For Immediate Release
Contact: Kathleen Laziza, (718) 797-3116
September 2, 2006
Micro Museums
20/20 Haunted Maze Party with NYCs most orginal entertainers
October 21st 7 10 PM $20 per person or more
Micro Museum celebrates 20 years on trendy and at one time seedy Smith Street. Back in the days of its inception founders William and Kathleen Laziza were Soho displaced, eclectic pioneering artists who worked in performing arts, video broadcast, visual arts and community building for kids of all ages. Micro Museum was founded to be an innovative artist driven environment.
20 YEARS LATER
Micro Museum is ever edgy. An art center that is a US registered trademark, home to over 600 working artists, visited worldwide by tourists interested in contemporary artists and a general stomping grounds for youngsters exploring their creative wings. The museum hosts international videoart festivals (October 7 International Not Still Art Festival), curates national visual art (Best in Show 2006 Michael Santini, master painter --- opening Nov 4 at 6 PM), broadcasts monthly public access TV programming (Spontaneous Combustion) and sponsors dozens of affiliate artists working around the world or around the corner (Open Walls weekly visual call and guest photo sale Dec 16 & 23 ). Always the enigma, Micro Museum is a unique community magnet for renowned artists like Yo Yo Mas Silk Road Project as well as campaign stops for many aspiring NYC and NYS politicians.
NOW
October 21, the museum will be open to the public for its usual activities (12 7 PM) including The Haunted Maze, and William and Kathleen Lazizas interactive installations (Weighing In, The (French) Kissing Installation, Videograph, Lumiano, Blabbermouth, Phone-i-ture & 3D TV, Pillowtalk, Octophone, Videoscopo, Lightlines, The Prepared Victrola, and hours of videoart from the collection.) $2 per person.
The zaniness begins at 7 10 PM with The Conundrums featuring Amber Ray and Muffinhead, Maxine Steinman, Rastro, Patricia Hoffbauer/George Sanchez, Andy Cohen, Bruce McClelland, Robert Ross, and other performing artists offering live performances as a tribute to the space that has nurtured their visions for 2 decades. People should know to expect the unexpected at this unusual Brooklyn hotspot. Admission $20. Refreshments served from area restaurants.
Micro Museum is located between Dean and Pacific Streets and is convenient to the F / G train at Bergen Street station or the B65/B75 buses to Dean Street. It is a charter member of the Brooklyn Cultural Circuit, supporting collaborations between 11 single-focused destinations in Brooklyn since 2005.
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