FASHION FASHION FASHION

 workshops, talks,
@ Fish with Braids Gallery, 190 Columbus drive, Jersey City
     April 22 - 27    2013

 A WAY TO DRESS  with Steffen Hedlund
slide show and talk with Steffen Hedlund, a fashion blogger in NYC, 
exploring the sightings of style and attitude in fashion.
Steffen captured innovative and creative individuals who set new trends.
any age welcome
2.5 hours
April 25,  7 pm   $20
Steffen Hedlund came to NYC in 1988 from Denmark, working for
Yves Saint Laurent, retail and wholesale fashion industries.
www.awaytodress.blogspot.com

CLOTHING SWAP   with Melissa Lockwood, Iqtest clothing
A workshop that begins with participants bringing garments they no longer want. 
The group collectively places all their unwanted garments in a pile at the beginning of the workshop. 
Then the participants pick things they like out from the pile, these are the items we will discuss transforming.

Melissa will show some examples of how to reuse a variety of garments, making them into fun new items
and show how to do a few transforms.
 Any age over 8
2 hours
April 25th,  5 pm    $25
bring: old garments, scissors, embellishments if desired
Melissa is passionate about Urban salvage and repurposing, she keeps creating lines with
salvaged fabrics in Williamsburg Brooklyn. participant of the Williamsburg Fashion Weekend
iqtest-nyc.com

SEW your own ANIMAL BEAR HAT  with Uta Brauser, famous animal hat originals
Sew with precut fabrics a fake fur bear hat with lining
size Toddler or Big Baby(adult). You leave with a bear hat you made.
age 14 and up
2 hours
April 24th, 7 pm    $35
Uta Brauser created the now world wide popular animal hats,
made the silly fun accessories a hot trend. They started with baby Ezra in march 2000
funkycitybaby.blogspot.com

PLARN = plastic yarn    with Uta Brauser
Learn how to cut up plastic bags to make yarn out of it,
save the landfills from the plastic overload. Good for crocheting, knitting, weaving or
any textile work.
age  10 and up
1 hour  April 22 , 5 pm    $10   bring throwaway plastic bags
Uta Brauser uses plastic for her fashion creations as plarn or cut up and sewn in various forms.
Presenting  at the Williamsburg Fashion Weekend

STENCIL MAKING   
Make your own stencil for spray painting
Cut into cardboard a stencil to be sprayed onto anything.
Can spray onto garments, walls, wood, metal
age  15 and up
2 hours 
April 23rd   7.30pm        $20 all materials included

STYLE HUNT IN JC Downtown with designer IDILVICE
Follow New Yorker designer IDILVICE from her new fashion empire studio on Grove Street, see how she picks out stylish wardrobe pieces that can compete with the world!
3 h shopping tour at some of IDILVICE's favorite downtown boutiques including
Rainbow. Participants get hands on advice from an experienced designer and stylist how to shop frugally, how to combine styles, incorporate vintage with contemporary wardrobe, how to super emphasize style
with accessories, know the classics.
3 hours  April 26        4-7 pm        $40  meet at CREATIVE GROVE
NYC designer Idil Vice has been designing, styling and making fashion for many years.
www.idilvice.com

FACE MAKE UP SPECIAL  with Angela Testa
Tips, techniques, hands on with a model,
practice on yourself during this workshop
ages 18 and up
2 hours   April 24   6.30pm            $25 make up included
Angela Testa is a freelance make up artist, for photoshoots, fashion and casting



WILLIAMSBURG FASHION WEEKEND GROOVE
With Arthur Arbit
videos and talk with following PARTY about the independent runway shows created and put together by Arthur Arbit
and his team. Learn about the approach of sustainability, originality and style promoted by living examples as Arthur and the designers who joined the Williamsburg Fashion Weekend.
Hang with the Urban NYC metro fashionistas, the trend setters, independent designers, models and
professionals
saturday night
April 27, 8 pm-- until    $10
Arthur is a fine artist, designer, event producer, tailor who lives in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
www.thechasingtailor.com
www.williamsburgfashionweeked.com



fashion workshops sign up
Fish with Braids Gallery
fishwithbraids@gmail.com     646-573 7164



This series of workshops and lectures is part of the educational and skills program offered by Fish with Braids Gallery and Arts in Action, to foster
the culture of ancient and new skills, to empower local creativity and economy.

art happening "Eve splashing Balloons every day"

A massive art happening and performance art event at 
Fish with Braids gallery April 4  2013, 8pm - midnight:
happening, 
performance art, 
exhibit and sound 
create a very special experience for any participant.
-Eva Moll "splashing balloons every day"
-Hector Canonge "Intoxicated"
-MoonFire Tower "Camp Squirt" musical
-Donald Gallagher
-Erin Parsch "shapes on location"
-Kevin Marcell "City language"
-Caridad Rivera "livingapainting"
-Uta Brauser "got armor?"
-Romelio Rivera "visual confessions"
-Messias Schneider "weapons of mass seduction"

-sound by William McCamie between sets
$10 donation
190 Christopher Columbus Drive, Jersey City

 Performance art is a one time special experience, it will not remain on display,
experience it NOW or miss it..

Jerry Saltz at Fish with Braids

jerry saltz in Jersey City

Fish with Braids Gallery

Moon Fire Tower art salon at Fish with Braids

MoonFire Tower Art Happening

When:  Thursday November 29, 2012.  6-11 PM  One Night Only Show, Performances at 9 PM 

Where:  Fish With Braids Gallery, 190 Christopher Columbus Blvd., Jersey City, NJ

Sculptor Bryce LeVan Cushing brings the largest collection of his work to date to Jersey City, New Jersey on Thursday November 29, 2012.  Cushing is known for his modern figural mosaic sculptures that are part Schnabel and part Gaudi.  He has shown extensively in Europe including last year’s 20th Anniversary of the Barcelona Arts Association show, The Barcelona International Art Fair, and the Drap Art Festival.

In the United States Bryce LeVan has shown coast to coast many times and currently is focused on shows in the New York City market.  As a performer under the moniker MoonFire Tower the artist's career stretches 20 years to the beginning of the Earl Dax phenomenon, when the pair performed together in the mid 90's at MFT's Camp Squirt.  Guests on that show which toured venues in the East Coast were:  Joey Arias, Sherry Vine, Enya Buttox, Raven O, K-Tel and the Dumsta' Players, and many others.

MoonFire Tower Art Happenings are traditionally rich with multimedia and this installation at Fish With Braids (190 Columbus Blvd, Jersey City, NJ.) is no exception.  The Joey Arias inspired MFT collage drip painting series will be on display for the first time.  Also being debuted are Cushing's Rock River Rings from Vermont.  These chunky semi-precious sterling rings are being designed for Camp Squirt alumni.

Jersey City Art Star Uta Brauser will show her fashion as she teams up with MFT for this epic event which will be hosted by Pussy Faggot regular Needles Jones.  Needles and MoonFire go back 20 years and the evening is sure to be a throwback to the mid 90's Don Hill culture.  MFT will be rocking a set of performance art written by NYC playwright Justin Sayre.  The untitled piece is a collaboration exploring Cushing's troubled childhood full of sexual abuse in the Christian church.  This will be the world premiere of the punk rock mini musical.

These are exciting times in the life of modern art.  Bryce LeVan Cushing is dedicated to bringing back to the NY area the energy of an earlier age inspired by Hoffman and Warhol.  During the 90's MFT mentored with Hunt Slonem and Christopher Makos and is directly influenced by the factory sensibility.

For More Information about MoonFire Tower Art Happening please call 802 289 1663 or email brycelevancushing@gmail.com

www.brycelevancushing.com
www.fishwithbraidsblogspot.com/

Violin classes

group session with Mr. Mohamed, the school of violin teacher well known in Jersey City,

all ages welcome, 
violins available on request, 
at Fish with Braids Gallery
190 Columbus Drive (x Jersey Ave)
Jersey City

every wednesday 7 - 8 pm

www.fishwithbraids.blogspot.com

fishwithbraids@gmail.com

"Becoming Visible" artist talk at Fish with Braids

Artist talk with  Vincent Zambrano and Kaliptus
for "FLUX/ Binary Dreams", new media exhibit,
meet the artists, talk, q & a, wednesday Oct 24, starting at 7 pm.

Eto Otitigbe.   8 pm sharp

Fish with Braids Gallery,  
190 Columbus Drive, Jersey City

"Becoming visible"  and "Cold in the sun", 
pieces involving social context and personal relation.

Talk followed by Q & A, refreshments.

photo Thomas Eagan

New media and abstract works at Fish with Braids

7 exhibits  of New Media works, abstract and interactive
displays at
Fish with Braids Gallery
190 Columbus Drive, Jersey City      Oct 12 - Nov 4,  2012
receptions with artists, performances, during Open Studios  Oct 12 -14
www.fishwithbraids.blogspot.com

Binary Dreams/ Flux
“Binary Dreams” brings forth a fusion of the technical brain and the intuitive in the form of new innovative arts that depict the vast and transpersonal experiences of dreams. With the advent of new technology emerging and novelty dropping new seeds constantly into the oceans of the mind, the abstractions of dreaming are constantly fractalling out into an explosion of new diverse realities that become available for exploration when one abandons the senses to sleep and plunges inwards. Vincent Zambrano and Kaliptus are bringing back the raw dream elements and translating them out into the mundane world. The art works themselves vary in style and medium but work together like a perfect blend of opposite dualities. They create an overall effect of wholeness, diversity and surreal futurism.
artists:
Vincent Zambrano(JC), Kaliptus(Harrison NJ)
curator: Veronica Santi, (Florence Italy)

Dimensional Portraits
Multidimensional portraits, created with paintings, literary quotes, video animation and music.
The viewer enters an experience about a person, a visual literary encounter.
artist: Fermin Mendoza (JC native, Morris county)
curator: Uta Brauser

Abstract geometry
Peter Bill's abstract geometric forms with his life-long devotion to color theory involves
painstakingly rendered stripes and shapes, by hand, with perfected skill.
The summary of shapes creates a trompe l'oeuil three dimensionality.
artist: Peter Bill (JC)
curator: Uta Brauser

Unpolitically correct characters exploiting themselves
The underground Urban characters of androgenous, colorful, queer and love for life creatures
are Stephanie's observations of a New Yorker upbringing and life style.
artist and curator: Stephanie Riggi (JC)


Abstractions
The artist uses a technique called video performance painting. First video images are projected onto a blank canvas.
Next the artist begins painting the moving video images. Each brush stroke creates a different visual layer for the viewer.
The viewers are not only seeing the projections they are seeing the paint create a different image all together.
Olivia's  paintings  are the out come of this visual layering process.
Performances are scheduled    saturday at 4 pm, sunday at 7pm
artist, curator: Olivia Wilber (JC)


Spanking machine
The multidimensional experience of observing and/or physically immersing into the depth of pain
or physical intensity combined with the social aspect of the public's presence  will make this display
unforgettable.
artist, curator: Uta Brauser (JC)

Becoming Visible
The linear patterns in Becoming Visible were inspired by wood carvings and bronze statues from Benin, West Africa.
Many of these works depict the king or "Oba" of Benin with contours of his face.Traditionally some ethnic groups used these lines
to identify each other after they had been separated.
In this case I place the lines on an image of my own face to express empathy for the families of innocent African American men whose lives
were taken unjustly.
artist, curator: Eto Otitigbe (NYC)

Cold in the Sun
"is a new media piece on reflections with my father's progressing dementia. "cold in the sun" was one of the phrases
I would find him mumbling to himself.
In this video  I reenact some of the phrases my father would mumble while sitting
around the house as if they were a series
of flashbacks.
Through the use of Delaunay Triangulation the video gradually abstracts itself as my father gets
deeper into his memories.
Delaunay Triangulation is a method of computational geometry that can be used to model
complex surfaces without having to measure the exact dimensions of all surface points.
It is typically used to model terrains where only some points of altitude are known.
     
In this case I assume the role of my father and attempt to reenact some of his mannerisms.
Although I did not know much about him I have a few data points form which to model his behavior."
artist, curator: Eto Otitigbe (NYC)

gallery reopens, Hudson Reporter, Jersey City

Fish with Braids Reopens in JC

the fish swam from jersey Ave to Christopher Columbus Drive.
NEW SPACE 190 Christopher Columbus Drive, 1st floor, Jersey City
(downtown, 2 blocks straight west from Grove street PATH)

art space and gallery opens with

EVOLVE WEAR 3
wearable proposals for a new world
6 - 10 pm
This collection of storytelling visuals, giving praise to the universal spirit with "In Beauty I walk",
honoring the gifts of what surrounds us
or the unexpected use of discarded products to extend the material's life, each creation narrates with a poetic or philosophical approach to FASHION FOR THE FUTURE.
The imagery we create about ourselves to describe a state of mind, status, intent, and  adornments is shifting to new boundaries,
the various participating artists bring their ideas and examples to the viewers mind.

Wearable designs and concepts by Uta Brauser, Vincent Minervini, Masae Satouchi, Vincent Zambrano, Laura Quattrocchi and Casimir Alexander.

                                         Robot pants by Vincent Minervini

 

photograph with hat by Casimir Alexander

                                      dress from rubber gloves by Laura Quattrocchi

stills of video by Raven Black

                                               design and model Masae Satouchi

           images created with the designs of Uta Brauser, projections by Adam Jeffrey, photography (stills from video) Raven Black
 Videos
-Documentary Video by Hoboken Film Factory, Francisco Dautant, and David Zee "In Beauty I walk, Evolve Wear"
-Art Videos by Raven Black, inspired by the Evolve Wear characters, performers and
 designs of Uta Brauser
-Documentary by Diana Quinones Rivera of the dance performance choreographed by
Laura Quattrocchi with "Waste Park"
-Documentary of the Importance of Life with Colors by Masae Satouchi

-performance of the Evolve Wear 3 collection 8 pm
-projections by Adam Jeffrey
-computer robot electronics by Pastiche
-mad accessories exhibition, Maggie Ens, Jacquie Bird, Wyatt Mills mad clothing


These live installations are one of a kind,
not to be missed..
 www.fishwithbraids.blogspot.com

Van Vorst Park Flea-Find your treasure day

Van Vorst Park
Flea Market
&
$$$$$ FUNDRAISER $$$$$
   Saturday, June 30th  / 9am- 4pm

The Friends of Van Vorst Park is pleased to announce the second Community Flea Market of the season to raise funds for all the valuable work our volunteer group does to improve and maintain beautiful Van Vorst Park as an urban oasis for our neighborhood.

Donations listed below will reserve your spot. 
The Participants provide their own 3 x 5 tables.
$25.00 for a Single Table
 $40.00 for a Double Table
$60.00 for a Triple Table

All spots are on a first come-first serve basis except for the NW entrance,
which is reserved for a food vendor. To participate, please drop off your check in an envelope to SUBIA’S MARKET at 506 Jersey Avenue, and
make it out to: Friends of Van Vorst Park Inc. with “donation to VVP” noted in the memo.

Or, go to: http://www.jcparks.org/blogs/vanvorst/ for Credit Card payments. Please leave your number or email address in case notification of a rain date is required. 100% of your donation goes into the park! For conformation, additional information or any questions

please email: marcwesson2@aol.com or call 201 433~6553 M-F

Remember $$$$$ don’t grow on our trees so please tell your friends, family, and neighbors about our event that will make you and the park some $$$$$ while also contributing to the heart of our community!

The Friends of Van Vorst Park is a 501©-3 non-profit corporation.

“Van Vorst Park – A Community Grows Here”

giant carbon footprint

Giant carbon footprints
on discarded refrigerators pose the question of the human impact on earth.

Refrigeration representing in an iconic way a historical shift in life style and habits
for industry and households worldwide.
Refrigeration created a huge shift in food distribution, warehousing and transportation.

Uta Brauser's installation asks the viewer to bring  our (human) energy demands, decisions and needs in perspective with our place on the globe.

The exhibit opens in Jersey City NJ  on Grove street (Creative Grove artist market) part of JC Fridays, Grove street PATH plaza, on June 1, 2012, 3-11 pm.

It travels to  Bushwick Open Studios (BOS)June 2, 3 on Bogart and Grattan, Bushwick, Brooklyn NYC  10 am - 7 pm both days

The exhibit will revisit Grove street on June 8, 2012

 

Uta Brauser is an international artist, multi disciplinary,

works ranging form drawings, sculptures, wearable designs, performance art to 

installations.

www.fishwithbraids.blogspot.com

Creative Grove (artist market) holidaze

The Creative Grove artist and designer market is running in 2010 till dec 24th, a friday!

The special holiday spirit is being celebrated by our thermal-insulated vendors and artists,
the deejays in their enthusiasm heat bubble,  the public that believes in a community street life and market place
 and by the kids who keep meeting their buddies in a fun and creative environment.

Find ideas, a tree,  meet your neighbor, bounce to the rhythm and shop..

Take pictures with the alternative green tree built by Uta Brauser and Laura Dejean in the plaza every day.  Lights  provided by the Historic Downtown Improvement District (shopping district!)
Your artsy image of downtown, with Creative Grove. All year, every friday

(this is what Amy Rogers looks like in action..)


brought to you by arts in action, a NJ non profit promoting visibility, exchange and a market place for artists

Hello-my-name-is sticker art

Friday December 3rd · 7 - 10pm
Opening reception with the artists.

Urbanites with stories to tell. Some of the work is reclaimed street stickers and posters pasted into collages.  Stickers have a broader audience and act as a form of urban communication, language. As much praised as hated, often prosecuted as vandalism, stickers are an aspect of the urban art scene.

ARSE, CRIZ,Mr. P, WANE, DBK CREW, Matt Cap, Dylan Egon, SNATCH, Serringe, T-Dee, WYME, NET, KA, MTK 76, BE the change, Eyesor, Norm Kirby, Chris Prandy, Leviticus
Live aerosol painting event as well, if weather permits.

Dec 3 - 20, 2010.
Fish with Braids Gallery
521 Jersey Avenue

artnculture201 tv

Erci Sophie, known as "the Legomaster"  shoots and produces the
segments of his Youtube publication
ARTNCULTURE201  tv

here he filmed an interview and visit at Fish with Braids, the "WASTED" show
with Kris Dulfer, Serringe, Legomaster and Ezra Brauser

Wasted, urban style sculpture picking up the scraps

 at Fish with Braids Gallery, 521 JerseyAve, JC 
oct 14 - 26
your most interesting creations come from
scraps, the reinvented,  tweeked and reimagined
things and parts of every day life.
WASTED has incredible creations from plastic forks,
spoons, plastic bowls, caps, wires, speakers,
spray cans  and the always reusable
phantastic LEGO blocks.
Robots, creatures, buildings
by Legomaster Eric Sophie, Kris Dulfer, Serringe, Ezra Brauser
gallery hours mo - thu  6 - 8,
                      sat 12 - 6, sun 2 - 6