2009 Activity Details

January

Friendship Tea Party ( Annual Fundraiser )

Meet/Greet NYC Council Candidate Fundraiser

EUart Exhibition from the Miami Bienniel – 52 Italian Artists

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

METAPHORIC SUNRISE/SUNSET with 11 National Visual Artists

Make–a-Puppet Show and Workshop

90 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

February

FOR YOUR LINES ONLY Opening Reception with 11 National Visual Artists

1 Educational Bus Tour

Middle Eastern Dance Showcase

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

90 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

March

FOR YOUR LINES ONLY Exhibit with 6 National Artists

International Videart/Architecture Festival “Liquid Cities”

Middle Eastern Dance Showcase

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

94 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

April

DNA ‘r US Opening Reception with 6 National Visual Artists

Family Day at Micro Museum

Local Tenants & Housing Workshop

Pet Safety Workshop

Video Art Festival with Italian Video Curator Luca Curci

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

92 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

May

DNA ‘r US Exhibit with 6 National Visual Artists

Make–a-Puppet Show and Workshop

Music Video Made on Premise

3 Educational Bus Tours on Premise ( NY Biology Teachers Association )

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

95 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

June

VERTICAL PENMANSHIP Opening Reception with 5 National Visual Artists

Middle Eastern Dance Showcase

1 Educational Bus Tour

4 Youth Interns from Good Sheppard Services

90 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

Assist Contemporary Ballet Theatre with their year-end programs

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

Became a part of the Queens Museum of Art NYC Panorama Room Deed/Title Project

July

VERTICAL PENMANSHIP Exhibit with 5 National Visual Artists

3 Youth Interns from Good Sheppard Services

Bastille Day Film Fest

BoCoCa Festival with Theater Workshop

2 weeks Teacher Training Classes

Summer Program at Pierrpont Playground = 3,000 individual art projects

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

70 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

August

HIDDEN PICTURES: VOYEURISM IN AMERICA

Opening Reception with 8 National Visual Artists

Summer Program at Pierrpont Playground = 3,000 individual art projects

Participant on Panel on Small Museum at Coney Island USA

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

57 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

September

HIDDEN PICTURES: VOYEURISM IN AMERICA

Exhibit with 8 National Visual Artists

Completed phase #2 for Micro Museum Trademark Status

1 Youth Intern from Good Sheppard Services

Photography Exhibit in Atlanta GA

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

70 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

October

HIDDEN PICTURES: VOYEURISM IN AMERICA

Exhibit with 8 National Visual Artists

International NOT STILL ART Festival with Cal ARTS

Professional Networking for Small Museum of NYC

Assisted Performance Artist “Muffinhead” at Exhibition in Williamsburg

MAGIC NUMBERS Opening Reception with 5 National Visual Artists

Completed 62 of 168 copyright applications from US Library of Congress

1 Youth Intern from Good Sheppard Services

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

Video Art display at Materials for the Arts in Long Island City

45 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

November

MAGIC NUMBERS Exhibit with 5 National Visual Artists

1 Youth Intern from Good Sheppard Services

Friendship Tea Party November 14

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

45 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

December

MAGIC NUMBERS Exhibit with 5 National Visual Artists

1 Youth Intern from Good Sheppard Services

Friendship Tea Party December 19

Preparations for SIGNATURE POWER: MYTHS AND OTHER LEGENDS

“Spontaneous Combustion” narrowcast screenings – every Saturday

45 Performing Art Sessions at Facilities

Other Added Notes:

Public Attention: SmART “Brooklyn Gallery Hop”, The Brooklyn Paper, AGORA Art Magazine, Courier Life Publications, Time Out NY, City Wide Broadcast for $9.99, Average 1,600 Daily Web Visitors, Outreach to 100 Local Businesses, Member of the Puppeteers of America, NYRIG, Northeaster Solar Energy Society, Brooklyn Cultural Circuit, Brooklyn Visitors and Tourism Center.

Thirty-two exhibiting artists were present for 2009 BIG IDEAS national visual art programs. Eight artists brought their friends/families to Brooklyn from other cities in the USA for their first NYC visit, all others traveled from the Tri-State area eating, drinking and shopping along the way.