Then for the next 2 daaaze grab, print out or get on your smart phone our 2 sided 13″ X 19″ map for a 12-6 PM self-guided neighborhood art crawl-meet artists in homes, studios, galleries, theaters, biz…during the 41st annual, several 100,000 strong 9th Avenue Int’l Food Festival-then attend these 2 more sweet free soirees!

Saturday: a large Jewelry showroom Lucoral with stores in 39 nations, great gratis catering from the neighborhood at a live TV/VH1 documented Fashion Show by renowned designer Andres Aquino.
THEN spend the rest of the night at adjacent massive District TapHouse for more great shows (& beers/bar food) of every description!  BOTH at address 246 West 38th Street!

Finally Sunday-donated gourmet cuisine & desserts from near our legendary Restaurant Row for the rough-hewn charms & beautiful stage/big back room of major musical venue TobaccoRoad-again continual entertainment & nude body painting! 355 West 41st Street just before 9th Avenue.  Stay tuned & fasten your seat belts…

For whole press release/more, see Facebook pages for “AtTheEdge“Magazine, ArtistsintheKitchen, & Founder/CEO/Publisher Yours Truly.
May 1st visit our upgraded NEW web site design, involving intriguing interactive HKAG member artist campaigns utilizing huge social reach, not money, such as Thunderclap.com does-coming real soon.

“At The Edge“, has art & literary work of all genres-our 4th issue coming out later in the year.  Favored are personal, in depth stories, accounts/poetry…+ well wrought/detailed &/or visionary-surreal art/aesthetics!  Never a fee to submit or be published atArtistsintheKitchen.org. Find festival & Mag. media/press, promo pages& videos: even for now FREE: current & 1st expanded online back +premiere issues.  Want to get great work & organizing experience, contacts, even an internship?  Respond to Volunteer, PR & Party help especially valuable, + option to make top $ in attracting ads & sponsors!  Get excited about it AND the ’14 festival, view our last promo video, partially filmed at Mag. launch party in-The Empire State Building Bar!  HERE.  Crave more details & opportunities?  See ourLAST highly detailed newsletter.  Now for numerous NEW ones: 

A Hell’s Kitch(en) theme echoing 20’s (s)crematorium channeling
dark Ye Olde Times Square’s bawdy past!  Shows all evening at their many stages, & we will fill the place with great art! Then Sunday.donated gourmet cuisine from near our legendary Restaurant Row for the rough-hewn charms & beautiful stage/big back room of major musical venue Tobacco Road-again continual entertainment & nude body painting!  Stay tuned & fasten your seat belts…

Then for the next 2 daaaze grab, print out or get on your smart phone our 2 sided 13″ X 19″ map for a 12-6 PM self-guided neighborhood art crawl-meet artists in homes, studios, galleries, theaters, biz…during the 41st annual, several 100,000 strong 9th Avenue Int’l Food Festival-then attend these 2 more free soirees!  Enjoy a top & media-celebrated whole body painter & models, a VH1 documented fashion show…

For whole press release/more, see Facebook pages for “AtTheEdge“Magazine, ArtistsintheKitchen, & Founder/CEO/Publisher Yours Truly.

“At The Edge“, has art & literary work of all genres-our 4th issue coming out later in the year.  Favored are personal, in depth stories, accounts/poetry…+ well wrought/detailed &/or visionary-surreal art/aesthetics!  Never a fee to submit or be published at ArtistsintheKitchen.org. Find festival & Mag. media/press, promo pages & videos: even for now FREE: current & 1st expanded online back +premiere issues.  Want to get great work & organizing experience, contacts, even an internship?  Respond to Volunteer, PR & Party help especially valuable, + option to make top $ in attracting ads & sponsors!  Get excited about it AND the ’14 festival, view our last promo video, partially filmed at Mag. launch party in-The Empire State Building Bar!  HERE.  Crave more details?  See our LAST highly detailed newsletter.  Now for JOB & WORK opportunities… 

We need your help with the 6th annual HK: ArtiST Festival! Directors get beautiful large ads as our sponsors do, + promotion on 10’s of 1000’s of huge 2 sided maps postcards, 5 social media, newsletter to way over 11K…ALL can gain valuable experience, networking connections, a free registration & priority for any festival exhibition &/or performance, + the complimentary magazine & original art!

Our main needs: Graphic Designers, Sales (earn top commissions), Film/Video, 5 Social Media, Party/Special Events, Street Team, PR, Operations Management, Artist, & Venue liaison, Crowdfunding, Photography & Phone Calls!  See area list descriptions before filling out brief form HERE!
Below the image of our last front cover find more of its/our impressive propaganda, hyperlinks to numerous press, videos,promos….Leading with the Art Expo free tickets, & offering post-armory week/other art fair (the Contemporary & Affordable) visitor deals & artist opportunities.

Offered as always, significant inside information: great free NYC events, newsletters, jobs room & internship referrals, contests/awards/grants & career/video aids.  Clickable gems for artists, actors, performers fans & creative Professionals!

Opening reception tonight 3/19, 6-9 PM.  Solo show from a lovely HKAG member LISA M. ZILKER “CONVERSATION between Blue & Red.”  Come enjoy free Art, Vodka & Good Music!!  Tribeca Synagogue Gallery (for the arts), 49 White Street Manhattan.  Other Hours: M,W,Th 1-5p, Tue 1-7p & by Appt. Please Call 212-966-7141. E-Mail Lily.  Bring friends & share!!  Also see her charming book project, contributions welcome. lmzilker.net. & Facebook.

Amtrak Residency!  Want to ride in luxury as your writing is supported?   Up to 2 dozen writers will be accepted, apply for free!  How to APPLY.  What began as a line in Alexander Chee’s interview in PEN Ten and was fueled by Twitter, is now an official Amtrak program.  As many of you may know by now, our test-run for Amtrak Residency was done by Manhattan-based writer Jessica Gross, whose piece, ‘Writing The Lakeshore Limited’ was published in February by The Paris Review.  What followed was overwhelming support on Twitter and in the media with #AmtrakResidency being featured in The Wire, The New Yorker, & Huffington Post among others.

Today we are happy to announce that #AmtrakResidency will allow for up to 24 writers to take long-distance trains to work on their projects. Each writer’s round-trip journey will include accommodations on board a sleeper car equipped with a bed, a desk and outlets. We hope this experience will inspire creativity and most importantly fuel your sense of adventure! Round-trip train travel will be provided on an Amtrak long-distance route. Each resident will be given a private sleeper car, equipped with a desk, a bed and a window to watch the American countryside roll by for inspiration. Routes will be determined based on availability.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed by a panel. Up to 24 writers will be selected for the program starting 3-17-14 through 3-31-15.  A passion for writing and an aspiration to travel with Amtrak for inspiration are the sole criteria for selection. Both emerging and established writers will be considered.
Residencies will be anywhere from 2-5 days, with exceptions for special projects.  There is no cost to apply for the #AmtrakResidency program. Scroll down to apply on HERE on their BLOG.

Need a talented female burlesque performer for a Saturday night ~ 8:30 PM 1/2 hour gig, pays $100!  Contact Shanice Naidu at smn2129@caa.columbia.edu.  A sweet event, she is throwing a birthday party for her boyfriend. 20-30 guests, a reserved a table at the gorgeous Madame X, 94 Houston Street 2nd floor lounge. The request is just for an “athletic dancer”.

Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market, historic on West 39th Street, & they ALSO have two West 25th Street annexes, a market & antique garage. They say: WE ARE HIRING!
“Does the thought of working where the likes of Andy Warhol, Nicola Formichetti, and Jessica Alba have come to shop on weekends intrigue you?   Do you have an insatiable curiosity and/or nostalgia for New York as it was?  Are you a people person & detail oriented?
If the answer is yes so far, then we’ve got an interesting proposition for you.   Our antique and flea markets have been NYC staples for over 20 years & we seek the right person for the next chapter.
This positions is that of markets coordinator, assistant to the Markets Manager, and vendor liaison. As the communications hub for vendors & management, attention to detail is crucial. The position’s primary and ongoing goal is to provide a smooth weekend at the markets.

We are looking for a market coordinator for 3 different year-round weekend antiques & flea markets. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday; Saturday will be on site. (You would then have Sunday and Monday off).
– Provide information, assistance, & support for current vendors, potential new vendors, and the public, including communication of market information & policies to vendors and potential vendors.
– Maintain accurate reservations in the database-booking, cancelling, modifying.
– Assist show Manager administratively with the shows’ layouts & design based on reservations list.
– Support shows’ marketing and management team, including maintaining the markets’ procedural documentation as it evolves.  SKILLS needed:

-Strong people & phone skills required! Ability to deal with a wide range of personalities under pressure.
-MS Excel proficiency-Database entry – ACCURACY IS A MUST!  Basic social media aptitude preferred-Ability to meet deadlines.
***Please email eventsinmanhattan@yahoo.com with your resume attached as a PDF file and in the body of your email.***
****An appreciation for antiques, artisanal product design, decorative arts, collectibles, etc. strongly preferred!!!****
No currently enrolled college students, please.

ART: BRIC House Fireworks Residency open call 2014
bricartsmedia.org/contemporary-art/artist-opportunities/bric-house-fireworks-residency-2014.  Designed to bring together artists of different disciplines who share a vision, & provide them with technical & financial resources to facilitate the collaborative development of creative projects that cross or erase artistic boundaries. New proposals being sought for 2 projects to be presented in 2014 and 2015 that will receive commissions of $15,000 and $30,000, respectively. See website for complete details. Deadline: March 24.

NOW maintain patience & fortitude!  There may seem endless listings below, but at least skim for what suits you: free shows/openings, internships, exhibit/more fairs & professional groups, performance opportunities & workshops, writing & design residencies, work/job & living situations sought, even social & other media help & myriad offers; + precious online links & resources.

American Art Marketing is providing fine craft artists and designers a platform to show and sell their work at the new Contemporary Art Fair this May. The international art fairs are where you will find your new customers, trending towards a young & sophisticated audience. In May both the fairs and the buyers will be in New York for Frieze week.

The SOFA Alternative For Artists:
Join us along with some of the most notable and well established art fairs, as we launch the first alternative to the SOFA fairs exclusively for artists + designers in the heart of the Chelsea Arts District.With just 47 booths available, only the highest quality work will be considered. SEE “8 reasons to participate/choose us for representation & Apply HERE.

Want to really learn comedy & its professional opportunities? Andy Engel Founder/Owner Manhattan Comedy School  manhattancomedyschool.com
Gotham Comedy Club,  Director of New Talent. Save $50 on the next Level 1 Beginner Stand-up Comedy class with Cory Kahaney that begins Mar 25th. Plus I’ll give you a pair of comp tickets to Gotham Comedy Club (value of $50).  Taught by Cory Kahaney, a busy professional headliner whose credits include: HBO, Letterman, Comedy Central, and Craig Ferguson.

If you register with a credit card online before March 21st  I’ll give you $50 off on the class. OR sign up with a friend and each get $75 off! Sign up online for $399 and I’ll give you a check for $50 the first day of class. Register HERE.
Please call with any questions about the class, I’m happy to answer any and all questions. If you know anyone interested in comedy, please forward them this email. My personal line: 212-896-3911 (T) 212-414-7700.

Starving artist, especially with NYC or other restaurant or bar experience?  A great HK: ArtiST Festival 2 floor venue Swizz Restaurant has been elegantly converted to Marston Station. 2nd link: pics-great Hell’s Kitchen web site hellskitsch.org).  Restaurant & Wine Bar, well renovated, new chef…It shall be one of our 3 free all evening PARTIES with continual performances will be held there!  Reliable, like to work with the public, serve food or bartend?  Apply to Patrick O’Sullivan at 1-646-245-4104 orpados88@aol.com.

FYI: we are working with a new sponsor: Clinton HousingDevelopment Company (CHDC) will be all over our HK: ArtiST Festival ’14 map!  Since 1973, with 60 non-profit affordable housing facilities in our ‘hood!  They will open their gardens, public restrooms, & provide lobbies, possibly provide mural or painting space, while we explore having a party/event space with them (used Clinton House twice).  They always seek volunteers, terrific experience in community building!  clintonhousing.org.
Committed to developing NYC’s Clinton community & surrounding neighborhoods through the provision of permanent affordable housing.  Develop & expand existing & new programs to provide comprehensive housing services: renovation, management & social services. Contact: 403 West 40th Street, NY, NY 10018. info@clintonhousing.org.  Phone: 212.967.1644.

TheSetNYC.com (FB) Instagram began their shows in our ‘hood & does striking & eclectic events all around Mid-downtown NYC from nightclubs through Churches!  A call: Artists! Fashion Designers! Fashion professionals! We are seeking style, quality, creativeness, and innovation! Please submit work here for a 6-5-14 showcase in Chelsea, Manhattan!  june5submission.eventbrite.com.

School of Visual Arts—>Summer Residency programs 2014.  Residencies & intensives in CRITICAL STUDIES to engage within your field. Programs available: 1) Rethinking visual literacy, 2) Summer of love: the nature of inspiration and action. 3) Design writing & research summer intensive.

SVA offers artists, designers & creative thinker’s time, space & a supportive community in which to develop ideas & focus on their artistic direction. Studio residencies & innovative professional immersion programs provide opportunities for artists to explore new areas of social & technological practice & engage critically within their field. A unique combination of creative & professional resources provides a rich environment for growth in the current,vibrant art scene. PRIORITY DEADLINE: April 1st, 2014. 212-592-2188. Affordable housing is available, as are opportunities to display work.sva.edu/residency & residency@sva.edu.

Chashama.org.  They have myriad NY locations, group shows, opening receptions/upcoming gala, performances, installations, benefits, gallery/window/mural/lobby work, parties, open studios, pop-up shops, residencies-subscribe to newsletter & see their jobs page for opportunities…Seek Visual Arts Interns + a Bronx Artist Housing Initiative, subsidized housing exchanged for community service, partnering with a local Senior Citizen Council.  

Want to have a show at a spacious Midtown ground floor office &/or attend its openings?  Chiropractor Dr. Jonathan Cohen provides small group shows & charges nothing, graciously accepts any % of proceeds from art sold that you deem fair!  Scrumptious food, next free monthly openings at 333 West 52nd Street.  A solo show by our cover girl/HKAG member kind & volunteer who sold 2 works from home @ our 1st festival!  JudyNegron.com.

“I’m pleased to announce the opening of my one person show, ‘Lost Images from an Imaginary Civilization’ at the JCohen Gallery.   I’ll be showing both mosaics and hand-colored etchings +a few mosaic crafts. The show runs from 3-9 to 4-6, except Sundays. If you like, call me (646-505-9103) and I can even meet you at the gallery”.

From a tremendous Brooklyn International broadcaster, artists & producers of innumerable 1000’s of altruistic & documentary videos: “Life Affirming” Good News, creating content for over 5,000 during our 15 years on goodnewsbroadcast.com.  We have a new membership opportunity for PR/Booking Companies & their client’s to become more featured on Good News.  Find various membership levels & benefits, starting as low as a $50.00 General Annual Introductory Membership.  We will be honored to share your content with our members and audience. This is not pay for play; this is a relationship with Good News, i.e. sell products and services. More involved memberships, please go HERE. Also see Facebook!  Care to set up a time to talk?   Paul Sladkus, Founder,goodnewsplanet.com.  View &/or join their massive & celebrity infused annual Times Square 1st day of Autumn event & video atpeacedayparty.org.  212-647-1212.

CONTINUING WORLD-changing events! From the Chelsea pop-upImagine Gallery which just held a closing show, sponsored by a major real estate player, StonehengeNYC. The kick off is this Wednesday Evening March 19th from 7-9 PM.
“Thanks to all who attended the second ever Enlightened Culture Event!  We had an amazing line-up of guest speakers.  We welcome you to stay connected with them to continue the inter-community conversations. These events are a platform for diverse change-makers to connect so that we can learn from each other & build a more enlightened culture from our interactions.
These bi-monthly events have generated a lot of excitement. There is desire from the growing community to connect more often.
SO… We at Enlightened Culture decided to partner with MeditaNew York to create: meditate ~ network ~ co-create.  ALL welcome, free!
EVERY Wednesday Evenings, 7-9pm Studio Anya.
49 W. 24th St, 8th Floor NYC(between 5th- 6th Avenues).

Get FREE or discount tickets while wide open for adjacentAffordable Art Fair NYC!  April 2-6, a fun & friendly four-day contemporary art show.  You can browse, consult with exhibitors, &/or snag exciting new original works from up-and-coming artists and even a few household names.  More than 80 galleries are set to have items on display, and with paintings, print, sculpture, photography and more for sale, you’re sure to find something that strikes your fancy. Prices range up to $10,000, with a majority of pieces under the $5,000 mark. Enjoy the fair’s inspiring and inviting atmosphere, and check out the Recent Graduates Exhibition for a chance to admire and purchase pieces by future stars of the art world.

The fair’s main level, comprised of internationally recognized galleries alongside Affordable Art Fair mainstays, including Manifold Editions, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Coates & Scarry, Bicha and gallery SENSEI, will once again bring a wide range of contemporary work that will satisfy the diverse tastes of the city.
The second level will be dedicated to emerging and established galleries showing new talent. “It is important to support & nurture the next generation of artists & galleries. This floor is dedicated to them, including Uprise Art, Art Students League of New York, See No Evil Gallery and Minan Gallery,”.  Cristina Salmastrelli, Director.

As always, there will be a strong Recent Graduate Exhibition at this edition of the fair. We are thrilled to announce Gabriel de Guzman, curator of visual arts at Wave Hill, as our curator of this feature, located at the fair’s entrance.  In addition, the fair has a fantastic lineup of programming in store for visitors this spring. We are thrilled to announce interior designer Nate Berkus will host a talk and Q&A focused on art and the home on Thursday, April 3rd. A special perk for families, artist Paula Brett, represented by Elisa Contemporary Art, will host colorful candy-themed art workshops for children under 12 on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday April 6. Even more programming details are available on our website!

A GREAT resource for ladies, always proud to feature at 2 large annual  HK: ArtiST Festival groups shows, art & performance & with cover stories: The International Women Artists’ Salon.  Over 800 members from around the globe & NYC, they have downtown exhibits & facilitate others, a radio show, discover & be listed on their BLOG.  Their Founder/CEO: HeidiRussellPublicist@gmail.com.
Fine Art Photographer ~ Creative Collaborator and Curator ~ Publisher, HeidiRussell.com ~ mobile #: 1.646.272.8879.

Be part of a Global Community supporting Women in all The Arts!
Follow us on Facebook + join our FB GROUP.
Twitter: WomenArtSalon.  IWAS Programs, + HK: ArtiST Festival:
Salon Solo & group shows – visual art exhibition series at Producers’ Club, 358 W. 44th Street at 9th Avenue, NYC.
Salon Lounge at Dixon Place – monthly multi-disciplinary showcase at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street (Rivington/Delancey), NYC
Salon Radio on City World Radio network, Mondays 9-9:55 PM EST.
Live listening on TuneIn.com or TuneIn app for smartphones – all shows archived for on-demand listening at CityWorldRadio.com &SalonRadio.tumblr.com.

On the same female topic, attend & JOIN them: A juried very large group show with prestigious awards. Exhibit: “Ev(e)olution IV: Envision Perseverance.” From: National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (N.A.W.A.) 212-675-1616 e-mail: office@nawa.org,pressreleases@thenawa.org.

Location: New York Public Library, Riverside Branch
127 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 65th Street) In the month of March–Women’s History Month– N.A.W.A. presents a group exhibit of beautifully diverse and provocative visual statements relating to the persevering plight of the ever-evolving woman artist. The artworks featured in “Ev(e)olution IV” reveal how various women artists master life’s pressures while continuously bringing new energy to their work. How do women artists explore visual media, expand their interests, multi-task, and still find time to create?

These challenges have driven the persistent efforts of N.A.W.A. artists for 125 years. Today, friends, families, collectors, and art lovers alike may take part in this persevering legacy by viewing and purchasing original art by talented professional women artists from all over the country. As with past exhibitions, this show will support N.A.W.A.’s infinite mission: to give women artists opportunities to exhibit their work.  A reception was held at the Riverside Public Library on Saturday, March 8, 2-4 PM. An accompanying gallery talk will take place on Saturday, March 22, from 2-4 PM.

From a great gallery featured in our festival & magazine, they do international biz., charity supports visual & performing arts, various projects like 9/11 & now: Meditation with Art Works Sessions 3/18 &/or 19 . Limited seating for up to 12, so please RSVP at:artforhealingny@gmail.com & send to your NYC area friends!
Very Exciting. We are honored to have two super meditation teachers.  If you have never meditated you need to at least try & then you will be hooked!  Donation: just $5 and up.
Check out the information on our calendar & also HERE.
Peace, Loren ArtforHealingNYC.org & visit LorenEllisArt.com.
Our 911 book is now available at the 911 Memorial Museum bookstore.  Gallery 405 West 50th Street downstairs, Manhattan.
Mail: 2350 Broadway New York, NY 10024. (212) 977-1165 or 24/7 service (212) 946-1160.

AuthorsUnbound.org.  Providing indie authors with events to share their work and connect with fans. launched with a great event at Wix Lounge. AU authors read from their books and discussed the challenges of indie publishing. NEXT up: March 18, 7 PM, Entwine wine bar ​​765 Washington Street., West Village.  Members here & with us (HKAG/Festival): Bill Amadeo & Carol Hollenbeck.

Check out this unique LES space & their exhibitions, maybe apply to join them. NYC’s only visual art space dedicated exclusively to the exhibition and archiving of multidisciplinary (fusion) art.FusionArtsMuseum.org.

From a superb Surrealist artist Ken Vallario, met at a Chelsea open studios & featured in our premiere issue of “At The Edge“.

Dear Friends, Family and Collectors,

I am happy to invite you to participate in my first KICKSTARTERproject for my upcoming show Spring. This show will be a one-of-a-kind one man show in NYC & to help promote it. This lets my supporters participate & earn very cool rewards-beautiful books, art, CDs…. This will not only give you an opportunity to have original artworks, it will enrich your experience of the show.

Investigate the Kickstarter & video for Spring, become a backer today and share with your friends. (The project lasts until only April 4th, so don’t delay). I look forward to seeing you at Spring.

Thank you for all your years of support, Ken Vallario.

Mitch Pilnick, a man of integrity & passion for the arts.facebook.com/VisualArtsEvents. twitter.com/ArtCommunityIns. Check out unique art events by: Liking us on FB + follow on twitter! ART COMMUNITY INSURANCE. Broker and Artist Representative. 516-404-8945, mitch@artcommunityinsurance.com.

Tell the Port Authority you want the great Stiles Market back, the Project Find space is very nearby on 41st & 9th Avenue, & our affordable produce should never have been displaced for big biz. development!  Sign petition/comments: marketsofhellskitchen.com.

From a friendly & reliable HKAG volunteer, cheap & easy access to Manhattan.  VERY SPACIOUS ROOM IN A 2 BEDROOM of Apt. bldg. FOR RENT, long or short term considered.  Share living room, kitchen & bathroom just with lease holder.
Location: 244 NORTH 5TH STREET, NEWARK, NJ 07107
Rent: $550 per month( Utilities included)
2 blocks from the Newark Light Rail at Park Avenue Stop
A total of 45 minutes commute in to New York City
Very convenient for nightshifters and NYC commuters
PLEASE CONTACT MR. MANNY @ 646-338-1677.

Our very talented Editor in Chief & past 3 years Director of Graphic Design Mike ‘The Felbs” Felber (no relation to Your Truly yet coincidentally with the same name).  His band The Slut Junkies new album is coming out on Halloween!  Like them on Facebook!

From a heavily talented member & her husband who have opened their home for our tour, made a video, & performed at the festival:

I will soon be releasing my film “Twelfth Night” for purchase & am offering one last call for support if you would like to donate towards the project in exchange for screen credit! After this last week, I will be dropping in those last special thanks credits and finishing the film. There will still be incentives to donate after March 19th but not for screen credit. You can also show your support now…for only $10 you will get a downloadable copy of the film. Please visit the website www.12thNight.info for all the ways you can become a supporter! I am very excited to share the PREVIEW/TRAILER for the 2.5 hour film here: youtu.be/FiJsYV58fz4.  This film is Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night with no cuts to the text, made easy to follow, simple, in hopes of making Shakespeare understandable with clear enunciation as well as a clear, mostly literal interpretation.  Sponsor our Feature Length web production of TWELFTH NIGHT written by William Shakespeare ! Visit 12thnight.info to see the trailer & for all the info & FUN!

This project has taken 2 years to complete! I began with just a whim perhaps doing a scene from Shakespeare then, it turned into possibly partnering with a few people. Turned out, I went it alone (with some help from my husband) and went full force with the idea engaging 19 actors (including myself) both new talent and seasoned professionals. Before we filmed, I held rehearsals for 2 months. During this time I had to make multiple cast replacements. So some of the cast experienced a nice hefty rehearsal period while others had very little time to prepare. I also made all the colorful costumes during this time, organized union production contracts, locations & all the other facets that go into producing a shoe-string budget indie feature length film. If you didn’t get a chance to see my video promo I sent out a few months ago, I talk a lot about the process here: http://youtu.be/I58NkXAf95o. I also have a blog I began on the website which covers a lot of info but had to discontinue it because of time. I would say that all in all I have been very lucky to have created this project as well as I did and now have a film that is complete!

Nothing can be done without help! I am a person who has been pursuing the volatile field of the creative arts since I was a pre-teen. I have experienced many of the stereotypical ups and downs that this field has to offer and still have not given up on this mostly fruitless path to date (but that just may change soon with this project!). Here is one of my favorite quotes from Quintin Crisp (and one of my favorite quotes in general) which pretty much sums up my take on why I am still working at something that will one day perhaps offer me financial reward: “It’s no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, ‘Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.’ By then, pigs will be your style. ” Well, you see, I am the ballet dancer who has been at it for a few decades, and this is my “nutcracker”! Why do I need support for a project that is completed?  Because the project needs visibility…to take everyone to the next level! Even if it is $1 or forwarding this email, that little bit helps! The creative field is one where most anything that happens is from word-of-mouth. This project offers entertainment, education & proves a film can be made by a person (me) w/a comprehensive skill set & …determination!

Again, for $10 you will get a downloadable copy of the film. Every penny of your contribution will go towards our production…no middlemen – as opposed to all of the crowdfunding sites that take a percentage)! There will still be financial outputs necessary for festival entries and file transferring services; to name a few of the post-production expenses.

Sincerely,
Catherine Taormina
(producer-director-actress-cinematographer-composer-musician-editor-costume-maker…)

SAG-AFTRA-AEA
http://www.catherinetaormina.com/resume – for my demo reels
http://www.youtube.com/rockstarsissy
http://www.facebook.com/catherinetaormina
http://www.facebook.com/12thNight
Tweets by rockstarsissy
http://www.12thNight.info

The long awaiting holistic bazaar is finally here! A new feature is organic and Ayurvedic food , $1.00 massages, free Reiki treatments, Yoga clothing, special teas and lots of other delicious food . We have organized a special food court area for you, many tables of new age & healing treatments. VARIOUS events in Manhattan & Queens, Social Media for your Holistic Business. The Power of Email Marketing and Growing Online Presence. For newsletter/details, contact HKAG member, talented performer, masseuse & tuning fork maestro Erik Dahl at healingexpressions@gmail.com.

From our dedicated & skilled Public Relations man, this is our 4th year together. Having several writing projects developed, UWS & Israeli born Ofer Caspi video!  “Friends, Colleagues, Admirers: The excruciating, unbearable wait is over: my annual head-spinning, stomach-turning Oscars lashing is here -Grab-ity Media presents: Oscars 2014 predictions – The Leftovers Games: Catching e-Coli”.

See ArtistsintheKitchen.org for numerous past newsletters!  Want daily & weekly updates for many free, general, underground art, cultural  + party events.  Subscribe to THESE e-newsletter .coms: nonsensenyc, GeminiandScorpio, theskint, Nifty, myopenbar, Flavorpillnyc +ART: forum/cards/meme/snapper/slant/cards/krush/log. Thrillist, Cityarts.info & .org & SEARCH meetup.com for NYC to keep abreast of numerous groups, events, professional, hobby & social options, mainstream through underground!

Search Brainard Carey on youtube for endless free videos re: Prof. advice for artists: pricing/selling/museum shows/fundraising-grants/applications/network/start biz./online marketing/FB…

Over 400 artists & organizations join the monthly, they were our fiscal sponsor between ’09-’11, appreciating their kind & highly competent guidance.  Get their newsletter,  FracturedAtlas.org.
They provide top-notch workshops, online & individual guidance for arts entrepreneurs, fundraising, developing software, technology, empower performers, aid to manage risk, find space, develop products, services, systems & community affairs.

Hell’s Kitchen Artists Guild & Association (HKAG/HKAA) mission: to expand the love, success & attention for great art(ists), performers, authors; alongside the fortunes of our legendary Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, HK: ArtiST Festival, publications, & those joining us!

Dozens of our press, all media features, Sponsor/Media Kits, numerous: videos/youtube channel, ads, many 2 sided large maps & postcards, biz. plan, 5 social media (2 FB, Tumblr, Twitter Flickr), current, premiere & expanded online magazines, forms & much more available on: ArtistsintheKitchen.org/promos.htm.

To be explored: HKAG sponsoring art openings, especially ~ Hell’s Kitchen. And expanding our old online store idea into an online gallery of works sold purely to profit the artists. Inquire within to assist, & as always send listing & links here where passionate creativity & art entrepreneurship are promoted.

A spin off from our since ’09 Open Studios Festival, ‘At The Edge’ proudly re-announces a partnership with renowned industry leader Disticor, the 5th largest U.S. + #1 Canadian distributor of periodicals! Featured in well over 500 venues, ~ 30% in the US are in Barnes & Noble, many in (& selling BEST) the Southeast’s Books-A-Million chain, busy newsstands, independent stores…Soon purchasing promotional programs/newsstand & some B & N displays through huge NYC wholesalers Hudson News: even marketed with innovative branded digital app. technologies including on Apple/Ipad & Android! Though until then we shall have it all online: preview/like us on FB & our expanded online editions: FREE for now, a reward for reading thoroughly!

Gorgeously designed & a great bargain at $7.95, densely packed w/gloriously colorful & detailed fine art & eclectic literature showcasing genres from classic through modern & visionary imagery, especially stressing an Expressionist-Surrealistic aesthetic. Lovingly crafted commissioned front/inside/back covers in a matte finish. Writing ranges from highly personal stories to historic & cutting edge-natural drama, artist, community & gallery leader profiles, fiction, interviews, poetry-to established & emerging artists + performers featured in the well established HK: ArtiST Open Studios Festival & beyond!

Thanks for your love of the arts, performance, & literature!

Reply right here to volunteer or do ad sales.  Reserve a space hereto have your art exhibited &/or manifest stage/music talents May 16-18th, at our 6th annual HK: ArtiST Festival (write away for free art & receive our next issue FREE at the event) when you register.

Hell’s Kitchen tradition & theme continued: Our weekend again shall coincide & we will co-promote with the The several 100,000 visitor strong 9th Avenue International Food Festival. 

To publish any art work or literary inspirations/thoughts, no charge to submit or if selected: TAKE CARE with all instructions at:ArtistsintheKitchen.org/submit.  Look for our next E-Mails from this address: much valuable HK: ArtiST ’14 Festival & “At The Edge” Magazine information & other great free events, cultural + career resources & opportunities to follow!

Soon see an UPGRADED web site & design.  While all these Collector’s Edition, print & extended digital versions, SOLD via Apple bookstore & IPAD, available on platforms such as Kindle Fire, Blackberry/Pocketmags/Googleplay/Microsoft, Amazon…

We need your help with the 6th annual HK: ArtiST Festival! Directors get beautiful large ads like our sponsors do, + promotion on 10’s of 1000’s of huge 2 sided maps postcards, 5 social media, newsletter to way over 11K…ALL helping significantly gain valuable experience, networking connections, a free registration & priority for any exhibition &/or performance, + the complimentary magazine & original art!

Our main needs: Graphic Designers, Sales (earn top commissions), Film/Video, 5 Social Media, Party/Special Events, Street Team, PR, Operations Management, Artist, & Venue liaison, Crowdfunding, Photography & Phone Calls!  See area list descriptions before filling out brief form HERE!

We had a great last gathering Thursday for magazine/designers + the festival, then walked 2 minutes away to a great art opening reception/feast, where members found exhibition opportunities, described below!  Curious?  Stay tuned for the next meeting!

Below the image of our last front cover find more of its/our inside information, hyperlinks to numerous press, videos,promos….Leading with Armory & Frieze Weeks: numerous shows & discounts next week; + May opportunities for artists at a major NY Contemporary Art Fair we again promote.  Also as always offered: great free NYC events, newsletters, contests/awards/grants & career/video aids, hyper-linked for artists, actors, fans & assorted performance Professionals!

In celebration of New York’s unparalleled artistic communities, Armory Arts Week works to highlight the distinct art scenes of our city’s multiple neighborhoods.  This concept of a week of arts related events was born out of the festivities and widely felt excitement generated by The Armory Show, formalized with the support of the city in 2009.  Since then, Armory Arts Week has continued to expand its reach throughout all five boroughs of New York. From elaborate benefit parties to interactive public programs, promoting exceptional arts-related events.  Armory Arts Week Audience: attracting residents of NYC, the Tri-State area + visitors from all over the world!  With this year’s Focus on China, the # of foreign attendees promises to exceed that of previous years.

Participating from our Hell’s Kitchen, EFANYC.org. OPEN HOUSE: Open Studios, Exhibitions, Printmaking Workshop. Saturday, 3/8, 1-6 PM & free.  323 W. 39th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues), floors 3-10!  View nearly 60 Open Studios & visit the EFA Project Space and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop . EFA Studios member artists work in a wide range of media and artistic sensibilities, creating a vibrant and diverse community of peers under one roof. Welcoming guests to explore, interact, and investigate their art.

Re-Branding “Craft” for Today’s Market:
The art world still resists welcoming “craft” into its fairs. The SOFA shows have succeeded in distinguishing craft by using words like Functional Art, Objects and Furnishings, bringing the finest work to the international art market. The Architectural Digest show established their Made section, avoiding using the word “craft,” yet handmade glass, wood, ceramics & furniture comprise the show.

American Art Marketing is providing fine craft artists and designers a platform to show and sell their work at the new Contemporary Art Fair this May. The international art fairs are where you will find your new customers, trending towards a young & sophisticated audience. In May both the fairs and the buyers will be in New York for Frieze week.

The SOFA Alternative For Artists:
Join us along with some of the most notable and well established art fairs, as we launch the first alternative to the SOFA fairs exclusively for artists + designers in the heart of the Chelsea Arts District.With just 47 booths available, only the highest quality work will be considered. SEE “8 reasons to participate/choose us for representation & Apply HERE.

TheSetNYC.com (FB) Instagram began their shows in our ‘hood & does striking & eclectic events all around Mid-downtown NYC from nightclubs through Churches!  A call: Artists! Fashion Designers! Fashion professionals! We are seeking style, quality, creativeness, and innovation! Please submit work here for a 6-5-14 showcase in Chelsea, Manhattan!  june5submission.eventbrite.com.

Chashama.org.  They have myriad NY locations, group shows, opening receptions/upcoming gala, performances, installations, benefits, gallery/window/mural/lobby work, parties, open studios, pop-up shops, residencies-subscribe to newsletter & see their jobs page for opportunities…Seek Visual Arts Interns + a Bronx Artist Housing Initiative, subsidized housing exchanged for community service, partnering with a local Senior Citizen Council.

Want to have a show at a spacious Midtown ground floor office &/or attend its openings?  Chiropractor Dr. Jonathan Cohen provides small group shows & charges nothing, graciously accepts any % of proceeds from art sold that you deem fair!  Next delicious food free opening: 3-13, 7:30-9:30 PM, 333 West 52nd Street.  A solo show by Judy Negron, our cover girl/member/volunteer/mosaicist/sold 2 works from home @ our 1st festival!

Shamhalanyc.org & tibethouse.us are both  in lower Chelsea & have extraordinary free events, art openings, classes & talks.

Nearby & NOW, Thursday 6-9 PM: wander around dozens of free openings at long hot under the Highline galleries, including theSkylight Gallery at 538 West 29th Street.  She also opens her lovely home for our festival + graces “At The Edge” magazine-a remarkable & uncanny Surrealist artist.  Jill Slaymaker curates “Other Worlds”.  A group exhibition exploring the idea of alternate, multiple & simultaneous realities through photography, installation, collage, painting, printmaking and book art.  The show brings together works that have an implied narrative, suggesting that secrets abound in the tension between the real and the illusory.
In a similarly visionary vein, Also Russell Ritell in his first SOLO Exhibit in their Heath Gallery.  “Wild in the Streets: Paintings of attitude & aggression & then some, part deux”.  Until 4-4-14.

COMBINE this with a 21 person group show featuring another HKAG member who opens her home & is featured in our art-literary limb: 
Dorothy Krakauer. “I am delighted to invite you to see my new watercolors in this exhibit at Montserrat Gallery, 547 West 27 Street #516! Hope you can join us! 6:30-8:30 PM, to 3-10.

Get FREE tickets while wide open for adjacent Affordable Art Fair NYC!  April 2-6, a fun & friendly four-day contemporary art show you can browse, consult with exhibitors, &/or snag exciting new original works from up-and-coming artists and even a few household names.  More than 80 galleries are set to have items on display, and with paintings, print, sculpture, photography and more for sale, you’re sure to find something that strikes your fancy. Prices range up to $10,000, with a majority of pieces under the $5,000 mark. Enjoy the fair’s inspiring and inviting atmosphere, and check out the Recent Graduates Exhibition for a chance to admire and purchase pieces by future stars of the art world.

A GREAT resource for ladies, always proud to feature with cover stories + 2 large annual  HK: ArtiST Festival groups shows, art & performance: The International Women Artists’ Salon.  Over 800 members from around the globe & NYC, they have downtown exhibits & facilitate others, a radio show, discover their BLOG & join.  Their Founder/CEO: HeidiRussellPublicist@gmail.com.

AuthorsUnbound.org.  Providing indie authors with events to share their work and connect with fans. launched with a great event at Wix Lounge. AU authors read from their books and discussed the challenges of indie publishing. NEXT up: March 18, 7 PM, Entwine wine bar ​​765 Washington Street., West Village.  Members here & with us (HKAG/Festival): Bill Amadeo & Carol Hollenbeck.

The long awaiting holistic bazaar is finally here! A new feature is organic and Ayurvedic food , $1.00 massages, free Reiki treatments, Yoga clothing, special teas and lots of other delicious food . We have organized a special food court area for you, many tables of new age & healing treatments. VARIOUS events in Manhattan & Queens, Social Media for your Holistic Business. The Power of Email Marketing and Growing Online Presence. For newsletter/details, contact HKAG member, talented performer, masseuse & tuning fork maestro Erik Dahl at healingexpressions@gmail.com.

From our dedicated & skilled Public Relations man, this is our 4th year together. Having several writing projects developed, UWS & Israeli born Ofer Caspi video!  “Friends, Colleagues, Admirers: The excruciating, unbearable wait is over: my annual head-spinning, stomach-turning Oscars lashing is here -Grab-ity Media presents: Oscars 2014 predictions – The Leftovers Games: Catching e-Coli”.

See ArtistsintheKitchen.org for numerous past newsletters!  Want daily & weekly updates for many free, general, underground art, cultural  + party events.  Subscribe to THESE e-newsletter .coms: nonsensenyc, GeminiandScorpio, theskint, Nifty, myopenbar, Flavorpillnyc +ART: forum/cards/snapper/slant/cards/krush/log. Thrillist, Cityarts.info & .org & SEARCH meetup.com for NYC to keep abreast of numerous groups, events, professional, hobby & social options, mainstream through underground!

Search Brainard Carey on youtube for endless free videos re: Prof. advice for artists: pricing/selling/museum shows/fundraising-grants/applications/network/start biz./online marketing/FB…

Over 400 artists & organizations join the monthly, they were our fiscal sponsor between ’09-’11, appreciating their kind & highly competent guidance.  Get their newsletter,  FracturedAtlas.org.
They provide top-notch workshops, online & individual guidance for arts entrepreneurs, fundraising, developing software, technology, empower performers, aid to manage risk, find space, develop products, services, systems & community affairs.

Hell’s Kitchen Artists Guild & Association (HKAG/HKAA) mission: to expand the love, success & attention for great art(ists), performers, authors; alongside the fortunes of our legendary Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, HK: ArtiST Festival, publications, & those joining us!

Dozens of our press, all media features, Sponsor/Media Kits, numerous: videos/youtube channel, ads, many 2 sided large maps & postcards, biz. plan, 5 social media (2 FB, Tumblr, Twitter Flickr), current, premiere & expanded online magazines, forms & much more available on: ArtistsintheKitchen.org/promos.htm.

To be explored: HKAG sponsoring art openings, especially ~ Hell’s Kitchen. And expanding our old online store idea into an online gallery of works sold purely to profit the artists. Inquire within to assist, & as always send listing & links here where passionate creativity & art entrepreneurship are promoted.

A spin off from our since ’09 Open Studios Festival, ‘At The Edge’ proudly re-announces a partnership with renowned industry leader Disticor, the 5th largest U.S. + #1 Canadian distributor of periodicals! Featured in well over 500 venues, ~ 30% in the US are in Barnes & Noble, many in (& selling BEST) the Southeast’s Books-A-Million chain, busy newsstands, independent stores…Soon purchasing promotional programs/newsstand & some B & N displays through huge NYC wholesalers Hudson News: even marketed with innovative branded digital app. technologies including on Apple/Ipad & Android! Though until then we shall have it all online: preview/like us on FB & our expanded online editions: FREE for now, a reward for reading thoroughly!

Gorgeously designed & a great bargain at $7.95, densely packed w/gloriously colorful & detailed fine art & eclectic literature showcasing genres from classic through modern & visionary imagery, especially stressing an Expressionist-Surrealistic aesthetic. Lovingly crafted commissioned front/inside/back covers in a matte finish. Writing ranges from highly personal stories to historic & cutting edge-natural drama, artist, community & gallery leader profiles, fiction, interviews, poetry-to established & emerging artists + performers featured in the well established HK: ArtiST Open Studios Festival & beyond!

Thanks for your love of the arts, performance, & literature!

Reply right here to volunteer or do ad sales.  Reserve a space hereto have your art exhibited &/or manifest stage/music talents May 16-18th, at our 6th annual HK: ArtiST Festival (write away for free art & receive our next issue FREE at the event) when you register.

Hell’s Kitchen tradition & theme continued: Our weekend again shall coincide & we will co-promote with the The several 100,000 visitor strong 9th Avenue International Food Festival.

To publish any art work or literary inspirations/thoughts, no charge to submit or if selected: TAKE CARE with all instructions at:ArtistsintheKitchen.org/submit.  Look for our next E-Mails from this address: much valuable HK: ArtiST ’14 Festival & “At The Edge” Magazine information & other great free events, cultural + career resources & opportunities to follow!

She conducts permanent collection research with a focus on modern, contemporary time-based art. She also works closely with the museum’s acquisition committees and assists with collection and database management. She has co-curated several collection exhibitions including Surface, Support, Process: The 1960’s Monochrome in the Guggenheim Collection;Pop Objects and Icons from the Guggenheim Collection; and Paired, Gold: Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Roni Horn. APPLY HERE.Free: Fashion District Arts Festival 10-24-26. Start & get a map at by far the BIGGEST stop, the 75 artists open studios at the great EFA

 (see here studio videos too) in our midtown ‘hood, 323 West 39th Street. Or visit the WEBSITE. 6–10 PM opening Thursday, Friday 6-9 PM, Saturday 1-6 PM. Now: the Hell’s Kitchen Artists Guild approved All Hallow’s Eve Bash!!  Masquerade Art Gala
Thursday Oct 31st, 2013, 7 PM – 2 AM
Holy Apostles Ballroom in Chelsea, Manhattan
296 9th Ave, by 28th Street
RSVP: oct31fashionandartmasquerade.eventbrite.com.
Benefit for Freedomladder.com to stop child sex slave trafficking
Costume Fashion Show by Vogue featured designer Yesterdaynight
Fashion Show from Celebrity Designer Jason Christopher Peters
Designer Phil Harris presents A Walking Piece of Art-For Your Eyes Only
A great HOST for 2 HK: ArtiST Festival parties, see him HERE.

The Set NYC presents: A Masquerade Art Ball: A Costume Fashion Show by “Yesterdaynight”. A benefit for Freedomladder.com: Stopping child sex slave trafficking. A Costume Fashion show by Vogue and Inside New York featured designer Yesterday night. Early fashion show by Celebrity designer Jason Christopher Peters (People, US Weekly, MTV). Designer Phil Harris presents: A Walking Piece of Art – For Your Eyes Only as the grand finale. Hosted by philanthropist and award winning actress Qurrat Ann Kadwani. Artwork and art presentation by Tobin Eason (BalletNext, American Ballet Theatre). Free gifts and beauty masks from Grand Central Beauty and Elucid Fashion Magazine.
No cover before 9pm. $10 afterwards which includes free drink. $5 drinks all night which includes wine, beer, and mixed drinks. Food catered by Noel’s Kitchen available for purchase. Artwork and masks available for purchase. Best mask of the event receives gifts from Exhale Spa. Email press@thesetnyc.com for RSVP, Press, permitting cameras, and VIP tables. Thursday Oct 31, from 7pm – 2am. At Holy Apostles Ballroom in Chelsea Manhattan, 296 9th Ave, by 28th St. 21 and over event.
Freedom Ladder uses popular vehicles of education and entertainment, such as comic books, to educate at-risk children about the danger of sex trafficking and empower them to protect themselves and live lives of courage, power, and inspiration. Art Shows by BarraVision (www.rebeccabarra.com), Jimmy Aponte (instagram.com/jimmyaponte), Jessica Glick Photography (www.jessicaglick.com), Gylliayn Art (www.thegmedia.com), Lindsay Risk (www.rosybleu.com), Jessica Slagle, Devon Morgan, and CVLC Photography (www.cvlcphotographyartiste.com).

Also in our wheelhouse, the great space doing int’l business & always on our HK: ArtiST open studio festival map-95 DOLLAR STORE SALE with free gorgeous hardcover book, to the end of the year as supply lasts! Both here & in an UWS location, see links for all details!artforhealingnyc.org/95dollarstoregallery.htm  And when & where?
Calendar.

Art for Healing NYC Org is decorating our Hell’s Kitchen Manhattan, little gallery with original art works priced as high as only 95 Dollars! ( As supply lasts!) Each total purchase receives a free Coffee Table Art book of the biography of a museum collected artist! BUY YOUR HOLIDAY PRESENTS NOW!
We want to encourage young people & people with limited budgets to collect original art! We all must have art in our lives! We accept Visa, Mastercard and Discover, Paypal, cash & checks + offer layaway. Part of our mission offers FREE art installations at public locations. Please visit our public art installations of huge sized mixed media art!

Also always joining us & free: Fountain Gallery, part of their clubhouse for the recovering mentally ill.  Through 10-30 see their “Into Central Park” exhibit, 702 9th avenue @ 48th Street.  Tues-Sat 11-7, Sun 1-5.

Estelle Levy is a member here at HKAG & runs a woman’s group like this one: womenartsalon.blogspot.com-a great resource with 100’s of mutually supportive career & general creative ladies!  Ms. Levy is amongst 28 featured at the American Society of Contemporary Artists. Annual exhibition: 11/5-16, “Diverse Impressions”, opening reception 11-9, 2-4:30 PM.  The High Line Loft, 508 West 26th Street, 5th floor.
Tuesday-Saturday 11 AM- 6 PM, Thursday 11 AM- 8 PM.

Established before World War 1, ASCA provides its members opportunities to exhibit and sell their art. Networking & community are crucial to us. At its various receptions, meetings & studio visits, exchanges of ideas & friendships occur, adding to our vitality. By exhibiting, selling, and connecting with other artists, the needs of the painter, sculptor, and printmaker are met. Membership of about one hundred artists are curators, critics, teachers, & members of other important art organizations. ascartists.org.

So many great exhibits & performances free, a few venues in midtown & uptown, from lobbies to Brooklyn!  See Chashama.org. Historic nonprofit group of theaters, gallery spaces, and studios.

Publisher Paul Cabezas has a free group show w/charming Tracey Von Becker, she has contributed to our own art rag. Chelsea Eye Gallery – opening this Friday 10-25 (to 11-5) 157 West 19 St – 7- 9 PM!!

Arts & Crafts Indoor Market. Saturday & Sundays 11-7 PM.
Original/artistic products including visual art, literature, apparel, jewelry, ornaments, furniture, decorations, services (i.e. make-up), music etc.
Entertainment and light refreshments will be provided
Located on 757 4th Ave, between 25th/26th street, Brooklyn.
VENDORS: if interested in selling your products at this event contactinfo@gallerylala.com or 917 529 3445 for more info, space limited.

ARTS group through Linkedin! Subject: Your ARTS blogging business. David Nordella, moderator of NAMMATIMES specialist subgroup BLOGS is ready to help with your existing or start up your first blogging business.  Visit BLOGS and share your own blogging content with the group HERE & then reach out to David. View his profile & contact him at dnordella@providerfinance411.com to connect.

Amongst the many great groups for artists, here is one for newbies & Professional mentors.  Wednesday is their free 9 PM virtual/online event “From paper to in-person, a resume & cover letter workshop”. Q & A.meetup.com/NYCreativeInterns.  They also just changed their name to “FindSpark”, & have various internships, jobs, scholarships..Need Account & Sales Executives, Graphic Designers, Program Coordinators, workshops & conferences on pitching & marketing…Check too:www.meetup.com/NYC-Artists-on-the-Rise/events/144329802.

Affordable Care Act & Freelancers Presentation.
Join us for a presentation at Silent Barn with Nadege Noel, Outreach Manager for Health Republic Insurance of New York. HRI is a new health insurance company established through the Affordable Care Act sponsored by the Freelancers Union. Health Republic Insurance of New York is the only consumer-operated and oriented (CO-OP) non-profit health insurance plan in New York State. It is one of the most affordable plans on the New York State of Health website.
The presentation will provide an overview of what artists and freelancers should know about the Affordable Care Act and a description of Health Republic Insurance of New York’s plan, with plenty of time for questions and answers.
This program is presented in Bushwick as part of Brooklyn Arts Council’s Creative Coalitions program, but all are welcome to attend.
For more information, please contact Ethany Uttech by email ateuttech@brooklynartscouncil.org or call (718) 625-0080, x227.

Add ArtCards to all the .coms with great event listings & newsletters to subscribe to, like ArtLog, Thrillist, CityArts Artkrush, artfagcity, artsnapper, nonsensenyc/flavorpillnyc/GeminiandScorpio/theSkint/Nifty.

From the great Arts in Bushwick, largest/Mother of all open studios with 3 big annual weekends. ¡CALABAZAFEST! 2014 is on Sunday 10/27: Dancing Zombies & Colorful Costumes Wanted! Link: details on 12-5 PM Sundaaaze event, dance training video & photos from last 3 years….

Combine these with a tour of numerous West Chelsea galleries & a walk on the amazing Highline above ground park: Invitations for several shows and a publication opening from leahoates.com. Curate NYC ’13. Selected for Top 150 artists. Reception: October 24th, 6:30-8:30 PM, Open through November 2nd. Rush Arts Gallery, 526 West 26th Street.

To submit all art & writing for free publication offer your best images & literary efforts by following directions at: ArtistsintheKitchen.org.

Free wisdom from his great newsletter all artists should subscribe to:BrainardCarey@gmail.com.  How to get into a Museum, price your art…
See how to promote your ideas, your art and more through Facebook boosted posts or promoted posts. Simple, but effective VIDEO.
NEW-overcoming setbacks & losses video HERE.
How to be an important & relevant artist HERE.

Updates on grants for artists with this mobile App for phones HERE.

The School for Artists—>Is like a post-graduate course in building a professional career Learn more by clicking this LINK.

Get/download the free 28 page book, “How I Got into the Whitney Biennial” HERE.  He is also launching a new very intensive program, to see if it fits you, review the questions about what you might need.
yourartmentor.com/success-program.htm.

If you can, he is grateful for reviews on AMAZON.
The Art World Demystified: tawd.wildapricot.org.

Feel free to write to him with questions about the newsletter or if you
need mentoring support to create a professional strategy for your career.  He works with a limited number of people, to apply send your goals & website. If able to mentor you he shall arrange a preliminary phone conversation to discuss the process.

Cianne Fragione has the exhibit “Lo Studio” at John D Calandra Italian American Institute Queens College, CUNY. This is a link to The episode of Italics that covers the opening is now online.  On view through 1-10, 2014. Artists’ Talk: Tuesday,November 19, 2013, 6 PM
Gallery Hours:Monday-Friday, 9 AM-5 PM. Artists’ Talk: Tuesday, 11-19, 2013, 6 PM. Campus Website/location. 

Lectures, scholarships, (Empire State) partnership for college credit, residencies here & overseas, special exhibitions, art workouts & workshops, grants, model/work, soooo much more at the legendary, since 1875 & to be featured in our next issue: theartstudentsleague.org.

COME ON OUT FOR A CLOSING CELEBRATION ON
OCTOBER 29th from 6-10 PM!

WORKS WILL BE SOLD AND DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR A NEW SPACE!!

25CPW GALLERY @ 25 CENTRAL PARK WEST
There is meaning in the temporary.

In the four and a half years that 25CPW has had its doors open, we have had over 200 events and exhibitions—thousands of people have come through our doors, in diverse forms of expression, as extensions of varied walks of life. All have become a part of our community.
Thank you for bringing your participation, support and enthusiasm to 25CPW and Red Roots Gallery.

Please come and join us for one last celebration on Central Park West with a night of art, music, food, drink and more….

Terrific thoughtful free exhibits & eclectic classical performances in Hell’s Kitchen at 549 West 52nd Street, 8th floor. gallerymc.org.

Before the summary: another great opportunity for writers & theatre enthusiasts & in/for our beloved Hell’s Kitchen!
Things are looking up for the Fourth Annual Midwinter Madness Short Play Festival (Feb. 10 – Mar. 1, 2014). But I’m under a lot of pressure from my competitors to improve things even more (well, from my own Midtown International Theatre Festival, but I’m sure some other festivals will catch on in their own good time),  so I’m offering a few features unheard of in this particular corner of the business. First, in keeping with the previous 3 seasons of the Festival:

There are absolutely no fees associated with being in the Festival. 
This seems like a fairly conservative principle, until you realize that all other theatre festivals in New York City charge application and participation fees (and other fees for insurance, Equity waiver charges, and God knows what else). Every time I post on LinkedIn I get static for my application and participation fees, and while I love controversy, today I’d rather cut the BS and the fees in one fell swoop.
NOTE: We require that you provide your own board op, who will become part of your production budget. We’ll offer you a list of board ops from which you can hire, which will cost you a modest amount. 

All participants will receive 10 hours of free rehearsal time (during off-peak hours, usually daytime weekdays). This is something new, adopted from the MITF of recent years. The theory is that I can buy rehearsal time in bulk where you have to pay retail, so a modest expense for me saves a bundle for you. I’m glad to do it if it’ll encourage you to take part in the Festival.

You will receive half the net, defined as half the difference between your gross and 40% of the maximum possible gross. People ask me, “How much you going to pay me to be in your Festival?”, and I say, “Why should I pay you when I don’t charge you to be here in the first place?” But I understand that putting on a play costs money, so here’s an incentive for you to go out and sell tickets. I love that!

Now at the great Contemporary art Festival that is the central feature of this newsletter, make sure you catch this very impressive intersection of technology & childhood delight: Professional NYC multimedia artist, self-educated, reclusive, bespectacled, tall, stoic, sarcastic, eccentric, hard-rocking, tattooed…And his kids toys are high tech functional!

Julius von Brunk — also known as Baron von Brunk — is a Pennsylvania-born graphic artist and master LEGO builder. The Baron’s original LEGO creations feature a broad array of themes, mostly encompassing the geeky subculture — with an emphasis on retro video games. Most notably, Baron von Brunk is best remembered for building a large sculpture of a vintage Nintendo Entertainment System controller made entire from LEGO bricks, and wired to actually play games. A lot of his other works consist of perfectly-scaled replicas of video game systems, game cartridges, and accessories that each transform into various robots similar to Hasbro’s “The Transformers” toy line. Von Brunk designs packages and print material for consumer goods as a full-time trade, whilst creating elaborate LEGO models as a serious hobby. His long-term goal is to be a toy designer for a major brand, such as Tyco, Hasbro, Fisher-Price — or even LEGO Group themselves. To check out his personal homepage, visit baronvonbrunk.com, and be sure to like his Facebook fan page to keep up with his updates on current works-in-progress for his custom builds.

“A link to several high-res photos, these contain a lot of my most popular creations, with a few headshots. It’s a special link to my Google Drive that I’ve shared”.  drive.google.com  View his youtube CHANNEL.
Contact him for any questions or seeking special commissions:
JULIUS A. VON BRUNK, Graphic Artist • LEGO Builder • SAG/AFTRA. (717) 201-8424.