Creative Time invites you to ride the Cyclone, eat ridiculous amounts of fried food, try your luck at the arcade games, and check out the new artworks in Coney Island by The Dreamland Artist Club 2005.
CELEBRATE WITH THE ARTISTS AT A BOARDWALK HAPPY HOUR
CO-HOSTED WITH TOKION MAGAZINE
WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 5-8 p.m.
WHAT: Opening Party for The Dreamland Artist Club 2005
WHERE: Ruby's, 1213 Boardwalk, Coney Island (between Stillwell Ave & 12th Street)
Steve Powers and a new team of artists are back in Coney Island this summer to continue the work of The Dreamland Artist Club 2004 in which artists infused the legendary amusement park with murals and signs for rides, food shacks, and game booths. This year, the new group of artists--from New York street artists Swoon and Crash to the Brazilian twins Os Gemeos--painted more signs and murals, created limited edition prizes for select arcades, and set up shop with The Dreamland Artist Clubhouse.
OPENING EVENTS:
* Art Tours Check out over 40 Dreamland artworks, pick up a map, or receive a guided tour from The Dreamland Clubhouse (1202 Surf Avenue near West 12th Street) June 18 tours leave at 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, and 4:30 p.m. and then every Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. or by request throughout the summer.
* Play to win limited edition artworks at Happy Landings, Feed the Clowns, Balloon Dart Game, Bushel Basket, Basketball Game, Water Racing, Shoot Out the Star, and Skin the Wire.
* Happy Hour at Ruby's on the Boardwalk, 5-8 p.m.
* Burlesque performance and film screening at the Coney Island Museum following the Boardwalk party from 8 - 10 p.m. GET INFO AND TICKETS
ARTISTS:
Tauba Auerbach, Beatriz Barral, Crash, Ronnie Cutrone, Os Gemeos, Justin Green, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Mimi Gross, Vandana Jain, Greg Lamarche, Paul Lindahl, Clive Murphy, Gary Panter, Kamau Patton, Bruno Peinado, Steve Powers, and Swoon.
GAME PRIZES BY:
Michael Amter, Annabell Daou, Dogg + Bone, Fintan Friel, Katie Holten, Greg Lamarche, Cary S. Leibowitz, Steve Keene, Nina Pandolfo, and Garret Phelan.
Check our website after June 15 for images of the artwork, maps, and more information.
The Dreamland Artist Club 2005 was curated by Steve Powers with Alexa Coyne at Creative Time. Support is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York State Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller; New York City Councilmember Christine Quinn; State Senator Thomas K. Duane; in addition to private funds from the J.M. Kaplan Fund, The New York Community Trust, the Independence Community Foundation, and the Puffin Foundation. Special thanks to Deitch Projects and Montana Paints.
