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Christian will be presenting his process while designing posters and key art designs as Creative Manager at HBO. He'll give us an inside look at his real layered photoshop files, and the magic behind devising a series of compelling posters for television and film. Audience members will be invited to ask questions at the end of the talk.   Christian Martillo, Creative Manager, HBO  He's a brand buil...   [more]

Grace Sachi Troxell exhibits her latest textile sculpture inspired by her recent residency in Japan, as well as paintings that contemplate fabric and objects as a second skin. She is joined by composer/musician Cooper Troxell, performing original works concerning sound, but also music.   [more]

The two artists meet on the “battlefield” to compete against each other with their individual performances.   Elka’s choice of weapon is her Horizontal Vertigo, a two-screen video and sound piece aided by live-image-rigged turntables, marked paper, and fabric cutouts. By continuously adjusting two high-contrast, black and white live-feed projections, she creates series of transient forms and...   [more]

An evening of cocktails, music, and more on the Museum's Fifth Avenue Terrace overlooking Central Park.   [more]

14 dancers will be invited to battle in teams of 2, representing various street dance styles to the beats of DJ DP One from the Turntable Anihilists www.djdpone.com on the Postmasters Gallery floor. This battle honors the talented dancers from New York and Philadelphia that have been featured on the YAK FILMS YouTube Channel in 2012. Come witness different dance styles from bboying to popping, flex...   [more]

Skateboard industry veteran Mark Nardelli will show his work and discussing his creative process in his role as the Co-founder and Senior Creative Director at 5Boro. This will be an informative event for anyone interested in learning more about how skateboard graphics are conceived, produced and marketed. Mark will be bringing two of his regular collaborators, Grotesk and Razuno. Audience members ar...   [more]

Leslie ShowsLeslie Shows will discuss the influences, ideas and processes that led to her newest work, completed at ISCP, which includes spectral, reflective images of pyrite rocks reconstructed in engraved aluminum, sand, ink, crushed glass and plexiglass; a floor sculpture cast in sulfur; and a video incorporating Kafka’s short story The Cares of a Family Man. Shows intensifies these pyrite objec...   [more]