Promoting masculinity to suburban cats as a means of escapism in post World War II America…
Cats Like Us
Drawings, Paintings and Theory of M. Mel Shimkovitz
Opening Reception on Friday March 2, 7-10 p.m.
This Must Be the Place
81 Broadway
third floor
We’re stoked to see our buds Making Friendz rock Brooklyn Museum first Saturdays this Sat. March 3rd.
Check them out from 6 to 9 p.m. It’s free and super fun.
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
This is the final weekend to catch artists Mike Reddy, Derrick Holt, Nathan Gelgud and Harrison Marshall’s takeover of This Must Be the Place…
This Must Be The Place
81 Broadway (Above Marlow & Sons)
B(A)NO{S}: EAT, DRINK, CREATE
In the mid 1990s, Milton Carter was invited to attend Boys Night Out with a group of older guys in Asheville, NC who met once a week. Everyone chipped in a dollar and they had different themed nights, like jam (music) night or bowling but it was basically a frat hangout for art dudes. After moving to New York, Carter proposed the idea of a “boys night out” for artists to his new friends: designer Derick Holt, painter Harrison Marshall, graphic artist Mike Reddy, and later illustrator and artist Nathan Gelgud. Gatherings would be used to make and discuss art–not just as excuses to get out of the house. {Society} was added—tongue partially in cheek—with the intention of creating a fraternal organization with outposts in different cities. Dues were raised to five dollars. And so, in 2008, B(A)NO{S} was born.
Organized around semi-regular meetings, B(A)NO{S} projects take place in one night. Members rotate hosting duties, and create a project based on certain materials, concepts, or inspiration. In addition to devising the project, the host also cooks dinner for the other members. With a few exceptions, each member must begin and complete his piece that evening. Read More
Yesterday NYTimes.com featured an article that offered some economical insight into the world artisanal food products…
The gist: Specialized craft business might just be the wave of the future — a way for America to continue to compete in the global economy…
Some highlights:
It’s tempting to look at craft businesses as simply a rejection of modern industrial capitalism. But the craft approach is actually something new — a happy refinement of the excesses of our industrial era plus a return to the vision laid out by capitalism’s godfather, Adam Smith. One of his central insights in “The Wealth of Nations” is the importance of specialization. When everyone does everything — sews their own clothes, harvests their own crops, bakes their own bread — each act becomes inefficient, because generalists are rarely as quick or able as specialists…
…Instead of rolling our eyes at self-conscious Brooklyn hipsters pickling everything in sight, we might look to them as guides to the future of the American economy. Just don’t tell them that. It would break their hearts to be called model 21st-century capitalists…
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