Austin Thomas Sketchbook
We saw the sketchbook above at a great show titled "Draw" at Norte Maar in Bushwick, featuring drawings by established and emerging artists + architects, designers, choreographers and composers. The drawings are generally pre-study stage, more like R&D.
Austin's 2-year project Pocket Utopia ends its run in Bushwick on the 28th, as does a show of her work at Kris Graves Projects in DUMBO. Check out the ArtCat Zine interview with her by our awesome summer intern Stephanie.
- Excuse Me, Waiter...? There?s a Large Bird of Prey in My Soup.
Hawk flies into restaurant...
tags: nyc hawk eastvillage
- British Library publishes online archive of 19th-century newspapers | Media | The Guardian
tags: media history uk newspaper - Gotham Gazette: Councilpedia
The Gazette?s plan for Councilpedia, a planned guide to the filthy lucre that links real estate and politics on New York?s city council, just made the Gazette the first two-time winner of a Knight News Challenge grant, this one worth $250,000 over two years.
tags: nyc politics corruption realestate database city-council
- AMERICAblog: The Choice to Defend DOMA, and Its Consequences
Obama's DOJ wrote a really hateful brief supporting the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act
tags: lgbt queer gay marriage doma obama - Why trains run slower now than they did in the 1920s. - By Tom Vanderbilt - Slate Magazine
tags: transportation history rail economics trains usa
- Harold Norse, a Beat Poet, Dies at 92 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
he did his translations "with a dictionary in one hand and a Roman in the other."
tags: gay queer poetry beat
Carved ornamental wooden capital in the Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Adler & Sullivan, architects. Via Atelier Teee on flickr.
James and I headed to Chicago for a few days on an art and architecture vacation. We're also seeing the Chicago Opera Vanguard's production of "Greek" by Mark-Anthony Turnage. We're meeting people for drinks on the 4th. E-mail for details if you would like to join us.
On Saturday, May 30th a select group of artists will present Playing Through, an extensive mini golf course (and then some) at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn (55 33rd Street). From noon to midnight, the 16,000 sqft, 15ft ceilinged industrial space will be transformed into a carnival extravaganza. We are eliminating greens fees and assembling a full food court featuring many local vendors. There will be a cotton candy machine and a popcorn waterfall. The course will have roaming beverage cart service. Nightfall will see the musical stage come to life, with several bands performing. In these tough economic times we're taking care of you with an entire day of free entertainment for everyone on the Brooklyn waterfront.
James and I hope to stop by this on Saturday. It's an interesting group of artists, ranging from recent Hunter MFA graduates to more "established" artists like Rachel Harrison. James and I have written about quite a few of them. I was told by one of the organizers that they wanted to use an event like this to introduce the artists working there to the broader community. I particularly like the fact that they have fliers in English and Spanish!
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