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Future Fair Reveals 2023 Scheduled Exhibitors Rundown

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The Announcement: Future Fair returns to Chelsea Industrial for its third in-person edition, welcoming 54 local, national, and international exhibitors. Here’s the full rundown of the appearing exhibitors.

Exhibitors:
5-50 Gallery (Queens, NY)
Andrea Festa Fine Art (Rome, Italy)
ARDEN + WHITE GALLERY (New Canaan, CT)
Asya Geisberg Gallery (New York, NY)
Bahnhof (Brooklyn, NY)
Ballon Rouge (Brussels, Belgium)
C+N Gallery CANEPANERI (Milan & Genoa, Italy)
Cheryl Hazan | Silo6776 (New Hope, PA)
Cierra Britton Gallery (New York, NY)
Double V Gallery (Marseille & Paris, France)
Duran | Mashaal (Montréal, Canada)
ELEPHANT (Lillehammer, Norway)
Eve Leibe Gallery (London, UK & Turin, Italy)
Everyday Gallery (Antwerp, Belgium)
FREIGHT+VOLUME (New York, NY)
FROSCH&CO (New York, NY)
Galerie Nicolas Robert (Toronto & Montréal, Canada)
Gallery Afternoon (Seoul, Korea)
Good Naked Gallery (New York, NY)
High Noon (New York, NY)
Huxley-Parlour (London, UK)
IRL Gallery (New York, NY)
Johansson Projects (Oakland, CA)
KATES-FERRI PROJECTS (New York, NY)
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts (New York, NY)
La Loma Projects (Los Angeles, CA)
Laney Contemporary (Savannah, GA)
Lorin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
Mama Projects (New York, NY)
Marisa Newman Projects (New York, NY)
Martin Art Projects (Cape Town, South Africa)
Massey Klein (New York, NY)
Medium Tings (Brooklyn, NY)
Melhop Gallery º7077 (Lake Tahoe, NV)
Monya Rowe Gallery (New York, NY)
Morton Fine Art (Washington, D.C.)
newcube (New York, NY)
Over the Influence (Hong Kong; Los Angeles, CA; Bangkok, Thailand, and Paris, France)
Patrick Mikhail (Montréal, CA)
Peninsula (New York, NY)
Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain (Montréal, Canada)
Plataforma ArtBase (Montréal/Mexico)
Red Arrow Gallery (Nashville, TN)
Romer Young Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
ROCKET SCIENCE (Brooklyn, NY)
Steve Turner Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
superzoom (Paris, France)
Superposition (Nomadic)
SUPPAN (Vienna, Austria)
TAAG Gallery (Odenton, MD)
Trotter&Sholer (New York, NY)
TURLEY GALLERY (Hudson, NY)
VIGIL GONZALES (Santo Domingo, DR, Buenos Aires, Argentina & Cusco, Peru)
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Features, Tours and Festivals

Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival New York Postponed for 2023

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The Press Release:
Organizers of the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival New York have announced the postponement of the 2023 event. The decision to regroup comes after a 10-year run for what has become a major outdoor, family event and a staple of summer fun in southeastern Queens.

“We are committed to delivering an affordable wholesome family event at the highest level for our patrons, sponsors, and other stakeholders,” stated Eddy Edwards, Managing Partner of Jamaican Jerk Festival NY, LLC, promoters of the event in association with VP Records. “We have worked each year to improve on what’s already been achieved and will use this time to improve our future events.”

Fans are invited to enjoy a ‘Jerk’ filled experience at the Florida Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival on Sunday, November 12, 2023, at Miramar Regional Park. Details will be released in the coming weeks through our social media channels and the festival’s website www.jerkfestival.com

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Piercing Ken Thoughts: Sorry to help share along the sad news to anyone in the readership who attends this event but since its always a popular calendar entry for “The Chronicles” I figured that I should share along the press release that I got when I inquired about an event for this year. I’ve never actually attended this one since Queens can be such a hike for me, but I do love some spicy eats and maybe a visit is in my future for the next time around. That’s all I have on this one. I will make mention that there is very likely this kind of cuisine at the Queens Night Market which has begun on the weekends over in Flushing Meadows Corona Park if you feel like checking that out. It sounds interesting for me as well, but is a really long ride via the MTA from my neck of the woods. Thanks for reading, please stay safe out there.

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Affordable Art Fair New York: Spring 2023 Artist Interviews (Chapter One)

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“The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” website had the honor of participating at another awesome Affordable Art Fair show. During the event I spoke to a number of creative people and posted these interviews on the Official Piercing Ken Channel – This post collects several of them for the purposes of website content.

Talking To Amanda Coelho


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2nd Annual Japan Day Parade To Take Place May 13th

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The Press Release:
Building on the great success of last year’s inaugural Japan Parade, the 2nd annual Japan Parade in New York City will be held on Saturday, May 13, beginning at 1PM. Starting on Central Park West at West 81st Street and traveling south to West 67th Street, the purpose of the parade is to celebrate, express, and bring awareness to the friendship between NYC and Japan with a thank you from the Japanese community. Olympic Gold Medalist, Founder of Always Dream, and Author Kristi Yamaguchi will be the Parade’s Grand Marshal.

This year’s Japan Parade will feature a live performance by the cast of The 2.5-Dimensional show from Japan, “Live Spectacle ‘NARUTO’”. NARUTO is one of the most internationally recognized and popular manga series of all time. The franchise has sold over 250 million copies worldwide to date. Written and illustrated by creator Masashi Kishimoto, NARUTO was first published in Shueisha’s magazine Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, where it was serialized and ran for 15 years. More performers will be announced in the coming weeks. The Japan Parade is affiliated with Japan Day @ Central Park, an annual event that has taken place in Central Park since 2007.
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Artexpo New York Announces 2023 Programming Schedule

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The Press Release:
Redwood Art Group, the nation?s leader in exhibitions and event production, media, and marketing for the global art community, announces the schedule of programming for its highly anticipated four-day showcase, Artexpo New York 2023, taking place at Pier 36, located at 299 South Street in Manhattan, from Thursday, March 30 to Sunday, April 2. Advance tickets can now be purchased from $30 by visiting https://redwoodartgroup.com/artexpo-new-york/ (linked below).

The annual fine art destination, now in its 46th year, will host more than 200 innovative exhibiting galleries, art publishers and dealers, and artists from across the globe across 70,000 square feet of uninterrupted convention space, showcasing original work of 1000+ artists that includes prints, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, ceramics, giclee, lithographs and glass works, among other contemporary and fine art. This year?s program features an extensive series of daily activities for attendees, that includes the Spotlight Program, a focused look at several cutting-edge galleries and artists chosen by the Redwood Art Group selection committee; Art Labs, a series of outstanding projects by leading galleries, art institutions, and art collectives within the fair; Meet The Artists and Live Demonstrations, presenting an interactive experience?allowing attendees to get up-close-and-personal with the artists; and Art Talks, conversations with today?s most influential pioneers from the arts industry on a variety of topical themes and subject matter.
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