October in New York!

This is truly the BEST time to be in NYC; economic-horror-crisis notwithstanding.
The weather is warm and breezy, the light is golden, the leaves are just starting to change color.For some reason, even the air seems fresher....
This weekend, when you are out-and-about enjoying the bounty of the season ( and ignoring the terrors that lurk inside the tv and jump from the news papers)


Why not come and visit me in my studio- or about 100 other artists as well?


I will be participating in the

4th Annual Harlem Open Artist Studio Tour (HOAST),

Drop in and see my new work in the studio I share with fellow artist Asia Ingalls!

Saturday, October 4 from 12 Noon to 6 p.m. and
Sunday, October 5 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Studio Address:
2331 12th avenue (corner of 133rd street ) 3rd floor
(just opposite Fairway Supermarket and right near Dinosaur BBQ)
1/9 train to 125th street stop

To preview our work please visit:
http://www.marthalewis.com/
&
http://www.asiaingalls.com/



HOAST offers a self-guided tour through the wonderful and varied studios and galleries in Harlem, one of New York City’s richest artistic communities. Each year, close to 100 artists participate and 2,000 people attend HOAST .
The event is free and open to the public!

Visit the HOAST information center, located at :

Casa Frela,
47 west 119th st,
NY, NY.
(212)722-8577,

for walking tours guided by Artists and artHarlem staff, or just download a map ,
and guide yourself!


artHARLEM and HOAST
are supported by generous contributions from the Johnathan Tisch Foundation, The AG Aggie Gund Foundation, NYC and Co., the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the New York Times Foundation and Harlem Community.

To download a pdf map and information visit http://www.artharlem.org/



Other great weekend activities:



This show should be terrific, offering rich lush paintings that will make you really wonder(once again) just what all of the palaver about the death of painting can possibly mean.
It doesn't get more lively than this....

Gregory Amenoff, Violet Fall, 2008, oil on panel, 18 x 18 inches© Courtesy Alexandre Gallery, New York

Gregory Amenoff : PAINTINGS

at the

AL E X A N D R E G A L L E R Y

Fuller Building , 41 East 57th Street

New York 10022 212.755.2828

http://www.alexandregallery.com/

October 2 through November 15, 2008

" The gallery will present its second exhibition of Gregory Amenoff’s work focusing on new paintings created over the past two years. These richly painted small-scale works continue Amenoff’s investigation of the natural world and the American landscape tradition. The curator Rachel Lafo, has written, “In his work the outer world is internalized; the inner world is manifested in visible form.” This show will include twenty new paintings ranging in size from 11 x 11 to 40 x 40 inches. "

Added bonus: the Fuller building is just pure NY nostalgia, a really perfect place to visit for that Autumn-in-New-york, Woody-Allen-esque experience.


So, make hay while the sun shines, I always say.
Go look at stuff, clear your head and feed your eyes, it's going to be a long hard winter!
( or, to quote the inimitable Bette Davis: "fasten your seat belts, were in for a bumpy ride!")