6pm ART EXHIBIT: KELLY WILLIAMS Photographs of S.I. Bette Midler impersonator, DONNA MAXON
8pm MUSIC: SIAMS presents “The GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLK SCENE circa 1959-1964″, songs interpreted by numerous local musicians.

The Art of Arthur Williams at Deep Tanks. FREE admission. Opening Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 8pm to 2am
May 12th thru June 3rd. By Appointment Only 917.597.5175
Reading- Malachi McCormick- 9pm
Belly Dancing- Lys Riganti- 9:30pm
Jazz Band- The Grautet- 10pm
Featuring Kazumi Torizuka- alto sax, Joe Maniscalco- guitar
Andrew Grau- bass, Darrel Smith- drums with Don Hahn-trumpet.
Followed by the Deep Tanks Open Jam
BYOB
http://deeptanks.com. Three blocks from the SI Ferry.

Staten Island performers bringing you an evening of song. There will be a cash bar with wine, beer, & soft drinks. Mike Veezman will MC the evening.

The performers will include Rina Sklar, who sings with Flesh Junkies at Adobe Blues; Tina Barone, actor, singer, director who recently auditioned for “The Voice” and Eric Petillo, Wagner College drama major & playwright. Other performers include, Terry Veezman, Brooke Haramija, Jill Huckle, John Bostrom, Joseph Smith, Maria Clemente and John Adrian.

The $15.00 admission charge will benefit the Ben Jacobs Performing Arts Fund.

Sponsored by the Arts Program Committee of The Unitarian Church of Staten Island (UCSI) 2012 Arts Festival

Photography Exhibition ‘The Other Bette’ and True Colors Youth Chorus Concert
An exhibition of photographs documenting the behind-the-scenes life of Staten Island’s own Bette Midler tribute artist, Donna Maxon, by photographer Kelly Williams, will run in the Rainbow Room through June 8th.
Kelly Williams is a photojournalist and portrait photographer whose work has been exhibited in galleries across the U.S. and Iceland. Her photos have been featured in Black and White Magazine and Photographer’s Forum Magazine, and she was recently selected to participate in the 2011 Eddie Adams Workshop, awarded to promising photojournalists. Visit www.kelly-williams.com to view a full portfolio.

Following the art show at 7 PM there will be a concert by the True Colors Youth Chorus.

Approachable Art Print Collection: Limited edition Giclee prints and new works by Dennis Green, with guest artist Sergio Barros.

Music Performance : “Phoebe Blue and the Make Beleaves”

Every Saturday from 2-4pm at the Forest Haven Center for Dance and Music, there is an open dance jam based in creative process and somatics. This jam is open to anyone with or without dance experience interested in moving within a community of supportive and encouraging modern dancers. We welcome musicians and other artists to bring their craft and jam with us.

For more info: [email protected]

Hello friends: again we are meeting this Saturday and spending an hour dancing, sharing improv energy. Please come join us for some creative sharing time with the possibility of eventual choreographic performances.

Facilitated by Diana Domoracki-Kisto and Melissa West.

The inspiration and motivation to keep improvising, choreographing, and dancing continues thanks to Staten Island dance friends (Erin Sullivan and Jen Varriano). A continuing thread of the Staten Island Modern Festival.

A weekly DanceJam continues every Saturday at Forest Haven Center for Dance and Music (358 Forest Ave.)

If you are a Staten Island dancer, you are welcome to join us from 3-4pm to continue in the modern “tradition” of Anna Halprin, Liz Lerman, the early Judson Dance group…..tradition

NOT.

Melissa West is a key inspiration to start this local project. Come DANCE, serious and playfully. We are creating and making dances for eventual performance venues in NYC.

display of work and free pastel drawing

Brendan Coyle presents scroll drawings, original pages from his comic books in the Mustard Man series, and projections of his performance art and sculptures. The night will culminate in one lucky raffle-winner receiving a custom-designed tattoo flash from the artist.

Bands will perform beginning at 9:00, including Davey Crockett and Audiometry.

OPEN ART SURGERY IS TRAVELING THIS MONTH!

Open Art Surgery
presents

“Eve and Beyond”

Saturday May 12th 2012
630p-9p

194 Bay Street
2nd Fl.
SINY 10301

Featuring the works of:
Chandini, Earl Horton, Robert9
Steve Wakeman, Monica Valenzuela,
Francisco Osorio, Liz Marrotti, Scott Calderon, Sofia Corina, Lorenzo Hail, Lynneanne O’Connor &
Benalene Kittinger McArthur

OPEN MIND * OPEN HEART * OPEN ART

May 12th- LUXURY @ 4 Saint Paul’s, featuring JULIA ARVAY

Julia’s creations are dual-natured.In one regard, her bilateral paintings are the eye-popping results of meticulous experimentation in geometry and color. The other, more abstract element at play is a devotion to repetition and ‘unnecessary abundance’; the better to emphasize the subjectivity of the material value we humans place on so-called objects of beauty.

Her subjects vary: jewelry, clocks, chairs, high heels, rugs, chandeliers and women’s lingerie are all utilized and exploited through the artist’s various methods. What makes Julia’s works memorable, however, are the frightening patterns underlying much of her deceptively attractive scenery. Paintings such as “Chairs” and “Bras” repeat images of luxury items until they resemble not so much the original object as they do unchecked cellular growth and mutation.

The Gallery at 4 Saint Paul’s is extremely proud and fortunate to host Julia Arvay this spring, and we cordially invite you to visit her thought-provoking works. The LUXURY exhibit is curated by Sabrina Hamilton and Kira Yustak.