Graffiti Party: chicken, beer and spray paint

Come out on Friday, May 14, for a hot art party presented by Cultural Collective and Reconstruct Art.

We're combining the weekly "Breaking Bread" meetup hosted by Cultural Collective with a New Orleans fundraiser and Reconstruct Art's housewarming party (new space= 90-30 161st Street @ Jamaica Ave.) for one giant art bash.

We're already offering art workshops to local kids and teens out of our new digs. This summer, we'll be taking it to the streets of New Orleans, with 2 months of graffiti murals and self-discovery art projects. The $ you drop at the party will make it all possible.

We'll have a DJ, live graffiti by local writers, arts n' crafts areas, spoken word and poetry performances, beer and unlimited hot wings. $10 cover benefits our work in New Orleans.

Can't make it? Drop a donation here

Photos

Check out photos from Reconstruct Art's studio here. The studio is located upstairs from Chashama Gallery in Jamaica, Queens, at 90-26 161st Street (@ jamiaca ave). The gallery also has affordable studio space available to local artists (contact samglewis@gmail.com if you're interested in renting).

Dean Richards: Hip Hop Surreal

Be sure to swing by Chashama's Jamaica Gallery (90-26 161 st. @ Jamaica Ave.) to check out "Off the Beaten Path", a collection of new works by Dean Richards.

Dean creates fantastic paintings that, through clever and confident use of line weight, are full of movement and mass. His creative process is also very interesting; he brings the street into the gallery by actually scraping off pieces of paste-up posters and bills (with a knife or ice scraper!), pasting them into thick layers on his canvas, and then painting over this surface. This painstaking process gives his paintings a texture, soul and authenticity that are seldom seen in the superficial posturing of mainstream contemporary gallery work.

The opening, March 19 from 7-10 pm, will feature music, food and drinks, and a chance to meet the artist and socialize in a fun, open atmosphere.

Event details here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=325373368804

More of Dean Richards' work here: http://www.rhythminlines.com/