/singer Sasha Zamler-Carhart and choreographer/dancer Ngo Thanh Phuong during their residency at the Rockefeller Estate. Sasha's improv band Zamler-Carhart/Rauh/Greenberg will perform repertoire from their European tour as well as the NYC premiere of new music...

$10.00

ORNAMENT’S Holiday Garage Sale Weekend

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Join Us for Ornament's Holiday Garage Sale Weekend! Saturday, December 10 and Sunday, December 11 12:00 - 6:00 PM Ornament's Holiday Garage Sale Weekend will feature loosely curated tables of items normally found at backyard garage sales. Participants include Soda's Crafty Chaos, Rob's Toys, Steph's Merch and Shinobi Ninja's pop-up shop. It promises to be...

Slippery When Wet: Amanda Dow Thompson

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Please join Causey Contemporary and host OffLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING as we celebrate artist Amanda Dow Thompson's newest creations. Amanda Dow Thompson sees her intriguing detailed, visceral, hand carved wood sculptures as odes to female strength, perseverance, and capability. Amanda sees these sculptures as a way to explore womanhood, motherhood, and the art of passing...

Us and the Animal Other: Art and Science Panel Discussion

  Art and Science Discussion Series "Us and the Animal Other" Friday, January 13, 2017 at 6:30 PM Admission $5 Moderator: Aviva Rahmani Panelists: Reiko Matsuda Goodwin, Susan Hoenig, Aimee Morgana, Hope Sandrow   OffLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING hosts the latest panel in our Art & Science Discussion Series on Friday, January 13, 2017 at...

Week Of Protest

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

  "WEEK OF PROTEST" A Happening at CENTRAL BOOKING January 19 - January 22, 2017   In the tradition of 'happenings' of the 1960's, CENTRAL BOOKING is holding a Week of Protest against the incoming presidential administration during our scheduled gallery hours (noon to 6:00 PM) from Thursday, January 19 through Sunday, January 22. Organized...

Icons in Ash, Death in Art

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Curators: Maddy Rosenberg and Heide Hatry Participating artists include: Roberta Allen, Dianne Bowen, Theresa Byrnes, Kathline Carr, Jennifer Elster, Maxwell Gimblett, Heide Hatry, Richard Humann, Julia Kissina, Gregg Lefevre, Kate Millett, Jim Peters, Herbert Pföstl, Michelle Ross, Sigrid Sarda, Carolee Schneemann, Aldo Tambellini, Linda Weintraub The exhibition is devoted to a multiplicity of visual engagements...

The Wasteland?

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

The Wasteland? February 9- March 26, 2017 Reception: February 9, 6-8pm Curator: Maddy Rosenberg Participating Artists include: Aviva Rahmani Carolyn Oberst Margaret Craig Adrienne Moumin Russell Webb Nina Kuo Robert Mirek Karen Klein Barbara Rosenthal Marisa Benjamim

Carl Caivano

The Library at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

The title "Translocations" comes from an astronomy dictionary and refers to relative movement from one place top another in relation to a planetary surface. In this case as one moves by these artworks, the color shifts and changes through optical mixture. Carl Caivano combines various macro- and micro-scaled elements into a single, unified expression. Influences...

“Icons in Ash” Book Party

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Conversations, Readings, Spoken Word Performances and Music Conversations and Readings by: Linda Weintraub, Sigrid Sarda, Jennifer Elster, Heide Hatry. Spoken Word Performances and Music by: Danielle Blau and Nora Fox, Jane LeCroy, Dusty Wright, Robert Brashear, Aimee Hermann, David Lawton, Peter Spagnuolo Linda Weintraub is a curator, educator, artist, and author of several popular books about...

Art & Science Panel: Vanishing Green

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Art and Science Discussion Series “Vanishing Green” Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 6:30 PM Admission $5 Moderator: Aviva Rahmani Panelists: Mary Mattingly, Anne Percoco, Patricia Watts, Greta Zarro   The panel is in conjunction with The Wasteland?, Part II of our Haber Space exhibitions on endangered species, with a particular focus on plant life and...

$5

Vellum Magazine Presents: NYC

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CENTRAL BOOKING's   Vellum Magazine is very pleased to present NYC, which will run from March 2nd to March 19th in  OffLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING. New York City has always been a melting pot of not only people but ideas, hopes and dreams. What is captured through the work of these fourteen artists is a...

Bonnie Ford Woit

The Library at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Natura Mathematica

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Reception: April 6, 6-8pm Curator: Maddy Rosenberg Participating Artists: Cynthia Back, C Bangs, Caroline Blum, MJ Caselden, Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine, Beverly K. Duncan, Gerhild Ebel, Robyn Ellenbogen, Steven Gawoski, Susan Happersett, Amber Heaton, Jeanne Heifetz, Helena Kauppila, Lorin Roser, Martha Willette Lewis, Geraldine Ondrizek, Gerhard Mantz, Eva Mantell, Alan Rosner, Simona Soare, Sarah...

Freebird: The International Gender Free Film Festival

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Summer Minerva curates FREE BIRD: the intl GENDER FREEDOM film festival, a night of diverse short films featuring filmmakers and characters that identify as queer, genderqueer, gender fluid and/or transgender. The Free Bird Fest is a space that validates gender fluidity within all humans, and to create a platform for this freedom to be explored and honored.

$15

Benevolent Bazaar Performance Fair Fundraiser

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

It's time for CENTRAL BOOKING's 2017 Performance Fair Fundraiser on Wednesday, April 26, 6-9pm!

Just a $25 donation to CENTRAL BOOKING gains entrance for one to Benevolent Bazaar. For $150, it's an unlimited night of food, fun and performances just for you. And you get to support an art space like no other.

$25

In Memory

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Opening Reception: May 6th, 3p-6p

Art & Science Panel – Underlying Structure

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Underlying Structure Moderator: Kathy Strauss Panelists: Dr. R. Clarissa Howison, Susan Happersett, Amber Heaton, Lorin Roser According to the physicist Richard Feynman* the language Nature - or God - talks, is calculus, or more broadly, mathematics. This panel will explore some of the chapters in Nature's math book, as illuminated through the aesthetics of artists....

$5

Monika Lin: “From the Bones of the Fish”

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The fairy tale form is deeply entrenched in our collective psyche and exists across the globe, making it one of the most powerful image distribution systems in existence today. As a means of defining "Beauty" and the myth of its social necessity, fairy tales function on a number of different levels of which representations of...

3Women 3Men

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Plant Cure

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

In collaboration with the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), a project including an exhibition in Haber Space, the Library, and OffLINE with our 5 artists in residence at NYAM joined by artists whose work involves the subject of medicinal plants. Curated by Maddy Rosenberg. Artists: Cynthia Back, C Bangs, Marisa Benjamin, Gaby Berglund-Cardenas, Nancy...

Brown Bag Artist’s Talk

Featuring the New York Academy of Medicine Artists in Residence - C Bangs, Nancy Campbell, James Martin, Susan Rostow and Mary Ting joined by Curator Maddy Rosenberg in a lunchtime informal discussion.  Monday, September 18, 12-1pm at The New York Academy of Medicine

Art & Science Discussion Panel, The Roots of Plant Cure

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

Admission: $5 Moderator: Anne Garner, Curator, The New York Academy of Medicine Panelists: Dr. Ina Vandebroek, James Walsh, Mary Ting   New York, NY (LES): OffLINE at CENTRAL BOOKING hosts the first panel of the season in our Art & Science Discussion series on Friday, October 13 at 6pm. What is the cultural framework in...

$5

Medicinal Elixirs Workshop by Jena Min

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

How can you use natural plant remedies to enhance your daily wellbeing and health? Make your own hemp elixirs and learn about the multitude of ways you can easily benefit from their therapeutic effects. This workshop will cover the basics, the not-so-basics, and we'll even send you home with a wellness goody bag!  Jena Min...

$75

Art & Sci/Tech Collector’s Club

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Tonight’s guest speakers are Dr. Greg Matloff, a leading expert in possibilities for interstellar propulsion, especially near-Sun solar sail trajectories that might enable interstellar travel, and C Bangs, whose art investigates frontier science combined with symbolist figuration and is a participant in Plant Cure.

$10

Highlights of IRIDESCENCE

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An exhibition of art holograms Presented by the Hologram Foundation (Paris) with the Center for the Holographic Arts (New York) Six artists selected through an international competition to produce new holograms. Michael Bleyenberg, Patrick Boyd, Lana Briscella, Pascal Gauchet, Setsuko Ishii, Fred Unterseher Art holograms are rare, in part due to the skills and technology...

Available Light

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Recent paintings and collages based on observed and imagined spaces in a neighborhood park, featuring work from an ongoing site-specific commission in Sacramento, California. Media Contact: Jessica Robinson at jrobin8583@gmail.com

Garden of Earthly Delights

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 9, 6-8pm Nicole Antebi, Bitsy Bentley, Carlos Cuellar Brown, Cynthia Back, Pamela Casper, Yoon Cho, Catherine Clover/Viv Corringham, Gerhild Ebel, Leslie Fry, Anna Geerdes, Shelley Haven, Susan Hoenig, Nina Kuo/Lorin Roser, Scott McIntire, Barbara Rosenthal. Curator: Maddy Rosenberg.

An evening of Dance

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Jennifer Muller/The Works performs Blossom

$15

Art + Sci/Tech Collectors Club

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The Art and Science of Holography Dr. Martina Mrongovius, the Creative Director of the Center for the Holographic Arts will speak on the art and science of Holography. Hologram inspires new ways of thinking about composition and to captivate viewers. Yet art holograms are rare, in part due to the skills and technology involved in...

$10

Art & Science Panel

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  Symbiotic Relationships in the Garden, Moderator: Scott McIntire Thursday, November 30, 6:30pm   Moderator: Scott McIntire Panelists: Nicole Antebi, Carlos C. Brown, Tupper Thomas Scott McIntire will lead a panel with Tupper Thomas, Carlos C. Brown, and Nicole Antebi to discuss their artistic practice in relation to gardening and organic cultivation. With sources ranging from Long Island backyards,...

$5

Holiday Extravaganza

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Join us in this one-of-a-kind holiday shopping experience where you can find a unique and special gift for the woman, man, or children on your holiday shopping list. Enjoy the fun filled holiday fair full of special items and fun activities (that happen to be healthy, too) the CENTRAL BOOKING way! + Holiday Fair Launch...

Art + Sci/Tech Collectors Club

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Howard Bloom on Perception, Art and Science (Why Art and Science are One) Howard Bloom is author of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism, The...

$10

Howard Bloom in conversation and book signing

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Howard Bloom and Danny Goldberg will present Bloom's new book How I Accidentally Started the Sixties   Simon Constable in Forbes says: "Make your life better reading Howard Bloom.  By any standards, Howard Bloom has achieved great things. Scientist, publicist, and author barely begin to describe it. His latest book, How I Accidentally Started The...

Artist’s Performances

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Plant Joke Book Launch Performance Cue and Hey Game for a Prize Performers: Barbara Rosenthal, Lehman Wechselbaum, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright Based on the Plant Joke book produced by Barbara Rosenthal with contributions by Lehman and Jeff, the three will circulate and take the stage to hand out free cards with Plant Jokes (riddles) on them,...

$5

Reading: Sarah Plimpton & Rachel Hadas

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

Admission: $5 Sarah Plimpton was born in New York City and divides her time between New York and France. She attended Smith College, Harvard Medical School and Pratt Institute in Manhattan. She works in several media; oil painting, printmaking, and artists' books, and is also a poet. Two Galleries show her work on a regular basis...

A Valentine to CENTRAL BOOKING

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A gallery promoting experimentation where art meets science is both rare and valued by many inspired by art that strives to move beyond commercialism. Exchange of ideas as well as virtuosity and experimentation became a platform for engaging art/science panels, performances and activism politically and culturally.   In this spirit, Farhana Akhter recounts the continuous dialogue...

Fossil Tales

Haber Space at CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

  Reception: Thursday, February 8th, 6-8pm  Curator: Maddy Rosenberg Participating Artists: Desirée Alvarez, Doug Beube, Yoon Cho, Ursula Clark, Deborah Doering/Glenn Doering, Gerhild Ebel, Steven Gawoski, Shelley Haven, Liz Hubler, Frank Ippolito, Sue Karnet, Nina Kuo/Lorin Roser, Patricia Olynyk, Maddy Rosenberg, Marilyn R. Rosenberg, Barbara Rosenthal, Alan Rosner, Sarah Stengle, Kathy Strauss, Lynn Sures  

Art + Sci/Tech Collectors Club

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SETI: an exploration of scale with Scott Guerin SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is increasingly in the news given recent exoplanet discoveries, the large object Oumuamua which passed through our solar system from interstellar space, and the Breakthrough projects which listen and look for evidence of technological civilizations. Guerin will present and discuss a...

Art + Science Panel

Friday, March 2nd, 2018 @6:30-8:30 An Imperfect Messenger   Moderator: Frank Ippolito Panelists: Nina Kuo, Lorin Roser, Carl Mehling, Shelley Haven Time travelers from an alien world, fossils have passed through hell and back again to arrive into our hands an imperfect messenger. Whether they are shells emerging from an ancient sandstone shore, insects frozen within hardened...

$5

The Telltale Project

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The Telltale Project March 8-25, 2018 TellTale Project Podcast  Digital Archive from Tranistory Museum of Pfyn The Telltale Project is an exhibition in the OffLINE space, featuring the Transitory Museum of Pfyn. It will show art works by Swiss artists Alex Meszmer / Reto Mueller and Mark Staff Brandl consisting of a wall installation arrangement...

The Telltale Project Event

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Tales from a village, the Titanic and 6000 years Installation from Swiss artists Alex Meszmer /Reto Mueller and Mark Staff Brandl Stories and history have been the center of Alex Meszmer and Reto Mueller's art for years. The center of origin and vital reference point for the artists is the village of Pfyn and the...

Past & Future – Performance/Party

CENTRAL BOOKING 21 Ludlow St., New York, United States

Say goodbye to 21 Ludlow St! Say hello to CENTRAL BOOKING's latest transformation over 9 years! Part a night of performance, written especially for CENTRAL BOOKING by Alyson Pou, and celebratory party that also doubles as a fundraiser to help CENTRAL BOOKING into the next step. Come for one, come for both! Buy tickets here...

$35

Art + Science Panel

Watch on Panel Youtube The collaboration of CENTRAL BOOKING with the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on the project Plant Cure/Brooklyn continues with the opening of the exhibition of the five visual artists-in-residence, Desirée Alvarez, Agnes Murray, Maddy Rosenberg, Amanda Thackray, and James Walsh in the Conservatory Gallery. The exhibition focuses on the artwork produced and a...

Art on Paper Fair

March 5 - 8, 2020 Visit us at booth G04   Preview Thursday, March 5: 6-10pm   Friday, March 6: 11am-7pm Saturday, March 7: 11am-7pm Sunday, March 8: 12-6pm ============================ Featured Artists: Desirée Alvarez C Bangs Don Burmeister Margaret Craig DOEprojekts, Deborah Adams Doering/Glenn N. Doering Anne Gilman Susan Happersett Martha Hayden Eunkang Koh Despo...

Homecoming Harvest Festival

Join artist Susan Rostow for a workshop on animating nature! For more information

2021 Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference (CABC)

  Content through Structure: the Critical Focus on the Artist’s Book as Object  Feb 27, 12:00 pm Maddy Rosenberg is moderating, with art critic John Haber and artists Pablo Helguera, Miriam Schaer and Mary Ting also participating. With an artist’s book, content and form are interwoven. This panel will provide critical focus to the artist’s...

Art on Paper Fair 2021

Pier 36, Downtown Manhattan 299 South Street, New York

View footage from Art on Paper 2021 on our YouTube channel! CENTRAL BOOKING is at Art on Paper from September 9 to 12, 2021. Come visit us at Booth F07! Featured Artists: C Bangs Eunkang Koh Despo Magoni Max Marek Maddy Rosenberg Susan Rostow Sarah Stengle If you can't make it to the fair, you...

From Clipper Ships to Solar Sails

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Event Press Release Exhibition Press Release Catalog   From Clipper Ships to Solar Sails    with C Bangs and Greg Matloff    Saturday, March 11, 2023, 3pm    at BWAC  481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7 Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 11231   C Bangs and Greg Matloff take you from the 19th century Clipper Ships...

The Equity, Ecology, and Economy of the Sixth Borough, New York Harbor

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Event Press Release Exhibition Press Release Catalog   The Equity, Ecology, and Economy of the Sixth Borough, New York Harbor   Moderated by Tim Gilman-Sevcik, RETI Center Panelists: Debra Bach, Eymund Diegel, Ellen K. Levy, Sabra Booth   Thursday, March 16, 2023, 6-8pm Special Preview Performance with Margaret Craig 5-6pm   at BWAC  481 Van Brunt...

The Creature from the Bleached Lagoon

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Event Press Release Exhibition Press Release Catalog   The Creature from the Bleached Lagoon   Margaret Craig   Saturday, March 18, 2023, 4pm   at BWAC  481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7 Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 11231   In the tradition of Japanese kaiju films such as Godzilla and Hollywood B movies, Margaret Craig presents...

Ecopoetry Reading

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Event Press Release Exhibition Press Release Catalog   Ecopoetry Reading   Desirée Alvarez, Alonso Llerena, Stephen Massimilla, Thea Matthews, Jo Sarzotti, and Elizabeth Zuba   Saturday, March 25, 2023, 3pm   at BWAC  481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7 Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 11231   Poets read poems relating to the sea and its creatures,...

Discovering the Birds of the Brooklyn Waterfront

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Event Press Release Exhibition Press Release Catalog   Discovering the Birds of the Brooklyn Waterfront   Heather Wolf   Sunday, April 2, 2023, 2pm   at BWAC 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7 Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 11231   Join author and photographer Heather Wolf for a bird talk and walk! She will discuss the...

Moving Through Brooklyn, a stop-motion animation collaboration

Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Event Press Release Exhibition Press Release Catalog   Moving Through Brooklyn a stop-motion animation collaboration Special Presentation for Second Sundays at Pioneer Works   Susan Rostow   Sunday, April 9, 2023, 1-4pm   Offsite: Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer Street Brooklyn, NY 11231   Discover how to give life-like movements to toys, drawings, and photographs with...

Liberty’s People: Red Hook in the Eighties

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Event Press Release Exhibition Press Release Catalog   Liberty’s People: Red Hook in the Eighties in conjunction with Kentler International Drawing Space exhibition Focus on the Flatfiles: Views from Red Hook   Maureen McNeil   Sunday, April 16, 2023, 3pm   Reading: BWAC, 481 Van Brunt Street, Door #7 Reception: Kentler International Drawing Center, 353 Van...

An Accordion Book Song for Our Waterfront

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition 481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Event Press Release Exhibition Press Release Catalog   An Accordion Book Song for Our Waterfront   Elena Berriolo   Sunday, April 23, 2023, 3pm     at BWAC  481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7 Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 11231   Elena Berriolo presents an interactive performance with sewing machine including the making of an accordion...

Annan History Town Festival

St. Andrew's Church Hall Bank St, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Presenting Sandstone Steps Project Meet Hugh Bryden and Maddy Rosenberg at the Annan History Town Festival. They will be introducing Sandstone Steps a transatlantic collaborative project with the theme of the sandstone quarries at the center. Exploring and celebrating the cultural flux through the artistic, literary, and musical influences that crossed and re-crossed the Atlantic through the...

The Smithy 113-115 High St. Dumfries

The Smithy, Dumfries High Street 113-115 High St, Dumfries, United Kingdom

  Sandstone Steps Pop-Up Show Featuring CENTRAL BOOKING and Roncadora Press Artists and Writers in Residence Showcasing artworks for sale and an opportunity to learn more about our transatlantic collaboration Sandstone Steps from the artists and writers themselves... August 16th to 18th - 11am to 4pm

Kirkcudbright Galleries, Mitchell Gallery

Kirkcudbright Galleries St. Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, United Kingdom

  SANDSTONE STEPS PROJECT A transatlantic collaboration to produce a multi-disciplinary cultural event Showcasing the work of CENTRAL BOOKING (NEW YORK) and RONCADORA Press (Dumfries), this exhibition launches the Sandstone Steps proiect. An exhibition that revolves around an artist's book in the form of a sculptural box, incorporating visual art, poetry and music through a...