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HK: ArtiST '12 is a production of Hell's Kitchen Artists Guild/Association (HKAG/HKAA)

Midtown Arts Festival & Magazine: Exhibit Art/Writing/Perform & OR Work/Volunteer!

1/22

Hello!  Want to join us & show or sell art, entertain, &/or be published? The 4th Annual Free Hell’s Kitchen Artists in Studio Tours Festival (HK: ArtiST ’12) is scheduled for May 18-20th.  We are now accepting registrations for exhibiting art, & performances of all genres.  Our map permits a self guided art walk; those without homes or studios in the area will again be able to exhibit in loval venues or group shows-sometimes for week or months after the weekend!  There will be parties over 3 nights asyour main performance venues.  Last year’s event had 95 venues with 6 parties enjoyed by our artists, entertainers & the public! Current available opportunities: A)  Register for the festival to exhibit art &/or... 

8/8

Monday we will have 8,000 copies of our gorgeous arts & cultural magazine’s premiere issue!  Especially if you showed work, performed, or volunteered at or before our ~100 venue, 6 party June 24-26 HK: ArtiST ’11 Festival, write to get your free copy!  128 pages saturated with superb art, photography, fiction, poetry, interviews, features from/of Hell’s Kitchen art & biz. institutions, art contemplation, modern masters, insider skinny on our open studios, wild stories, more from surreal/absurd through the sublime.  This is a highly personal & idiosyncratic peak at deeply felt idea(l)s & visions.  Just promise that you will read most of it, absorb our feelings, truly see us.  Then share; pass it & attendant aesthetic passion... 

7/14

Artists & Art Lovers: we have a few things to announce, & soon will send out further opportunities for you.  First-July 29th we will receive from Texas our premiere issue of “At the Edge“ arts & cultural magazine.  128 color suffused pages, featuring stories & work from HK: ArtiST members & Hell’s Kitchen community, art & business leaders.  We will distribute a few 1000 free: want to help with this or PR for soon to be announced local launch party?  Care enough to assist us in helping get out an expanded ONLINE version?  Reply here now.  For significant PR & Web publication help, an ad for you/your brand awaits.  You will like those we have already made for Hell’s Kitchen venues & helpers! The festival wrap... 

6/28

THANK YOU to the 100′s who showed art &/or performed with us, & the exponentially more who took our self guided walking tour of ~ 100 locations, & attended our 3 nights of 6 PM- 4 AM parties over this last weekend! There was so much energy, good fellowship, & creative foment amongst you.  It was  a wild ride to effectively execute many components of the festival, while we still are finishing our new arts Magazine, “At the Edge“. Available mid July, free, full color 128 pages, help distributing to salient arts, cultural & critical venues welcome, write back here.  Soon you will all be invited to our Magazine launch party in the stunning new facility of Townhouse Gallery in Brooklyn, late July.  Tell us too if you would like to be... 

6/26

Final day of HK: ARtiST ’11 Art Walk & big galas with & for artists!  EVERYTHING is complimentary.  Download (save as a pdf) or view a map at ArtistsintheKitchen.org.  Attend & bring guests to our big PARTIES tonight/Sunday, @ modern design/hip/long Fusion Lounge 6 PM- 11:30 PM, 818 10th Avenue, between 54/55th Streets, & Bar Nine,11:30 – 4 AM, 807 9th Avenue, between 53/54th Streets. There will be much simultaneous DJ & dance action at the 1st, plus Living Theater (interaction with & food served to the audience all night), & a gracious canopied back patio w/shows like Butoh dance.  Bar Nine is ancient & gorgeous, also w/our art, a nice stage with performances, throughout night, + a long, “L” shaped BACK area... 

6/24

Our all FREE Art Festival Weekend with 100 venues, all genres of performance & acts, + 6 complimentary parties is NOW!  To view &/or download the map, go to ArtistsintheKitchen.org.  The Opening Extravaganza is TONIGHT, 6 PM-2 AM at Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge. 42nd St. by 12th Avenue.  A Professional Auction of HK: ArtiST member works, VIP list collectors, buyers, designers, the artists/art, all sorts of shows, music, body painting, raffle, other surprises.  This is a surprisingly sophisticated/high rent locale, so much going on you may not get to the free bowling!  Bring any # of guests, especially artists.  Walking tour Sat/Sun 12-6 PM, some later! After party at Perdition, 10th Avenue 48/49th St. ’till 4 AM.  Saturday much gratis local cuisine/buffet,... 

6/18

Hell’s Kitchen Artists in Studio Tours & Festival ’11 is in less than 1 week!  What we do: close to 100 venues to explore with a map that will be available very soon (early in week) atArtistsintheKitchen.org.  ALL ART, Group Shows, PERFORMANCES & PARTIES are FREE!  12-6 Sat & Sunday will be the main art walk, a couple of receptions, & some group shows, Oasis Garden’s ’til dusk: & Friday through Sunday there large 2 parties a night, 6 PM-4AM!  Also with creative explosions from music, dance, readings, body painting, comedy, drama, & surprises.  Anyone who signed up: if you have not been given a venue yet, we will contact you within a day or two.  Opening night is BIG: Lucky Strikes Bowl, 42nd near 12th Ave. ... 

5/30

Major news for our June 24-26 Hell’s Kitchen Open Studio Tours/Free Arts Festival! Details re: 6 Free partieswith many performances, a real auction, special features, shows, opportunities…Though 1st: There is still some significant space to exhibit art (some for months), perform, write or have art pubished in “At the Edge“ Arts Magazine (which will also be strategically placed in its print issue by the 1000′s).  But the deadline to do all of these things?  June 1st, Wednesday. Join us, show  + be in the map & magazine with your strong, unique expressions about art &/or literary passions & voice.  Send Stories, Art &/or Collage: manifestos/rants/reviews/NYC loves/comics/poems/photos: Register now while you can,... 

5/18

HK: ArtiST all free festival is June 24-26.  Dozens of artists & cultural venues open free, 2 parties nightly, every kind of perfromance & art imaginable.  A brand new Arts Magazine “At the Edge“ supporting the weekend, stories, drama & art musings, told with passion & depth, Well wrought, surreal, visionary, inspiring art.  Now is the time to register to show &/or sell work, perform, &/or submit art & writing for the Festival & Magazine: the deadline is within 2 weeks!  We will get you a place to show off! Join us now through artistsinthekitchen.org.    Meeting tonight, 5-18, 6:30.  500 West 52nd Street, 2E.  Well over 50 artists & arts venue folks/owners last time: that or more expected... 

5/14

Hell’s Kitchen Artists in Studio Tours is for all who want to join.  June 24-26, explore dozens of venues, all forms of performance, 2 parties each of 3 nights: all no cost!  If not in HK, we will give you a place to exhibit art, often for much longer than the weekend, or perform.  We also have some great pieces for our collector’s edition new arts & cultural magazine, “At the Edge“.  We welcome new artists & submissions, folks & work with passion, depth, personal stories.  We must completely register all by the end of May, so show your stuff, promote &/or sell it: at ArtistsintheKitchen.org. We expect another large turnout at our next meeting, Wednesday at 6:30 PM, at 500 West 52nd Street, 2E, Westside Neighborhood... 

Artists seeking Venues

Join us for our fourth annual art festival in Hell’s Kitchen where local artists display their art or preform their craft at venues within the walls of Hell’s Kitchen. As a registered artist you will matched with a venue for the festival or beyond & receive a free copy of At The Edge Magazine.

Venues seeking Artists or to be Sponsors

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Calling all Venues! If you are located in Hell’s Kitchen and would like to host an exhibit, please contact us using the form below. For more information on Sponsor benefits visit the sponsor tab.

Magazine Submissions

We are seeking stories, art of all genres, commentary, rants ‘n raves, non-fiction, poetry, photography, comics, etc. Preference given to more finely wrought art & literature, Surreal, visionary & or NYC/topical content for our magazine.

Press Release

Grab-ity! Media for HK: ArtiST Studio Tours 2011 The 3rd Annual Hell’s Kitchen Artists in Studio Tours Friday June 24 – Sunday 26, 2011.   New York, April 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Things Are Cooking In Hell’s Kitchen! and not for the first time… At the risk of stating the obvious, New York City is The Art Mecca; and although some petty contenders such as Beijing and Berlin challenge its nonchalant dominance as they insist on obnoxiously nibbling at its heels with some fine art of their own, what can we say, we still rule! We’re Gonna Set the Streets on Fire! (Not literally, except perhaps our stunning alumni fire and belly dancer….)
 A New Tradition has formed in one of Manhattan’s Oldest Neighborhoods – June 24th – 26nd Parties & informal after parties each evening, at venues from Major to neighborhood to intimate Art Salon. June 25th & Sunday, June 26th 12pm – 6pm: Open Studios throughout Hell’s Kitchen. Free... 

‘At The Edge’ Magazine

Coming Soon. Print Copy’s available at Bar 9.

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