FIRESIDE FOLLIES CO-CURATOR MICHAEL LALA INTRODUCES NEW READING SERIES TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE
RSVP on Facebook to our second FLASH/BANG reading.
In collaboration with RAC | Recession Art at culturefix, Bushwick-based poet and Fireside Follies Reading and Arts Series co-curator Mike Lala will this spring be introducing “FLASH/BANG,” a new, monthly series of flash-readings by acclaimed and up-and-coming poets and authors in an intimate gallery setting downtown. All readings will be free and open to the public.
Consisting of three readers, each reading for 10-15 minutes, FLASH/BANG will be a continuation of the Fireside Follies spirit in the heart of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. With each reading lasting no more than an hour, FLASH/BANG will take place at the newly opened RAC (Recession Art at culturefix) gallery at 9 Clinton St. (Clinton and Houston), connected to the culturefix bar/cafe and Recession Art’s print and book shop.
FLASH/BANG will showcase a wide variety of voices in poetry and fiction, with the occasional multimedia artist or reader. For April, we welcome Jeffrey Yang (Vanishing-Line), Anna Moschovakis (You and Three Others are Approaching a Lake), and Corina Copp (Pro-Magenta / Be Met). Books will be sold via the RAC bookshop, and drinks and food will be available from the culturefix bar.
Mike Lala is the author of two poetry chapbooks, [fire!] ([sic] Press 2011) and Under the Westward Night (Knickerbocker Circus Publishing 2011), and his poems and text art have appeared or are forthcoming in DIAGRAM, the Red Cedar Review, Explosion-Proof, Sink Review, HTMLGiant, La Fovea, and GQ Italy, among many others. He curates Fireside Follies in Brooklyn and has curated past readings and arts events in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Detroit.
For the latest listings and news, please visit the FLASH/BANG blog athttp://flashbangreadings.tumblr.com/.
“By painting with fluids in real-time on a micro-scale & capturing specific moments through macro photography, I am creating worlds that are both familiar & new. Join me on the exploration of spatial & emotional relationships between the individual & the universe at large. What do you see?”- David Garcia
David Garcia’s work is 
now available at the store! If you have not heard of Garcia, he is an incredibly talented artist, and his work is stunning. I’m lucky enough to spend time with his pieces in the gallery all day. The originals are even more hypnotic than the images here. We have several framed pieces of Garcia’s work in the RAC store gallery now and I highly recommend coming by to see the originals.
For more information on David Garcia, visit his website here.
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- Ivy Challis
It’s here and we’re so excited! The Affordable Art Fair will be here in NYC from April 18th-22nd. That isn’t much time so make sure to get a ticket and check it out while it’s in town.
If you’re sad that you couldn’t afford anything at other art fairs like the Armory, don’t worry, the Affordable Art Fair showcases art from amazing, awesomely talented artists and all the work is affordable. Sound familiar? See you there!
Hello Everyone! My name is Ivy and I wanted to let you know about some exciting changes that are being made at Recession Art. First of all, I am expanding my role here at Recession Art from intern to official RA blogger! I am going to be giving the blog a major makeover, so here are a few things you can expect to see in the new and improved Recession Art Blog.
Tips for people in the art community. The blog will be a valuable resource for anyone in the art community from artists to gallerists to collectors to people that just like art. The “Tip of the Day” feature will give readers advice, information, and tips from insiders in the industry on anything and everything that I think will be helpful for our readers.
Interviews. I will be posting interviews with various people from Recession Art artists to curators and anyone else I can get my hands on.
Event recommendations. I’ll be giving you my weekly recommendations for different cultural events going on in New York that I think are worth checking out. Who knows, you might even catch a glimpse of yours truly getting my party on at one of these events.
Neighborhood gems. If you didn’t already know, our gallery/event space is located in the Lower East Side and we couldn’t be happier with the location. Our neighbors have welcomed us with open arms and we’re learning more and more about some of the amazing galleries, shops, restaurants and bars around us. I’m going to be blogging about the cool neighborhood gems so that you’ll already feel like a local when you stop by the gallery.
Photo highlights from the week. I’ll be putting my photography skills to the test and documenting what’s going on around here. You’ll be able to find photos from our shows, events, art, our lovely staff, and things around the neighborhood, and more.
General stuff. I’ll be writing articles about things. That’s all I can really tell you. You’ll have to follow the blog to find out what I come up with!
Hopefully you are now as excited as we are about our new blog expansion. If you have any ideas, tips, comments, questions, or thoughts, I’d love to hear from you. Send me your thoughts at ivy@recessionartshows.com!
COMING UP AT RAC:
RSVP on Facebook for “IF YOU CAN’T SAY SOMETHING NICE…” Wednesday April 18 at RAC.
If you can’t say something nice, come sit and talk to Amy Shapiro or come and watch her new talk show, entitled, “If you can’t say something nice…” a middle class take on the famous quote, ”If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.” – Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980). This is NOT stand-up comedy. This is a sit down and get dirty talk show where Amy Shapiro interviews people from her everyday life about their everyday lives.
This will be the first in a series of live episodes where Amy Shapiro interviews her peers about the what it is that they do either for work or what they do after work that they love. On April 17th Amy Shapiro interviews Sarah Brown of the diary reading series Cringe, Tracie Masek of marathons and iron man competitions, and Josh Gallaway, a Doctor of Science, on a night focusing specifically on internet friends.
Remember, if your not there, they’re going to be talking about you.
Amy Shapiro is not a stand up comedian. She is a talker and maintains a simple life of sitting down as much as possible. You may know her as the former co-host of AA Meetings or from such places as https://twitter.com/#!/
Sarah Brown is the creator and host of the Cringe reading series in both New York and London and the editor of two Cringe books. She’s been writing online for over a decade, on her personal blog Que Sera Sera as well as for McSweeney’s, Gawker, and The Morning News. She enjoys gin and tonics and being comfortable.
Tracie Masek is a one time former swimsuit model whose talents include eating really fast, saying the alphabet backwards and recognizing character actors who have appeared on The X-Files. She loves sandwiches, owns three wetsuits and married a “man” who hates onions. She is from Ohio, y también, habla español.
