The second annual Creative Week NYC is coming up May 10-16, and there are plenty of artsy events to be had. While many of them cost money to attend (in a couple of cases, quite a lot), several of the events next week are free. Check them out: Monday, May 10: Parsons Illustration Senior Show [...]

Dirty Hands went to visit The Silent Barn in Ridgewood, Queens. The space has been home to many eclectic musical performance in recent years including Dan Deacon, These Are Powers, and Marnie Stern. Click here for a slideshow on the space.

You can have your art and wear it too. Young artist, Andrea Tobin, is merging fashion with painted art in a unique way — turning paintings on canvases into stylish designer bags one can take with them everywhere.  The desire to never be separated from her art is in part what inspired Tobin to take [...]

A group of local artists and environmentalists have organized and fairy parade and art show in the Staten Island neighborhood just outside the ferry terminal. St. George Day is this Saturday April 24 in Tappen Park. The event will showcase artwork from local talent, promote eco-awareness and also provide arts & crafts activities for kids. [...]

File this one under do-it-yourself community action, bridge-making, street-scum-avoidance, or whatever you like. Astorian Jason Eppink saw a river of scum that covered the sidewalk and froze over in the winter coming from the wall of an Amtrak viaduct. Using recycled materials, he constructed a bridge so that walkers could avoid the mess. Astoria Scum [...]

They say for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So in response to advent of devices like the Kindle and Nook, more and more people are going back to basics to learn the art of bookbinding. The Center for Book Arts holds classes in everything from letterpress to binding, but also a [...]

The three neckpieces that were on display at the Loom in Bushwick, could best be described as part jewelry, part sculpture and all unconventional. Designed by Haitian-American artist, Joanne Petit-Frere, these neckpieces, part of the Comotroovaysa series, were made to stand out. In that sense both artwork and artist are alike, as Petit-Frere opts to [...]

LESBIAN HERSTORY ARCHIVES EVENT: “Lesbian Feminist Activism in the 1970s, in the Present and in the Future” The 1960s and 70s were significant periods in the lesbian and feminist movements. It was during these times when some lesbian women had the courage to gather together in groups and reveal their sexuality in public, despite the [...]

The Silent Barn is an artist’s space in Ridgewood, Queens just over the border from Bushwick, Brooklyn. Once an abandoned sweatshirt factory, the building was renovated years ago and passed down to the recent tenants, who have continued the minimal tradition of space and material to make a home and art space that is vibrant, [...]