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Art Exhibit at Boricua College Washington Heights

GERMINATE: New Beginnings

A WCA NY Chapter…

Hello Everyone, listed below is an art opening-TODAY-at Boricua College...not much notice, however I have, after many decades found that last minute often works as well as the appropriate "due notice". I have one piece in this exhibit (see image below). I submitted two, and interestingly enough, although both were accepted, one was "censored" by the college. I am posting the one accepted. Censorship is a form of secrecy by the powers that be.

Grande successo di pubblico per la mostra “"Colori e suoni delle origini" con 32 opere di Andrea Benetti, la performance musicale di Frank Nemola all'inaugurazione e successiva sonorizzazione, il tutto a cura della professoressa Silvia Grandi.

La mostra era promossa dal DAR Dipartimento delle Arti Visive, Performative, Mediali e dalla “Friends of the Johns Hopkins…

Il 22 marzo 2013, presso l'Ambasciata argentina a Roma, si è svolta la cerimonia di acquisizione, da parte dello Stato argentino, dell'opera di Andrea Benetti, intitolata “Matite spezzate”. Il chiaro riferimento del titolo lascia intendere che l'opera tratta il tema del regime militare che si instaurò in Argentina dal 1976 al 1983, guidato dal gen. Videla. Duranti gli anni della dittatura vi furono circa 30.000 Desaparecidos, persone che sparivano nel nulla, ma che in realtà…

Roma, Palazzo Montecitorio, 1 marzo 2013

Andrea Benetti è stato ricevuto da una delegazione di Funzionari della Camera dei Deputati per le firme e l'acquisizione vera e propria dell'opera di Andrea Benetti, entrata a a fare parte della Collezione della Camera dei Deputati.

Dopo la cerimonia di acquisizione,…

All the violent people

With toys of fire,

Permitted to destroy,

to maim,

to hurt,

the innocent.

On a street corner,

In front of a home,

In a movie theater,

In a school.

One child kills another; its in the news.…

Hello Everyone...it's that time again, our fourth call for Washington Heights/Inwood artists to submit work for the Subway Elevator Poster Project. Please see the information below and go to "opportunities" on the home page for specific guidelines. This project is unique to our community and a wonderful opportunity for your work to be seen.

For those not in NYC, MTA stands for Metropolitan Transit Authority, our subway system. One of these days I will write the long, colorful history…

We have had an unbelievable amount of spam sign-ups over the past months. If by chance your sign up was denied by mistake, please contact us and let us know that we took you for a spam-bot when you're a real artist. And please accept our apologies -- it's easy to miss the real person among tens of false email addresses. 

You can reach us by emailing peterferko "at" artistsunite-ny.org (use the @ sign in place of "at")

                   Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, 

                              Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, 

                               Raze out the written troubles of the brain 

                   And with some sweet oblivious antidote …

Hi...Please check out the Manhattan Times article on the Artists Unite Group Show, "Landscape: Three Views".

http://www.manhattantimesnews.com/

It was very well attended and as always, great food.

For those of you in the 'hood, stop by, the show will be up through March.

Feel free to go throughout the space. The management will be happy to accommodate you.

Best…

 Como veis el " taller " continua un año mas, no en el sitio de la playa, ahora estamos en la cresta de la montaña, ya que al nuevo alcalde le molesta la Cultura y todo aquello que sea " gratuito ", en los momentos que vivimos de crisis económica el estado debería patrocinar y no " censurar ", pero hay dineros para un combate de boxeo, parecería ser que ( alcalde ) se estuviera preparando para recibir una gran paliza y ver como corre la sangre de los actores del ring, es de esperar, ni…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       TIME SENSITIVE

FROM:  Hudson View Gardens Arts Group

CONTACT: Risa Ehrlich, 212-740-2136, HVGArtsgroup@yahoo.com

HEADLINE:  SEEKING ENTRIES FOR JURIED ART SHOW

ATTENTION ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE

Open to Northern Manhattan (North of 125^th St.) and Bronx artists

Entry deadline:  Friday, OCTOBER…

Great drawing requires not only practice, focus, and hand-eye coordination, but the same sort of physical self awareness as playing the violin, or shooting baskets.   ----Take your drawing to the next level.

www.anthonygonzalez.com…

Hello, this was a fabulous even (co-sponsored by Artists Unite)__a community coming out to mourn the demise of an icon in the 'hood. Please check out the video's of the New Orleans style funeral procession. And, Honda has now said it will be posting one of the videos of the funeral world wide and sending condolences and flowers. thank you....rosa

From Harry,  (Artists Unite member/owner of Bluey)

"Hey folks,

As you may remember, I sent out an email last week announcing the…

“Bluey,” Inwood Icon, Laid to Rest at Age 31

“Bluey,” a 1982 Honda Civic, will be laid to rest on July 31, 2012, following a ceremony in upper Manhattan, NY. Bluey—so named by the young son of Mr. Ettling’s downstairs neighbors—was lovingly owned and driven for 30 years by Harry Ettling, a jazz musician and long-time Inwood resident.

‘Born’ in the fall of 1981, Bluey was purchased new by Mr. Ettling’s girlfriend at the time, Ms. Lucy Smith, originally of…

OK. still a novice, or is it the site that's not alright? Here is the Postcard referenced in the "blog" below. And another chance to say Hello. See what I mean about "compulsive "rhyming? Repulsive? Will this mean I won't be taken as seriously by a gallery? It maybe true, thank you.rosa…

Dear Friends, As an artist, lawyer, and political activist, I have been working to integrate knowing/feeling and the personal/political. Much of my work explores childhood memories and how unacknowledged emotions shape and distort our world. This exhibit, Opening next week (Thursday, July 12 @5:30 PM) emerged from my poem and work Face to Face: Occupy Myself published in the Manhattan Times last January (also posted here). There will be a Closing Party, Tuesday, July 31, 7-9 PM featuring The…

Small studio for sublet, 200 square feet with window with access to a slop sink.  Perfect for painting, drawing etc.  Fort Washington Ave. near the park $300.00  Please contact me at:  carlaur2@yahoo.com

The Hoodudes w/ Harry Ettling on guitar, Tim Harrison on piano, Steve Alcott on bass, Grisha Alexiev on drums and Diana Herold on percussion. A great opportunity to hear a great band in a great venue with 3 of the musicians actually from our 'hood, although the Hoodudes actually reference Voodoo and New Orleans music. …